Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1849-06-18

mere numerical unit which has been added to
the number OF the House of Delegates 1t is the
moral strength which that unit carries with it.
He has read his books in vain and looked on the
workings OF society in vain, Who does not know
arhdt one man can do. Who Or whatever arrested
he progress OF man that did not do something
to arrest his own progressl The introduction OF
the delegate from Alexandria county not only
added another plate to the battery, but that del
egate formed at once an electric conductor thro'
"hleh all the influences OF a large, intelligent,
and influential community-were BROUGHT 10
bear on the sensibilities of the House. Had all
this been done constitutionally, had it been done
by the passage OF Floyds bill, there would have
been no cause tor murmur but when you disre-
gard the barriers OF the CONSTITUTIONAL hen Won
violate a compact to which half a million Of men
are. parties, and which was formed with extreme
difficulty and only by Herculean efIort-when
you faint the chastity of the Constitution, you do
that; which can only produce evil, only evil
and that continually You countenance and en-
dorse a reckless sentiment, which will fnd its
own way through all the other avenues of Leg
slation. To produce the millennium, we are
told in the Bible, the devil must be chained. If
ne Is loose hu finds his way into the most sacred
recesses.
And now, that the introduction of this strange
4 OACAAAGAt VI pONCI AIltO Oul lepLStdllOn, Ill the
manner in which it has been done, has operated
most disastrously upon the public credit, is pal
pable from the results Of the legislation.
The assumption, by the State, of Alexandria
Canal stock, to the amount of two hundred and
seventy-two thousand dollars the guarantee of
the Alexandria Canal Company bonds, 10 the a.
mount of forty three thousand five hundred and
twenty dollars the appropriation of five hundred
and forty thousand dollars to the Alexandria and
Orange Railroad Company, scheme which o.
rlgnated wholly i'll Alexandria; the guarantee
OF the bonds of the Chesapeake and Chic Canal
company to the amount Of two hundred thou
debt to the alexandria Canal Compa,u and the
passage through The House of Delegates, and now
on the table III the Senate, of all appropriation oil
one and quarter million of dollars to the Alex
andria and Valley Railroad conpany-making
IN the aggregate, the sum of two millions three
hundred and five thousand and five hundred
and twenty dollars--with the natura
sympathetic effect of such appropriations
swelling the appropriations to other parts of the
State, SO as to have doubled the public debt il
two years-these facts show what has been the
result OF tue introduction of that power, OF rathe
OF the manner in which it was introduced, upor
the credit OF the CommonM ealth. The debt O
the State has thus been increased in the last two
years as much nearly as had accumulated 70
The seventy years previous--from the DAYS O
the Revolution. An annual revenue of a million
OF dollars, requiring an increase of twenty pc
cent III taxation, Is necessary now to carry OF
| the Government and pay our interest nth
gradual and certain tncreasing expenditures
The gloom OF the Future casts its shadow al
ready on our pathway. Isee the bosom of GU
common mother heaye, as she struggles to sus
tam her formei CASTE see her sons and daugh
fkr1 iD,t h1- 1.1l
and sympathy in distant lands-I see the sinkin
OF credit, the increase of taxation, and the gene
raj bankruptcy of mighty conflicting Interests
see the bad passions OF the soul, wrought int
tempest roll their dark waves over the harmonic
OF society
The other collateral effects which are to flow
from the execution Of these schemes, demand {
passing glance. HE wisdom of running an op
position line to the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad by the Louisa and Orange
and Alexandria Railroads to Alexandria, when thu
State has invested in the former the sum of two
hundred and seventy five thousand dollars: III,
wisdom ottaking the trade which now passe
down the Louisa road to Richmond off at Cor
louisville and sendingit to Alexandria, by III,
Change and Alexandria railroad The wisdom o
dlverting the trade from the RappaLannock i'm
provement, to which the State has loaned on
hundred thousand dollars, and turning that trad
from Fredericksburg to alexandria The wis
dom OF running an opposition to our contem
plated Central line, by way of Manassah Gap u
the Valley or across to Parkersburg, so as ultj
mately to pass the trade and travel from Rich
mond to Alexandria: The wisdom of taking tn
Valley trade by the same improvement from Win
chester to Alexandria: The wisdom of guarantee
ing the bonds of the Chesapeake and Ohio cana
tor three hundred thousand dollars to finish III
Canal an Maryland to carry coal to Alerandyia
1he wisdom OF guaranteeing two hundred thou
sand dollars more, to enable ultimately the Alex
andria Canal company to pay its debt to Ale1aa
d11a: The wisdom all this to the aggregate in
terests OF the State is not so clearly seen.
The Prodigal Son left his Fathers house Wit
no bad intentions-he started to better his for
tunes-he spenthi estate and became bankrur
/ he lived on the bounty and favor Of a rich MAJ
He held and felt the humiliating fact of subol
dlnate position-he knew that in his father
house there We're servants whose lot was prefer
able to his-he came to himself-he scuyht tn
home of his infancy and childhood. His fa,he
when ne was yet great way off, had compass
sion, fell on his neck and kissed him. The gusl
OF early paternal affection overlooked the bound
OF prudence. He received him again into hi
family, puta ring on his finger and shoes on hi
feet--killed the tatted calf, and domesticated tn
son that was lost
But we are nottold that even the prodigal sol
ever attempted to disenherit his brethren an
monopolize the whole estate.
A CITIZEN WHO PAYS TAXES.
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