Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-03-06

Of facts in the Rcpor, of the Sclec, committee f ~ Hon.
on the Latmer Case. assembled the pen OF MIR Taylor OF
Norfolk Borough.
u'The Legislature OF Ohio have distinctly embraced
the principle of personal responsibility" In Ranking md
applied 1, both Stockholders and Direction. IL, % ,c
heu' To tell where, with sub Treasury Congress a. the
next Viii be, these ihing' lead In the next two wears
FoR rIiE Wnia.
me last tune HAD any thing to DO with the General As,
ssmbly OF Virginia, left them by arbitrary yet usi6
aole fancy, a. thought. OF own In some what uncn
Niabe prcdicamcnt along side of that ius,rios and match
mVdel OF mischief and dssiruetireisa the Roman Nero
one mao her Nero: And am not going discuss par
ncuary the strong points OF resemblance and congcniaty
between hm aud his kindred spint-; but cannot for the
e" me- separate my recollection Of that vran of Rome
I'm 'ho po'y VianS OF the General Assembly Of virgnis
hSt werc TO come alter him. Rome had hor Nero; who
himself with hoholdins the eohagraton OF the
Siu' anu hddlcd while Rome was burning - AMI sb.
nsu hef Iarquns-and her rberus-and her Calipuls
VINO wished all Rome had but one head that he NIGH, sk
uoh at blow. And she had her Cntlne too, Vi,,,;,
mas her Legislature And TINT Legislature ,,;rc with
deaf ear 10 the appeals OF suffering eomu,,ni, -
my themselves are the authors of, as shall provs
tcet they can furnish. and shall continue 10 n,oL d. -
TAR voice and the public distress, by telling ms t o, ~
our own salvation by hard work and economy ,vb.n ,
ruSS US all chance OF saving ourselves by these tainted
remedies paupcrcd noble should tell s,,ryir, -
az ms doorgo to work and i'll your stomach with rich nnd
"hoesomc iood-f they thus retire scgravatin in,r, win
mockery and insult, there will be- indeed less
proximity between these Roman yrants and nons,,,s 81
e "sS"et'reSin the Virginia Legislature than ever had
oHgh bad rs my opinion Of them u.s. They hny, liz ,
hames with their own hands and instead of the nine
witnessed the consicrnaton and dsmay the of
wc the city was uiublng ruins nine weeks and NOR
nave witness the Virginia Legislature denying relief TO
her people, and refusing sympatsc with them in t,,r
'"i'aoo dsessCs Nero played the Gddie-and the Gene
raj Assembly al Virginia crack and eats ovs,cr J
gerrymander the State, Caligula was for kip,, iii p
at blow. The Virginia Assembly would han LnoeiJ
up all CREATION the Bank policy ct last session could have
extended US wide. About Tarqun and ribcrius nv p,
collection fails me- itacd the usrious sire of ,,w,
whIn inc old man took Hannibal OF Italy and
earned im back into Africa wage war nrniust Cort,,
nau iafqun before me, and Tibcnus the better mart
ot thelr history withdrawn from the conp,rso, he So,
upon inc BRAN 10 fill the parallel would no doubt be in
many respects lighter than write il toyyn-C,ti;,c -
'enHcicd to the life in the midnight dcbuuchcrcs of tho ~
Ninahuering schemes of the General Assemble
ABOUT mat geuymandcring matter Whgs il j. .aid v,,J
/ WIN the Locos; and Democrats with the Wbys NJ,
cras they were, the true Democrats as far NJ bi I'm;
went oil Nhgini1s best days "Some Wings voted with
the majority and Democrats voted with the minority M
US spS are found even amongst puios-and there are
hs IN the world that stand racket" NJ f,
:" our men went oNr' To the cncmy and of the enc
my came over u US does that change the war; W,rc
Wings amongst the CatlncS that made up the faction
the infamous caba!, which separated itself from t HILL
ol Legislation, and did their dirty work I'M In, rnig,
Caucus Did Wings participate that gh deb,ucs
cry slowed up from he'll did Wings 90 into Commfeeof
the " hole out OF the House midnight 10 pertorn L.
sd'rc e"dctHeRi ~ general LIr rhieh could BE- dane
ana performed oyd quorum Of The House only anfEo
Tised Siuiagsi But to the people Of Nrginin v,, ,,,
over the gerymandereTs. Let the people, it they will
brook insult, disiouOr, tyranny r,s,r
/ ncnt! For pypHii Gei!
have spoken Of parlos-you may draw parallels but
defy the abcst pen describe the wickednsss and i
ana lauty oi the General Assembly of Nrrinia for The
last IL or II months The best description is no cscn
non at oI-.kc the graphic description Of the man tfat
went 10 see the Natural Bridge Whcn he saw, II for I'M.
hr'i mc and gnzed m wondcrmont the grand nrrhiec
u'c ihatnaurc IN OF her regular bu, mn
tue Wild mouna-s he took from ms pocket piece
OF cha ana ms poetic genius rising the occasion no
wrote upon the arc-l give his words as he wrote
Far have walked, and far have rid
bu' never SawNuca brijgc-l be Id If did
And VINO ever saw such body OF together a. the
rtneTa Assembly at Virginia for reckless mischief and
bold audacity pUttng together last years ruinots
ct the Banks aud taIs years infamous gcrrymandrpr-
not 10 say word about their uLsinucy and -tun, ~, mo-
cTsvatng the public burdens by resn, 4, receiy, none,
Justly belonging To the $1,000! Their match is moi nm
der the sun And no man describe them but the Ma
nral Bndge man. They ike themselves only: and
nothing else now IN creation being like them they will forgive
me for going back few over into Rom. In n.
worst DAYS 10 hunt up some loathsome parallel for
ON r. 10 see them 10y, and for mirror tor themselves 10
look al Their beautiful faces in All tie help crave, l. the
graphic genius Of the Natural Bridge man.
dire necessity OF mischief and ruin has absolutely
swept along tue Legislature before is onward course
Hc TessLess tide that knows neither check nor barrier
H"d sweeps, with it, mighty power, whatever found in
IL WY lmpe.d 10y this ell principle the General As
senoy has seemed determined destroy TO pre-.
vent creation from destroying itself Sell poor fellow out
to-day, ana , Last bed from under him, lest he ruin MIN.
SCI! tomorrow uHGcr tic operation OF Stay Law Con.
Tact the BANKS and down all circulation and mile.
bO0mss tie community Of It's let drop e vital fluid lest
TIC community porsh OF aPopcxy from plethora o.nor-
row! Had tue Parliament Of Gicut Brtlin pursued 10,
ward the Bsnk of England, when she suspended the same
policy which has marked the coursc of the General Az
serby OF Virginia towards her Bank and other kindred
Legislatures towards the Banks Of other Conmouv catis
u the Union the iasLanchored Isle" had been knocked
into cooked hat contrary policy enabled her 10 stand
cT hand against combined Europe, and spread her com
mercc all the Of the earth Her bank susp,nd
ing with twelve hundred thousand pounds of bullion only
aud maintaining good credit and sound currency during
her long suspension OF 90 merchandising the country
with vigorous and efficient circulation oil the time md
helping the Government with loans which reached one
PERIOD during the suspension, much as 2S millions of
pounds sterling, nearly 40 millions Of administering
large amount OF and pound below the pre-
Vious minimum Of pounds-one and pound notes in
substitution oi specie oil the channels of business and
iTadc-aEd 10 dTire the specie Of circulation If So II
must be, but into the banknnd thus going back into re-
sumption by means OF I-onc and two pound L
thus going back into resumption by the sensible OF
s,hA'oe pachcnl men, ~ successfully and smoothly
stately ship would glide into its element But what
OF the lessons of experience, il the General Assembly are
Out Tue footballs OF dire necessity What If the General
Assembly may pause sometimes in their mad and reckless
career! Did YOU a trained wagon horse when
/ he baked, and did not know which way ~ pu-and
trembling in the with the agony Of an aluc II the
ieur OF the ken losh-how he would, at the crack of
the whip, bend the swinglc double, and Jump and
snort like wild colt and break his hack against the hen
west draft as the lash was laid down upon sides and
So works 10 the the Democratic General Assem-
by Of Virginia, ever trembling in fear Of the ash and tear
i1g up the ground, like wild colts, the crack of the wei,
known whip which Richie has laid their dimensions
from nose 10 TAIL ten times whore they have said their
! prayers
Let but"Otd lfesfaer' bcs,rido his obedicnt tco, If tho
best and trscst mugs that The ninth Of nm inch
over rough road before dend TU-(wagroncrs under
stand the gue) and let but the well known lash tir HIGH
III ar, from the hrand-icd whip well acquainted with
TIER backs ns their backs with the shirts they wear aud
You will pulling that Will make the singcrce crack
YOU "iU see pulling Tint would make Pcnnsyy wanna
Dutchmuu throw back his head and augll-yoti ,yould
think the ground was tearing mp under them for mortar Ia
build brick walls witll-yOu would think creation with
sucn cain' could be- carried across swumps and quick
. sands.
Saw You not the other day how the better feelings Of
our nature Tor moment nuphcj In cycii.huudcd Justice
oN'r vile aud paity party ond n io Hpporouucut ui the
Richmond District with one Of the toheeLhorscs in the
traces Suw you not how he took Tie sfufs and bnkCd-
aud saw you not how n io time he began tronbc IN
the gcar-aUd how when h ilank- felt the rowcIs II the
spur and his back the oScr.bandcd whip laid alt-saw
you not how inc pulled uaH and reared ond pitched and
snored and went IT, kc Georgia Major. with tho paryi
But resume alm"-t iYrg topic about the cur
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