Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-02-17
FOR TIE EA'QCiRE6
4 Republican Aember Of the Legislature,
TO THE PEOPLE OF yIRGIyI,
RIcHMoSp. FFHt,.,rvlL

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constituents, beg leave, as one OF your sefvao,.
| ask your tsron tor a few moment, wh,!s -.
bret account OF our stewa d'hip durlnc tho e.
SION, and point out the Importance OF ssefira At 4.
hastings in the Spring yonr unJoutt-d ability Ia
serve the ascendancy Of the Republicans IN he na,
General Assembly
Fe!low-cilizens- We have sough, I, practice ,..
economy ~ the adm nisraon OF your a.f4,r. W.b..
passed many laws 10 promote The public good and has,.
wasted but Ilstl. time IN idle debate The ronseo,.
OF 'h's" !e5om' conduct has been t. reuc, tn len,
oil the session 10 40 days-torty one shorter tina,
iast, and The shortest session winch has been h ID
the last thirty years. Tins has been slat,d uo,o
faith of full investigation Of The Journals, ~. t,"
mus SHOWN you, NAT we mean u practice what A.
preach
Each day session costs you about s>3J-anl con-.
qlenly we have reduced the expense Of the prc,r,;
compared with the last session more than S3l 0og
The Wings VIII have no longer prctcxts To charg. a.
with any unnecessary proongation Of The session or
waste OF the public money upon themselves They lr4
that man9uvre upon us at the last Spring Election
ter they had themselves spun out more Of the time ~,
the House, than had done, by useless motions =.
still more useless debates The People called fora -
form in these respects; and we have complied with ,l
expectations, far cou.d. ! iaw ia. dot ,r,
been passed for limiting the fall pay OF tie i!eg3.f.
% days, but had resolved, whether that law pi.l
not TO curtail the length Of the session We hui M
:ermincd To al lourn the 1t Of February, II II wr
practicable; but the public business compelled Il, .
postpone our session ill the 18th We know what 81
now be the cry Of the Wings We have ALREADY s.,'
II in the sly insnultion aud open charges OF their pe
They viii tell you, that We have pitched over af.c
portion OF the important pubic business, for tie puip
.! cutting short the session. TA- i, gro,, ms.e.n
scnaI;on We have left upon the table Of the l6...
small number Of bills, perhaps a, many IS %
and some Of these are minor bis, such as some 'e
| Tor precinct eectonS-Somc laid upon tie Z,
bic, because they too complicated in their clara
ter to be decided ~i.asl: more experience than q
possessed S1g.c @eta -.. ere, because lad r.s
the money - carr e .ts e@e-. uey embraced IL
these m,.ement.. t#. " - ave participated IN j,
great II not a .ss:,-. -.t-=. 14.s tae Republican,
The bill coac.rc r. IT. 5.G-. K,es ani kamRl4
WORK, lad .i>a TO- :--l- ~ general cousrut i.
Tie molion d Ns. :: ..ce.f. Tie oil concerning he
Ohio rafoad a.: l>se ~ The motion .. Mg. ST.
plenson Of Tyler. TIE I'LL 10 amend he New York n
sfec,on law i, oe..e'ct 70 haze been laid on the tlb
pa the motion Of i y ni. But have not .eytc,r
our duties. We have doae - rcca !! nal more pub
business than perI4; any .e>s has done lor >ua
period. The length u our J0grna! i'll partly attest
fidelity Of our labor. our proceedings VA I'LL Rear
800 pages; when lie corresponding peroi Il
Wing session Of l-il-I2 ever, Only 1876 rser.
There were near $40 bills reported 10 ile House.
which about 60 rejected, due considerable,
one Of the two Houses. We have passed l13
ed from tie S.,hhts that generally appear in the
papers There are several Of great interest. Anon
these is the bill laying Of the States INTO EIccioalD
trics, which embraces some important iio'>ofsi
guarding the inestniabc right OF suffrage agans;
tain abuses. We have authorized orr literar. IT,
TO loan 81 900 10 West Liberty Academy; - 900
the Medical College of Richmond, and given 5000
the Lunalc Asylum of Williamsburg, &c, Sc.
The Republican party, at I 9 last session, la! d.
moral courage impose additional taxes upon you,
upon new and juser principle OF assessment I
this manly and patriotic COURSE they could not eseai
the assaults aud ciamor OF the Wings They No.
charged al the last election with havirs lad hasb e.
unequal burthens upon you-while the Wing leate
must have known this was The only bill, which cot
have been passed at the time ID shun The disgrace
reputation Strange misrepresentation were VIC,
circulated about the character Of the law, ~ order
increase the camor, and pat down The very men
had thrown themselves lnto the breach, 10 lulu.
obligations and preserve the honor Of the Comm"
weslih. These lnsidIous accusations were tepe'Isc
the Republican party, who threw themselves upon
honor and justice of their c"unirynen and pr9f
that they had paid of every cent OF interest due dfea
y or indirectly by the State, and preserved The sac"
faith of our State By their moral courage they hln
raised the value of the public stocks from - per
to l05 being per cent above pnr value or o:'s Il
cost A majority Of IL Republicans was 'ctirnrt \
the lIous., and 10 the Senate, aud what haze
done2 We have provided sufficient revenue to &. y
u
whole floating debt early III the course oil the DIT \
year and have still been abb. TO reduce Your I.ta
about 81 per cent land, slaves and horses, iha p
cipa sources o: revenue.
We now defy our adsersaries. They cannot
omplain, done IN the last Spring, that We Ls
lad new and heavy taYes-that We have spun Qgt
ses-ion--tha, We have incurred any heavy debt r.
will not dare TO complain they DID III the last Sp
that We have refused II pass iemporz'ng aud diF.
Stay law The onl subject lift Ia them 10 carr
ID refusal of the largess OF the Federal Cove
ment, the contemplate rendered out Of the '
fund We have refused 10 furnish any additional
cuse for the augmentation of the Tariff, to supply
vacuum. Ne hare rcjnSed 10 sell your bitthnghih '
mess of pot.ase. We hare rstns'd ~ rcc,ies e
mutton from the Federal Govcrnment-Nlrgn
subject for charity; her people can supply all her W.
But, above oil, she could not receive a gfaiuy
tho Government al Washington, whose credit has "
difficulty supplied her with bread That G,yefnn
is too poor to make presents-Vrgin,a ~ too pfoo-
receive them. We would not lower the anciert b.
ing of VIrginia-change the true relations bets
the Federal and State Governments make them
almoncrs- permit them To distribute 10 tac Sax
very money, which they would afterwards has
raise in larger sums by protective TanT-Att
scorned the proffered brlbe
We have forborne TO visit upon the Wings,
crowd the public Offices OF The State the 81 me pro,c
which the Wings have inflicted upon under he ii
neral Government. Ia a fe W weeks after they h'- \
vernment in le4l, they, who had pretended 10
scribe prose ript,on in the canvass OF lS40 had is
from office 600 Posmas'ers, and were preparing
criice 1000 more. This fact alone, which as
on the floor of the House of Representatives By
Postmaster General Granger, ls sufficient e's
of how much the Wings hate ''the spo'ls Q! Tci''
and how little they seek them. In fact ::
truly said by our Democratic Republican
ven,ion of February, 1892, +" From the t2
General liarrIsons induction into Office, he VS.
cessanily surrounded by hos. of hungry eSqeri
demanding office and emolument nj his hands
reward OF their part'zan services and ia, odd
days cmbtsred, If not shortened, ~ ;i';
rassIng opportunities and prosecutions. veg
great friends Of prescription. Many oil tn t'
cans of Virginia do not wish TO turn OFT ana i-
is sort Of common law custom in some oi ''e
S,a,es We may be compelled TO change our p
il the Wings should cont nue. L. prosecute then >'~
Of proscrp,lon-ft they SHOULD carry Ito such !'''
as 10 remove from the office of Coleclr Of a'
Republican whose high pfincicles and public So
did honor TO his station. We have hi1'i'
borne and we have torbor6e Il. oar receot So
but we know not how long We shall b. abe l
the course that We have preferred. Dut"k !"
session, we did not touch u hair Of their heac'
prescribed none-remoyed none. On the ec'
when the eet tron Of most of the Executive '" ~
came on, Wing Delegate rose IN his place enc -
~, tba, III h. tod at y