Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-01-26

HousE or DeLsoArss,

tut'on-alihough il has been ia session for
the space Of ten days. has al yot done
nothing worthy of interest. Til. =. Nv
lar. the most important session ever b.,d
IN the State. and c~e upon which essential.
" depends the popularity or upy,onSl,r;.
~ Of the new Constitution. Not on,v =.
all the provisions, Necessary and propcr f;,r
the successful operation efshc Constitution.
to be adopted. but the future policy Of Wiz.
g'nia upon all the great doc,rs~e Of in,cr.
nal Improvement is to he se,ricd. Iii,
earnestly to be hoped that wise and an
extensive. though judicious system Of In
tcrnal Improvements WILDE adopted by tho
Legislature, us the future policy Of tho
State; and that the main leading line. Of
Improvement, already begun, will be com
plcted; and that the State will lend il. f,,.
tcring aid to such other scheme. IA NAV be
demonstrated to be Of general utility, and
leave the minor and les, impor,an, ones /,
individual enterprise. Already the sub.
jcct has been brought before the Hou,c.
IN the form Of resolution, offered bv A.
segar of Elizabeth CITY, providing for tho
appointment ola committee of twcn,y.one
tocnquirc into the progress fthc leading
lines Of public Improvement, in the State,
and to asccrtaln.as near as may be. the sums
necessary to complete the same. rs they
have already been projected Tho rcsolu.
hon was unanimously adopted. and al
though the Constitution, ivory properly in
my opinion.) throws around tic Lec;,l..
ture some restrictions. in reference 10 m.
preparations from the public treasury, ,,;l1
from conversations with many of, the mem
bers. | am convinced that the leading lines
OF Improvement will be completed. aud
that such system will be adopted, as win
successfully dcvcope the boundIe.. 70.
sources Of oar beloved State, and place
! her where she ought long since to have
been, side by side with her more prosper.
!, Gus Sisters. As will be perceived in IN,
public journals on yesterday, the Speaker
announced the standing committees. aud
Judging from the prompincss displayed by
she different chairmcn in giving no.cc. for
meetings, | would suppose there existed
general conviction Of the necessity, of at
once entering upon the discharge Of their
oncrous and important duties The S, cak.
or, from she fact that there is an unusually
large number Of new mcmbcrsiu the House
with whom he was entirely unncquain,cd.
and of whose qualifications he Of course
was entirely ignorant, Iaborcd under great
difficulty in the appointment of,he differ
ent committees. believe the appoint
ments give very general satisfaction, and
reflect credit upon the Speaker for the I'M
Pari'allty and Judgment he has displayed.
To day the joint order for The election
ofa public printer came up and upon re-
solution offered by the talented delegate
from Monroe. Mr.. Echols. providing for
the appointment of committee to dot out
the p"hlic printing By contract to the low
est bidder. u somewhat excited and uncs
; roetcd debate sprung up. and the House
proved ITSELF to be II very respectable de-
batting society. for the discussion of tho
merits and principles Of the two grca, ,ns-
r litcal parties. Tho resolution wn. oFrrel
simply with the view Of asotr,anny If
the public F'luerg 'corld not be executed
Tor less sum, than had been heretofore
, prd ,nnd in n, efficient manner; ami b.
, cause it happened to he advocated BY
such leading Wings. as Scott, Imholcu
and Sugar. and opposed by such leading
Democrats as Lewis. Goodennl Barbour.
Mr. Wallace Of Petersburg rose and sag-
! gesicd that II was strange to him that tho
resolution was advocated alone by one par
~ and opposed by Tho other; and for bis
part he thought he could discover con.
cca'c] party mannuvrc.the object Of which
: WINS the removal Of well tiled and Faith
full public officer. Mr.. Wheeler Of Nor
folk. one of the Young Democracy. wha
seemed particularly DESTROYS Of informing
the country at large and call the rest OF
mankind" that he was Democrat, dyed
in tho wool. ind THAT he could see into this
hidden party movement. let it he known.
that as to himself, he woud vote for "A Dc.
mocrat in preference to Wing, at amy
time, and under all circumstance. Unit
the remarks of these two worthies we're
made. not one word was uttered by any
man, having the rcmotest bearing upon
party;for the resolution had been DISCUSSED
entirely upon its meai,s and all the posi-.
tons assumed by its opponents haviug
been signally overthrow, resort, and tho
last rcsort--had to be had to the fell spirit
ofparty.and tyranical AMI d ,minant par
~ majority arraycd, to defeat proposition
Of such plain and obvious propricty. The
speeches Of The last named gcntlcmcn
brought Mr.. Scott Of Fauquier to his feet
and with great severity and powcr.bc cas-
tigatcd those gentlemen. who were ever
ias'ingly singing "party'-Party" upon
every question that came before that
House. He urged that il was the univcr-
sal practice. every wherein public as web
as IN private contracts. that jobs Of all
kinds and descriptions were let to the
lowest bidder that one Of the main
grounds Of complaint. dueing the recent
canvass for the Convention, against tho
Legislature, was. that it had unit crsallv
made the paramount interests ofthc coun4