Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-31
VIRGLNIa LEGISLATURE

SPEECH OF Mr.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
admit, that 10 secure tue g'eat obi ct which W.
he adopted. The p'iz- IL immense: the mesn' ,hou'd
Re suited 20 the Ct d. l confess sm a'anei at The
views "' some geDusm m. WHOM l knew 80 be the
jealous titnd- Of rs h-ms; bu WHO, mus, b.
per- iej say, EXPECT acSoDpl 81 L. wi hout hav
Ing counted the cost DO gentlemen expect 70 attain
tie high 'urposes " hich we profess to have in view
by s'uicirg our riverf, optDg the H., ard IAm
syst N! We must he governed in the mode Of our i'm
provemen', in good d'gree, by the facilities which
others Cfer Nv York aud PpDsyIvania a-e fetch
iDg the Yves, A. cir invita- ions through Canal.
anu reii' roeds For virginia TO attempt competition
with them, through suice., OF lock. an dams would
he as u'ile as to march upcn he battle teid with pis
tolls, 10 encounter f,e armed with the deadly RIA
seems 20 me that we tai 20 keep pee wi h the i'm
Provem-uts OF the Pge While Other countries are be
sipD to believe aud Very generally too that even
canals are inas q"ae TO arre and rapid rcial
trensaciions; and substituting the rail. wav
locomotive epgiue-wilt Virginia continue the Fl Al
sn pics, and mot in icieD system of imeroy.men,
because II 10 somewhat thesrer3 There never as .
better maxim than that If Fl anklin n at whatever l.
worth doing al all, l. wor doing well. Nothing bu,
an Jude pendent canal from Richmond 20 the Rim.
kidge, aud Railroad fom that point To Kauhawa O,
rai'-rosd the whole dislsuce cen I. n Ct the O.,
end which we wish 10 aecompli h. I, /. useless IN
attempt cencealment uHdrr The pary app,our' atior
designated in The SUBSTITUTE The rue amount and
Inc true design should be known at once. Convince
the people OF The u y OF The o, iact and thew viii
not withhold the meaUs sd.quaia 10 efsctI Slow
men, 'hat by proper system OF Improvement The v
fnce will be furnished Re ,hem:--Ihat the value o.
every ioot Of land which they will be euhanced-
that the happiness prop ry AMI pepdence of heir
pnster y 20 be secured by it. Prove 90 then, ,ba,
this Commonwealth, Under ,he orerai N tf sue, a
system, will be renovated 20 h. core. ID scr BE- the
tributary HARNESS. OF ten s a'es flowing Lroush In.
hears OF Virginia, seeking an Quite, upon heir own
Ches peak, and tts N. to make Ri,hInord the AHA
ny, and Norfolk the New York Of the SortF ID,
thi', AID mS wr fr it. ,be instruction from Il e con-
sttcen 10 he repIes, NATIVE wi! be- give us II i'm
provemen'."
SIR, the bill does not coll upon the people OF thi.
State for sory cen; tut proposes a loan of MONEY
bot to be redeemed for twenty years Is there anv
fear that the revenue th Improvement we, ld no,
pay the nerest on the sum necessary to cou,lsta /,
and hnally redeem the principal without the necessity
oil taxation at all. The means Of assertauin The
justice oil such appEeh' ions, is by resoItDg 10 tbs
test oil expeii,n WLa is The history of ether i'm
Povement- IN OUR country, in relation to revenue d.,
! we'd from them?
me New York CaF al cost so 2O7,32s 90
Tolls derived from il la;i year 1929 g2I M
This immense rroht upon the expendi.u IRE accru,d
too, without the aid OF The Ohio canal part only RI
which was put in operation during the latter part If
the past year. Ii il true, stated by the get man
from Sussex, (Mr. Efpes) tba, 'te rev nue. Of Ills
wok has not yet been applied to the extir puisb
meat OF the principal This may be in part accoun.ed
for by ihs very h1avy charges annually ariing upon
the work. to the payment Of which, and the Interest
o. the original eos' the has b. IN appeJ and
which II has ben more than competent 10 meet Dur
ing the year 1929, there paid 10 the Smperin,erd
ants OF repairs the canal, S2s4 65, ia
To Camel CCmmis sioners, l5355j RI