Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1834-12-16
THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANA. CON.
VENTION

This int resting Convention assembled in Baltimore
ON Monday week, and and adjourned Wednesday
George c. Washington, Esq, appointed President
of the Convention.
r;cc Prcsidents- whittlcscy, of Ohio; Elijah
boyd ofNirginia; William A. Bradley of the District
oi Columbia; and VIM. Robinson If Pennsy lvana.
Secrcta'ies-John r. Kennedy, and Joseph Shrivcr
Congress, and the State Legislatures of Maryland Penn
sylvania, Virginia. and OHIO and the Corporal ons OF
baltimore and of the District of Columbia for aid FUR
crng the progress of the vitality important undertaking.
The interest OF which they had assembled to promote.
We shall publish particular account of their
Proceedings, in our ncxt-In the mean time we are
limited to equalization Of the following Sketch from
the Baltimore lntelligencer of Saturday last:
gates from the states OF soo Of psS
and the Di.,rie, OF coluna which recently
tio having @ their object the Immediate
connected with the subject improvements came
under the hg and respectable assembly They
sPeeiiyc esatarcso fsun.yvania Maryland Virginia.
pSsssps the work a. an early period with vgo! and
and viii he to a.. IL " Io ,b i 0.e doubt
ncnts throughout, the country of sad ii this
and T s so S.Snsa TO Of f E GS tS%%s ii
wS@ OF sn go"assaen, 20 ready At the command OF Congress
Wiih all proper Difference judgments
S S the ~ oa We must be 90 Ias without
ference to the propey OF asking Congress aid the
should be obtained from the principles
s@ will the appea,o, Suppose na, Congress Should
grant the a pray cd oavey %f.o,abIs hypohesss il not al
negative power inedcn, So advantage
advantages might arise the delay attending Congress-
they will the spi, of the ,i%ss and ao 1g"
for the of shi. link in the bg, chain
tornal improvements OF the Unon."
We agree with the b. Intcligenccr that it is nexpc-
dicnt and unwse to apply to Congress. The Federal
Government has no such power. conceded to it, Ii is
right reserved to the States and the People If APP
preparation be granted such object that decision
- will be recorded for precedent,
May usi the State. I raunot he.
hal In tho EpIp Gov
far and no farther If such appropriation can
be made, what may not be made? And if the unlimited
power over Internal Improvement thus be assumed
by the Federal Government, we may almost sing Reqn
the cause of State Rights. 1t is hoped that
Congress will pass no law upon it-and it is believed,
that the President will veto the appropriation.
So completely satisfied upon this subject that
repeat what we have before uttered in relation such
expenditures that the States ought contribute no funds
any Objects which the Federal Government has un-
dertaken to assist. They ought mix their funds
with those of the Federal authory.-Thcy ought set
their faces against such encroachmennor lend any
sanction to any work which draws any of its funds
the Federal Exchequcr. None more anxious than
are, to promote the Of Internal Improvement
by means OF the State authority and the Peoples conri-
butonsWe, for protest against the spirit
which prevails in the Governors Message this sub
Ject We are not deferred, by the panic of n public
dc from contracting the necessary Loans for the pro-
motion of wise work, which is wisely conducted-Bu
when the effort is made enlist the funds of the Union
upon any such scheme, discaim the application
We would say to the u. States, :. HANDS orr" as we
would say to the States :" HANDS ON"
UI9Thc House of Delegates have acceded TO the Sc
cond amendment of the Senatc--and the election of
Senator of the United States is consequently post
poncd till the t'oety.SecenM Of January So that the
Legislature Will now have an opportunity of receiving
hc lasD fresh ddriceS from their constituents John
Randolph said.
The House have also agreed the resolution for a
of the Senae-whO have accordingly adjourned
from Saturday last to the 29th instant
Ifon-,corship-uodfrn definition
Sacrificing yourself, your duties your constituents
ad one of the great Republican principles of Virginia
fol Mr.. Leigh
The reader is advised to visit Thoms exquisite sculp-
turc of Burns Tam o Shanter, exhibiting at the
Museum The group consists of four figures, Tam and
his cronie the Souter, Cobber the Landlady and her
husband 1t is chef a. Ourrc-and the more rcmarka-
BILE, from being cut out of such matcral-frce-
stone The figures look like the PetryactiOn of once
iiring bodies!
~ We authorized state that the contract for
Carrying the Mail to Louisa given the ioccst bid
der-the amount paid for this Route is I200-six hun
ded dollars less than any other offer, believe and