Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-01-22

l.. ssked, siould this cbn pany tfsli Their lands a.
nsnes tot having curs,ucsrd Ihrr rad 10 their lands
Was there aay crime IN the aci1 Aud he WISHED
Know whrth~r The lnnfAs-J eptnpsny shosid be WISH,
ey saca penalty Tor their tai ure 10 pleio iEr
rsad3
Mr.. Bo-rk called for division of The question. 1
fs striking cut. but thong t III. Proposed anon,
sn~ai r~shs,~ sirliscnt. The section hring stric
"a cot. the House could insen wLal II thought II
PCT.
Tie he Looked the ioih seciiun the iore lie
safris~d at The aduriin q! the al the ger
man trm Richmond. lie had M doubi thai whea III
chsuer introduced many doubted ahelhcr the r,a
wss be the acressHy al the sp Ion m lands.
whether the speculsol Iaids 10 tine ~
the f,sad. Soae ha ahxous uf thr CONSTRUCTION
she fund. nat ~ilag IN vote The noe) oi lhr Siae 10
had indncsd 10 hopr her then tese, tbs
bill DID not require ar.ey thai the Construction Tn
rad the primary abeci OF The charter. But " la
Is the cha fsctrf a, The IOh s.iiun noel frpra et
entirely all oririurr IN he I'an al ase carrying III,
work. il effect. II was saying 10 the comf GU On
buy $40 .oOU ~oTlh o snds; for that privilege Wa.
unqualified; snd mex, thai you build much rail-
rad as you pease-i yuu 20 10 the Ohm, shall he
glad ui III u yuu dn, y"u 0feli Tho baancr al u, rad
You de not cpHsfnct. MI b. ih,n gave his idea ii how
The canrsny ~ speculate IA lahds and mIn's-ihe,
could tell adding rge, that the, "nulJ give HIN
much Tor his mine. az that II h. wuuld lake II
ihry wuGld locate lhrir rad b, another tuue IS our
rurp.se Ia cnLe tins way II yau take .ief-- u
will GO elsewhere. sreina th.rr l. no hep inf
him. sells al the eotnran,'s avn prize: aud ~ hey
would practice uh b. lie supposed thai the Company
should brgln Her rail nad--iethalih every tloi ut
lad they purchased enhanced IA ysluc they would
hegn IL work the section. and sell land the
western sun; small rise IN those chap lands would
enasle thsm 10 make hundred pr rtI. and after tbry
wund sell ALL they would fnd themselves reimbursed
NJ Their capsl ~h ,oo0,Q 900 worth Of lands al Their
fssern sccilon then suppose they would g. and
Il a. IL
strh excessive usnasciarits. Tie gentleman om
Rch'ond coad n"ihing asrni'e Ia this, SAID Mr..
D.. and he prnc,edrd To repesrn The tSeni ard dan
gsruus character ui The pawra hc company would bold
viz The 81 .C00.0J0 worth of lsud. vhl,h must he
ssreser held b, he cPcra"n. rot icing subject ANY
s~ II descent by which children could niirn 1t irnm
their fathers tie esilns,,d that IN The manufacturers
sh,rs might bc many 10000 uperai,,rs ah would
sak. The place II wha ought a. be- citizens y Jar
siEiasnd he deIiried IN. dspendeui condition ul the
10 600. their subsei,.ncy To the viii nj their employ.
srs. aud the nsnucr 10 wnirh they might cunir the
iectians. &C., ala county ~ district. lie uheeed Ia
che cath secan. tina II repealed al the penalties N lie
BILL aud exactro forfeiture iUf failure Ia make the
rad Il was. 'oo. aaaInst The IJic, u Npnis. which
hrih Ia the srn.rai Law. pfIhhiisl any fs rad
es,npany iran holding lanis--s IaiIlc, Which he apo
psovsd. because rail rad cOnrau'es we're necessarily
rloss c,rcsa,,ons aod e'uJ nul he opened. Mr.. DO
csck in further lusirsIin 0i his idea al the powers
cured TO the ppany. assumed that they wouli nom.
yosc the whole business al manufacturing the hue If
their road. 81 that nJivduI enterprise could c,a
pets wIib lien.
ar. O.ois,n enlarged upon lds sitms Of ,he danger
ef the powefs uf tie bi ard hr pnptrly uf annrNnp
III II sane u'h.r penalty tot failing make the rad
than The elmple Withdrawal ii the rigni In make ii.
lie characterized The hill a. a mnnsieI without head
u was enied bill Intn,srating The Richmond aud
OAHU Rail Ruad COMPANY Ia Pick~lckan sense. he
ssuuld say tho hll bel ed the lle The bill uou,r>
ed 40 such thing ass raIlroad 10 the Ono and W. had
~ assurance no guarantee, hu IN the o The hon>
@ssr men whu had been mention'd But the bill was
a cunrsc, between The cupan, snd the stare aud sne
thing thsn this uup h be gwen IN ~.
iprn inr The great privileges conferred.
tir Lee fidiculed the ees hat cotnpany desiring
10 speculate IN Western lands. would lake The Trouble of
obtaining Tins charter TT that purpose .,n n wnal
be the easiest thing IA the world h lh.m Ia attend lhe
great land SALES. rather land hii,rirs vii ch urfr
suihorised by The STATE. where they might buy 600
co Of acres ior $500 They cnld MI dn greater ser
vice 10 the West than purchase then lands, aud hie
shs cempzny's GINNING here fr thus csrtyr. when they
could buy them easily without IT, WAS an earnssi ,i
seIr drsign Ia mske lie tsd, They wuGd d. area, y,ad
by bayng ihef lands ana making them valuable
Tie siluded Ia iir tears :" the political cns qt.
OF the extensive manufactures nduerd ny Mr. iocock
MIR. L. sad the Western equity settled by \
sHed population oi all nsluns, and they would b. gIsd
20 ere ~ many murr con,r a. lussbl, and would b.
willing i'T ih~iu Ia suir as They pleasedhp saw no
danger. lie suepe'j pfonshlr that these one.
'aives ~ouId vote viii the gentleman iiom Burkng
ham lihe Dtnocrac sidr) Than with him. The hars
,fgeniienen Indicated that they "k he Western lands
10 he as yauaiae were the lands al Enpan which
nv l.otd C"ke had styled The "soburhs uf hra,-on
warrras i,ey ~rfe perfect drug IN The mark. l. Nj
could the rmpsny go all over tsern Nlrina IA mn,
rhase hands he lshed they could hut they were Inn
aed To within twenty miles III the railroad II w,ml,
De unaccounahe maj company # gentlemen with IN,
ney To invest, and With The ds field uf The Cnls,
States before them should gp into The visionary pnr
chase a Wild lands IN Western Nirpnia; and, To de- ",
s..,d c"me here and ask charter la construct rail
rad, when hrfe wer. many public sales Of lands
" here they sid Tor mere song!
MI Lyons said the gentleman non, Shenandoah an,
Buckingham had represented the hill In be preris.,
What j, VAS nut. The bill provided thar when Their
were 81 100000 actually p,d TO- and s. 900 900 "
cured To be paid In they might buy lands 10 III. amun
III OU,C00.-But they ~.re expressly pn,hhile,
from manufacturing until The western s"clln Of ,he ra
fsom l.yncbbarg 10 the Ohio was Completed II the,
tmght lands. Of ahsi avail would they bel they conf,
do nothing With them I'LL they made the r,nd-,,d ,
they never completed the pad Of what ns- wooid /, HI,
tTani all asserted ~ gentle AMI yet assuming III
shci 10 lie tn buy western lsuds how stands The css,
Why. ~i,suu, the rosd, hey would be- The ow ners !,
12.OO.UOo "a unpsnsac,ve lands. To make them val
sise~. They mnsi make the had; and 10 enable Them
manufacture they must complete lie rad Il the
W. rely carried lhs roaa I" the lands. they could d. nj
ihirg with the ands AID the rad would h. # le MS,
siree ~ make II valuable II must tap the Oho. Cuul
Apeh ohsurdl,y he perperraedl And whs, hsrt
could rnsue Il any bdy IRON Nstee land or elsrw her
N~As 10 w = ihing So ooish as ihisl Should they b
held ap n,aitfsci"rs aud punished ir IN lie wnul
ask he chairman ps lie committee OF Courts u Jusiic,
(Mr. Bocck what crime Tins tina, it should f.,
Eel, the rad ana lands OF he conpany2 That Gentle
snan han argued tina, they ,snld make par, o ros,
<ai~f upon manufacturing cuu <nci gtinlu monopoi,