Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-02-06

willing 10 SuD1llt Inc question 10 The House, If
The contest hao been lett 10 himself and The gen
,leman from Hardy. lie was physically incapa-
citatej from plolonging the discussion. He char
ac.erizsd The remarks OF Mr.. Bocock IS ~evincipp
supreme ignorance OF The true merits of The cues.
the advocate Of the interests OF Wheeling
He appeared in defence Of The sturdy mcun-
~taineers against this powerful Company. 1.-The
policy advocated by the patrons olthe bill, be car
ried out, the people he represented would soon be
compelled 10 seek 4 home in The far west. The
Clarksburg Convention was filled with treason.
Il denounced The action o! the Legislature and
threatened a division oflhe Stale, iflheir demands
were mol granted. The identity of Inc applica.
tions had beer given up by the gentleman from
Hardy, and surely The gentleman from Bnckinc-
ham had not examined into the question. Doubts
had been expressed BY some respecting The de-
~claraiion that he faith Of The Stale had heen
plighled 10 b accompany. The obligation on the
part OF The Stae had been abrosaled and annulied
by The action Of the Company itself. When The
House, last session, refused 10 pass 4 bill almost
identical with le present bill, lis advocates re-
gar!ed The question as finally adj Indicated, and
requested OF The Stale, in consideration Of
the refusal Of The grant 10 lie Company, an
appropriation Of $4,000 Tor tie improvement
OF the Siaunlon aud PaIkersburg road. This
was granted as a salvo 10 The Northwest
Gentlemen have asserted that the Legislature Of
PENNSYLVANIA was about 10 grant tie privilege Of
extending This road 10 Pillsburg. lie was in
possession Of information from The most reliable
source, assuring him that Pennsylvania would
never grant this privilege. The strongest appeal
was made in vain o her Legislature, after The de-
~siruclive fire in Patsburg, Tor This grant, which
was relied on as a means OF restoring the pros
peTity OF that unfortunate city. Pennsylvania
is loo deeply involved in liabilities incurred in
The construction Of her own Improvements, TO
cherish a rival work that would destroy them.
He had charged Mr.. McLane with having offer
ed a bride 10 one Of The Railroad Companies OF
this Stale, and the evidence was TO be found in
his letter 10 the Winchester and Potomac Com
pany, CONTAINED in Document SO of the last ses-
sion.) The language used by Mr.. McLane
sanctions this construction. He says "the price
paid by the Company for this grant" &c, 'ithis
purchase was 10 be upon The express condition OF
The grant" &c. Would the Legislature thus per.
init This Company 10 buy up certain roads, and
ruin other more important Improvements The
National Road would be destroyed by The railroad.
Ii was idle 10 speak OF the expenditure OF eight
millions in The Stale in The construction Of this
road. The contractors would come from abroad,
and they would procure all their supplies from
Baltimore. 1t would be much better 10 apply a
torch 10 the CITY of Wheeling than 10 pass The
bill. He hoped The veyed question would be de-
ciicd today, and that he might never again be
compelled 10 discuss il. He thanked the mem
hers for the attention with which they had listen
ed 10 his d~esnltory remarks on the present and
former occasions.
Mr.. LEE wished 10 say few words in con-
%clusion. He had hoped, by his liberal conces-
sions, 10 conciliale The friends Of The Wheeling
interest, and remove all objection on the ground
of injustice 10 other Improvements in the Stale.
The friends Of this measure represented, on this
occasion, the great Interests Of the Union and Of
Virginia. He hoped the House would consider
The amendments proposed, and not defeat The bill
by a test vote upon the indefinite postponement.
The ayes and noes having been called, the bill
was Indefinitely postponed by the following vote
AYEs-Messrs. William n. b. Gusts, John
Fl. Gusts, Southall, Brown Of Albemarle, Layne,
Harvie, Powell, Massie, Dickinson OF Bath
Burwell, Mitchell, Thompson Of Bote'ourt, Mil
Ter, Maclin, Adkins, Toler, Fox, Dickinson OF
Caroline, Lacy, Darlington, Wintree, Broadus,
Hobson, Garnet, McCIuns, Deskins, %stillman,
Street, Saunders, Jr, Leake, Stovall, Hielt,
Thompson OF Hampshire, Brown OF Hanover,
Mcaae. Wootton, Goodwin, Patrick, Gaines, Ro.
Clayton, Parriott, Wade, Jr, Hamilton, Kilby,
Newton, Middleton, Oliver, Edsington, Davis,
1'a,um, Syme, Lanier, Fairfax, Dey, McDear-
mon, Daniel; Brawner, slrc,hsr Iyens: Prilsh-
brell, Holiday, billiard, Freeman, Laird and
West-77.
Nors-Messrs. Goode, (speaker,) Baldwin,
Boak, Campbell, Camden, Turnhnll, Bocock,
Flood, Thompson Of Dinwiddie, Moss, Scott,
Hall OF Fauquier, Wall, Gather, Pendleion,
Jones, Parks, Edmunds, Lee, Flowers, Bowden,
Turner, Towner, Mcintyre, Taylor, Gordon,
Basley, Shepard, Adams, Alexander, Edmond
son, Michael, Jr, Wats, Happier, VERIFY, Nc
Pherson, Hiner, Albosast, Long, Denison, Stick
ley, Tate, Chinn, Hall of Taylor, Funston, Good
son, Rice and Neal-46.
The order OF the day on the subject Of Educa.
ton was postponed.
The bill TO provide for The revision OF the Cri-
minal Code was next under consideration.
MIR. PENDLETON moved to fill the blank in
The bill, providing the sum of Sl,450 as the COM
pensation OF Robert G. Scott, Esq.
The motion was lost. Ayes 32-Noes SO.
On motion of MIR. HARVIE, The House adj
%journed.