Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1852-04-08

We desire 10 caIl your especial attention % the
article becw, 2nder she head Of aThe Legislature,
which " find III tha.last Spirit We don't like \
At all, and hope d give you good and safieient
reasons for our disrieasure.
One Of the commandments teaches ~. athou
shalt not steal and being brought up in The right
way We don't recollse ever having stolen any Thing
bar once. and that vas kiss from pretty girl
For this offence we were forgiven.
From The time thai the Democratic party IN The
Legislature began 10 advocate economy in the adj
minis,raiion df lie STATE Government, We prepared
ourselves 70 Zee practiced extraordinary extraYa-
9ance. Nor were re mistaken in our calculations.
1.-THE State gfoarsng under debt Of Si2 600 0so
ths wings are not @ blame-for, since the major
portion 81 ii vas csated, that party has been in
hopeless minority.
We iatended this week to have alluded 10 she
diIaioTy manner Of doing business In the present
Assembly. with Us; }srty Democratic majority On
joint ballot--eut og- cighbor has siolen our hun-
der and "gtysa IL IN FITS" We therefore call the
attention oil The Democracy 10 the fact that one Of
..eir organs Is abtssng the representatives which
they sent, and whoipromised to do what was requir-
ed Of them, and i:hie orer.
THE LEGIsLATURE.
Though this bo@y has now been in session three
months and al t.fhe when the people Of the Stale
are watching with, the most anxious and intense in
terest the progress It's legislation, we cannot now
ecall 10 mind one solitary Bill Of the least practical
importance, which has been perfected and The
people furnished With information enough 10 I'M
derstand its ptovi4ions. Ii ever there was time
when our Legislators should stop their eternal and
nefer ending thEhsing-go 70 work in earnest, and
do sOmefkfng, goeG bad or indferent-ii Is now
The Bill as % County organization passed both
Houses some weeks since, and tAe Commissioners
appointed and Thursday next liked upon as the
time for the ceunes TO be apportioned. Even this
Bill however, has been considered and re-consid-
cred until no one can tell what its provis-
ions or when che duty required is to be performed
So as To- the Tax BilI-the Commissioner OF the
Revenue should have been elected and at work
two months since bu; near two months have been
consumed by the Legislature in speeches. and now
when every body: supposed the Bill was surely
completed the whole lime ofthe Senate on Thurs
day, was construed in irrelevant amendments
| speeches, &c, az pertains TO the detail of this
measure Asto lie Bill providing for The elections
the Senate have agreed upon the 4ih Thursday in
| April and the HOUSE the 4th Thursday in May
Whether ain agreement between the two as 10 The
exact day for hisimportani duty, can ever be ar
rived at sjus now very difficult to say. The du-
lies deyolving on the present Legislature are nc
doubt onerSus In comparison with what they have
been heretDfores put in all conscience it is time
something was done. Let the provisions TO carry
into effect The Neg Constitution, be once passed
and as an extra SESSION is inevitable, return again
in January, sfrksh from The people," to consider
the thousand and Done schemes for public improve
meni and public blunder. which is now reported
The people we iRinx, with the enormous increase
of taxes which will be necessary to pay of OLD
scores, will requ their representatives 10 be rathe
chary as 10 falose appropriations for useless ant
wasteless projects. They demand, and are willing
10 pay, for some pecessary and iudicious schemes
but have sworn hssity 10 that system Of log rolling
and corruption aSto State improvements, which ha
brought our Staik 10 the verge of bankruptcy.