Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-07-14

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senser, ,, y,ras 10000
bureau OIL Doeas CIV 900
20. OF Cons'' ae''o"' 3,400
Do Of Ordnance and photography, s s'aO0
Do. of Provision and Clothlns' G'c0C
Do. of Medicine and Surgery - V'eeo
| postmaster oehe L., r,a,or,ment IS, 700
Auditor OF rosl Cin III, nd messenger. $500
SOL 300
THE statement docs not include the Patent VI
fro because il pays its own expenses, no part VI
wh;ch comes ont OF the treasury. ~ mas no',
therefore. been convenientio Tor me 10 make STATE
menr relative 10 il. presume its patronage does
moi amount to S25 ,C00 This may be added
But The statement presented includes me pay OF
the navy officers connected with The Navy De'
parmenl, which ought 10 be deducted
The origin Of many OF the unjust Assaults
which are made upon Virginia, in thls respec',
i IN he manner in which The Blue Book is made
M. MANY are there put down 10 Virginia, BE-
cause there they had their nativity, who had emf
GRATED rom The State many years since. Judge
Bib. when he was in The treasury, was put down
10 Virginia. although he had settled in Kentucky
before one OF The representatives which Virginia
now has on this floor was born why, sr, d,
one time one-lhird al the senator's oil Inc Unned
States were from Virginia There are At his
time more than thirty Virginians, ! am Told, on
this floor But does that prove that she mas LAT
ger representation than she is entitled toi no
sir; but il proves that, Notwithstanding all That IS
said OF them by the illbera invidious, and un-
iusr her sons can sustain themselves, and make
themselves tell and respected wherever they 60.
Nov sir | desire 10 he understood in this con-
nection. | do moi come here TO complain that
Virginia and the South had not a full share oil The
Government patronage; and still less 10 attack
the administration in consequence. were 10
do so | should disgrace myself and The distric,
represent. Were 10 do so, have not col
league who would moi have The decorum 10 blush
and hang his head. speak 10 repel imPulallons,
not 10 make Them.
have said nothing about The disbursements oil
public money. II is true that much The larger
portion of il is drawn from The South in man
ncr most pernicous and oppressive TO that section
and afterwards dsbursed al The North and The
West: trt 10 mol mean 10 90 nlo that now.
There is good deal Of force in some OF The
eentleman's objections TO The delais Of The bill;
and have no doubt majority OF The committee
would q certainly wouId) aid him in removing
them If il would be Of any avail. But il would not
For, strange 10 say, he declares that he viii moi
vote for The bill if we remove every objection
which he urged, because, he says, il will moi yield
revenne enough. The fiscal officers Of The Gov
eminent are oi different opinion But suppose
they should lie wrong. Although hard 10 dmin-
ish dnlies il is always easy 10 raise them. But,
sir, there is no dealing with gentleman who IS
So determined upon opposition.
The gentleman says he will not vote for tax
upon lea and coffee, even as a war MEASURE
He tells US if we had got into war with England
about western territory, he would have voted lor
tax upon these or any thing else, and 10 any
amount. Blu, that, as this Mexican war is for
southern conquest 10 use his expression or TO de-
fcnd southern territory, as II would have been
more appropriate 10 express il, he will not vote for
tax upon lea and coffee, even as war measure.
So il seems that the genllelnan's difficulty is no,
as 10 The character oil the lax, bnl OF the wal
The same feeling carried out would compel bim
10 vote against any tax 10 sustain The war. And
this comes from gentleman who, bu' lev days
since, was very active in defending il. A strange
change has come over the spirit Of his DREAM
What has produced II, am utterly al loss 10
conceive.
As 10 what The gentleman says about our dis.
graceful surrender in The Oregon treaty, have
nothing 10 saw The terms Of The treaty have
mol vel lransplied and 10 all persons mol prede-
icrmincd upon opposition, the Propriety oil sus.
pending all opinion until they have, will al once
SUCCESS itself. But this venture 10 say: if they
are such as they are reported 10 me, they will be
approved by ninety-nine men in one hundred
thIoughoullhe United States. Sir, twas impos-
sibe for Mr.. Polk or anybody else, TO settle that
question TO The satisfaction oil some gentlemen.-
They could not be satisfied with any thing short
OF war. Thank God, they were TOO inconsidcra-
bic 10 carry their wishes and now their rage al
their disappointment is as irrational as their wish
es were.
have Mr.. Chairman, but one other remark
TO make The gentleman from Ohio says, that
Virginia claims the maternity Of Ohio, but "re
disown her." The warrant Of the gentleman
from his delegation, presume, does not extend
to his Several OF them are themselves Virgil
mans by birth. They, al any rate, have not au-
lhorized the gentleman TO disown a Virginia pa
renlage for their adopted Stale. | wish 10 say
nothing unpleasant 10 these gentlemen or any
others from Ohio, for most Of whom have much
respect but as 10 The gentleman himself, MIR.
BrinkeIhof, | can assure him, in his dislaste TO
Virginia, there is no love lost. ! assure him II
is mutual. | regret very much, Mr.. Chairman,
the necessity OF consuming SO much Of my time
with this matter; but il has been forced on me;
| request the reporters not 10 connect whal !
have said with the remarks which shaii NJ"
proceed 10 make on the Tariff.
THE LITERATURE OF VIRGINIA
We turn aside with pleasure from lhe ous.ie
and turmoil Of politics, and the reports rom '"e
war. TO notice noble contribution 10 Inc il'efa-
,urc Of our old Commonwealth. Hitherto, We
have mentioned the appearance, from Inc weii-ie-
pu;ed press of Little s. Brown, of Boston, oil Inc
new translation of Homel's Had BY the late
William Munford. Esq, of This city. we nave
now 10 record one OF the evidences OF It's merit
which we find in the last number OF he North
American Review. That Magazine contains
eomewbat elaborate review OF The work, from
which we take the following paragraphs;
nvr 5-Home,'s Hiad; translated by WILLIAM
nm MrSyoRp. Boston: Little & Brown. 1876
Q vols. 8vo
The appearance Of these volumes is an inter-
estine literary event. A translation of the llad
coming from Virginia does more honor TO that
ancient commonwealth than her political disser-
,a,ions. endless as they are, or even, if il be not
,oo heretcal to say so, than The Democratic creed
embraced in the Resolutions OF 1893. We have
en- long been accustomed to political talk from
IIld Virginia, that purely literary work, having
No possible connection with 1.-The party" strikes
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