Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1841-02-11

work of internal Improvement Is the House prepared
to take that ground Are the friends of this policy
stop short of completing the great works they have
embarked in, the whole value of which depends on
the completion of them Is it not enough that the
friends of the system have conceded the ground that
no new work ought, under present circumstances,
to be engaged in? that project OF any extent is
now before the House? But, shall not finish what we
have begun II is if the State at great COST had built
some vast bridge-hnt single arch wanting to ITS
compleon-and you are asked TO refuse the small aid
necessary to lis completion when to do So ensured the
loss Of all return the vast capital already expended
Deeming the present application reasonable, he would
support il; but if he TO give vote The proposed
application comparatively with one rel cted few days
ago, he would be bound 10 oppose it. What that
cnse One where the House decided in effect, that il
economical to pay for road which must and
will be made, $350,000, when it might be built for
$3.50 900, thus mourning dead loss Of Sl00,000 with
the interest of in perpefunm-where they moreover,
decided il was better to take FIVE or six years to build
it than year. with the loss in the interim OF not less
than 500 900, of which the Stnte must lose 25ths-
and that feature might be wanting to this d'sun.
guished instance of financial sagacity, where the gain
thrown away to come out OF the pockets OF the
citizens of other States for fair equivalent in relief o
our citizens. He believed il to he an instance OF
financial skill prudence and sagacity, without parable
even in the recent financial achievements OF the Fedora
| Government. But he would forbear going further on
that subject He would content himself, before taking
seat utterly to deny the correctness OF those
which forever presented here to show the State
be greatly in debt Debts and credits are correat'vrs
If the debts be six and half millions, and the credit.
more han twelve millions as the fact was, how could
the State fairly be represented as in debt?
Messrs. MAY, LASGHoRsE and TAYLOR supported
the BILL and Mr. Chopper opposed it, These grants, h'
conended, were only useless and tremendous means o
squandering the peoples money, and he should there
fore oppose them, more especially at this time, wher
they about to impose new burthens upon their
constituents.
Mr.. CALDWELL thought they had had quite enough
of this discussion, and moved the previous question
The motion to postpone indefinitely was then put
and rejected as follows
.qyes-Messrs Southal, (Speaker) Chopper, Bayly
Coles, Wiley, Burwel of Bedford, Hask'ns, Meredith
KYLE Coleman, Cardwell, Cox, Broadus Irving
Vaughan Roane Sangster, Smith of G., Wilkinson
Butts, Clarke, Smith Of |. Of W., Tayloe Of K g
Tayloe of l.. & R., Habern, Beard, Marshall If J..
Diggs, Goode, Boyd, Harrcll, VERIFY, Smith of n
Fitzgerald. Keen Burke Dey, Radcliffe, Ridley, War
rem, Prince, Walker-42
Noss-hlessrs Carpenter, Cabell, Stuart, Byrd, Nit
chell Yandoren, Fryatt Hannah Jackson, Jones, But
fngton, Toler, Irvine, Burwell of {. and W. Marshal
Wood, Gather, Johnston, Erskine, Vance, Odtll, Mul
| len Lee, Armstrong, Hamlet, Stephenson OF j., Wor
thinoton. Donnelly, Ramey, Harrison, Booton, Cald
we'll, Bryan, Clayton, Tanzey, Wade, Orrick, Brown
~, Taylor oil n. i Langhorn", Mcconnell Hidden
Hiner May, Tunstall, Burner, Porter Brown of Pres
ton, Elliott, Rnherts"n ohider, bormah, Lfypu, .
Smith of R., Shpman, Cowan, Bevlns, Conn, WI!
lisms TAFT, Spots, Stephenson OF Tyler, Goodson
Stephenson of Wood, Fuon-7o.
The Bill was then passed and taken up to the Senate
by MIR. Dorman
The resolution requiring free negroes who should 90
from the county where they reside, to any other coun
~ in this Commonwealth for temporary other pur
poses TO obtain certificate Of good character from
some Justice of the Peace of his or her county, was
rejected by the Committee Of Courts of Justice e
whom it had been referred Whcreupon, Mr. Radcliffe
moved TO reverse the decision of the Committee, and
after some discussion between Messrs Radcliffe ane
Larehorne for the amendment, and MIR. Worthington
rainst it, the House sustained tina amendment and or
| dered n bill
On the motion of Mr. BALLARD the House adjourned.