Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-04-11
single moment longer, he would not have found it neces-

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which they can be presented E'r my c'l'l'e,a. !.
But l" gentleman did say, and wa. slau 10 l,s'. :.
That there was division III inns t"'i'i'i" '"''i
hat had any right 10 complain OF the g"'crh''':a"
irg'nla. We are to find guarantee 'I's' - Wv
fact that the west will want nothing more ir i"'''n''
Improvements, and that consequently there Will W ~
oppressive taxation and appori"mnc'l. Vim, ,h;,,,
The gentleman from R"ckhrilgc. !Sir Morktl :i.iN
this good guarantee differ with him. Sfi,''' .t ~,
to say, with all possible respect +" that
think the gentleman from Frederick lM'. IN ~ ''
more just ideas upon this subject than my ll'e",'
Rockbdgc He told us the other day anu III NY yui
mcni told us truly-and i'll quoting ana ''''''n5 >
language do not mean to make any personal .l'i''
ton nf ii to any individual u-dc nt me ieei'''o "
oul side of it say that he told truly thlt ''s y
TEN of internal improvements as it i, now heiS eN'cu
ted i'll the commonwealth of Virginia, WAS l"lt ' E
king ours corrupt government believe II, y, M =,
the gentleman from Augusta, (Ar SnEffE' I''' "r
other day ill his slpecchf What was tn" nu,"'" =, III
complaint That the whales could mol i''' ~ 'i'e
streams Of the west, and therefore the channels iis' DC
dcepcncd that they could float With Il P',n UP
ped in the richest aud brightest c""rs AMI M'ee
the hand Of master, he drew lhctu:" I" nav ,iie
west will be after We shall have adopted the "ni'e Ia
s5 system. The gentleman from eiler-"i zoo tei 'c
ling that his county sick of the Gi'r'i'ec VI
the miNc.l basis, said, adopt this principle anu 'ie
State will stretch out its brrrcan arms |" Tue st'I'
west " and these brnrean spoken OF lv my ne'u
when translated into plain English railroads ana
canals.
\ question was put some day. ago by the gentleman
from Fauquirr, CIR. Scorr) which has n"t yet been al-
swered, nobody has yet attempted to answer H. ii'
those beautiful pictures drawn Of What Wo"" oII
low the adoption Of the white h.>is principle ne ASH"
the question; How could this lc brought about |.
there any power any magical power III tins na''sTl
mean upon the subject Of internal lnpr"v'i'lcit''
its bare adoption WILL without further agency tieI
Your mountains, make uavi gable your Streams '' '
Your forests open Your nincs and convert ''e utsc
n ~ lon M is IN
by rubbing Aladdin lamp, it Is Ia be done ~ "'aeI
Iproccss-hy expenditure of millions I" d"i'' l'e
by taxation specific al raorem The injustice % "liifh
in regard to contributions. may be aggravated tcA ''
by the manner Of lis appropriation.
That is the way in which il is 10 /" accompanied anu
it can he accomplished in other way. 1t WIN pa i''i,
i'll respect I'LL the guarantees that have been o,e'e'
by gentlemen h,e that there is really htih5 III ''l
either taken -rjcratrly c"nl"n!tly Ny l'''o iron"
the couniy of crkecy offers guarantee. t'al would
apIrchrd put an citectua cxtmgu-hcr upon me whole
subject. His Ir"pcsiti2 i to put bN. one -llSr al
pratt ion il a iii. and submit that singh bill hT lt-.f
unco,':cd with amy other to the eoPI" ~ '!l Pp''s
al some general election and until II shall receive NeiI
sanc iun il -hu he dead letter upon the statute oo"k
We'll that would put an end toll. say. hat VITA AL
respect 10 ms friend. for whom have the most SIN
ccrc regard it does that this would put h
end To all appropriations lam opposed 10 7ueii result
and therefore cannot unite with him III Sustaining MS
proposition. -,
ii the white basis unaccompanicd by guarantees Will
not answer and if guarantees incorporat INTO the ouv
Of the constitutions giving the legislative power To the
west, consequent : the power I" strike "u Tue Snhaii-
ties whichever they choose, will No" answer what Is |"
be done! If this proposition will not stand the test Oh
the bill Of rights because it will not give LIZ govern
ncnt best calculated the happiness Of the "o-
pie and especially because does not furnish adequate
security against the da:gcr- If n'aadm'l-'ratio, y
c;innt b" sui aimed And Ia the ic-; al this bill "f
rights appealed 10 lv the gentlemen Themselves, pro-
br;u The lpuau
from the county of Jefferson asked the other day II this
question t" be agitatcd i"rcvcr No! II must he
settled now Settle it now Settle il now ~ the
adoption of the amendment of Tie gentleman from the
county of Fauucr. Settle ii now. Ivy combining IN their
proper proportions the two great clements that make:
up human society One of the very first ihiag- that re-
comncnds this scheme my mind Is lis universally
and its comprclcI-ivcncss | concur with gentlemen
here VIII" want 10 put end I" the dividing lines that
run through this great commonwealth north aud south
and divide II int" fsur parts take this scheme because
it knows Underwater, no Piedmont. 10 VALLEY, and 40
trans Allcghanv. The very Alcghanc, themselves,
lofty and rugged they are sink down before the ope
ration u" this rule: and the Blue Ridge disappears from
the map IL makes the State what ii CI,h, 20 BE-
it it all over. That Of lis great
datioIs 10 and commend gentlemen "n this
floor that account. We not making constitution
for day nor for year. In addition In lis c"mprchcn
si@encss ] like it account Of ia expan-i"c power
You are 10 grow in the west i'll population aud i'll taxa
tom No matter what may he the increase IN taxation
and in population the principle contained in this amend
nlent expands receive both thi, ncrc'sc :" pop
ulat!on and this increase "f taxation; and will give "a"
| the power that lcematcly belongs 10 you i'll the gov
crmncnt, for taxation n ANY give" period may he
tanned "a dearly a. population But very curious "I,cc
ton Ia started here. II from South Carolina and
is the work OF South Carolina politician Because i,
comes from South Carol, and because every body doe:
not in the propriety of the opinions and action
Of the state Of South Carolina from the year 1899 up
this time, this scheme is to be- drnour, aud condemned
and held up to the odum Of the people of Virginia Il
this thing originated in South Carolina il did 20 a. earl,
a. the year 1858 when South Carolina stood ia the c;lt
cory OF republican States. sustaining, the administration
Of Thomas Jccrscl, devoted I" the Union when JOIN
C. Calhoun at Yale College. had just come home
and had scarcely attained 10 Of manhood hope
it will not be condemned unless other objection car
be raised against it, But it is great mistake trace it
origin to South Carolina respectable is that state,
has higher paternity than that 1t dates back fa
az lISS II l. til" corner of the constitution OF thu
United States laid there bv the hand Of George Wash
ington aidedb by james Madison Benjamin Franklin anc
host of rs wise and great linen, az in ms Judgment thu
+ world has ever known.
have said that it was expansive principle. i
covered originally the whole thirteen old States anC
governed them III peace and prosperity And under thu
trials of war; and peace in adversely and pro-perity
has expanded To receive the eight cen new States anC
such its power, such its adaptation to the actua
condition Of the country that it took in these eight eel
States whether States
ing to each and all republican governments. holdinl
them in their true political orbits and has made then
united, of the most happy. prosperous and powerful
nations on the face of the globe And ts work is no
vet done If this government be administered in tn
true spirit Of It's founders it may 90 on expanding unit
it absUrbs the Canaas until it drives the Russian bea
across Behring's Strait; until it a-urbs both Cuba an
Mexico And its expansive power may 90 on if faith
fully and fairly administered until it is checked BIZ tn
eternal pillows that lave the southern extremity of Can
horn.
am against each and all thcse acquisitions We hav
enough aud more than enough. j am merely spcakin
of the power and vitality Of this principle which is der
ded and denounced iii this hall The white basis the nu
mcrca ma oryo the people, without reference to othc
considerations my friend from Jefferson SAYS stands upo
"the eternal and inmuble principle of Justice" ih
gentleman from the county of Barbour dcnounccs an
other basis of government oious aristocralc anti
republican aud ut war with human liberty and ncon-is
tent with the existence Of freedom So olious that
his eyes his cXccllcIlcy the governor of this common
wealth would have been justified in calling together
his powc" and uthority convention Of the peopl
to make constitution and elect new delegates an
to turn the gentlemen who occupy the capt. Of on
Of their seats.
If these doctrines l." true if these denunciatons b
founded in fact stop the monument in your state nous
yard and leave II rs il is. And when the statue Of I'll
father of his country here from Italy which is