Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-06-05
RICHMOND DAILY WING

THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE S. isss.

| .r The Enquirer and Internal Improvements
Did this idea never occur to the Enquirer, and
those who now direct the fortunes Of that paperl
Who, Cor 20 years, have absolutely commando
the destinies of Virginia,
Certainly the Jackson party. Have the Wing.
ever exercised control over both branches Of the
Legislature, in the same year, in now. almost
20 years .a~ $3.50.
They never have They have had a majority
in the House, once or twice, or thrice, since the
Proclamation, in December, 1891. .,,a.. b. e.
But they have never had command Of the Gene.
raj Assembly. They came near to il once, when,
returning q majority Of the House, they tied the
Senate! But that was the nearest approach they
ever made to Legislative command
The Wings, since 1929, have aerer at all con.
troled the State Government, or could he Justly
held responsible for its conduct. The House of
Delegates, three tunes within that Time. they have
controlled; hut they have never controlled the
Seadte in twenty years. They made ii tie once,
and that, said, was all 4..s.
Now, in taoenty years, if we understand Alright,
all has Happened! That has happened in twenty
years, which has put Virginia behind the age, and
other States, far less favored much in the advance
and advantage of Virginia. VIRGINIA, we all
know, and feel and see, is DOWN. Whose
fault is ia Not that of the Wings, for they have
never had the poioer. They have never yet had
minority in the Senate A tie was the nearest
they have come in twenty years.
There was then an impossibilby, that they could
have sinned. They had it no, in their power
to SIM No responsibility can be properly
or nationally. theirs. They have been. a
mir or,S. NIL tho
yet quescent. And are they now 10 be made re-
sponsible for acts they never did For the omis-
sions and commissions of those which they had
no more power to conifoi, than they had the Red
Seal .'.-
We wish in contravention ofthc details OF the
Enquirer-all true no doubt-to present hui this
general factor these general facts THAT Tor
20 years and more, Loco Focoism has controlled
pithom resersc, the fortunes Of Virginia On
Joint ballot, that is for eiecfioa the Wings have
several times had the command of the Legisla.
ture: But as to It's policy, to the policy Of the
country ia 20 years, they hare nerer had the
COMMAND ofthe LEGISLATURE!
This fact is historical and indisputable If
then there is reirogrdiation, let theirs be the re-
spoEsibilty whose the power has BEEN This
Was Wnht we MtdHf no uet2lis oil hew Col.
Goodson or DR.. Tate voted, might, through
our respect for those gentlemen, feel an interest
in knowing-hutit could not affect the great pria
ciple! Thai principle most clearly is this
The DEMOCRATS have for 20 years, ruled
Virginia Have they ruled her, as to advance
her interests. 10 sevelope her magnificent re.
sources, 10 mprorethe state Of her people, to make
the poor less poor than before, and to extend to
all, the opportunity Of pursuing happiness with an
increased prospect Of finding IL.
THIS Is WHAT WE MEANT We saw
again and we Tepedt it-and no one, under the
Pretext of any sort Of generality, shall be, in the
slightest degree, at liberty TO even approach per.
sonalty about it-that for 80 years. the State has
groaned and daoindled and dparfed under Demo.
cratic, Jackson sway, until The State is becom,,
what with her real oeoii,a IN dignity, and her still
more fatal decline in political weight and relative
social position, pretty nigh The most contemplate
Stale ia tke Union
This is all we have ever commended for, and
Heaven knows, we would not contend for Ills
would not contend for our views of the errors
OF the pasi, i we did not hope and believe. that
in the progress Of Society," much Of that error was
to be amended.