Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-02-12
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The Legislature.

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by the Legislature for its adjournment Though
much time has been wasted IN Improbable
talk and idle neglect, the session has been char
ac,erized by more than the ordinary amount
Of important legislation. A vast sum OF money
has been voted TO works of internal improve /
msnt. and an impetus given to that policy that
viii Tell upon the future destinies of the State
with a diversity and magnitude Of effect that
can with difficulty be imagined.
When we consider the money md labor
that have been bestowed, and are yet TO be ex-
pended in works Of this description, we can
but deplore that a more consistent and judi
cious system was not originally adopted for
the concentration of the Leading lines upon
some chief commercial polnt.--but we are MT
of those " no believe that the prosperity Of a.
State is to be measured altogether by the size
or its cities Norfolk, with It's central situation
on the coast It's relation TO the boundless back
county, and its unequalled harbor, should
have been the frat eitylin Tho Union--bui, very
earIy in the progress Of our intefna-impro
ment legislation, II became apparent that no
united action to secure this end could be bad |
Tie rival efforts and feelings Of neghborhooJs
cities and SECTIONS could not be harmonized,
and the result Is a number OF works too irregu
lar unsystematic and conflicting 10 give hope
Of their being generally profitable to stock
holders, or contributing directly TO the building
up Of any ono great importing and commercial
city, but which will yet accomplish infinite
good in developing the agricultural mineral
and mechanical resources ofthe State. enrich
ing the rural districts, and increasing and en-
lsrgng the interior towns.
Within the few days yet remaining of the
term If the Legislature coull divest Itself of
the absurd preudices that have so long and
so frequently hindered them from receiv-
ing that portion of the public lands TO which
Virginia is entitled and from permitting our
banks to issue notes of less denomination
than five dollars, they would do what wisdom,
justice and the public exigencies demand
The indebtedness of the State has now become
matter for the most watchiul and discreet
the embauassmcnts in bu-
siness, resulting from the want Of small notes
that legal and current, are felt in every de-
partment Of retail and industrial trade. The
legislature NIGH Ivy 4 breath remedy the hitter,
and its sanction of the distribution policy
would inEllibIy secure its adoption by the
country With the resoulce which that would
give us to draw upon. the millions for which
tho State has Como in debt would be rs easily
managed as the dividends Of a bridge. Itl
is useless to argue the question longer. The
facts and the reasons are all one side, and
II only remains to be seen whether the domi-
nant party will, from feeling OF false pride,
and logged obstinacy, adhereto aposilion taken
in error and ignorance They need indulge
no fear of being laughed at, for hoy have long
been the laughing stock of the country. In
the language # the Richmond Wig: nothing
more tickles the Locofocos of the Northwest
than to see Virginia protesting and fighting
against receiving her,portion OF the Land mo
ney--it is so much clear cash in their pockets
Douglas and the rest of the grabbers, however
encourage her folly, and laud her devotion to
principle-uhile they laugh in their sleeves at
her stupidity, and show their respect for The
principle they praise, bv acting directly in OPP
position to IT. lfthey can keep the proud and
conceded old beldame up 10 the point of refus
ing any of the public lands--thcy will get the
whole themselves. And so it is with small
notes;-if our Banks are prohibited from issu-
ing any, the Banks OF other States will supply
us and reap the profit We thereby lose what
we might otherwise make--ns the State is
large stakeholder in the Banks, and the people
are forced TO use currency which may or may
not be good
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