Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-12-09

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MONDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1914.
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS

tirey confined 10 the presentation Of peuns and reso
lnIiuns u enquiry do moi present much general interest
Some Of the members seem 10 have come 10 Richmond
with their minds filled with hopes Of magnificent appro
pstions 10 works Of internal improvement old and new
at the present session of the Legislature aud these hopes
III may Judge by certain indications have been by no
diminished by the tune of Gov. NJ, Dowtl's Nc.
sage-whch. by the way, sumo persons are uncharila.
BILE enough (you know there ciU be suspicious folk in
the wod) insinuatc written with special refer
to the approaching. election of U. s. Senator for
which pos, it is supposed he. in common with number
of Others i'll be aspirant A Western vote or two
it is manifest, will help in a close division Of parties
How this may be; know not; but | think majority Of
the members will decide tina, the time has not We, arr-
ved notwithstanding the smp'us in the seasury. to add
largely 10 Stale deb, by appropriations for works ui
internal improve In this obiuion, however, may
be mistaken as my intercourse with the members has
necessarily been very limited thus far and particularly
as the schemes Of the ultra mpro vtmeni men, some
of which are said 10 lie very Ilausibe, have no,
yet been submitted the scrutiny f,he committee
The great obstacle in such matters is the of money
Borrowing Is the " resource, and it certainly We
nv convenient one hut the Of the last few years
have taueh that il is sometimes attended with diff
Guilty we'll as dangerihe difficulty Of paying the in
Ito say nothing Of the PRINCIPALLY ii falls due,
aud the danger finally u Reputation. So
lin that lie st canor,Us SLycat,s fer eNpcnd
ure-mcn who vote against appropriation lur u
road canal large small, aud tsIeciay if is to
penetrate touch the region Of country which they rep
resent are by means e most eager to shoulder the
rcspol siby Of voting for increased iarts when pay
day comes aud finds the treasury vaults empty. The
only true policy 10 provide, in each appropriation bill,
the Of meeting It's demands and compel those
who in favor Of spending the money to vote at the
tine for raising it. Possibly this might re-
tari the construction Of some worksbut il would a, the
same time ensure pnnciual compliance with Stale en-
gagcmen's, white il would throw the responsibility Of
levyng additional taxes upon the representatives OF that
portion oi The people whose appeals for legislative aid
render hel. imposition necessary shall have more 10
say hereafter, as the SESSION pr crosses this subject.
To-day the House OF Delegates by vote Of II 10 81,
(severai Loces voting with the Whigs) adopted
luton III favor Of receiving Vrginias portion Of the
Land Fund. TIE Senate will. | presume give it its
quieus II the people Of the Western counties q may
here remark p0eathesis) wish to the face Of their
country ulersected with good roads and canals.
them tina, this La,id Fund is to he their only reliable
Z ,
now with a heavy interest account, annually, on the
public debt slreadv contracted, mainly for uupruducve
works. will rally ausncn, that debt;
io however plausible may be the representations uf the
friends ofold schemes neglected. or ones in embryo
the people will remember that they cannot be more spe-
cous (snd probably less deceptive THAN some 9TH
ers upon which millions have been squsnderea with the
promise Of an adequate return bu, which have never yet
-, a.. i
Fund, repeat, is heir only hope. II they choose to
send members 10 Congress therefore, to against
the d strbuon of that Fund, and members 10
the Legislature. when it may have been distributed
to vote against the reception OF Virgnias portion of the
money, while we adult their perfect right thus over
look their interests, and, if they please Idle Of alb
srac'on," they cannot complain Or leas, they ought
not that their natural advantages not adequately de-
veoped. The fault sis moi in the sars-bui in them
selves.
The question Of calling Ccnreniion for the purpose
of amending the Stale Constitution Was to-day introdu-
ced into the House. As originally drafted the resulu-
lion required The Select Committee 10 bring in a bill
calling the Convention but its mover adopted sugees-
ton to render IFS expediency the subject Of enquiry mere
y The subject seems, thus far attract but little IN
terest. There manesly no sensation created BY
the resolution.
To day. the College of Electors assembled in the Cap
ia agreeable % laval of them being present. except
Mr.. Baskerville Of the Mscklenburg district, whose
place was supplied by the election Of Richard H. Bap-
lis, TO supply The vacancy-and the of Viz
GINA for Polk and Dallas. There were but few specia-
tors present. md The seemed me to be rather
funeral in IT'S aspect. 1t may ave been fancy-but i,
really seemed To that, if the Electors were NJ, asham-
I'd Of their days work. their hearts at least were not in
IT. Three or four Of The ardent among them tried
10 impart Something like rarn til TO the proceedings
but 1t was like png icicrs on bank of snow. New,
erthcess soon after the ceremony over the cloud
mou'hed cannon repeated the listening hea ems" the
fact that the vote Virginia had been conferred upon
individual for the Presidency who but twelve months
ago. was scarcely known, by reputation, 10 the
great body Of her citizens and that she had by that
rudiated her most distinguished living man
whose name is iamiliar as household words in the
four quarters Of the globehe very synonime of all that
is exalted in character. generous in heart noble in .
trio'ism, and powerful in intellect. dinner is to be
given to The Electors this evening at 5 O'clock when
il is not unlikely there will be something like momen-
ary flash Of exal,aon kndled, but it will be evan
escenl, fnn destitute u heat, the sh, Of the glow
worm.
The Wing members Of the Legislature, think
may say with perlec, unanmiiy, in favor Of adhef'