Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-01-20
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FEDERAL RELArioNs-SEvEN DaYswAsr
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FEDERAL RELAToNs-sEvEN DAYswAsr q.
ED Bg THE LOCOsi Ger
Ten days ago, We asked, What would the j sv,l
eusson OF Federal Polite, ia the Legislature pro.
ct tho Commonwealth of Virginia And in re-
spect to tho Bankrupt Act espeeialy--a subject
expressly conhded by the Constitution to the I.gi..
lature of the Union-which Congress might confirm
or revoke, and would, at their will and pleasure
whatever the Solomons OF Virginia might say-ws
desired particularly to know how this State could
derive any benefit, either directly or indirectly f,om
any resolve that might adop'.
A seven days discussion has taken place, and
, now we repeat the question; What good has enured
TO tho Commonwealth from It What one indiyid.
ual within her limits can point to a single benefit,
which he has received, or Is likely to receiver Ina
peeuniary pnint Of view, the Treasury is $1,000
worse oil now than it was then. This cannot be
au'ueeu surely rs public blessing, The impor-
''n' domestic concerns oC the State have been nes.
1ee'ed-c'n the perverted logic of Mr Holiday or
'he ora'otieal rhapsody OF MIR Hopkins. prove tbi.
public good After the weeks debate. the Who'll,
subject was indefinitely postponed, will they point
to this hrsuLr-whieh was all that was eomnss..d
--ns remunerotns the public for the waste of tim,
and OF money!
bnt u the people have teaped no good from this
pro,racted debate, perhaps the orators and d.m,-
eoGues OF tho House have made amend, bv rc,,;c.
some special benefits for themselves How stand,
the case with thsm1 Have they ausmen,ed ,h.,
political capital by any thing that tr,nspireJ This
was, IN substance, the nvowed object of IN, move
ment. The Locos wished to see how the Wbi,s
would vo,e-in other words they sought TO TRAP
the whigsl Did they succeed ANY one who
witnessed the "FIy" the Locos wers in on Tuesday
could answer the question. We have never known
in OUT experience and never read Of A Marty an
---'ri"'ey tangled IN their tolls a, tbe,, wor
my gentlemen were. In tho nets they Sc, for o,b.,
'hey became themselves cnsnare6 From, m. ~.
''e"ns party, they became first the defensive nor.v
/ anu ""eh no longer able TO maintain their ground
| N' ""tp FOR LEAVE To RETREAT. But this
was not a'-ln attempting TO expose the weak
PoS VI 'heir adversarie', they exposed their own.
'"e" P'''olsm furnished no barrier to their con-
'u"'n the time ofthe House, in the effort to cain
some petty party advantage, by making the wings
avow their sentiments, whether they entertained
any or not-respectng a measure supposed TO be
! unpopular. In this they utterly failed-and wer,
'oIoeH 10 Snow their own hnnds up1n question: in
teauon 10 which, they hid particular reasons for
o'n''a'meu'' lhey were driven to commit them
seVes on the question Of including State corpora
! - '~"V'a' BANKRUPT Act. They struggled
h'rn 90 escape the issue they would take !, in N
mod'h I'd form, or in broken doses Bit the vbig
Doctors were incxorabls The prescrip,ion w,s
exactly adapted to the condition Of the p,,;ep, "a,
Dr. VERIFY pronounced TX CATHEDRAL and ,,k. :,
nc "ns'' whatever wry faces he nigh, make. The
extreme anxiety betrayed by the Editor OF the En-
Pnrer while this operation was going on. los, thu
Wigs should commit faur pas, was no, the I.,s,
amusing nciden, that ,ranspiredi
Inc Wings at any rate have no cause for resr.,
al the course OF their Opponents or at the resul, NJ
their Vaccinations. They assumed the position in
the beginning that the discussion Of Feder,, tonic
would consume more time and money. than the
! treasury at this particular juncture could we'll
stand. They contended that the people ,vrrs tired
! oi these annual dis-ussons-yyhch served lt,le
DINER purpose, than to bankrupt the Treasury and
onng the Commonwealth into dsrepute. rbov
maintained moreover ,hat no conceiv,b', b,,.6,
could accrue from any action. which the Iesisl,tu,a
might adopt, IN respect to this particular subject OF
the BinkruPt Low-and therefore il, was worse than
IDLE to waste money and time in the consideration
of il.
But the Locns would not heed their counse,-
| Speeches must he made, decision mus, be had -
| Well they have had their way, and we congratulate
them on the result They have consumed seven
days Of the Session ard ubou, seven thousand dol.
lars OF the taxes for the curren, year-it is for then,
to show 10 the people that they have consumed ,heir
money and time 10 the honour and advantage Of tho
| Commonwealth