Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-02-24

assistance Let bring our present wo'ks 10 Tue t
of productircness. One successful demonsraton .'
sort will encourage the people; and when 'hey pc
system Of works finished and paying inc The
cost they will then be willing to 60 on in improving Tue
State ANY other course, Sir, will be cruel mo'Ay
our suffering constituents They ask relief iof @
difhculesSRe increase The debt nnd burdens W y,
Slate They ask that finances shall De tes d mst
state Of soundness-Wo TILL them TO d'tcn anu ,aNt
road, in which they have no nteresIor pay "' 49,
s the same thing. The people dio mol -. sa."
course when left home These ga 49,, IT,,
Nd ;f know suy thing about the spirit oil the people
nf ,ba rood old State they will not quietly slano inc
burdens we propose TO lay on them But, s'' II tne
inequality Of TN the sy Of such
fthe state of The Tasury-if the state OF the tuna LOT
internal improvement and the general embarrassment
Of The times are sufficient objections TO TIE report
there are other features in that report which utterly con-
denim it in my estimation As whole, il presents the
great, and with me, the insuperable objection OF e
binu,on Of works which have necessary conh'E."n
thrown together skully 10 cover enough OF 'he
territory of this State to secure scant pattern OF m
iory OF votes directly interested in the proposed III"
proyements. II does not conport WIN 'he c'E"''y "
this great Commonwealth, TO legsa'e IN ms WAYS ~.
not lust This report offers 10 certain secnohS o ..'
State The chance making their improVeHlens Wv ,,e
Join. stock system; system 8" much oec'eu w ..e
friends of the report-and provides tor certain QUIET sc
tions of the State out OF the puolc lleae"y ,t
great roads Stale account are u come 'ose ' " 10y
, and most populos part Of Virginia. yet those
who are TO receive the whole benefit OF these WORKS re-
fnse to take dollar of the stock. railroad on stale
account is 10 begin in the woods OF tre o
the Tennessee line and end nj the village OF Evansham
and there 10 rot out, unless the people VIII make
,ond from James River Danvile or both 10 connect
with IT, Now if the friends of this report hao Inc I'M
nrovpment of the State much heart, they certainty
would have proposed at least 10 have 30 eSpenoed te
money of the State have contributed o feeaes 70
her great central improvement, instead g" Pi"sie'ng
WAYS 10 carry irude from these lines And what s
the boon with which il is proposed to purchase Inc soes
between Danville and Evansham? II s absolutely no.
thing The great Junction Railroad is abandoned, be-
cause nobody will take stock in 1T or II any STOCK was
taken the subscribers, have heard, backed out when
nav day came The condition precedent is an lnprac'
ticabe one II is we'll known, that nobody IN that
country wants any such stuck Look TO the
and see the nducemen held out, 10 eaten me woes
the counties Of that region call upon the North west
IN repudia,e scheme which places them IN such an
eongocal attitude before The world. know that no
thing wrong is meant end no one IN thtS House wouio
believe that the high minded Northwest could nc lndu'
ced by any improper move-but it becomes The hcPe,
senttves Of that quare. to stand erect oeote e "o.u
in this matter. cloud Of $2oUOO Is suspended over
this REGION threatening 70 rain down here or there, as
NAV suit best-or here little, and there little cn'I
upon the real West the people that have asked but e
and that has been granted on the Joint STOCK system 10
discoun,enance this scheme 1t offers advantage 10
them call upon the South west not 10 depart from
the system they have long sustained 10 get the pro
mise Of rail road they have not asked fora road that
am sure this State will never make, and road that
perhaps is not we'll suited Nacadamzed turnpike
for the interest Of the farmers Of the Southwest call
upon the East 10 vote down the principles conainedln
the report of the Committee The East, which has re.
ceived nothing, and wants but little am sure will 60
for the indefinite postponement Of this neaSure-yel
see billing and cooling between the extreme East and
extreme West. see beality, high mindedness, IN
the extreme East which arises and descends un.
iii it has reached the Western mountains Every de-
r ,rIorr IIotn nnntr &c
overlooked | warn the House to look at these symp.
toms with distrust The South the magnsnlmous sonh
is not to be found in this Of combination am
glad of it, hope it will present to this House PROPOSE
lions which will be a6iudged by their own m' rits
Mr. Speaker, intended TO have presented some fur
Their views and other important considerations Oh this
subject but will not respass further on the alen'
ton of the House. in the hope that the subject will he
discussed by Others who say to enighten this
Assembly on the subject before U.s. hope the Hnuse
will indefinitely postpone the consideration Of this report