Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-01-15
VIRGIJVI.A LEGISL8TTJRE


>, We recommend yesterdays Proceedings Of the
Hou.e Of Delegates to the readers attention The
summary which we give Of the condition of the t,Do
gTedt FUNDS oil The State, OF the James River Company
&C. will be found The reader also has the
substance Of the several Revolutions touching the pro-
Jscted New Bridge at this City.-But more important
than all the rest, is The Report from the Committee of
Courts OF Jusiice-giying the new System of Judi.
cature which hey purpose TO- the State They propose
no change In the county s. Corporation Cours-but they
purpose to amalgamate the Chencery aud Common Law
Cours togeher-and instead Of our present Chancery
Dsrctso give Chancery powers the Superior Court.
oil Law, and to establish Superior Court OF Law, in
where two or more counties have been amalgamated
into one, for tbs purpose of dele gation The me
goes upon the idea OF bringing both law and equity
IS near possible, to every mans door-We PASS no
opinion on the suhjectIt will no dou bt be disc used
with great care and ability in the House. We under.
aud that the scheme was carried 10 the Committee Of
Courts o Justice by large majority.
The N. Iuteigencer puzzlng itself with doubts,
which have no jn4t foundation. Although the Const-
tuition recognizes Dock Yards" the strict interpret
xrs OF the instrument defi"d TO show how il lie
mat Dry Docks are warranted-and II Dry Docks be
Jusnhabie why Gays the National Intelligencer)
are not Canal Locks?-Tne IntelligeDcer cannot
be serious; else il see how drv dock
may be necessary and proper for efecGng the
gwen end-But take the IntelIl gencers rule and toe
really do not where IL its own stopping point II
any Canal Lock be covered by the Constitution go is
any canai-so any road-then we have schools, aca-
denies, colleges and unver tes-nert, the right of
applying The public funds exertiDs the fsde now.
er-ior the emancipation of slavesfo. :.o support of
the poor-ior the adjustment. Of I'll maskets-the
assz9 oil bread and beerthe regulation OF ali the la
bour and capital Of the countryside revision of all the
criminal laws OF the Statesthe arrangement of con-
tracts, and OF real estatsIn fine, they will come al
last TO the doctrine of the general weIfare'do everv
thing hat they think calculated to better the cond,ion
OF the People"-and tbeo shall have no stopping.
point at ail-Tbe doctrines If mos OF the Deposition
prints are ultra Federal and would rapidly plunge us
| into the "guli Of consolidation
Inc lnteigencer, too, quoe The Publ: Docum ants
LOT tue purpose oil showing, that whilst vast sums
oeen expended on iornhcatioss, navy army, &C., not
more thau or millions have been spent on Internal
iDprovements.-Ths argument is deceptive. Itis moi
what has been expended but what is claimed and will
DO expended, II the system goes on, that ought
mostly TO look to- Does the Intelligence forget that
1.-THE esmdtcd erpenee of works OF which surveys
been made together with that OF others prof. and
partially surveyed, amount TO more than ninstysi
millions OF doars" Doss IL not know, that one enter
prize will lead on TO aDother-ana that il you gr4nt
million TO one State, you only stimulate tn, desires and
increase The elaine OF other! Has IL forgotten Mr.
Clay's suggestion Of a assumption Of the large
mess OF State debts contracted the execution oil
State Improvement
The Augusa CoDsiitutionslist states that the Copy
81 the bill lately TURNS red by the Cherokees to the
Governor Of Geo'gis, comm eDced by describing The
eOEPiaioaos as foreign, independent aud sovereign
stare not sui ct TO III laws Of this STATE, OF ihs
United States, but precedent TO both in time and eoua
In tgbts-Tbi' s, indeed, bold position and is di !,
metTicaIy at IN the u,ages of the Sfses and n
mistake not with a the previous decj.ions of the
Federal Court-But hoo the General Government
continues 10 get iurisd con enough TO pas upon the
rights OF the States TO their Territory and 10 gei
II too from tho meagre AMI insulated power 10 regulate
the Commerce with the Indian tribes, II IL Tor the la
tndnous interpreters Of the Consiilu i1n to decide -
Ihat the lndians are foreign, independent and sove.
reign nations, within the boom OF the s ate Gov
rroments' is doctrine unknown 10 our wisest polit
eAh' 10 at sno az we had thought, in present times
| The CcMEr-is TO be seen towards the Siulh- r. is
about d4y-break has been noticed by few eMly
rssrs, for nea y week past--Ths following article