Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-02-28

y:as put Mr. Goodies motion TO POSTPONE. and car
red in the Affirmative, ayes CO, 81. Immediately
afterwards Mr.. Millor of Bat. introduced reson,oo
requiring surveys and estimates preparatory to the
prosecution of the James River Improvement, which
Was adopted without division; authorizing the hore
that IN regard to that Improvement at least, The
presen, General Assembly will realize some part of
what the public expected at its hands
Fooled in the object of loan, the friends of I'm
provemcnt have yet every assurance of succeeding
ut another time. The country is certanly. becom
ing more and more alive to the necessity of improv
ment, and will ere long demand it in voice which
will command obedience
A portion of the Potomac bridge has been carried
away, which prevented the mails crossing
u We conclude to-day, Mr. Crawfords letter,
with the Structures of the Telegraph.
MARYLAND SENaroR.-Gen. Chambers (Clay)
has been elected to the Senate Of the United
States for six years, from 9TH March, by nearly a
unanimous vote of the General Assembly Of Mary
land.
u As to the movement The part of the E ich-
mond Public, TO instruct the Representative OF this
city, TO aid in procuring an increase of the Cover
nors salary, indicated by q Housekeepcr, we
deem it entirely supefluous. This Public well
knows, is the very portion of Virginia which best
knows, that the Governors salary is enough to
meet eXpences, without the narrowest parsimonv.
and that it ought TO be raised. There is little or no
division of opinion on this subject-and we hone the
Representative of Richmond, will come forward with
proposition 10 increase the salary of the Governor
to the point, at which, moderation and adequacy
unite.
! Housekeeper and Head of a Family presents
his compliments to the Editors of the Wing.
! He is sorry that private no'e to the Editors, not
intended for publications. has found its way into the
Wing. That note merely intended as a correc-
ton of the address publish in the Enquirer which
the writer, not knowing of the editorial rules on that
subject had requested to be published in the other
city papers.
1t certainly could not have been his intention TO
appear in the prcdicament of publishing his fears that
it might inlure the he, in common with Others
has much at heart, to appeal, through the Press,
to the citizens of Richmond petition the General
Assembly, failure might have bad effect.
He would not have asked re publication although
he Ignorant of The rules that subject; but
would have presented the manuscript to the Editors
of the other papers, so that might have apDeared
cotemporaneousty in all, had it not been, that his
other engagements such leave him no time
to make copies for each paper. He had barely time
and that in hurried way. to write the original.
there are few rules which have not exceptions which
f take particular cases out of them
| Whether, under all the circumstance, and hayino
published my prirate note to you, you will or will no
consider this and give the address, to whc!
that note has reference also place your pa per- il
for you TO decide: But be that may the publIca
ton of that note imposes on me, in some measure
the necessity OF appealing TO all good citizens o.
| Richmond elsewhere, TO unite IN pettoninp the
General Assembly on the subject of the Governors
salary.
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would not petition, because they differed with me in
opinions They know the fact to be as state it, that
the Governors salary is inadequate TO his support:
But MY fearSYas, that they might feel unwilling to
come forward, in case OF his Kind and at this time
so much having been occasionally said about the in
| fuence of Richmond and If they did petition,
| after being appealed 10, 1t might be argument of
some doubt as to the accuracy of my statement.
was forcibly struck the other day by the ubserya-
tion of a sober and discreet old gentleman from the
country this subject; which was, that he hoped
neither the present Governor nor any other gentle
man. ould accept the Office until the Assembly put
| that Department of the Government on an equal
footing with themselves, in point of decent and ado
quate support.-What the Governor may think on
this subject have not the remotest idea but know
one other country gentleman who concurs entirely
! with my friend III that sentiment.
! think the people Of Richmond need feel no kind
Of dellcacy this subject: They ought to Weld
the right they have to petition the Assembly on
grounds of deicacy; nor do think that BODY ought
ence should be attributed to them On the contrary.
believe the law passed without that investigation of
J the subject which many members would be DESTROYS
to make; and which, according to their rules, might
be conveniently made IN petition than otherwise.
once knew individual, who, sltua, ed as [ am,
without time or opportunity to circulate petitions ana
under rather more despair, in relation great pub.
lie measure, than feel as to this, could it again be
brought before the General Assembly, did petition
that body, III his individual name; and he has been
known express the great satisfaction IL now feels
that his humble exerilons, that occasion, contri
buted in some deg!ee, tn the spectacle now before
us, Of Western and Eastern Virginia looking to the
parental care Of their Legislature for those
public improvements, which arc 10 unite all N the
bonds of paterDal Affections: But for this. the Legs
laure might not now be celebrating on tn improve
ment Of that noble River, the Shenandoah capable
in its resources Of sustaining and paying for almost
any kind of improvement; if indeed they would even
be celebrating TO the improvements which ought
to be made OF the upper james River; and, in fact
which ought to occupy and 10 justice TO the OF
all Western Virg'ma-Those people are not bound
to the car of foreign Rail Road Company, so as
even to preclude the fostering care Of their own lie