Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-04-01

ter full armed aud complete
All the improvements in Virginia Behold hoS
beautiful thngit Is tor brethren 10 owen together j
unity' Great laughter.
Glorious brotherhood, Noble fraternity. had al
most said that hope they Will not fail out BY the way
iut believe our only hope consists in this, that tho
will rot prove to he united brotherhood Most 9
these are rot cougcal in their feelings sonic Of then
are rival lcir interests ana nothing but tie soh%
sive principle OF plunder holds them together. The
owe their very existence that miserable system
logro!lng that has dsgraced the Legislature OF til
STATE
The people ar. kept in ignorance of what their repre-
senatTes are doing here They know not the extent
mSrule Which marks tie legislation OF the STATE III
House CT Delegates day or two slnc". passed 81
taking stock ON behalf oil the State. 10 T." H".ourr
two hundred and thirty thousand tot.als, l.. ra..lua
ALREADY completed, and net 10 Maze new Al
will it be believed that they have directed lie steel
II be taken u. par value Of one hundred dollars Pc
share when the market price of Tie stock Is but fcrt,
dollars. In lact-t4t they have agreed to par on" Eu.
bred aud fifty per cent FOR III. stock than they ca!
buy il for, thus throwing away completely in this trans
action the one hundred and weight thousand
dollars. l am not advised Of the motives which GOV.
ernsd them, but it only be to benefit private stock
holders under the plea Of raising the value Of State
stock 1t is to be hoped that IL" bill! viii BE- o.t in tie
Senate. but the hope is lrjnt
It ulay well ht considered ii framing anew uur oran:c
law. important 70 put restrictions upon III. Legislature
and limit tie public debt and whether the mixed .!
white basis shah prevail. -hail heartily uni,c with
members east and vest VII n favor of such res;rc.
ticns.
There three most objectionable species O.!
legislation, 20 which would Ycrv briefly call Your at
ten!on. The rs! Is, the common practice Of making
Sta:c loans TO various companies fer various purposes.
The strange inconsistency prevails OF borrow ing
large FROM The banks and capitalists OF the coun-
Try 10 be reoaned in most Instances TO other corpora
tons upon security Of the mos; doubtful character
So: allow, that from flowing treasury, these friendly
loans ere made ask what .,ht have our representa-
t!vcs thus 10 dispose Of the funds 81 IT.. people II
the people have surplus OF means beyond their nElc-
dae necessities, let them dispose OF ii al their
pleasure and do not b. unnecessary ta1 aton deprive
them Of the control OF their for purposes
Of State generosity
But there is such plethora il the treasury OF the
Commonwealth, threatening it with financial apoplexy,
which requires resort to this Depicting bood-lctt!s
remedy of State loans. No, the patient laborins
der very different dlseasc-the hectic cheek-the pal!
lid CONFERENCE.-The feeble pu!seiepresscd spirits
which apparent 10 the eyes Of all The u:errns
symptoms OF speedy decline and certain dissolution.
un!es, the prCmr. and Efficient rcs;nrati,cs are
re.ortea u Tor her recovery. Dropping the figure,
repeat the idea, that ouf treasury is exhausted. and III.
less wiser course. shall prevail !oT tie future, are
rapidly tending /" bankruptcy and reputation.
These State loans, let me observe too, we know 10
be- for the most part donations under the Of loans
The interest is usually released to the loanee after
few wears, and then the debt is considered cancelled
Witness the loans to the University and other literary
institutions. No expects intends that they shall
be paid AIT! ~ oil t.c education committee Of this
voted for report 10 cancel this long
standing :cmual DEBT OF the University.
Il annGai appearance IN the reports oi tie Managers
of the Literary Fund a,d others to tue Legislature
sc:ve. but 10 ctbc tic record and 10 present 10 the
eve false aspect in regard tc the financial condition c
the Commonwealth.
\ still more objectionable feature in our legislation
i. the system OF guarantees, which has been adopted
When resort can no longer be had direct loans from
III. Sts,c-when she has empticd the trcasur, by This
process, and has no more money Of her own TO cnd
she kindly becomet security 20 loans made Oy 9TH
crs, BY endorsing the bonds Of the borrower which are
given 10 the banks otiie money lenders The nondS
Of ihes: PRO, icnt money borrowers, however worth
less wilhou, are perfectly good with, The State guar
antce and cares for the scTency Of the prr
.ipai if the s:cGitv be good any, and every hody
pcralc, which secure the favor Of the Stale and oh
ain Ter endorsement, can obtain money al VIII,
These liabilities, which arc but so many mortgage
upon the private property Of the people, have reached
IN enormous amount, and are daily increasing.
4 third ruiEous and immoral system, OF legislation
prevails 10 an alarming extent which II not checked.
will bring ruin-as i; has already brough dsgace-ur
on the State 1t has often been alluded 10 in this debate
and shall say but little in regard to it. than 10
express my utter abhorarco Of it in all It's phases.
mean the system OF ogrcing, b. which all unholy ALI
OF SEPARATE interests Is made 10 lC rom Tile t-sa
ury the !eans ofaccompishng objects which singy and
alone would meet no fayog but when united III the votes
of their several patrons, pass almost by reclamation
The present s!ature Of ell others, bears the palm
his species Of lecerdeman, and is entitled 10 the dtnc-
i've appciaion Of the loc.rolilng Legislature.
From these considerations advocate the % mixed |
basis of representation, because however the inter-
sts of tide water have hitherto been dsregarded even
with an eastern majority IN the legislature, there is
cause Of greater apprehension If that majority shall pass
L. ..fI
carrying on . more extended system OF nter.a! i'm
ororemcntg
But ! ain told by M honorable friend from Accomac
MIR. W1sE) for have heard him both in public, and
in private, on This subject, here and elsewhere, that he
comes here 10 defend eastern rights and interests TO
which we are entirely blind And now is it made to
appear that this mammoth system 81 Improvements will
D. neft the tite-watcr country We told that is to
be done ty building up large cities On ou seaooard and
our commercial advantages
There are few evils ! admit that are without some
mixture of good Cities have their advantages but they
have their evils too and not sure that these evils
10 not ovt.geish their beueft3 There one or two
treat evils which connected with large cities,
H.lcn propose % dwell upon a few moments Their
cndercvis TO produce very great inequalities i'll society
They have great wealth, and great poverty too. VIII
eli nle, whether London and Paris, and
New York AM, New Orleans blessings or curses {
Tell me- YOU who arc best acquainted with the poverty
and crime, and misery, and wealth too OF the Empire
Jury TO society Cities enrich the few at the expense Of
he many Again, what effect have those congregated
masses Of depraved human being, upon the public and
uivac morals Of society y very slight glance at the
statistical table of arrests and trials for high crimes and
nisdemeanors, within these oTergrown corporations
ill satisfy you in regard 10 their influence. Their
corrupt tendency is generally il The exact ratio
o their age and population: hence the very name
ii large city carries with ii .!c idea Of misery and
Nominations
Cowper declares his preference for the country becas
God made tie country aud r:ade the town. That
which makes must ever be imperfect and nothing
Is more imperfect which from ,is plastic ha:-
han large city. mean offence to the good people
If Rich,nond This beautiful metropolis is yet but in
is infancy-a thriving modest vage--conparativey
pcaking. She has not reached the point in her growth
md population where misery and poverty, and crime
axe precedence OF all that is good and desirable Should
Ter destnr ever b. to reach position like that have
described in regard to her population she, too, will
,ord another example OF that wr.chedness and cOrrp
ion which have ascrihed to modern Gotham. But the
Gentleman from Accomac tells us that Richmond can
lever become commercial city Of much import ance-
that her commercial growth will be promoted, but b.
the drippings Of trade it passes from the Indies
aud the far west the grea: commercial mart which is
o spring mp ~ the sesboard
The great Babylon Of denominations, theD is to
~ ,asteG ri, ,bc shores of the Chesanpake and har