Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-06-10


embrace increase your population, swell your COM.
, merce. increase your wealth, power and influence
and that Of the whole state ard it is proposed 8,
YOU that you shall reject it, to be coqueted wit; c
the moment with these eastern counties who will ,nI
affiliate with you for the hour. and until this Question:
settled when they will hereafter they have bere
fore be found steadfastly in opposition to your inter-
ests refusing to appropriate as heretofore single dol
lar for the advancement OF your prosperity Thus de-
in moment of giddv and thoughtess rivolty Condemn
yourselves to ultimate poverty and misery.
l. I trust the committee will allow to call the =,
tentiun of the Richmond delegation the Lynchb!rg DEL
epatiop the Alexandria, and the whole Piedmont d..
yatiop especially hat lying between the Rappaharuot
and tLe ames rivers and such of the counties !yin
south of james river trade entirely with Richmond and
who.c interests are intimately connected and Identified
with the prosperity Of Richmond to resolution which
il now upon the clerks table, and which would be vc
ry glad to have sent to me- presented oy the gentleman
from Essex county (Sir. NJ. GARNET proposing that
hereafter no section of this state shall be taxed for
appropriation OF dollar for any scheme of internal
Improvement that does not improve the localities u
that section The resolution il a. follows:
Taxation aha be just and equal IN ITS burters and
benefits md TO be- So the ucope Of no one section Of the
state should be taxed fo tn" exclusive beneft OF The 9TH
err Therefore the legatu are shall cause tie state TO
DO laid of into four grand divisions the Hr>t from the
az. board the head of tide water the second from the
b.aj of tide water to the Blue Ridge the third from the
Blue Ridge mountains to the Allegheny MOUNTAINS ana
The fourth from the Allegheny mountains to the ONO
river and shall further provide that no tax ssaI re la
upon the people property oi amy one vi the su elhi
divisions in aid of any road canal any other work OF
int erna Improvement in any division i'll which such iu',
provement not lie constructed, unless majority OF
tho representatives in the General Assembly from such
lst named grand divisions, ehall nterpse the oiI lay
iu, the tax and making The approP1atoh
Yes that i part oil the State to when Inc Cl'7 m
RchnoIis asked to surrender her interests ana a!lli
arc with her in this great question She is4ost Ia
throw off the whole valley OF 'lrglha TO 'hro~ on
th, whole west and throw Oft the great regions lying
beyond the Allegany mountains 10 arrest s'i me sr
unl improvements of the State 10 cut OH the further
nr,press of the James River Canal: stop the further
prosecution of the great South cstern raroad stop
The further construction OF the great Ient raroad
stop the Manassas Gap, and Gordols'ie RAILROADS
and all in order affiliate with there eastern Counties
the preence set up for that action being the necessity
of prot ection to slave property when that property
really TO be in no dams ger for want of protection
What short sighted infatuated policy would this be
IN the part of the city of Richmond She has been long
in her {ip Van Wrinkle sleep the subject Of intcrnal;m
prov eents She ha, already done under peculiar circun
stances what lake occasion here to say in my Judgment
will prove suicidal and fatal act TO her own pros
pcritv if persisted iil-anI which, have no doubt -he
will take the earliest opportunity to repalr-and that
/, in refusing to appropriation for this central
odd She i, throw of all that back country t" give
up what she has anxiou-ly desired, ia | sa!I
while ago romthe earliest days of George hing'on
down To this time-the of securing access to the
Ohio river whereby she would secure the travel and
trade Of that great valley and Of the Mississippi valley
She is asked givs. them a up for the sake o! Ian
caster Northampton, Essex, Niddlescx Matthews Isle
Of Wight and twenty other eastern courtics not one Of
whom as vet have brought dollar in the way Of trade
TO her lap Perhaps should except the Isle of Wight,
which, believe, has few barrels of apple
| brandy. Much laughter Let the city Of Richmond
avail herself of this the frst and great and perhaps
the last opportunity she will have of securing and bind
ing with hooks of stee and chains OF iron the interests
o, the great west 10 herself Let this golden opportu.
nity pass and it has passed and gone forever Divided
or not divided look the feelings which such course
OF action towards the west. it is proposed we shall
pursue will beget among tho western Peoplof W hat
western merchant will como here TO the city OF Rich.
mond 10 tradc | do 10; mean to say that Wcstern
will come under state of degradation. because
do think the adoption Of the measure now proposed
b; the east would place them in state OF degradation
No man is degraded by submitting to law 10 man Is
degraded By submitting to what he cannot help II" man
is degraded BY submitting to law. but he is deradelb by
resisting the Law. But living under what We have been
told they feel 70 be state OF degradat"n what inter-
est do you -upposc western man can feel IN coming
here - cYpent his money upon You, when by gong
little further in few hours through the increas.
ing facilities for trade afforded by the high Of trav.
el open the merchant he can purchase hs goods as
cheap 5scwhcref
People Of r chmonl take this question home TO
your ewes and avail yourselves of the opportunity
that presented III may not DC To the v!
some portion of this community; it may not be to
the interests of that portion represented by the gen.
trman who offered the resolution, ! cited few
ments ago to do this because their int rests may not
be crally affected by refusing to do t. 1t may not
be to the interest of the lower extremity of the Tide:
water district Of Virginia do this but what to
the interest of that portion Of the eath nar
he to the interest of the people Of another portion OF the
commonwealth and to use the expressive language OF the
gentleman from Mccklcnburgh Sr GooDE, upon another
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especially if do sowthout sacrificing the nteress
of the State ut large Inn opinion all would be beue
tted-that We should be | kuow-fnd whatever serve.
to benefit U.s. must prove benefit to the whole State;
true Others may remain they for the balance of all
time neither better worse this ia not done; if the
rich revenues OF the west and the great valleys beyond
should never have access TO the markets of the At.
nnc through Virginia some Of these lower counties,
might not be injured; but that by no means proves
they would not be benefited in the general prosperity
that would result to the general community, and es
peciay To this metropolitan city.
We all wish that some plan would be devised by
which this supposed diversity of interest could DO avoid
ed,-we wish that plan could be devised BY which
this mountain could be lcvclled You cannot strike
down these mountains and. you cannot oblterate the
lines, which seperate the regions of this Commonwealth
nor can you destroy the lines which scperate one county
from another but YOU may do another and the next best
thing that can bc done and that H. to heal disse,on
alay discord, harnonizc interests compromise extreme
views on both sides OF the question and make the inter-
ests OF the two sections identical with each other
may be permitted here to remark and hope that
gentlemen will not take unkindy in me to do co. tia.
there Is one sui cc which has been referred to more
upon this hoor that have deeply and sincere
y lainented to hear think they were remarks that
We're thoughtess think they We're still more unw.,.
nnd II ulu not fear 10 wound, might snv though:
Aey had been iidc:lcat. ana nlecoru,ls 1t was the
aliusion that has been made than once to the ia.
vors that might be expected from the Wcaten people
~ Eastern gentlemen, who showed themselves 10 be
their friends upon ti. OCCASION myself have felt il.
Influence and have felt that man, who has been pre-.
pared to play his part and Statesman 10
the best OF his capacity, and who was willing to deal
justly and Literally towards the West subjected his
motive" to the suspicion OF desiring reward from them
for the discharge OF his duty. But cannot permit that
consideration 10 drive from my own proprie,v Of
from dolns what thought was right ua,i nothing
from me West ask no fAyUrs from the West. | want
n"tLIg that they have TIL power to give and say
III The honest sincerity Of my heart before my maker that
II can be Instrumental in harmonizing this question
ana III setting the dcors Of this State rhall retire
Fon this Convention perfectly satisfied never to speul
another di;; in public life Of am kind
Pubic life has lost its charms for me, and ther>
is but one consideration that induced me to occupy
the position which do at presept, before the reo.
pie u this district. Why should a man desire pub