Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-12-25
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discuss The merits ii thu bl
Mr. Geolson advisrd every friend Of the Bill 10 sss
against all amendments. lie supposed, liza Wssiefa
man were 10 visit e gentleman from Halifax, liz woutl
allow him only ,htee-f,hs u, dinnrr i'hs hini st.wk
system had been lred and had failed. Every arpli.
ra'iha hf :lpe'slaye aiJ was " h the cobiiDusI
cry III iw@filhs, ,hfee-hitls, Sc. They wrre unable
!" hrlp themselves, and ,herer were refused all
s'sanee fiu I'll, State. This mere settitIei
work. u VAS mt Designed To Stop IL tho fefntssWs
llhr, bat II was Intended rs eunnecng link between
'h' two great INLAND seas" HE James aud the Aisss'
supp. -f SIS
Tho lnes'ibn btihs iakea On the an.ndmen, or MI.
BfuaduS, II wss rejected. Asf
ihe question recurring On tho amendment u Mr.. Ed
munds.-
MI Scoli said be Ih'uch II ,mrr dmsni of ihs gen
'lt'ah from lIallax entirely useless. Nhy should W.
Adopt 70 smend'neni' Why nposr This duty nron thu
t'lhmli',tf Why consume he time II The House, The
friends OF 'hr bill have salu they INV Hing 10 &C.
r,p II with the Nv" fhhr' principle eusrailed upon H.
~" ony elect 81 thr prop,son II adopted, would bs
10 defeat he bill There one Jariy optwscd 4, ali
sehtmes o internal Improvement. Anu hsr party in IA.
'ef ut ih.f'a' tinfrhtemens. Tho wonld rrrrt il ba
cause II did not give em all they desired. ''rh.y AJAX
Tor bread, aud YIN give them stone TOR Ash. aud
you plee them serpent" The amend nent u,nsi lead
10 The defeat of the measure. lie Was friendly ~ thu
general system of improvement. The penilsu,sb from
Halifax had alluded 10 The n, qnalui.s IN taxation II.
itgreed that they could harnonze Us tine family,
Thai l~, hpund themselves in such circumstance n,
pet III representation. II, would no, riva tho power q.
sef that mr,sn Of the State wh,h alluded Tho prca,es
proportion revenue 10 tho.e ho contributed least I,
'hr snpl",' +" gevefnm.ni u WAS ll irduy so to al,
minister The ailas OF the Sta as 10 promote ,he inter,
ess Of all. II we cannot anporrion tsxn,ioo md ia.
oot rmens equally, We should be satisfied with ab
nnNlmaliat. We should take an expand d view Of tho
Conmon~ eahh. Where the Necessity qreates. thsre
should We ppy the helping hand. The gentleman from
The Sonihees said they Ioar, and could neither
contribute three h6hs fhs Of the capital sock
he have eni"srd M benefit irom appropriations mad6
if 'h'm on such e''ndnnns. They cut I'll firm.
market tpf their produce. Their lands arc frfr; thrir
mineral wealth umei se and all they require in orsr
20 Develop ihe'I tesurcrs suitable rad IL the mar
hels Of the World u there be any porun of the State
'hu'ltd to this assistance. Il Is the Suuhwpst. liz
would advocate tins measure olhtr grounds. FThs
people Of the - uihuest were Dissatisfied II w.A thh
ihi' resi- OF the Fast and Of the West TO calm this apits
ton. Tte' interest should be our interest. We should
he az ohes aud not as enemies On The exritiac quce
o' oi NE basis Ut representation. how coHd tbpv ~.
sorf good feene moie readily than BY cunhecinv tina
ras anu me W,st IN greater Intimacy BY means Of ,hs
improvement There were Other reasuns for the ator-
ton 81 this measure. II would rour n,o The Ian If tho
STATE eoninoicc o immense rXehi. The revenue now
derived lrm that secub Of The Stale was SMALL hit u
would som BE- greatly enlarged. The gentleman frun,
Hal fax seemed 10 think This but an nis ring wcdge- -
Thai, II this application be granted. the canal must h.
completed 10 Buthannn, And should the rausl M, h.
Completed III Bothahau1 A large amoun ii mrn, had
gfen expended To ,he dermenl Of property above
iynchbu'g. The Blue Ridge canal had been destroy.
20, ava was u not their duty 10 rrfif tho injury thus
spslaneol Should et be deicnd by the sum II .jpht
bundled thousand dollars. by inilln llis yuis
should he 4sen Tor its construction. lie had not ex
pecied This discussion 10 day ma
Mr., Hall WAS unwilling 10 rs'omnit ,se hill Isr thu
Furose Indicated by the gentleman f. III HALIFAX ~ NJ
any olhef purpose. lie Easrfn n an bni would
nol he confined bya narrow aud i'lbeal pocy They
una given The West, ~ heir cbhiacsd. selfish rscv
HE anplrst cause for complaint. The IVES, sibnlJ
rather have been bound 10 the East hy bonds If ifpn
We should dlss pate this ssconal jealousy and rivalry
Constnpa WAS Ia be callrd To srnede the Con.
'tluton, and Was OF the utmost importance tina, hst
nony should prevail LET us not esiranse tl,s WeM
from the East The gentleman from Halifax was mis-.
taken IN his views I'm he subject oi ,axaiion. Thsr~
would be other of increase 10 the revenue Than
lands lhe Southwest would bttbTe more dvn,rly hub.
MATED aud every species Of taxable property would 10
nhlIiPieH aud increased ~ value.
Mr. Edmunds called for The ayes and mos lin
would fepl, 10 HE two gentlemen bt, ~ Ii we pro-.
@se the puma stock system shall have done all th~y
ave fighl 10 require This principle is the uny guar
my TO me Slate Of the expdency Of any work. Tia
Jews o bet3ly wrrr not sur as tho gentleman sun.
used lie was unwilling his constituents for tho
em Ut Of Other pofiions of the State. Tie vas mol
nrp:fed to vote Vr the complelnn VI the caosI ~ Uu>
hansn. q, t5
Nj liarvie wished explain his vote. He was anx-
Gus to vote iVr The bill. but mus. vote asaus. the a.
u.ndinent. s4
H'r l'foadus said The amendment would be Withdrawn
any gentleman d. sI d ~ perfect the hill 1f
MI sncke would vote Tor The amendment, because if
he bi should pass II would be acceptable To tho
'eop'e he REPRESENTED, in lis a,nrn,Ied form +I
MI Cowan remarked, That as the firhds VI the bill
eslred II should pass Ia lis present shape, he woult vos
gauls the amendment offered by ,hf gentleman fnn,
Halifax but "oud exercise his best jud. ment when tho
Ill should come up on lis passage. So
Mr.. Yeihy said lie must VOTE FIR the amendment: a.
he least OF evils.
The amendment of Mr.. Ellhnnds rejected by the &
blowing voe-ihe ayes and noes having been called by
Nr. Edmunds -
AYE. hessrs. Gopdc. Isrr-ter,, Williant. II. u.
Gusts, John II. Cn,lis. 'lhrni.u Mscin, Boc,ck.
Dickinson OF Caroline, Lacy. Csrringtsn, Winff--,
|nndus. llons,n. Thompson OF Dnwlddir James.
eake, Walker. Edmnnds. Siuvall. fiiei. 1homreqH
II Hampshire. Brown oil Hanover, Gndwin, iioWatd,
lace. Gaines. Alelnyr.. Taylor. Gdruu D ,glsy,
,' Layton, Shspard, Alexander, Wade. Kihy.
VERIFY, Middlron, ols". Davis. Tatum Syme, La
nlef, Uoeke. Dry. alcD.armo,. Daniel, Sebrc llua-
day. Chnn, DIlIsrd aud Rice-5l.
Nurs-Alessrs Suulhal. Brpwn Of A bemarlr I.syne.
Harvey, Missie, Dickinson Vt Bath, Bnrwrl Mitchell. =
loak, Campbell IhmI.Ison OF Buieiour. Camden. Mil.
er Flood, Tole. Fox. Sco,t. Hall. A-Clung. 1~skiHs
StIman, Street, Saunders, Wall, Gaih~r, Pen.llsEi
Parks. Calllson Lee, McRar Turner, iownef, Paifck.
Dun, Gosrr. t.izry. Psrrio'. Adams, tlamihun. Ed
nr1son, Michael. Newton. Happier, Edsihgnn.
M'Phetsn, Hiner. Arhoea.i Fairfax, Brawnrf, Lnng.
HAIL. FhweIs Lyuiis Prlichard. uod. HARPER, MARI.
Couan Fnea'e, Denis.n, S,icklet, Ja.e, FrrsIan.
Laird, West, Goodsn. Neal and Leiiwirh--U6.
The quts'on recurring the sngrssmsnt Vt the
bill un motion ii Mr.. Go.dson the House adjourned.
$ HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
as JnunspAr. Dee. lS, telJ.
communication frun the Convention ii Culkueu.
lately hed in this city. laid before the Hnsss ~