Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-05-17
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man. NJ, Speaker, there aIe other portions OF
lbe GlIle II witch there have been exhibited
ou;bursts against the law. To show this,
cite the occurrences which transpired not very
/ 'ong agoin theeouuies ofCulpcpper and Gray
son. state this. nor by way of crpsure upon
! lie citizens OF those eounties, bar 70 show thar
even IN the best regulated communities, I'm.
I lass lvl outbreaks will sometimes occur
| Especially do ! think II wrong now to deter
mine RIO Do any thiag Hat halls to,aaytl. de.
kef1a @l1Ag to remove the Capital To remove
the Capital would be punishment 10 this
whole commanity. while only a small frag
naeni ol It WAS engaged - the riot; and While
| tie community as IA whole are denouncing it
as disgrAceul and reprehcnsibIe. Gentlemen
! say. however, that the citizens of Richmond
have not expressed their Indignation to this
rot Sir, give them time to do this is in pub
lie form, and if they fail to do it. then reproach
| them. But 1t must be Remembered that this
| riot occurred late during the last night and
hence they have not had the necessary time to
express in pubic manner the indignation they
feel on account Of this outrage. But, sir, are
not the citizens Of Richmond all around this
Capitol, breathing their Indignation and cen
sure upon these riotersl In the galleries nnd
of deep censure. Every gentleman in the city
with whom have conversed expresses the
same warm Indignation against the lawess
rioters; and my friends. the three delegates
| from this city (AIessrs. Anderson. Butler and
Robinson) through whom alone this commn-
| nry can speak apon this floor, have said that
the citizens OF Richmond disapprove with de
tcsiaiion the rio,ous proceedings of last night.
xybpu lin.
tenance, and hear il III every voice, | am con.
strained to believe that gentlemen are radical
| y mistaken when they attribute to this com
munity want OF Indignation at the disgrace
iul proceeding thai has Just transpired in their
| midst
As mere matter of finance would be op-
posed 10 the removal OF the Capital bile we
are involved in heavy State debt. II " onld
cost vast sum Of money; but Sir, cost what
II might, j IreoHyhhoughtM lie dignity or safe
fy Of tie CHiet Erecuttee could not or Wo4il
not be maintained here IN Richmoad, uoa/d
mast assurediy adroeate tie immediate remorat
| IF tie Seat of Government to same other s,,ot
However. must b. allowed to say here. that
| If we take the ground that the Capital must he
removed from every place where mere lrae-
| tion-a very small fraction OF the communi-
ty-idisco IL i1b', tHcH We VIII pace f1c loCst-
| ton Of the Capital and its pernancy wholly
IN the will and at the mercy of the ripiously
disposed. Suppose lou tako toe Capital from
tbs place aud locate i at Goochiaud Couri
House; N the course OF lime there might pos
sibiy be excited "a mob even there you then
! change the Seat oI Go,ennioutag again, and a.
gam another mob drives you off, Now If this
is to be the course Of affairs. humbly suggest
that u, - npid he better to build a p0rtabis ark,
or an HsneraRt Cap'tal, as an economical FnoJa
by winch those changes IN location could most
easily and with less expense be made. Bat as
long as we are determined to have g perma-
Hcnt seat Of Government. Iask, under present
circumstances, Al there Is more proper place
than that where the public buildings uow
slatJ-r where they can be kept standing with
out any portion ol the vast expense which
would attend their removal and where there
have iiecn lever riots tluu any clty ~ the
same size IN the country, and where believe
there's ielt strong and burning indignation
ACCOUNT Of the riot that has gwen rise to this
whole Proceeding
My friend from Goochand (NIr. Leake) il
in greaterror when he supposes that my col
league and myself look upon this us small
matter. | denounced this riot as grossly dis
graceful, and characterized every person en-
gagged in it. ] have doubt. sir. but that my
colleague Mr.. Garrett) shared this sentimen,
with me. How, after this denunciation OF the
| affair, my, friend from Goochland could arrive
at such a conclusion about our opinion, am
| utterly at loss to know. stoH
In conclusion Of these desultory remarks. i
say that no gentleman here is more ardent
friend than am to the maintenance OF the dig
nifty Of Virginas Chief Executive office. |
reprobate the mob that dare insult it, and | will
90 as far as any one to protect its safety and
uphold its dignity. have the highest regard
for The gentleman who is now the incumbent
Of that office. | am personal and political
friend of that gentleman, and even if | were
opposed 10 him in politics ! would be none the
less friend to maintaining the safety and dig.
nifty of his station. Believing that the snbsti
tute " i'll accomplish that. shall vote accord
ingiy. The original resolutions seem to con-
template removal Of the CAPITAL; out of thar
think gooI will not grow. The substitute
proposed to ascertain who were the rioters and
punish them as faras we can--out Of that good
may grow, because the tendency of punish
ment Is to prevent the repetition Of crime.
shall. therefore. vote for it.
Mr.. Butler rose, and in substance said, de
sire Mr.. Speaker. 10 make single remark in
reply to the question propounded by the gen
tleman from Harrison, Mr.. Lewis.) In the
course of that gentleman's address, just made
to the House. he asked the question, where
were the three representatives Of the city when
the disgraceful and outrageous proceedings
took place last night on the Capital Square
and on the groundsi in front of and around the
executive mansion
For myself, sir, will answer and say, that
was mile from the scene of those disturban-
ees; that l did not attend the indignation
meeting held last night, have | ever at
tended an Indignation meeting Of any kind,and
but rarely attend meetings of any other char
acter or description at night.
will also further inform the Gentleman
from Harrison, that the three reprs scntatives
OF the city in this House, form no part Of the
police force ofthe city, that they should be ex
pected TO attend upon all public meetings for
the purpose of snppressng any disorders
that may grow out Of the proceedings Of such
meetings.
Sir, | did not attend the meeting held last
night. and saw nothing Of the outrages that
followed the adjournment Of that meeting; and
IT many ofthose who did attend out Of mere
curiosity, no doubt-had pursued the same
course renamed at home. the probability is,.
that fhpsa