Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-12-11

'pacity Of our Fede:atire system 10 bear
I an almost indefinite extension, without
|impairing the value ofthe whole, or the
administration Of the particular parts,
will be thoroughly tested and with new
proofs, as ! doubt not ,.of lis augmented
|stitle to our confidence and support. By
this act, too, vast region, of the high
est political, commercial and miIity i'm
portance to us, will be rescued from all
the possibilities Of foreign intermed.i
ding, and thus the self-protecting pow
|er of the Union be increased, and the
| field of American institutions and Am
erican government be rendered wider
and stronger than ever.
Whatever the divided judgment Of
people upon this great measure, it may
| be safely. trusted TO its own results 10
vindicate itself; safely trusted to its ul-
innate effect upon the grandeur of our,
country, and the extension to other
| lands, which il aids, of the liberty spi-
rit OF this. to dissipaie all scruples and
unite all hearts upon its side. The
time is not distant when rot rnufmur
will be uttered against it--when our
counsrynen everywhere will greet it,
with a common voice, as happy and
GROWING act, by which this vast con-
,lnent OF ours will be crowded from
shore to shore vii powerful and vir-
tuous people, ard the banner Of ouI
country be raised over Republican
empire as unparalleled in its extent, as
uneqaalIed in the wisdom, justice and
humanity of its rule. Intimately assoc
ciated with the completion oflbis event
and with the completion Of others i'm
perishably connected with our national
renown, is the melancholy loss to our
country Of one Of the most exiraordina-
~ of all her men and iilustrious of her
statesmen, patriots and benefactors-
Andrew jackson. He has gone to the
tomb, wept by nation that loved him
"a landmark. upon the age in which
he lived; teaching, by lie of elevated
action, how heroic is the enegy which
bold and an honest heart, depending
upo Itself and directed to great objects. can
acquire, an how noble the power, useful
ness and fame which unconquersble devotion
to ones country can bestow. Hav ny deliver
ed that countr, in its hour of peril and s,eSii
Gated his powers TO lis service in its day of
peace with Il spirit wholly and incorruptibly,
her own and her own TO the last, it is for her
now 10 rem emil err him With gratitude suitable
alike TO her own honor and to llis. Virginia
at least,wAo cherished and honored him when
living. will not forget him when dead
4 l renew. respectfully, my former reco,nmen
tlation for an early revis:l of the laws of the
State. The criminal laws, especially, both
from the many imperfections which Ina e gr;i-
dual, grown up around them, require that
they, 1T least, should be revised without fur
Their delay.
submit. also. as compcrting with that wise
and un ficent spirit of charity ty which, the
State has already been governed, AMI as an
cssentiil part of il, whether our Lliaatic Asy |
lums ought rot to he so enlarged, as to pro
vide for the insane amongst our slaves and
whether too, the humane objects of these As, /
ylums would not be greatly promoted. by AN
thorlsng the gradual lntrotmc ioH, by edition |
to their bulsngs or otherwise, of such chan,
ges as viii enable them, Il, all times, to furn
1Sn acc O!HtnOuatiOnS IOf new Gases
The existing mode Of acquiring site to the |
vacant lands of the State, or lands supposed /
to be SO. has become productive OF a it ga
ton and less, which is not only seriously en- !
barrassng to the parties concerned, but pre-
judicial even TO the Improvement and popua
ton of the country, and requiring some reme-
dial law, il any is practicaoe, 10 correct tt
Whoever will pay to the Register of the Land
Office at the rate of two dulars a hundred
acres can purchase, without limit, a warrant
for as many hundred or as many hundred
million OF acres, AS he pleases, and can locate
Il. though at his own rsk, upon whatever
ulace or places he pleases. BY this mode OF
operation, it is altogether probable that the
whole surface of particular districts If the
Commonw ealtli has been sold several times
over, and by it also, the State is made to oc-
cupy the improper position of scattering
doubts over the titles ofiand, and selling to
some of her citizens the mere privilege Of
harassing others, for tritiing annual addition
to her revenue. 1t is suggested. rs a proba-
bic restraint in this matter, that in all cases
where survey founded upon a land warrant
is returned to the Registers Office for patent,
it shall be accompanied with an affidavit, orr
certificate from the county surveyor, stating,
that. in his belief, the land described in the
survey is actually vacant
BY law which passed On the Goth of Feb
ruarv last, the Governor was authorized TO
purchase a certain desc ribed properly, con.
tiguous to the pahc ware house in the city
OF Richmond, and in the event of purchase,
10 make it a part of that warehouse. Regar.
ding this law comforting. by its terms, an
authority which the Governor night or might
not use, accoreingto his sound discretion,
considered it best to decline giving it effect.
and 20 report it back again to the Legislature
for It's further direction. This now do. and
with the recommendation, that the whole pol
icy of keeping up warehouses by the State
for the Inspection of tobacco. be inquired in,
to for the purpose of deciding whether il
would not be expedient to abolish ii, at least
in the cities and towns, and contiie il there 70
private enterprise and means. But few Oh
the original objects or uses Of this policy ex>
list any longer. Tobaccoi IS no longer monev:i
the certificates of the Inspector are no l.ngerj
a currency; and the judgement of the Sinspec.
tor on the quality OF tobacco IS no longer
standard by which it is bought or sold. 9th.
er products ofagrlculture, too, may equally
- .slxs.