Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-04-25
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H. u. ;ass had not taken such extensive root IN the
IND. NJ men that the public treasury was an lhsA
b.r.t;h, fund from which the convenience OF e'el1
ran in the community was to be grathed 1o'et. ::
want wa. then supposed to perform its functions :.
Ie men to the results Of their individual en'e
pr.c or confined itself to the patronage OF sue
enlF n were beyond the Just measure OF
But now its aid is freely and ha5aaiy h'oN'u =, :.
ry man who desires make smooth his pam .i.Ii "
his church his mill or mis- courthouse. ht Ina. u
.h; .nrrc of nubl;c extravaganza was sort OF terra
ancoon;ta It had not vet been explored oy those Arg-
maui. who have since returned laden Win the golden
fleece At that day the pubic deot OF all the states
IN tba confederacy combined ~as less tlan
1 than the single debt this time of the little State
~ MARYLAND Now it is upwards OF s2li,0U0,0oo.
T.r, wa, another which has escaped the penc-
Eating vision of my friend from Loudoun At that
d,y the railway had not been discovered If discov-
cred had not been yet introduced n:o this county
The east was averse to public expenditure for ucrna!
formal communication known to man superior To the
level roads and fine navigable streams, with which n l.
ture had so muncentv blessed them. 1t is true there
was the James River Canal-that Serbonian bog
In which millions vast were sunk,
which fingered the opprooium OF our state; Ont WIZ
solitary work attracting now and then only htiu
and caprcious attention from th'''e ,eros'0a III
rocresa The introduction OF the railway has unioeu
nv mao. in eastern policy, and revouionlzed ali
tbar theories of Stat. economy. vi ali the improve
-. ,h;ch The wit of men could have devised, 1t was
49, Rat adapted to the physical conformation Of tc;l
country Tho result has been perfect net work o!
r.iJroads throughout that section of the State; some
running at very short distances apart, almost parallel
With each other, and Others running at acute Angles
And have no doubt unless some check Is now inter
p,sed there will BE-, before many years railroad !"
evsry county seat in eastern Virginia made III sre''
measure at the public expense.
The gentleman from Loudou. has now admitted ih't'
her nan OF representation has failed TO protect the APP
propriating power of the government but he says inc
allure has been in defiance Of not consequence Of the
Tho system Sir it is perfectly mmateral to me or t"
INV constituents whether the failure springs from causes
which his system cannot control be the consequence
At the system ITSELF whether it be n post hoe or
y,oDtsr hoc-the evil is the II is sufficient for
and nv people to knew that it is failure. admittedly
conceded to be- failure by it, friends Ard ask gen.
tlsmen how thcy press such proposition upoa U.S. n
proposition odious and offensive in principle; hated
and detested by an overwhelming majority OF the
people Of th. commonwealth in the face OF the adIns
sions made BY themselves that it is wholly impoten
TO remedy the very evil which they seek 10 cure by
Il could be clearly shown to be valuable safeguard
Of propsty-howevcr questiuniDe zen then It's ex
would still be sol. !.ns to Justify ii |
Bnt in he face of the broad admission that it afforded
NO adsouat. safeguard to property how utter y with
ont justification ID this perseycrug effort to impose
npon the people of Virginia
will now proceed to consider those safeguards which
in ms opinion will not prove failure.
Here Mr.. FAULKNER yielded to the wish expressed by
bis friends postpone his further remarks until tho
aaxt day