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

Which wiz :, il ,hr rrnnr, o. the Second Auditor made
w. lie body on the 18th of March: We ind mere n
, been appropriated for works vi Internal in'ffo'e"
as follows; 7or qo2 IS
In Ia cn,,n,ry between Tide water and the Blue
Ridge, Piedmont 3iis Tf9 :,
In the ,n.ry l50i O9S 90
'a ,his The Northwest has received about mil
NOV half the Valley little two millions our
4,non friends under whose banner we are shiiioncu "
f, far the protection of Tide water from inc ekaeone
IMPRESSIVE taxation of the Northwest and t'r
Viz had in the time received I'VE shn2 it',e sun :"
rcn millions and nearly half ana now n"c r .' luz
received! Only the insignificant amount o. so9 sew
and ninety three lhousand-ab0ut one do,a! 10
G.. m every nine that has gone into tho pockets OF Inc ra
unrrsc-and my district The Convention esrtlcl 'eIrss
ar, bv me has out Of this vast expenditure {" near
tea III c millions of dollars received one solitary DOL
H. No sir, not So much as one ccnf. r.
am well aware mat, 50 lar as inc I"ue slliu
SINE arc concerned, this statement OF me AUDITOR 'as
~ condemned hy some and that different statement !as
n presented by committee ol his C"n"en"h showing
oet h I,rqer charge against Underwater; but believe IL
, The account untouched as 10 my district. There IS
har document the correctness of which believe Et5 not
I Questioned. BY that it appears that Tie hst General
Assembly passed internal Improvement appropriation os 10
hn amount of millions five hundred and lou
J f1u hundred and Twelve dollars and eighteen cents SZ
20. 2 S of which Tide received as her magnificent
share the of twenysX thousand SIX Hundred ana ce-
sue doIars and eighteen cents (S266l lS about one dollar
| nj every hundred of the appropriations. and our Pied
nn friends the Of million one hundred and thirty
foy.two times more than we and nearly twice as much as
The other three grand divisions OF the State put together Ny
Cnnyrnon district received, as usual. cent
beg leave iurc respectfully of Eastern gentlemen on
his floor DO they believe that the amount Of State indebted
ness would have be Increased cent if Tide wafer had
NOT possessed solitary Delegate Senator on the floor Of
,hr General Assembly? Gould have been treated
unLcr the white basis Can suffer any thing under
ths compromise under basis at all? CouI times
have possibly much harder with us had al The represent
taon belonged to the West, and singh Eastern mem
Lor Lprn here
answer the question: say no. Worse we could not
have been served, and defy any Legislature,
blei under any bnsis, 10 treat Us in time 10
The State has been involved in debt Of SD 3lS SO 49,
To meet this lis she has available But
subject this oset the principal and Interest must be rails
ed by taxation and for the payment OF this principal and in
terctt my constituents will have 10 bear heavy aAainn
though no road has been graded canal dug
has been tunccd in all that region Of the country Some
uood works have been completed elsewhere Al ihi, hear
tiy rejoice whether these works be located in Tide water
Piedmont the Valley Trans Allegheny But in lie main
rolling and the most in1utois system oi hatrina and
traicking in votes have t"u:ished in rank uxuancc
Truly NAV repeat the complaint uttered for afflicted
Ireland tina: we know our government only by The animal
visits gathcrers, that feel its protection ma MI!
from the pressure OF The burdens with which Is weighing
the earth.
Vel This same system we are required and cxhored OF
sustain al the peril OF both safety and honor and
guard with veneraiion religious in the eyes OF some
perstitiuus in mine. To dare Withdraw constituents
from the kind embrace of those generous guardians under
whose protection they have thven and proSpeed marvel
lousy To be regarded as most sunmely horrible and
in the eStma Of some, would be abhorrrnt To the
feelings humilating 10 the pride than il the
ccied champion in The Of battle 10 utter the hord
word Well sir sir shall see how this il These
pen,.n.n profess to Judge only fur themselves and nor
pass censure others. BE it II not for
though should be gaIifcd 10 have the commentator of
all yet in dschargng my duty here look 10 Jmds
ten and the approval u my constituents IL is for them
moi for Eastern Virginia in body though ook 10 The wei
fare of the whole State, award The patriots bays,
conspn me to the punishment Of their DISCLOSURE.
What then am 10 look for Principally and primarily il
is my bounden duty 10 look for system that will afford
section Of the State protection IN regard 10 its dave
properly and also protection in regafd Whrh
secures that efficiently? 4 SLIM mragre, toe
majority in the Senate and House Of Delegates strong
and reliable majority in body That is the question pro-
pounded me, and which am called naon by my
am decided In the course intend IN pursue trncl
ing this compromise because believe will give better pr,
lection ID the East hln the mixed basis ITSELF could that hc
obtained and therefore, Eastern man, cnnsi
dercd il duty Ia sustain H. II has hccn said by the
renan from Fauquer (Nr ScorT that this compromise in
wolves surrender o the principle for which the Isl has
lending in house, and eventually
surrender Of that principle in The other hons- [" me
Of surprise 10 hear gentleman Of his crrr coGlpe.
hcnson and al cyprcsin king OF the mixed
basis principle The principle lying AT the foundation
Of all DISCUSSIONS is that contanrd in the bill oil rights
that THAT is best which is capable of prncu
cling the greatest degree happiness and safety and Is
eecuay guarded against the dangers OF malndnnisrra
ton" This is the principle. Which ever basis cecluaies
this great lending object Of all Just governments is founded
. lie proper principle The widest tcvntee of tho white
basis would hardly contend for its establishment in IN: Re
public Of Liberia.
ciple of the suffrage basis? Far from it. Schedule is
ted down, and lis singune friends entertain hope
will revive But 10 return 10 the inquiry will decided ma
nrity in the Senate afford protection Than slim
minority in both houses! This seems be admitted in all
the propositions Of compromise, or rather i" mn=t OF hr
The majority in both houses have proved but vain
reliance and these naoriiirs be diminished l. il
infinitely safer put d. peadancc such Senate
this compromise 10 without whose con-
bill that may pass the other house become the
law The land? Heretofore has been cvn,ended that the
Senate unsafe depository of that protection To their
peculiar interests which the East wished incorporated
into the Constitution because Of the snalness OF lis
ber its of power originate bills and because of the
nct that the patronage OF The being in the hands
of the General Assembly, Of which the house composed
y four fihs il feared the Scnne would be able
stand up against the popular influence of the House Of
Delegates and the weight Of the appointing power.
Even under all these dsadv nlages me senate mas over
and often controlled The House subjects OF exciting in
eres and atcra prOlracted struggle between the bo
dies call IN your recollection the resolutions relative To
The land money passed by the House and rejected By the
Senaie-the small note BILL also rejected by the cra after
il had passed the popular banci and refer also
tain notifications in the aw passed at the White Sulphur
whereby the power Of appointing inspectors &c.
iered on the Governor by amendments introduced IN the
Senne and perscvcrngy pressed To successful ISSUE not
the perscvcring and spirited opposition
the part of the House.
Under the embryo Constitution which !ahoring to
bring into EXISTENCE and especially if this compromise
prevail the Senate is be much larger more digriird
and more powerful body-cothed with authority 20 originate
bs-and in nearly all respects equal footing with the
House The East have thirty Senators TO- share
der its present organization The Senate will possess
over the old the advantages before enumerated whilst that
which may weaker II now-the paronaac-tile power Of
eectng Judges &c, which it imagined might be WELD
ed 10 the corruption its members is taken from the
Housa-le corruptor-and lodged with the people, who
will have in their hands this potential influence where
with TO the fidelity of Senators and attach them more
firmly 10 the interests of their constituents.
The people will doubtless have the election OF nearly all
the officers, such Judges clerks shes commo nwCalIh
attorneys and many others
Each member of the proposed Senate will have much
smaller constituency than the present Senaorso course
their conduct will be subjected rigan inspection
and their responsibility be- propoonaley increased nder
such state Of things be possible that any bill! will
pass This Senate Injurious slave property or 0pprcs
sve to the East on the subject of taxaonI
This majority Of ten. in Senate Of fifty, is nearly equal
TO majority Of thirty in the other house o one hundred and
fifty
Some gentlemen think the Senate will become unpopular
that lis usefulness will vanish before the breath nj The de-
maenguc-hat will fall PROSTATE and vanqnhcd before the
cabaisilc phrase aristocrac Senate" Sir If such be the
state OF popular intelligence, and such the texture OF the
foundation on which We essayng 10 erect republican
cdiice, you may raise The superstrucGre but II VIII De
house built on the sand Such is the character oil
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