Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-01-07
RICHMOND DAILY WING
wRpNEspAY MORNING, JANUARY !, is,s

The Armory Sehool--APpeai 10 Me Legislature,
the country and Richmond. ..s
We have often svo~ed total opposition to this
scheme which and others be sort oil WOODEN
horse aud which hoped be least pronoh,e Of seearian
designs We Judge OF the cnteprire OF this seeia-
ranisin rcsolute, steady and unrearnE efforts, when
II has made odgmen that Institution projected for the
cardinal puipo OF resisting IL
The Enquirer weeks back avetred that large ma
Jorfy OF the people OF Richmond in favor OF dsband
the Public Guard, and converting the establishment,
into Military School. II did not dssn to inform the
public how il had acquired the information There CO.
ianly has been taken and public meeting hi.
--and il rather difficult count in population
Of $4,000 We 6eiiere exactly the contrary and that
large majority Of the people OF Richmond adverse
the measures certain that should be very willing TO
rest the issue upon that superstition.
IL wonld be strange indeed if Richmond should be in
favor Of dsbandng the Public Guard disciplined expe-
reneed aud steady and relying for her defence in
such an emergency easily imagined and IN the
event Of war wholly improbable, upon parcel Of
school boys. We do believe that such her inclina-
ton, is the Of her member any evidence the
TACT since he represents in TRUTH neither OF the
parties which divide the city.
distinguished ciizeD OF the Stste--a enrhusias
TIC friend OF the Military Institute Lexington after
ospstiang upon the value that Institution had
the State thus writes uiOn the occasion the defeat
- rejoice at the rejection oi the Armory scheme-im
practicable proleeted-and altogether xpedient
practicable. Think for a We have congregat
led IA Richmond from ~ TO $4,000 negroes-suppose
coordination lby no impossible event and
attack upon the hrmOy with immense depot Of arms
guarded by 100 boys What becomes OF it, the Pen
''teorary Capitol the Public properly &C."
THIS will be the reasoning OF practical sensible men,
who have visionary schemes carry out, and
tarian designs To advance.
The Public Guard extremely valuable, only as a
protection the Public Property and buildings but as
guarantee Of the Public safety and presenting at an in.
slant OF DANGER in body Of disciplined and steady men,
Military nucleus, which parcel of harum scarum boys
can never present Ii Richmond only that is thus
projected but the country Tor the fate Of the county
would be controlled mainly by that of the Metropolis
we do hope, therefore, that the Legislature will suffer
the Public Guard and pay more respect
to long and happy experience, than the agitation
tgues OF busy projectors who eternay aiming at limo
ysions and schemes which will enhance Importance,
md extend their power .-.-r-= -.~t---- .-..
Some very ridiculous of superior
Of Military School the Armory over the present e.
Abshment have been brought forward. The correspond.
ent already quoted-we repeat again, a man in whom
Richmond and the whole State places high con6de
Gays;
but the estimates erroneous For instance tthey
say) by dsbandng he Guard Sl7 500 are to be saved
which Is 10 maintain and educate 100 Cadets! Now
have some personal knowledge of the matter and have
made careful and candid estimates: And if 100 Cadet.
can be maintained and educated Armory for less
than S23S each, per annum, a total OF S23 500 will
forfeit nv head! In addition this out
lay will be necessary, enlarge and adapt barracks
to that number Of CHdets-and least $4,000 more to
Protessors-quarters for Proessor-(assuming that
the present quarters will do for Proessors) and Stew
ards home and mess hall must BE- provided. Where
then the vauned economy say nothing OF the ex-
Pedency Tho truth the State has found It uecessa-
y TO Keep mp the Guard for 45 50 years us neees
sGy and ought not TO be dlsbanded
These, we have no doubt, the TRUE OPINIONS
OF RICHMOND, notwithstanding DR.. Plumer, Mr.. Lyons
and the Enquirer-three very high authorities no doubt
IN Orthodoxy, Whggsry and Loeofoeoisni Vet in
this all shooting wide Of the mark both in their es
mates Of cost, and estimates OF Public Opinion.
We hope ''well enough" will be let alone We have
much grayeT objections than these 10 the Armory
School-objectons which involve the highest consdera
lions which influence human cOnduct-bu, we pos
pone abatement Of them another day. hoping we have
said enough to make the Legislature pause before they
undo the wisdom Of the past and give efficacy the ever
restless, ever scbeming, power and Secarian
AOeuS pOeus Of this day. ..
For ourselves, have holy and genuine horror Of
Prescrat IN secular affairs that should suspect thai
absolute good offered by its hands, contained the germ Of
evil and Of death e.-,s- -----.....