Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-02-26

bjsetei to be sll by yitiue Of this sct shall.
before the day OF eaie elect to be transported beyond
the limits Of The Commonwealth instead Of bsng sold,
II shalt be the duty OF the county corporation urt
wherein said Tree negro or muzo reside, 10 direct
the shet or other officer OF th. forth
Win 70 hire out said free negro must'o in h- same
public manner as the sale would have b. made, for
time sufficient TO raie the funds for his or her trans
ports ion and 1t tba be the duty Of such county or
cor or ton court such fluids shall have been
raised ON surh hires, such free negro
laito TO be transported "a afore' all
Til, ryder was rejected The se-cui reading !;
ard The question hene taken the passage Of the
BILL II was decided In the affirmative by vote Of ~
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OPENING AND REPAIR OF ROADS.
The Oder Of the. Day. the bill to provide for the
opening and repair Of the public roads was announced
MIR. Miller Of Bo,etonr,, moved that the Loan Bill
be taken up; but with rev hi. motion.
Mr.. Williams Of Harrison, moved to postpone tho
Order Of the Day until Saturday.
Alter some conversation, the motion Of Mr.. wa
rejected. 81
On motion Of NJ Gim.r, the Order Of the Dsv wss
proceeded with In Committee Of the Whoe. Mr.. Goode
in the Chair.
The question icing on The Substitute offered yes'er.
day ny Mr.. Moore,
debate took place, in which the Sub ttute as .,ps
ported by Messr'. Moore. Campbell OF Brooke. And
o. Boe'our'. aud Cald we'll ard coposed by Messr
Williams Of Shenandoah. Gibson and Giim-r.
The question was then taken the Substitute oGsr-
ed by Mr.. Moore, aud decided 10 the negative.-Ayes
81. Noe, so
On motion Of Mr.. James, the bill reported by the
Committee. was furthsr amended
= On motion of Mr.. Glrner, the Committee rose and
reported progress. The several amendments agreed
to in Committee Of the Whole, were adopted by the
House.
On motion of Mr. Miller Of b., the bin authorizing
Loan for the purposes Of Internal Improvement was
taken up.
MI Mccoy was oppo,ed to adopting III. substitute
for The original bill. The original Till framed 70
meet the neral wants OF the people. He menu
her OF the Committee, and he had bren sorry 20 hear
other members disavow p'aus, which he ooi in
The Committee, they were 10 favor Of This bill en-
brsced but few improve ments orntiug others Of ..
quail importance The State was intersec,ed by chain.
OF mountains, running from North to South and the
original bill proposed TO penetrate those mountains and
op'u communication with the West. He thought
that the original bill might be amended, as TO be
acceptable; Il embrac the interest OF the whole State
and would do justice to all
Mr. Williams of n. said, that he was sorry 10 find
his friend from Tyler throwing obstacles in The wav Of
the BILL He had Determined to vote for the hill az
came from the Committee il had only comprised the
James River improvement. The gentleman on CHIT not
to hnuer what appeared a doubtful majority in favor
OF the systsm II was an old maxim, that decided
enemy VIZ. less dangerous than recreant friend. He
hoped the friends Of the bill would refrain from prcpos-
ing any local plans, "a it in III, form which
would be most likely TO make it successful.
Mr.. VenaNle catered into an enquiry, as 10 who
were the friends OF Internal improvements. He said
tina, the State had already sys'em OF Internal I'm.
provement, established by law, and he alluded TO the
De
lisled system called the enemies OF Internal Inns
povement, because they would not join to overthrow
II. He alluded to the Roanoke Improvement, which
had been ended high up Botetourt and Mont.
gnmery. Yet the young gentlemen who had made
Speeches here in favor Of this BILL did and assist
them. Their fathers, however, cid aid in the pr iec
and understood it, importance
The Speaker said Ihs gentleman was out of order
as the question now before the Hou'e, was the sdop-
ton of the substitute Of the Committee
MIR Venable said he would 60 no flrther.
NV aaiI m MA IN lhn
Harrison, that because he had expressed hs preference
for the original BILL he had been called refractory and
willing to throw obstacles in the way He had right
to express his opinion the two bills. He was friend
iy to Loan; but preferred some improvements to
others He did not intend to opao-e tits bill, bu; to
EXPRESS his preference for the original one.
Some explanations took place between Messrs Will
lisms and McCoy.-Mr. w. observed, that tn. West
had not got sl they wanted; but they had go, all they
could got. III the West had been ou'-mauepvred by
the EAst-aod they generally were--.hey could rot
help They had got $4,000 OF two millions
IL was but small sharebut they must be contented
HI hoped the gentleman from Pince L iward did no,
aliude to him, when hs spoke OF you0g gentle men
who made fine speeches He was sure he had n yer
made fine speech in is life.
Mr. Anderson OF Boistourt supported the substitute,
and replied to the genusm { OF Prince Edward adj
vocaing the principle OF a loan.
MIR. EPpes moved to strike out the provision for
subscription Of sock 10 the Petersburg Rail- Roed Com
pany-And whom that question came up he would
prove TO the House, that there PROV eme Mt in
the Sia'e 20 much entitled to aid as ths.
Mr. Macfarland was surprised at thescourse of the
gentleman from Sussex. lie could not think that thi.
bill sbt ud il pass, would be lees acceptable to the
gentleman. for containing clause in aid of an improve
ment which he considered worthy of encouragement.
He thought there was necessity of arguing 10 favor
OF the Rail- Road Company, the gentleman himself
had spoken so highly in it, favor.
Mr.. Eppss said his object 10 remove each sepa-
rate proposition in the bill. He desired the dsfeat of
the bill but ii il succeeded, he dill not wish, after
having voted against it, to pocket the money. He
was against the nrnciple OF loan and consequent
ly, against the whole hill
MIR. Macarland thought that II the gentleman's OBJ
jet was to assail each proposition in the BILL the more
consistent course would be, TO propose striking out
seTIdttm He could see no reason why this provision
should be commenced with, out Of it's order
MIR. Brodnax agreed with the e ntleman from Sussex
on two points He oppnsed TO the principle of
Loane; and he was in favor of the Petersburg Rail.
strike from the bill He would vote for the bill
he approved OF every of the projects which il
contained hut he would vote for each separately
II they meritorious. FL could not see how re-
tanning the provision for the Petersburg Rail- Dad
could make the bill worse. He alluded TO he remark
Of Mr. Williams of Harrison, thar the E,st bad cut.
mar envred the We.t-on which he observed that il
bad been so, lie East willing wipe out and
be din again aid let every improve stand on lis
own footing.
Mr.. Williams made few remarks in reply,
Mr. Maxwell said ii would not have been proper for
him to have made he motion which had been made by
the gentleman from Sussex: But il having been made
he offered some remarks, in which he denied that in
any possible point OF view, could this Petersburg Rail
Road be considered State Improvement. In sup
port of this opinion he went into some details He
Roanoke to James River, at the points where thew
would naturally he iOined nv nnt lef fbc trade ~