Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-01-11

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lila, contrary imneseicr rreva'd IL !ie country -
10 nj, course created " the wir presen,aoEs
of press IN this cv Such being his own courae upon
this subject Mr. T. hopeh h @oGI be allowed 20 refer
L., the case o sr.n2 ~ .r gentlemen who wee HOW So
forward IN ccnsurins thcr Introduction. lie wonld
not 90 back 50 far ,ntp the history ot the past "a The
gentleman from Monroe he had present recollrc
lion ofsome Of the To which he had referred; ye
he would state the history of the subject Tar as his
! own collection extended.
| In Ie3i resolutions against the Removal Of the De
poses were introduced. Those resolutions which III
BART gave rise subsequently I" he Expunging resou
| ions Who introduced them Unless am very much
mistaken, Mr.. Speaker, said Mr. Is, (Alr Dorman be
inn in the Chair) you Sir who undertook lew days
since IN rd;cule our disposition 10 move upon Fedora
matters no, ony voted for ,hxr introdnction but took
an ac,;v. mart m tisif favor And, SIR you were not
alone Every Wing now IN the House, who was here
then voted with you. There vas another accession
too on which the members al The Wing party showed
heir disposition to take up Federal Relations, aud
which he besg,d the gentleman from Monroe 10 be
10 be sure To take into hs account Ia Io when the
gentleman who is now President Of the United States
was member Of tins House, and when the subject oil
the public lands not so oil absorbing as al present
when the same questions were not involved the
same great and controlling interests were not Affected
that gentleman (Alr Tyler moved TO bring it up, and
succeeded. although lie (Mr. b. attempted to proven,
any action upon them You Sir, anxious for
ton and so was the gentleman from pottsyvana-thcn
to act was Important and not to act to high treason
Now il is scarcely less criminal even 10 talk about
aclnu The subject was introduced against his remon-
STRANGE He was then acting with the Wings, but act.
ing on The same great principles which mpeled him
nov Gentlemen mig bt talk Of his changing his poll
iical relations but he deied them for an instance-a
sinnie ins,anes-of change in any Of his principles
These gentlemen thought II highly improper that Fe-
de rul relations should be Introduced when thought
the Democrats had any Thing 10 gam but when the
Wings all was right. The gentleman, from Monroe, had
.,Iap ala ,1nt,a
of The time and money expended in discussing Federal
politics When he made It out, he (alr Is hoped he
would not forget the discussion, which took place
1882 on the Public Lands-No! the 1000 copies Of
the Report from the Select Committee, which were or
dered to be printed, against lis remonstrance. Nor, It
is hoped will he forget, in his account 10 charge his
party with the discussion which may take place this
winter the subject. For the resolutions OF that
session rendering the resolutions OF my friend from
Louisa necessary now, surely those who made them SO
must be charged with them. There are many other
instances 10 which he might refer, which would bear
him gu; in the broad assertion that in every instance
for six years when Federal matters have been intro
duced here, they have been introduced By those
who inveigh against it. Mr.. Bayly might have
referred to other occasions of late, when Wings had
introduced Federal Relations. Subsequent TO the
occasion referred to, when Mr.. Tyler introduced the
land question, it was introduced hy Mr.. Robertson
Even the session before the last, MIR. Southa intro
du ed not Instructions for Senator'S had nothing
do with the matter, but report and general resou
tons on the New Jersey controversy
The gentleman from Berkeley in his remarks, at
tempted to rdicue Virginia and her distractions, and
informed the Honsc that there was time when Nir
GINA listened TO, but that il had passed lie told
us that Virginia had fallen from her greatness and
now looked upon with scorn and contempt. SIR, SAID
Mr. r., the time has not nrrSed-it never will arrive,
when Virginia will be looked upon with and
tempt. That time never arrive until she turns her
back upon her Immortal NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. which
nave gwen her all Of her renown No, SIR, Virginia
influence is not gone. Were it, there would not exist
such constant and systematic effort to bring her prnci
pies into dsrepute by sgmazing them as distractions.
The gentleman from berkeley had compared her
condition with that Of other States, order 10 show
her nerlorlty, and asked for the monuments Of her
rn;erpriza and greatness. lie, Mr.. b. looked upon
her IN comparison with other States, which gentle.
men are in the hah; OF holding ~ for our imitation,
with pride and he took to himself no small credit that
he could so look upon Ter Fer lie had almost stood
alone in battling against system O; measures which
have involved other States with greater resources III
bankruptcy and rum. Look at Pennsylvania, which
was formerly held MP to us n model Tor our lma-
ton Look at The shifts 10 which sine is compelled 10
resort III order sustain her fatl-lilnols and In
diana too--see them the brink OF utter insolvency
Haw does Virginia stand when compared with them :
True, she has magnificent monuments OF folly
spread over her boiGcrS-no works o! Internal lm.l
provem-n in every section which Will mol pny The cos
Of repar-yet the reports o the auditor shows that her
receipts are equal To the demands OF her treasury
and that, without any lncrease of taxes even three
years will render her financial condition perfectly
easy and unc,nbarrassed. Still gentlemen say her
prospects are fororn, and make comparisons 10
show her inferoIi.r To other States Of the Union. In
l1gl she was tn, mos, Anu,hn- State IN the Union
then vast amount Of capital created by the fund
ing sy stem, and centered IN the N)rlhern States
bank was chartered u make that capital circulate, and
still further To play ,n,o the hands Of those Stntcs
Then commerce began 10 decline, and agriculture to
sink, w,h the system Of funding debt the bank and
tic tariff upon The coun:ryall operating agains, her
our good Old Common wealth dad present the aspect oil
a State in q SINKING condition. The tide OF emlgra
ton began ow and numerous fields lett TO barenness
Fortunately this downh career was arrested with The
wic caused IT, and since she has been on the
march Of Improvement Her towns have grown fast a
it was healthy ur them increase; although not spring
ing up like mushrooms, III night The cause OF our de
cline and fall IN commemorative have declined IN no othe
respect there time hen agriculture wal
prosperous particularly N Eastern Virginia. IL har
ing constantly and steadily improved since the downfall
OF the tariff systcn-he would sho" ~ deta! when The
bank question up. II, they had asserted, the
time had arrived wien nothing that came from he
was needed, MIR. B. asked when did that time come:
was il in the memorable year of lei0, when the gian
intellect Of the North, here 10 favor, un
der October sun? II not then, al the close
Of that years remarkable contest when the feeling
was exprcssedan universal feeling OF regret The
part of The Wing party-that SO much OF the interes
and glory Of their victory taken away, because
the Old Dominion bravely stood erect and never
nodded her proud head: When IT then: Iii were
true tina, our resolves have effect-that what say
passes as n mere idle wnd-there would not be suct
hu,,erng as we now See manifested whenever at
tempt is made 10 express her opinion, nor would sucl
efforts be made to s,gmulze her principles as abs,rac
tons.
Mr.. l., IN the remarks which he had made, had con
fined himself strictly TO reply TO the gentlemen VIII
had preceded hun When he should call up the rsso
lut,ons against a National Bank, he would be prepared
to vndicaie his consistency in introducing them
contrary 10 his usual course and also the proprety
action by Virginia upon the question involved IN them
Mr.. YEeBy said he desired to address few remarks
to the House, and b eyed 10 them that h
should conine himself strictly possible TO the ques
ton Of taxing up the resolution. If there was one OPP
MON more prevalent than another among the people
the close Of the last Of the General Assembly
it that the session unnecessarily prolonged
The people had TO the conclusion, that the ses
SONS Of The Legislature were annually brought to
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