Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-30

nla;nt that made here that Is the aPPea, Iroton-
to the Norfolk delegation, TO the -; ccon,ac and
Nortbamnton said to them while you ato with
works of internal improvement OF every rselyes with
,rbom are YOU aliedi You have allied Ihese ruin
p;admont and is she any more opposed 10 .he Trans
rieoo. a. internal Improvement than IS the
hegbanv or the Valley? No what then 10 cues
for Richmond and for tide-water? III There are
ton of internal improvement, ana 20 One il m or
two systems of internal improvement. works through
gamzea ~ the ,rs. system that will unite ue
Ohio river with the Chesapeake oas wilma hut of all
bring the back country not ony % ia Of tdewater-
the West-not to terminate al inc he ,b North Caro-
o, 80 RIM north and south lines from ue ~. 49,. -
not ~ uH "oi sIaS.uda and Baltimorc-Du1 system
$1,000 IN H. asnects and in its enects, sJf
will carry through lines from a,in,;c. svs1cm
tom that will terminate upon 'iS HS;o rsr IN tbe
that will terminate worss b ua foreign commerce can
ca 49, What is the system ia which tiuena
has conpected herself with Piedmont tba,
inn oxtravagant unproductiTe' sue ~. ~ S:.:,
has nothing TO characterize aaes not RIM it's lines
a.,bro system that not ohiy uoes W. Shoss,naI
me"'ola fonr the Ohio river to The chesapeake
east anu vs. ,ns ;ts lines north and SOUTH system
that Is at this very moment attcS "..Sm Which
MERGE of the State out OF 'l'e 80: . ~, r,r a.
Ss, does not cross the mountains IS DAY a!er oay
WIS Of the gentleman from Fauquer himself
uu. III vorts here and small works there west OF
ts mountains which finally Will become cotiiuent allu
arrv the trade to Baltimore before ever fchmonoas
reached her arms across .ns dsnv that The
rsn,Ioman asked me whether the works OF the fieo-
Mont systcm do not tend towards the east chaliehge
him m nro6uce an instance where Work mas oech Car
red vet to the shores OF the CHESAPEAKE pay
tho, smalI Roanoke railroad that goes to Norfolk What
rorLs docs the gentleman allude to-: Will nc point to
one thai has tended to make port tor Richmond upon
Tho Chesaypake bays Will he point to single work
that is part of grand whole OF system tnat ever
the Pedmontese policy has dgestedf What Inc gen
teman mean when he asks ME whether all the WORKS
Which he has advocated do not tend to the east Have
Won to this hour yet completed the connection OF
the kanawha canal with tdewater' You are about II
now know. But it is the very first Work tnat mas ever
been completed that tends to carry trade down 10 Nor
folk You have your Manassas gap anu your oranev
road for Alexandria but not until yesterday, not until
gentlemen began to apprehend that tde-water ~suld
sonetme or other wake up have they ever proposed 10
extend line to the Chesapeake pay. ask tue-"a'ei
then what do you gain by this alliance! ASK NY Peu
Die ask Norfolk and ask these gentlemen OF aoioiA
The are bopnd TO support the commerce OF their own
section to tell what Prot your people
ever vet gained by this alliance with PledmontS ask
the gentleman from Portsmouth Mr. WATTS can you
cite case in which you have aetiEeo sUao
aiance of seyenty-odd years with Piedmont: pause
inr repIy. Show me the fruits OF your policy You
have tried il now for seventyodd years. What have
YOU gained by retaining this power: WIN tell you ~at
You have gained You have allowed the whole system
10 stop the head of 10 stop at Inc ias
the river You have allowed the whole system to STOP
ot the base of the mountain. You have allowed north
aud south lines to DO You have allowed flednoni
TO dictate the manner in which the public money Shall
be expended for works Of internal improvements You
have United with her to tax yourselves Yes you have
hen taxed and YOU arc shown here daily how much you
have been taxed You have been taxed one-third OH
tine whole taxes Of the State Has not Piedmont plum
dered us as eectuay Trans Allegheny and the Val
ley combined could have done 1t: Have they not taken
as much money as Trans Allegheny and the Valley
would have taken Have they not taken enough money
TO have completed grand and thorough system trou
east to west And why has it been so expensvet why
has it been 80 unprecedented Why they could not get
the Manassas gap road or the Louisa railroad "nou
irving at least half million at one time, and million
at another time for mud turnpikes in the west. The
very moment that the public money was raised the very
moment that placed in the treasury, the lord lieu
tenant Of Piedmont says have now the Golfers at m.
DISMISSAL Underwater will not unite with to oxpen,
The nublc money either for my benefit their owl
oeneht orth. benefit of the west And as they repudiat
the alliance, winter after winter the gentleman himself
forms an alliance with tho west to appropriate tn
money that is raised from Underwater. Sir, call thu
.entleman to account for the appropriations Of last
winter The sum of $500, 900 was expended by th
s leesature-the gentleman himself the leader of al
the concentrations and out OF the two millions and 3
half tide water got nonnaty So70O0, really only abou
or 5000 dollars whilst Piedmont got 81 300 900. Wei
NAV Piedmont pay one-third Of the taxes whilst sh.
,ets more than half of the appropriations.
But the gentleman asks me why is it that tide-watei
sbonld want to be placed under the pupiage Of tn
Trans Allegheny will tell the gentleman the precise
no ,i,on of things-how view this matter, and vii
take the gentleman's figure as illustration.
will take the case of guardian and ward of patron anu
pupil and how does it stand The lord lieutenant a.
been our guardian. The lord lieutenant representing
Piedmont has taken our affairs IN hand mas taxed u
and made us pay third Of the amount of the take
and has appropriated to himself. Well that is yer,
rood guardian. The ward, will suppose, to illus
trate it. has estate of SlOO,OOO This good, kind
honest guardian tells him now have an estate abou
equal to your own Of 100000. There is SlO,0O0 O.
nv estate and $4,000 of yours that belongs to hrd
member of the family OF two other members OF The
family Trans-Alleghany and Piedmont | am rcai'!!
entitled to but $4,000 of what hold and you, tide
water are entitled to $4,000 of yours And the gen
eman raises an income from the estates and puts ltn
his own pocket Now tide-water complains. do TO:
ner. standing here alone from the tdewatcr proclaim
annie will say that she has been pokng her finger in he
eve that she has been atutous fatally fabulous on th
subject compain for her You have been guarding TIL
estate You have been welding the appropratng powe'
against tide water You have been expanding it on your
self for wastefu works and you have not only been doing
that but YOU have been doing You carrying:
the avas and profits Of the estate to strangers and aes
out of the State. You carrying the trade oil the
State to Baltimore. And what is the reply of the gen.
tleman. Oh now, do not complain, be still and quietly
submit to this thing" Why, ask Because if you dc
not mind the oOO that you have that does not oeone
does not belong to me- win be taken from US both ana
given to those to whom it does belong" ARd what Is
nv reply to that2 would say to the honest guardian
give me the 100000 and let enjoy the profits myself
It is great deal better to have my own and nothing
more and to enjoy tho profits of it than TO hold nom
nay 100000 and you take all the rents, issues and
profits of the estate. Do not gentlemen see how
would be the gamer? What is il that We propose now
TO be relieved from the puplage of Piedmont not to
be placed under the pupilage of Allegheny We
propose that the four members of the family-Trans
Allegheny the Valley Piedmont and Tide water shall
upon their own capital be permitted to trade in fair
business transaction of government upon equal terms
Sir how monsrous it is for that gentleman to rise here
and with ask the question whether we wish to be
placed under the pppilags Of TransAeghany. whenthe
question fairly interpreted is how dare ysu try to es
cape from the pupilagc of Piedmont l understand
what hurts the gentleman. l see plainly why that
gentleman should not be willing that Underwater
should be emancipated. I can understand well why
the gentleman and Piedmont wish hold all the in
luencc Of Richmond in continual and perpetual con-
tribution to the power of the Piedmontese policy.
1t has built up their works. 1t has built up their
It has retained the power here at the head of
tide-water. If it did any good to the State would
dure it. But it has crushed commerce. crushed agricul
ture crushed the mechanic arts Of the State 1t has
forbidden mining. 1t has forbidden the west 10
TO the markets of the east 1t has driven commerce