Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-01-10
.InHM0ND ENQUIRER.
1890 .,,opy1SG. JANUARY 8, 1854.

,yrrpN.I IMPROVEMENT POLICY.
.,, ,.d,mn,ion Of our promise TO publish the opin
LII os ,be State in regard TO appropriations TO
10" " w ,.,,,,, morovemsnt we eubioin articles from
w''A, ;u,,s,s of dIieren, localities. They will be
'- 80 -,sio with emphasis the position OF tue enquirer
-; -,,,,oa 10 the subject:
,T;sm the Alexandria Sen:ine:1
,-,os,ordsp, Piedmont sounds the note OF warn
=; ees,ence 10 tho amount OF appropriations 'has ~i'
ha n,ade by the present Legislature we tell geu
,scss,cvs that they must proceed VIVA care anu
, ;uiau,sn,. The people nave eeen "a'c'Hns ''e'
''e'. Mills uo,i the footing alarms them. Let the
,.,diny lass .! improvement receive a'o snousn "
':aoa ,ri- operations i,hout inviting to recklessness
'eA'' Is,;his be done Ct once, so as 10 do away
f leg. rolling combinations. with the advocates
.! unworthy scns'''ss' ca, .,o,o ,h,,
So ps.e Tuanel Norfolk has been trying their eff
Tns .,,werp madmsn or knaves ere about TO renew
w;o,sr', Carnival For ~e shall do all In our
IL the digestion ce those who may yield 10 such
p.,,,,s ,,I regulate hs size of appropriations oy Inc
Of ;hs Canvaa backs and the flavor OF the Wine
o,o ~. psope % keep eye on their representa-
v.s oc3 10 watch he Ayes sa! NceS.
From the LynchOurs Virsinianl
,,, ;mo,,,.,: of them need not say, Ia tina
i,b,v and ;owcus interest which mas sprung up 20
!, aooo us The irs:sai improvement: ol the STATE 10
would seem .s7: ,ne rse Is now more reed
ho s,,, PROPOSITIONS have been presented, within
,s,oi OF ;he peieal term ior State appropriations
, n,,,;c works which amount is Ihe aggregate, /. Il
horohi ~ but little less than twenty millions OF oo!iaEs
MANY Of these ae os schemes Of purely local cheraos''
son. Of Them wholly mPrac,icaoe aad others saco al
hy thsI, construction would nct i0Ir:y upon interests al
.odv !, ..s,.oce whea furnishing am conpensatins
advantage.
Amos, every member has personal Interest with h'
in the some application Involving
se s.osndi,ure The system of ogrong gives to eact
Individual member power and value, which can only d
commanded by the body OF the house or consideration
y. will sell himself to the patrons Of leading and gen
a Improvement. only condition that they will ecPFo
,ie by p.ssng some petty scheme Of his own. BY thi
s,em ,hcre 10 danger that the State may be sunk into
lsuuph Of deo from which ages OF grinding and lntoeao
aon will be uiFed to relieve her, The public debt ha
already asined sufficient magnitude to inspire caution ant
apprehension a. 20 all tending 10 augment H.
30 not design Intimate that no further appropriation
should be made but the Legislature that the people
M NOT pow pjudcoua and wastefnl expenditures
IN, public money The pocketnerve is already paf!!a
s and shrinking the torch of the tax gatheEer
appropriations must be made but heg should be strict
coafned TO such enterprises offer sas ard Eemnnera
live Investments.
From the Fredericksburg Records.)
tss, alarm expressed by many the immense amounts
,set the Legislature for purposes of internal improve
sn d1rps the present session, and we'll they might be
here we've ac eas, OF any considerable portion
them sinc granted b.: the robbers Of the Treasury are
.hsmss: becoming alarmed at their own acts The pre-
sen, legislature consists mainly Of members, who
want 10 Impress their constituents with the belief that they
are dooz qsea, ,huge for ,hea hence the number OF bills
bougn. forward asking these appropriations without tn
sehes, expectation CT thai! being made From lhs bes
l.s,wu,;on we x.t:.r, very n'''o wiz. NC
)i, sesoo 10 Internal improvements nohlne perhaps
'''' I.. ,,satv commenced or 10 which tho State II
,v asor ot The requisite amount Of private stocs
hs., ,aseo under former acte, 10 eoiilie them te
sS,a,e MD This wi be quite much as the people VIII