Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-05-02

western improvement. because thrr desire contnua
i'"l OF railroad, ami not Of canal! bit the gentleman
presume desires there ahUId b" continuation If
ttS AN" I'M. vi j.lc, river improvement. bf railroad.
!th refer 10 bin, IL knew Whether lie expects 20
c"hi,iee that lac at smaller CO.: D. railroad 'n ~
oaai; Perhaps il may be- AN! wish !. might Bit
'hcy 'Tc circulated a!i. rpur; containing this !na:c!!
NC il"r'ii;ion Throughout the STATE, :ia i II moi
rsh1 tht they should correct il, Undoubtedly there
cannot be = Question about it No gentleman can de-
:e |" circulate in the State Inaccurate Information
lie ,'no;tor has had i; under consideration he has IL.
Ken the map OF ii. State. he fluids the location aa, 'is
'u!sed tbs a2co"l5 Of THESE Improvements Now.
there Is not particle of these in IN Pied;
mont COUNT Ah'at ten miles .! the Rnanukc railroad
whic! Comes on! from the town OF Petersburg touch
ny me lower cad Of the county nf Dinwillc and Is
"t 'ocaic anywhere perhaps, five miles lri the tide
water country BIZ: Just skirts the lower end OF the
emily OF 'llc and then comes int" Il .le-"ai"r
COUNT immediately cxtcn,l; it-clr 10 ltoiosc river.
Sa' With the gentleman fran Fauqu!cr Tia. @ritlc-
ie nave SOME "icct IN view in putting thl" 'nioria-
ION before the country. What is that object: Why
40 they desire This information to 90 to the conn
Try shown, the amounts which lave been expended i'll
ne several grand divisions oi the State. l. like ilI,
e'i;l 1t +il" Il iat4r Of great Importance. bat others
.ia" Otherwise. Other members of this body thnk II
IS important that this Information should so to the
COUNTRY We have II revealed 10 in the proceedings
~ t!S body Way they desire create these impress
Soils upon Tie public mind There ll, been IN obvious
III" lncoccaicC! effort to create jealousy on he part Of
Tue tric-wacr country against the Piedmont country.
!, mas been iiiclcd and attempted to impress ulon
the minds OF the Underwater people the IDEA that TIE
.lrdnl"i".c have united III taxing them !nr the bee-
III 81 their .l country and thcu joined in the can!or
a5a!a>t he wt>t upon that subject We believe that
c'Ie" to has been produced. We believe
an un"sSiness and dissatisfaction is pcrccp;iblc in the
liie-waicr country which ought to be removed lie;
them hear the real truth. Let them that the
million five hundred thousand dollars charged to Pied
mont WAS actual extended in the Underwater region
;hu though the gentleman from Lancaster maintains he
ms hsrtr asked 1t; Yet il IS true that the Tirwa CT
citlr> ana ask 1t. The city OF Richmond, The Gown oi
Petersburg and town of Frederick >burg-lil Tide
water towns-!ld ask this and did com. forward for
these works and procured them and the money was
there exhausted. Portsmouth lent her influence
IN l;E'r OF them. Let the truth and nuthin, bit the
f@ih 90 to the country and am prepared 10 meet it..
canniot c"!cclvc that there Can he member ri this
body who will not be anxious Ia correct III" error
10 which this Resolution rrcr- II they are willin" 10
publi-h the truth :c whole truth let the cinni, tee
be raised, and lei the trui be elected and go the
country.
Mr.. BROWN. The few remarks that had ihr honor
81 submitting tn the Convention yesterday morning were
i"antcti unrn the report of the second auditor. did
NOT v"rc fer til" of this report matte
Oh cnnr-' but knowing the great accuracy of that off
ser, had, nnd haze still very high confidence in any
'iocancat comm; from that quarter and knowing the
character Of thai gentleman | feel authorised to .av
that he would hr very glad tn have corrected any
l" which h. may possibly have fallen My friend from
fauqnlcr said he waited to unfortunate
Impressions with regard to that much abused section o!
The State c&iled Piedmont Now would be very clad
- have them removed also The position IN which she
.iatS before the country la- commanded nv rymi,a-
tlIics and am decidedly i'll favor Of Piedmont throw
ing upon Ticwa!rr any portion III the appropriation.
which ";ght properly Ia 20 IL her. Indeed would feel
Ike taking lit" upon myself to relieve her from iii"
apparent condition in which She stands before the
. country.
ly ifiea! from Accklcnbur: held an IDEA believe
;iia ticr" !ofivc here yet up jealousy hc
tween Piedmont and Tidcwatcr country. Now. "a!
assure h"; c!,tcan had no motive {" tie kind, ana
iiN" Paul Fry, Lave mind 10 gay. vii! never be
..uiiv o. j, 'toud net again. callc the attention !"
the Convention am, lle country to what was apparent
upon the ace "f that document. But had ms ni"E"
and think the Convention can we'll see that II l. entire
iy prnper-tllt it Is entirely asr1rrial"--o the sub
jcc,- that viii come before
Yua ar. aware that the Convention in the formation
"f constitution. will have the subject of guarantee
and Limitations upon the action Of The Legislature before
it, ard WAS de: iron. of calling the attention OF the
Convention to wha: deemed abuses %! the taxing and
appropra:!nr power. and, III doing 80, IN giving the
facts The disclosure i made that certain SECTIONS Of the
State Ind been III" peculiar recipients of the appropr
ao,;.. was DESTROYS Of having this information my
self I have h""n in favor ui Whit Is called guilrin
lies restrictions upon the legislative action 81 t'c
Recommendations strong and sound. gay" m
tliIatiti ~ I'" carly Ill Tue Scs-ioh VI i
ventiun have de-, Of combination OF men III the
legislature taxing III; the other, md app.opriatg money
To themselves Il represents people that seek noun
ing from you but IL he let !one-wmt nothing n;;. MI
up; field and clear sky. enter my protest against
combinations of thi, kind taxing nv people for the
purpose Of building up internal Improvements for the
exclusive bsncii! Of others. ": want strong, and good
GUARANTEES We do wish Piedmont 10 rob TidcwI-
ter or Trans Ar5 hanv. rice do not here
deem il pr"per To make >,n t. the value "t internal
improvements though il is great subject Whichever
or nv people believe that any great work is Of sGi-
ci,nt nIor taice to command the consideration Of the
whole State, will contribute and aid in the rostrlic-
,i,. Of such work, although we may not individually
have part in it. have II" objection t" gentlemen
nro.cctIting works n( internal improvement, If they
command the confidence of those who are Interested
But prot est aslils: that kind Of internal Improvement
when men Judge OF the Importance Of the work hccasc
tI,cy command majority i'll the legislature, and then
take The money from other peoples pockets against
thci: will
SIr CLAIBORNE. think from what has been said
&C 1I, ,ccr. Il i,inr of Virginia commit should lc
raised I.opkng upon this discussion of order
and entirely sra,;:;nns, move til. previous question
Tile call for the previous question seconded, and
IN. main question ordered
MIR. ANDERSON. viii ii be in order to move All
amendment
TN. PRESIDENT. An amendment cannot Lc made
III this tine
The question was then taken upon he resolution and
=
The PRESIDENT OF how many shall HE commit
tee consist
Mr.. ANDERSON. presume the committee should
consist Of IN equal number therefore, move that the
number be eight.
MrCAAiDN. IwouIl suggest nine, for, as II - qi"s-
lion Of settlement Of accounts the different portions
Of the State ought to be represented. would suggest
that the gent c:ncn accept that IA ln"dIic&tnii
| Mr. ANDERSON. accept the modification
The question was then taken Mr ANDERSON 5 rcso-
luton, as modified, and it was agreed TO-
i TIE ruRSITUNE THE rSIvEnsALIsr CHURCH..
MIR. SHEFFEY | offer the following resolution:
Rtsoi.ci That the Secretary be authorized on such
terms as he may deem udicinis to dispose OF SO much
Of the furniture procured for the use Of the Convention
during its sessions in the unvcrsalist church. rs the
trustees will accept in part payment Of the rent Of said
church and that he be sold the residue Of said
furniture or 50 much thereof may not be needed in
til. pito and that c pay tic proceeds into the treas
ury Of the Commonwealth.
4 MEMBER Had We not better wait until we AS
certain whether we will need this furniture next winter
or not: Laughter. :,
/ Mr. kXCTE would suggest whether, instead o
hc Secretary, we should dcvolve this duty upon Il
90 ,,,pScJT vn,ld suore-t an amendment,