Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-30

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Mr. Gregory rose with much dilidence, to oppose this
motion lie felt deep interest in the of this
great work and he knew that the people he Represented
were deeply interested in it, lie had hoped that the
subscriptions necessary to insure the charter would
been obtained within the time allotted by the law and
that no further delay would have been asked lie, had
been here two three years and he had heard il talk
ed OF over and over again and he began fear that
whole project would terminate in talk. AS to the pre-
sent proposition for delay, lac should be willing to acccdc
to IT. he believed that the Interior object the measure
would be effected by that But he believed that
us scheme IN It's present form would'ncvcr succeed
that every year il would be asking for delay and with
each delay the confidence of the people would be dmn
shed lie was of opinion, that a small work could be
advantageously carried by Joint stock companybut
mat no improvement of such magnitude this,
the State He believed that the time had arrived
when Virginia should take this work into her own
hands and complete il with the public resources
III she did not do this now, he believed that il would be
done sooner later and that all these erculcan efforts
TO obtain the by private subscription would fail
ana result IN Keeping the State from carrying the
WORK Tor perhaps ten twelve years. When the re-
sources on which the company depended should be
called for, he ofopnion they would not be fortlcon
ing AS onc therefore, who in favor of this work
anu ardcntly desired it's completion believing that the
subscriptions citizens wond meet the rcoisons of
the law, leaving the contributions of corporaons ont of
tne qncsuon-bcevng, moreover, that if the friends
OF the bill had all they asked for failure would
be the conscquence-hc wond not consent to cx-
tend the charter single day Ii true, that but
short time was asked for but he was not disposed 10
grant it. fthc charter should expire on the 81 # Dcccm
no else make the he
humble as he was make the motion that the Joint stock
system be thcnccforh abandoned in regard to this inn
Provement and that the work be done State account
lie was strongly impressed with the belief that the work
would fail under the present system; and he was olso
convinced, that the State could complete il in or q
years, without difficulty or Inconvenience
Mr. Cabel wished say few words in addition to The
remarks OF the gentleman from Richmond. When he
came TO the House to-day he had supposed that this
proposition would be made, and he therefore had moi
with him those specific statements of facts which
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SUBJECT But he thought sufficient reason could be ven
70 induce the House to grant the delay asked for What
long delay-not until the session. but only TO
the 10th OF January next, in order that may gather
IN our funds to commence this great work. This motion
was opposed on the ground that have prospect os
success, and that the work only be completed on
state account Three years ago. after four successive
aepts To carry tis work State account-fonr sire
nuous Efforts inanfully sustancd-hrec years AFRO the
Legislature did soennly say that by Joint stock com
pany tins work might be performed and that the State
would assist such association We have made the
attempt, and we have been three years strugng to r
tins great work into operation period of time which
seemed to Mr. G. shorter than some who were alreo
impatient of the delay. Ii should be remembered that
great works were not to be copecdn haste and many
Oh e most important lnprov emcntswcre long balancing
between hope and fear, before operations were com
menced upon them. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
company was under constant Legislation from 1922 to
lS, ana before stroke struck upon it. had been
inc subject OF sixteen acts passed by Congress and the
Legislatures Of Maryland and Pennsylvania Aud sbou
TINS company standing alone dependent on the action of
one Legislature only-asking aid from virginia alone he
refused little tinc-a fortnight only-to demonstrate
whether tis experiment has has succeeded. Al
TINS moment the citizens Of Richmond were VOTING 20
authorize the Common Hall subscribe 500 900 Thus
TAR there was overwhelming majority in favor Of the
SUBSCRIPTION ana There was no doubt of the result And
would tins House Illustrate the wishes of the CITY of
richmond, by refusing TO give the short extension
OF tihc now asked Tor Another, and important rea-
son for this proposition, was that returns or tie sur;n
lions from some important oncs had no: ee received
There had been returns from :.,rsi Bi,,rt ,nJ
II
from the agent of the CoEpany in Rockhrioe stotnr
mat ne would shortly transmit the subscriptions to five
hundred siafes They had not been received The
same was the case with regard to Amherst and Bote
1t was believed that these three counties would have s,b
scroed 10 about one thousand shares He appealed TO the
VINO represented those counties TO corrcboratc
ms statements ltmght De and probably was the case that
hId retarded The receipt OF these subscriptions
iherc was also probability that subscriptions would b.,
received from Greenbrcr and Monroe II these snb
scrpions are received may reasonably be expected
IN lew Jays and the City OF Richmond subscribes az
Is now almost past doubt, the additional sbscrino,
contemplated, the stock of the company viii have bce,,
made up Ifthen the Legislature would give them mn
vi ie oth OF January, to bring together these means
and at the arrival ofhat day. the stock was not lnode nm
then he (Nr % would forever after close his mouth on
the SUBJECT lie hoped the representatives of the peon
would not be so unreasonable refuse so trivial re-
quest when interest of such magnitude was at stake
lie gentleman from James City has told us that c This
schcne fails, he will present proposition TO the House
Tor the completion Of the work State account I
Know wen, SAID MIR G., what viii be the result Of such
proposition lie did not feel disposed To object To tho
projects OF gentlemen from the South Side or from, the
cloud caPpd mountains ifthc charter should fail Put
he hoped they would its failure by ouposn the
present hiouon.hat they will not deny little time TO
prove TO them that we have fulfilled our promises and
that our plan has succeeded.
Mr. Wilson Of BotetOurt sad that he should move m
amendment OF the resolution to limit the extension
OF time to the 10th of January lie had intended TO vote
against any proposition TO extend the time for obtaining
subscriptions to the stock, for even a sinre dav RE
as they told that subscr ptions from some corn
mad not been received he would WILLINGLY Grant tbo
Company few days that they might be enabled 70 70
ceive them. week, he should suppose was G,nc
enough Tor that object lie had formerly been an odvo
cate OF the performance of this work on State accom-,
and he was still of opinion that it would be the nrcfI
plan lie believed that the Legislature would have s,nc
toned such aprdposition last year. lac believed they would
90 ~ now This was the third extension of time which
had been asked Tor by the company and he boned :,
would be the last Having been asked bv f,e ol.n1Io
man from Nelson to sustain his statement "a g. I'M, uL
scrpton to stock in Boetourt, he would sav that no 10
leved there had been subscribed in that county from,
three toe four hundred shares which Womb bc tran
mitted to the company The subscription had faT
merry been larger but mGDy of tie names Ind
been withdrawn, from bcef that the work ,yo,IJ
fail MIR. w. pleased that the gentleman frrro
James City had declared his determination eboud a.
charter fail, 10 bring forward motion TO pcrforn,
the work on State account fle clad to find thai t
gentleman would 90 with the friends OF Interim! Innro,o
ment, should II be nccesIary, State account lie was
wng 70 give the company sufficient time to Obtain IN
,I i 40 ~ ti,V A'ct Oh us resources, and believing
That 10 days would be sufficient lie moved to amend Inc
resolution, by inserting the l0th of January as ie do
u which the time should be extended
Mr. Mcdowell said, that two reasons had been rive,
Tor the extension Of time proposed and those reasons
seemed to him to be sound. One was that the Legisa
tine expression OF the viii OF the people Of RiobnonJ
relative to the proposed subscription ,v the Co,runr
Hall The other TINT the subscriptiois from son,n ~
the counties mad not yet been received In reply to the