Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-03-15
VOLUME XXXIV..--No. 100.


NOTES the welfare and The glory of New York and
as patriots and good citizens, you ought to con,r.
bule ~ these ends-and though you may be taxed
for while TO construct this canal, in the end we
will relieve you Of all taxation. The properly Of the
people will not only be enhanced million, in Yaue
but in time shall receive from this canal mil
hon OF dollars melt revenue Then will call upon
you for no taxes Yorr industry shall be unncumber.
ed. Moreover we shall have fund wherewilh VIZ can
educate your children We will send the bsesspd lights
Of education TO the remotes sections of the Sate-we
will despatch to every citizens abode the guardian ge
MUS that protects the morals Of peoplemakps them
vrtuous and happy earth and points The wayto flea
Nay, more-we will grspple the East ard The Yves.
together, rs with hooas Of STEEL Wewill make each
citizen Of The State the neighbor Of every other. We
will make whole people hand OF brothers," Such,
Sir, WA the reasoning of New YORK., and such he.
course. II has enriched her ,sarsrer and made her
the EmplEe Stu,e Of this Confederacy. It has mace
richer and happier those very people who denounced
her wise policy. But zoe, Mr.. Speaker, crau,pet by
our miserable and false notions of economy-alrad OF
lille money-abnndon The State 10 her downward
fate We take, and anon upon our Atantpan
shoulders, the whole weight Of the Uniun, but when
our own Stale asks US to save her f,om sinking,
say 10 her, "Sink sink, sinA We have no money 10
h-p you! and if dare assist YOU our constituents will
drive us from seats in this ha' We lea our Own
domestic concerns to take Of the Fedora! GOVERN
ment. We spend millions upon million, in drbatingab
strac questions Of Federal politics. and strange to ts
when we called or to make appropriation of few
hundred dollars for survey cry out ECONOMY,
nomy-we cunnn spend the dear people, money such
worthless objects" While other States. Sir digest
ing and carrying out magnificent schemes of nerna.
improvement blessing. Il parental Commonwealth
ought, her citizens with bouullful means Of happiness
and wealth, We fold arms in ndersncewith w"rse
than Pagan infdey, ''neglect our own household -
permit citizens To get poorer and poorer-the State
lower and iowcr-a the only advantage We derive,
the poor character acquire Of being the conscience
keepers Of the Union ! have DOUBT, said MIR. s,
that in the last forty years, we have expended money
enough in the discussion of Federal politics. to build
Railroad from the Tennessee line 10 Evanshan Sir,
said Mr. S., if we would advance the lasting welfare and
character of the Sutc--if would make her people
happy und richproole their moral excellence and ndo
To the sum OF human happiness, we would do well 10
emulate The course Of our Northern sisters. Let
tend less to the affairs OF the General Government and
more to own domestic concerns. Let us act.
have endea vor-d, said MI g to shew By speculative
reasoning the netciency of the two and three hs ys
tenn will submit it 10 the test of Experience, the
best Of all teachers. Will contrast oe he aci.
pal works that have been constructed State account,
with those that have been undertaken he joint stock
plan. Take first the Ohio Canal, connecting the Ohio
with Lake Erie. It's length is 3l0 milrs-lt was
commenced in 1926, completed in lS32 and this indie
pendent Of the Miami branch. The Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, conducted BY a company, wns opgrn IN
1892 and up to this time period OF ten years only llu
miles have been completed The Baltimore and Ohio
Raroad another offspring OF j'int stock paternity,
was also commenced in lS2S-Propnsed length $40
mles-compieted in 10 years, 50 miles. 81 that the
Stale Of Ohio, conducting her Internal Improvement
system her account did nearly three times rs
much in six years, the Chesapeake and Ohio Cana!
Company haze done in ten; aud nearly oar tisnes ss
much as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the same
period Of time Now, said Mr. s., but suppose that
Ohio had left the individual enterprise of her citizens
the construction Of this work Gould any one suppose
that il could have been completed even by this time
is TO be questioned whether u would have been inshed
in thirty yeurs. Yet Ohio wisely set 20 work, and &C.
,ua!ly finished this great work, while joint stock COM
pany would have been getting ready-ln less tTe per-
haps than company would have required to procGre
the subscriptions necessary to n commencement. And
another case, said Mr.. s., still more conclusive OF The
superiority Of the State principle, may br given. In one
single year The State OF ~ York constructed w miles
of her great Erie Cnnal-more in $50 days than the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Companies have done in ~ years.! Anc
yet genllemen this floor are audIng the J"nt sock
system as model of perfectioa-ns the most efficient
mode of imprUvement-and as holy measure OF a0m-
PROMISE which the rude hands of the friends OF the Stale
rule of action ought not dare protane!
But let compare the aggregate experience OF The
States of New York and Pennsylvania with that OF gu:
own State, the beroine il uIy speak, OF this audec
Joint stock system Take first the example of Penn
sylyania From lSlG 10 1925, the " Key stone State
acted upon the joint stock plan Tie opinion IN tha'
interval prevailed, that it the best mod Of I'm
proyement-sn ! am informed, said Mr. Ssgnr, by
gentleman of tina, State of great intelligence, who
has been intimately connected with her system OF
Improvement. II found, however, that che part
nership schpme was had for the State Treasury,
and too slow in its operation Accordingly, in le3 this
Stn.e commenced anew and made Internal Improvement
Fixed measure of Stale policy; and the resat las heen
that whereas her nproveme nts between tie years 1910
and he's, consisted Of bridges and .urnplkes-now she
has in actual operation than OOO miles OF railroads
and cnnals constructed on her own account. And take
ne x, the example of New York That enlightened Com
mon wealth. seeing with clear eye her True interest die
not wait for the tardy working of individual enterprise
She 'se her shoulder to the wheel and in The short
space OF eight years, constructed worh mat 10 at once
the admiration Of the wurld-an imPershaoe monument
of her own fame and the enrichment oil her people Tor
eyer-a work Sir that has given 10 her, what she most
Justly merits, the title of Empire State Contrast
her ustrous experience with the miserable laggIng
ioint stock system, which the gentleman from Prince
Edward px.ols 10 the skies. And now, said Mr.. Sc.
oar lei me ask the members from HALIFAX and FRINGE
Edward for the fruits of their glorious system IN
yIrginia Where are your 1a)o railes OF Canals and
Railroads. Where is your system, few disJon,et
works connecting with no rich back counlry-a few
neighborhood roads-now and then miserable muc
turnpike and few miles Of xcaJato5 are all! The fruits
of your yaunled joint stock policy Sir, is not the con-
tras, e7otng and disgracefu There is comparison,
said Mr. S. between the State and the Joint stock PfIn-
cpes 1t the pace of The snail to the sPesd of the an
lel ope il is the highmetled courssr opposed to the
coldbloodeG poughborse. Sir, said Mr. B., while New
York mounted upon the feet and fiery racer, has de-
scrbed the whole round OF rational ana gory'
poor old Virginia. crooked up wretched, lean Ill
favored benei and constantly tumbng from it's back,
has hardly gotten fairly upon the costse tell you,
Mr. Speaker the State mast dismiss from her service
this faded broken down tackey-lf she docs NOT ano
particularly if she makes the gentlemen from Fr'nce
Edward and Halifax her rders-she will be dlstanced-
doubly dislanced-aye Sir ruled out the list OF com,
petors for the prize of national dis!incton-ano Iueo
out with disgrace Whether, therefore, you consult the
ordinary principles Of human nature, or you
recognise The unqualified superiority Of the State, over
the Joint stock plan Of Improvement.
But its inequality Is made objection There is no
system Of expenditure, said Mr. S. tina. is esas. equal.
n..f.ot eonsty by tse VARIOUS sections Of the State.
Bn equality is as nearly appropriated as in the nature
Of linus il can be. One section may pay more taxes
Than another, out each pays according to it's mean'
Gentlemen say, it s unjust that large sums should be
iers 80 iaconsiderabe share of the revenue OF the
State. And why, beg leave TO ask, DO the Western