Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-02-26
pending In the SAID Court. Eve Of which have been Dc.
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pen ding ia the SAID Court. Eve Of which h.v. been de-
eide'. Respectfully r.1mitfed.
JOSEPH ALLEN.
Clerk Court Of .appeols.
on motion OF Mr.. Gariand Of Nelson. the reports
were ordered to be printed.
bill, TO su,hoize .eparae election 10 e.ntrsvilie
Ia the county Of King & Queen. was read twice and
committed.
bill to amend en- sct for tho bstt.r securing the
paymen, Of rents and preventing IN. frsudueu, pr.c
ses Of tenants nn to suat TIE prsc'is, of sn.ng on
and prosecuting vrits OF ptevn We esd order.
sd to a s-eond read NJ.
/ The toliow, Y enxtosssJ bi l. were read q Sd line
and pi'sedcouc, '6i"s the justices Of the peace in
The County OF Nau.smo do change ths time Of hold
ing sepsrS.. election, and to estsbii.h two 9TH
separate tiec'iou' In the Coun,y OF Wood-direct
iug survey OF the Block wa'er River &c-io sutbos
Ees snryev.o Of road from Abiusdo by way OF Lee
Scott Court Hou,e. TO Cumberian Gap-,o md
on act authorizing the Common Cmnci OF Lynchburg
to raise sum y, mon'y by io,t.ry--:o amend act
authorizing Inspections. ct tobacco and our at Scots
Ing sum Of money by lottery for the confirmation o
rosd iron Lewishurg TO the Blue Sulphur Syringe,
in Greenbriar County, incorporate the Wheeling FIe
and Marine Insurance Company
LOAN BILL.
On motion OF MIR. Miller OF Bo;etour,, the Loan Bill
was taken up.
Mr. Venable ed TO amend, by striking out the &C.
cond section Of the substitute, Containing the several
stead:
"Be it further enacted, That the loan herein auho
rised shall be and hereby appropriated, augmen
ation Of the Fund for Internal Improvement TO be APP
piled in like manner as the revenue Of tine said Fund
may be by law"
Mr.. venabIe addressed the House at considerable
length In support of this amendment He opposed
to the plan OF placing public morove the hand
Of the State. He went into the history Of the Jamss
River improvement to prove that under tho dir c:ion
of the Government II had been enabl ID prosper
II not possible hat James River could proper be-
its tos had been restricted. The lsndhods had
mads profit upon Il, but tho s,ockhoder had m ais
han he adj al I'D ton Inn trad
thousand dollars and taken h- direction OF tba. i'm.
provemsnt, the very bill by which il was auhoriz d,
assumed that II was departure from the rule in refs
tim to the fund for internal improv .men Bii,
now proposed that all the improve to be made,
should b. done by the s ale. H did not approve II;
but thought better to return TO the system o. In,
stock compaaies. II WAS much the safer method, as
where individuais w-re concerned, the plans OF i'm
would be better examined. and tn work
be done with moro economy. Tn, Governor and HE
agen,sby the system 20 atten 10 all hese de
tails. But he, NJ. ", thought the government was
10 med for other purposes and that individual enter
priz. ought to be encouraged He alluded TO thu
S ate OF Pennsylvania, New Yok aud Ohio and COM
pared the n to Vrsinia
Mr.. Miller OF b. observed that tn, bill hid met
with ob'ructons at ev ry step II had ahsaiued from
its ,sion, until II fairly before IN. Hous. and
hs shou'ite forced - move division of the ques ion
on striking out so az to take the question every i'm
provemen mt proposed. IL 10 the end nothing remair
the hill would be lo,'. II this nd me ut Succeeded,
he did not think 20 IN 'mbers would vote for a loan.
In fac, loan of millions TO he disposed of by TWO
on Of he Legislature would be than nothing
M. Bryce gu ported the amendmen' a, length. He
objected 70 the section of the BILL hst IL did
cord with the dignity OF the legislature Its app opria
tions were made in such manner, that how they were
to be applied did not appear. He wished TO be info
ed that point Il fore he enactment wa, made the
plans ough, to have been thoroughly digesrd They
were too fon1 Of heoiziog in Virgin'. The example
oil New York had been referred Ia; bnt the political and
moral coalition OF New-York, which was a,,rihu table
to her urse Of legislation, not an enviable oo-
and he hoped 10 the purity and up-ghtnes, Of
ihA Oh minion changed by ini.aog the proce ,ding
OF N York Mr.. b. spoke at length onth subject Of
taxJ he people o, the East to make Wes'e-n i'm
provements II could not be expecei that the Extern
people wouli pay for improvements in n, wss BY
passing this BILL AMI giving nto the hands of govern.
nent the cons,ruc,icn Of all internal imp cmen, in
dvidual enterprise would bs destroy aud private cap
itaI wonli se,k some ohar channel Hs not in
favor of loan; bu; If the Bill passed ought TO be in tr
fern which would be given to il by the amendment,
OF the gentleman f;om Prince Edward.
Mr.. Goode acquiesceG 10 the sugge s,on 10 sub vii4
the Que ton AMI s'rik' ont the several PROPOSE
Mr.. Nj 'on Of Frederick asked. whether the motion
was not precuded by that of the gentleman from p.
Edward
Tn, Sneaker repliel In tho affirmative
Mr.. Miller of b. replied 10 some introductory r.
IN rss If Mr.. Is yce, an1 then proceeded 10 consider
the Provisi'n. ct n, bi IL exala-d a. Ieng the
importance Of tn jams River improvement, which
projected to pa's through forty of the most fertile
counties Of tn State, ahonndrg in mineral. Of al
most ev,ry description. valuable in rommerce.-
soms direction II not through this S aie down the
Oho and Mississippi. to New Oheans through the Lakes
t. New York, across the Ali ghanies to Baltimore
NJ Nj i,lusrat' d. with much ciearness that neither
OF these routes had the advantages for the western
trade which would be afforded by the James River
&c.-As 10 the joint stock system, il was imp,sibis
that individuals could perform OF the most diff
cult OF the Improvements. A loan was he thought
the only method by which the plan OF inprovem- n,
cJud be c rfied on
Mr.. Summers addressed the House al great length
in support Of the bill He adverted TO letter of Gen
w ash 'ngton. 10 which be recommended A. an ra-Iv
period, the improvement Of the Jane River, and
predicted that IL were not ed the other ates
would take advantage Of the neglect, and divert thu
trade OF the Western States the proper outlet of which
was through Virginia. Two States had started in The
race, and been successful; the pred of Washng-
ton had been fulfilled; and IL beloved Virginia 10
lect her interests longer He compared the faciIi-
~ OF traneporng western products the Ocean by the
rou es OF New Orleans, New York and Baltimore WITH
that which would he enjoyed The jams river i'm
prcvemeDt completed and drew a conclusion entirely
Ia fvour OF the latter. /, would draw TO Norfolk All
the trade OF the Western States wa,ered by the Ohio
and the Mississippi. Richmond would become the Al.
banv, and Norfolk tbs New York, Of the SoutA. He
c,mbatied the opinion that section of the ate
was not bound TO assist in improving the oth.r H
argued thai section could not be benefited wi,bon
benehttng others; that the Kanawha aud James River
improvements not for the ben e6 of the western
people; but for the bens6t Of the numerous Iand-hol!
along the line, &c
The quest bling taken on NJ. Vena5le's amend.
meDt, IL was rejected
M. Goode moved to strike from the second section
the clause directly succeeding Gh which a. struck
out yesterday-viz for road from The Tennessee
line u Salem, in the c'uuty Of B,siourl He oh.