Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-12-15
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of the West of us coming out at once against the
suicidal project of Division of Virginia. We have
three OF them before us, from which we make the
lereabeat such proposition dpobaby NEE, with sbou,
sny advocates at pseo, would proposition divide
Such division OF tho s,ae and we
urge dissolution the Gnoa '% s as c ;Sa
n"y %so Of s s, ss %
q" %h sses 40" we glad " SEQ that
We depleeae the idea q division
The, bs, eo%psa eyes opened s0ss
sseda ugan., weigh, state in tho ea
ysy S ss, s'9 ' and d,.oI ~sS at sink
"'eI'sence'-bu we would recommend patience people
The following VEws have no merit of literary
lyle TO recommend them to notice-thousands m;oht
nave nave, expressed them IN better languages: Not
could have more sincerely felt their force They
have been republished the West ofthc Mountains:
and we take the liberty of transplanting them in
10 our own columns, however homcy or hasty the
composition:
DIVIDE VrRGINIA!--It is impossible We shouldhink
tha no man could seriously such an idea Yet
we have recently seen elaborate, and what is more
very plausible put forth in the Rockbrdye Intc
genccr, insisting upon the expedency of such
II is pity that the writer could not find some better sub
sct i0r taxing his ingenuity We should have imagined
that this was the least suitable time for pressing such
proposition The argument is addressed TO Western Vir-
gnabut within the last two years. situation has
much improved The new Constitution has inc her
political importance upon the Map. She may not have
gained every thing that she demanded but she has gained
much And did not the very last Legislature manifest
greater disposition 70 promote her than almost
any other which has assembled in the Capitol What
session ever effected more for the of Internal I'm
provemenH They gave impulse to the bill of i'm
povement which is destined to lead to the most import
ant results Are not the people this well as on the
o'ner sde Oh the mountains, actively engaged in the pro-
motion oil this cause! During the late we have
seen one Convention assemble in Abingdon and another
in Lewisburg The one has contributed very essentially
to the success othe New River Rail Road The citizens
oil Lynchburg and of Richmond are literally subscribin
eir funds to Its establishment The Convention of
sDurg nave also adopted measures which may emncny
contribute to the benefit of brethren
And Is this the moment talk of dvi,ion-of separate
ntcressand OF splitting the good Old Dominion in twan9
Nono-let us be done with such idle or pr-
positions The people of this eah are one and
mdr'si6ie. They bound together by sense of com.
mon interests The streams which rise beyond the Blue
fuuSe pour themselves into the Chesapeake bay Those
who live in the west, find their market in the east The
means OF communication between the extremes ought to
be lett to the care of one people and government
But this is ALIVE are bound together by the sense
Oh ancient rccollcctions, and of feeling What
Virgnian does not feel pride in claiming Washington and
Jefferson as his Immediate fellow citizens Whose heart
does not throb at the victories of Kings Mountain and of
York Town Is any little difference of opinion or
on which should "put asunder those who have bccn s
long united Is it because we have more slaves on this
SIDE oil the Allegheny than beyond il? Is il because
herc may be some little distinction of party between diff
erent sections, that are TO rend Virginia asunder?
The writer in question contends, that the people of Wes
tern virginia would enjoy more political weight if they
moment this State is divided her two divisions will each
oil them possess much less influence the affairs of the
naon-With what difference of feeling do VIC contem
plate the importance o the great States of New York and
Pennsylvania, and of the States of Delaware and Rhode
Island! How much would the now imposing name
of Virginia be Invested of its dignity and its weeb1, The
edi,or OF the North Carolina Free Press is right when
he says in his last number
of iv OF he Western Virginia papers urging the propo
with Tesa bo A @e 1S D SSs no OF
which must inevitably DO the case
Let us cease then, to listen suggestion about
.he division oil the State Let rather our en-
orgies for the Improvement of her condition Letthe on
~ rivalry be- who shall cherish the greatest affection to the
cause oil Virginia, and who shall do the promote it,
II such sentiments can be ridculed bv thor,
senfimentdiss then is all regard for the Union of the
States all love OF country all respect for our parents all
even for the ashes of the dead mockery
mere sentimcntalsm!
We scarcely "forbear q smile" Mt the oue
ry of the Telegraph "Will he 1.-THE Editor of the
Enquirer) support the Bank?'-We answer il bv
another query Is 1t necessary for us to saw NO?
nat the more we consider the subject, the more we
are struck with the importance of arresting such nm
and ill-organized Institution-an
Institution, which sets at defiance the State auho
rtesintrudes within their Jurisdiction acithou ask
ing tedue-stays within them long as it plcases
is exempt from all tax, while similar State estab
lishments subjected to them-at least so saws the
Supreme CONTRIBUTIONS the State having any
share In It's capital control over its proceedings
In fine, an institution of 35 millions capital out of all
proportion with the claims ofits financial adyo-
the public debt will be extinousbed be-
tore ITS charter can expire, and revenue instead
OF being % or 30 millions, ought not will not ex
coed ID or Ia millions? We are at war with such
an lnstitution-Wc will not ask whether the Tele
graph will Support the Bank" for we care not
All the declarations, the pledges of such an Ed-
tor are unworthy of consideration-for, he who
could violate his pledges to Mr.. Bockee cannot
again be trusted.-Nor will we ask whether his
liege Lord will support it-bccause it is perfectly
known that he will.
But this we do say, that we do not believe one
word OF what the Telegraph says, that "a Bill to re-
charter the Bank the joint production of the Trea
sury and of the Bank, had already received the
sanction of the President, before the Message was
transmitted to Congress."-We are persuaded, that
this assertion is gratutous and false-and nothing
but the sgn-manual of Andrew Jackson himself to
such a bill can overcome the strongest conviction
we entertain, that he will sign no such bill.
The Northern Editors, who charged Mr. Steven
son with iberality, will surely abandon all their s,Is
plcions, when they look to the complexion of his re-
cent Committees. What will his Ulra-Tariff / j.
bellers now say of themselves?-He has placed Fx-
President Adams the head of the Tariff Com
mttee, the Lion ofthe day. And he has 6 other Tariff
men on it, and only A. Tariff. lie has replaced Mr.
McDuffie at the head of the Committee of Wavs g.
Means-Mr. Cambrecng, of COMMENCEMENT Mr.
Archer, of Foreign Affairs. He has treated old
Pennsylvania with great Kindness and liberaltv-
higher than she was before-although she scarcely
gave him vote, if one as Speaker of the House
LATEST FROM THE BALTIMORE CON VENTION
Extract nj a letter from BnHin0ye