Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-01-28
For THE ENQUIRER.

OK THE EN0ClHEK
To The Waters of the Ssnatorin! District, composed
Of The counties of Hohfar and Necklcn6urg.
The tetm for which Colonel Baptist was elect
cd 10 the Senate, will expire with The present ses
sion of the General Assembly, and you will be
called on to choose Senator al the Spring EIec
lion. Its hardly necessary to remind you lhatlhe
present is most important period in the history
II the Sla.e Federal politics, which once
claimed so much OF the time and att nlion Of
your Legislature, have happily given way 10 a
consideration of the peculiar Interests OF thu
State, which more Immediately concern us. a
great movement is going on, not only IN the lie
eiSlature but out Of il, 10 mend The Tor ULes Of
our beloved Commonweallh-the public mind i
deeply imbued with the importance oidOns some
thing 10 improve our contilioD, develope our re
sources, give increased value 10 cur labor, AM
stay the tide OF wealth and population, which
yearly pours lis ierilizing stream upon cher and
distant States We have reason to fear, lest in
the eagerness to adop. some system of legislation,
which may effect so desirable an end, an Utopian
scheme OF internal improvement will be saddlei
upon the Stale. whose burden, in the shape of in
creased taxes, will still further depress The labor
and industry Of our people, and it may be, add
dishonor 10 misfortune, by forcing US 10 repudae
debt We may BE- unable 10 pay. No man. who
has observed the events OF the last and present
session of the Legislature can doubt for mo
men, hat the SCnth side-lhe ia1.paying region
OF Virginia needs the services OF the abiest and
wisest OF her sons in the councils OF The Stale. |;
we would protect ourselves from iniolerable taxa.
ton; il we would save the Slate from ruinous
system OF profigacy and cxlravagance, which
promises 20 mortgage our property and our labor,
through all time, We must call into our service
men whose talents and character will give
weight and influence 10 their opinions, and afford
some guaranty, al least, that the interests OF this
section will not be sacrificed by default.
There are several men among Us who would
DO The STATE honor and good service in any sta.
lion Conspicuous among these is Doctor Thos.
H. Avereit OF Halifax, and 10 him we would
point the volers of The district as one eminenily
fitted 10 serve Them with usefulness and ability.
He Won carry into the public service talents Of
a very high order; integrity above and beyond sus-
picion; an Industry that never tires; sound iudg-
menI; and heart whose every pusa,ion is True
10 the Interests OF Old Virginia. This sugees-
lion is made without knowing whether Doctor
Averelt will consent 10 serve the district;
bn in he belief, from knowledge OF the man,
that he will acquiesce in the known wishes OF
a majority OF his fellow cirz-ns. The exieen-
ces of the State call loudly upon such men 10
enter her service. Legislation in Virginia is fast
becoming stock jobbins gambling business, in
which he general welfare is sacrificed By COM
b,naiion o. local Interests. A sysem OF los-rol!.
ing, runous in its effects and demoralizing in lis
tendency, has stolen into the General Assembly
and promises 10 make The business OF Legisla-
ton an infamous traffic. A generous zeal for the
public good, an enlarged and elevated patriotism
which embraces in its devotion the whole State
is net and cannot be iel! BY your representatives
while their legislation is dissraccd BY inrisues
and combinations 10 coasummac selfish and Sec
lional schemes. Time sTapiily developing The it,
EQUITIES ofsuch lcsisaion-the credit olhe State,
her money and The labor of her people have been
pledged 10 schemes so conflicting, as to be mu
ualiy destructive. Bula few years ego and a
great canal stretched like reality before the
prophetic vision Of our political dreamers, ex-
lending from your seaboard TO the Valley Of the