Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-03-28

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Dor not essential, To obtain the information re. y.
| this resolution Bnt am perfectly willing 10 d. u
and if gentlemen viii themselves offer = re.nI, " %
accomplish the object they wisl they shall h.,o o" .
l hearty support | propose now To accep, any ~.
ment which they will make to enlarge the scone -"
information, and not diminish it. " We
As 10 the remark made by the gentleman or,.
way Mr.. STEWART allow Inc to say that will Cue 'e
, ATE with that gentleman III any amendment fixing r -.
reasonable for the cxtnguishing Of tho any
debt. f'''e
aIr. STEWART, Of Morgan. Tha, is not ex.c,,..
idea want to get at now, although AIN te.ir,,. no
the public debt should be- extinguished At tina ~" i'
time that were making these internal ilnnro 'aine
j want 10 know when the debts thus incurred a'
cordlng to existing laws 10 he paid We canuo, e,,
giish any existing contract, II must go on. ~
Mr.. GOODE. DO understand the gentleman, !.
-lrlng that my resolution should furnish him WIN,
formation a. 10 when the present debts are pay,hl
III be extingui,hcd, All such information la, arS,G
been furnished in the public documents. Bes!e. !,
date has been fixed for the payment Of any debit. liz,
date may be postponed again and again, and the te.'
never be- cAtngllished.
+ Mr. VAN WlNkLE. The second AUDITOR r.p,,
recently laid before the Convention, com pr.es belize,
most Of the Information that gentlemen seeking ant
have required. |, does not Of include tn .c
NATION desired b, the gentleman from kanawha
. Nr CLAIBORNE. do not concur III the object. Of
tie resolution, and, therefore, 10 lay the re,on
ton the table. 1t la, been said that TIC l.g,a.;op
Of the present winter, Ill before the conclusion Of ,le
present session have involved the State in still flf..
OUTLAWS for works Of internal Improvement. II are
To- have this information al ALL lei us have II all Tie
legislature adIourns By JOnt resolution OH tho 2,i
Brtw this and the 24th possibly ai'."bt NAV he N
creased $500 Coz Sl0U000u : AZ, therefore Ills,
II would BE- better that this resolution should he lai on
the table until the 24th and il then DO again takrr
up aud acted upon after the al ounneut Of The leeis.
tIlrr.
Mr. GOODE. should be obliged {, :.e genticmar
If lie would !:w hi- Ia lay the resolution ,n
the ab!c, ~ am DESTROYS oi making few addnol4l
remarks.
Mr. CLAIBORNE withdraw it.
Alr GOODE. am much Obliged 10 10 gentlemen
-mpl, 'icsi.cu, Of Suggesting 10 him and 10 ,.c
Cuhvs alton, that If the resolution be laid upon the ah.
until the 9th, the result will think be- IL destroy tho
resolution. II, the gentleman from Wood Mr.. N,>
WSEtE) las suggested, document exists embraciug
all the information called los by the resolution VII,
then the president the board of public works wi!
have nothing do in reply 10 our resolution bu send
that document. BIT lapprcheud tina, when the
luton und the Document come to hc examined We shsll
lind that the document not complete response L.
the resolution II is not necessary, neither At
present point out the distinction or difference between
that document and the for which the resolution cali
need only say that having per'ised the doruncli Of
"Lic' the gentleman from Wood, (Air IAS NiNELk)
has spoken. vel without The Information desle III
the topic. Ia which my attention has been turned
have This additional reply Ia make 10 Tie gentleman
from Franklin. Mr.. ClAIRonSg.) We want this Etor
NATION Tor The purpose, OF present examination hud IL
al IA wing IL the views that are presented here
c.,nuol conceive the propretv OF postponins it until tho
adjournment 81 The legislature for although the Dis,
has been hAcd for adjournment, IL IS perfectly compr
tent for them IL rescud that resolution al any time. ani
Judging from the experience Of the past, il very pre-
htbc that the resolution viii be repealed, and
distant DAY fixed for the adjournment hope, there
ire that oppoation to the passage Of the resolution vii
nr Withdrawn.
Mr.. lETCiiEk. would suggest that the resolution
a.
thai has arisen, by determining the state OF tho
hctw.cn the cast and the west, and the amount o.
dc5cdnes- Of the east and the west in thi. matter OF
tcrnal improvements should like TO have statement
.. the balance
Mr.. WISE. ! understand that the gentleman irom
Mcck'cnburg. Mr.. GoopE,) is willing 10 acquicse ~
any amendment likely to enlarge the usefune,, OF the
resolution that he has proposed. | want him
aiuehd the resolution 10 embrace all works that have
alrcad, been proposed by the Legislature at its rrc.en
Mr.. GOODE | accept it,
Mr. WISE. All works not only in course of COZ,
strucou, but also those that have been authorized h,
aw 10 lie constructed.
MIR GOODE ] accept it.
Mr. WISE. II would be- useful, in addition To the "a
tons suggestions that hn,. been made that To have ~.
formation ~ I" the manner i'll which the appropriation.
have been heretofore made Whether tLx works have
b,u wisely located and whether tho APPROXIMATIONS f.,
I'll" works have l-cn wisely applied OF not We ought
to have Ills information - soon ns got
especially that kind q" debate is going on between
the friends and the ,n9tnics of internal improvements
Ia ny re-pectr d" not know Of thing on the .a,"
81 the earth that could be ical the interest.
al 1ide-water, Piedmont Valley Trans AlleghaIn
than this waste, oore Useless expenditure Of the pubic
money for ineln: Improvements The habtudes VI our
people m the cast have been and still are opposed To
tcfnal improvements. Tho straight PICKET cons,,u.
ti"n ~ the gentleman: called il last night: that We have
put upon the federal constitution ius in the muiu beer,
attributable to the oiun TIM, has been east upon lie
internal improvements oi III" federal government and IL
our own State. And this, much rs any other cau,.
upon thu face 81 the .nrtl has depressed our internal
commerce.
viii not her" 20 into the causes that have BETRAYED
tina, have it wer" forced Us into this wild this r.ck
less this nd1 -stc, this cru. this extrnyagant TN,
ni-lh"vo's sySt'ni The FACTS ARE before us md w.
ale now here Tor tho purpose Of reform | want tl.
'lu'a /" ald us The improvements that wo have been
making III roads. the appropriations We have made ,i
this purpose ut some e3,00C00U or Sc 100000 The.
improvements III the north tLe north wet aud the north
cns' VI Virginia; that IRE creating syphons draw he
vrri 'i' blood OF the Commonwealth to build up ,lr
commerce OF ournsiahborins State oi Maryland You
are stopped by the north and south line. instead -,
by The east aud weot liur- the head Of tid. ws.r
Never Yet has the James River Il Kanawha Canal been
aluw"d to dow into tide water. God knows when II
will reach there. When you get To the lass of III. Al
l"ghalics thrr" YOU stop There is no ba,k country
with nportant coninicrcinl points | wish Ia se. no,
DULY what i, doa, mt prcecnt but what il proposed H.
The future, and therefore it H. that NOV. nv amend
meat, h"pr TINT the Housc will take it mn and r.form
this svstc whatever basis u" rcpreeention be adopted
Tho gentleman from E--ex (Mr GARxxrr) tho ohei day
made aliusl"n +" my constituents ths tsrrapin,
Laryher) Al the proper time will show tim, th.oy
elrrpins are heginnngt 10 understand what sonc pyop,
IN E,s.,x do not understand
The enst the extreme east. the commercial part 81
of is commonwealth Is the part of this state nlo.'
deeply interested III thc-e internal mprov e,nent. Lo
hsu n one step further, let them bulge another nh
aud the scnles will be Knocked o the ave. Of the reo
pie IN the west We told last night hnt Piedmont
Ind got enough and that the north AMI he valley had
got enough Sir, the money is not what ! aln looking
nj, care not how much il spent, 20 that it be w,el,
spent: but to what end hnvc spent u this money
Have We spent II 10 build up tho comnerc. Of Virgin
III Nave W" spent it to develop the internal rs,om
res al ON state Have no, rather been building up
city ut the head OF tho Chesapeako bay Mar and
in-tsud o building up city Tor ourselves ~ the mouth
al The river tie gentleman from E--ex not under
stand this lot me tell .entseu TINT the very oysor. unt
clircapns understand it,
am looking to these guarantees moi only guarantee
hat Will re''raIn til, appropriations but that will ors
YOU 10 run east aud line of internal i,pro;e
meats and mol Il north and south line alone
alr. CLAIBORNE rise Ia Sithdraw ny opposition
To the adoption vi tbs resolution and in dor..o VAL
max few remarks Am i'll favor OF TIL. system Vi