Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-02-23
Synopsis CT the REM rlrs

Cf Ar HARRIS, Of augusta an the Sem
ale of Virginia, Jan. 31sf, 1856, on the
BIZ authorizing q Loan 10 the Virginia
and Tennessee Railroad.
The question being to Indefinitely post
pone the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad
DILL as the unfinished business ofyeslelda
Mr.. Harris opposed the resolution, because
it was test question, and would result
If passed in the Indefinite post 1onement of
the great que stion of lnternal Improves
ments tor the next two years. Mr.. III.
declared if he were to consult his own in
clina,ion, he would not trouble the Senate
with speech now, but he owed it TO his
constituents, and his own position here.
,olore demanded OF him. his views in op.
position to the resolution OF his friend thu
Senator from Gloucester.
The faith of The State he declared wa.
pledged to the completion Of her impor
tant net work of lateral mprovements.-
The credit OF the State demands il, as i
II ust be injarcd severely by utting sud.
den cheek to her great line. o. Railway
fhe people OF this glorious old Common
wealth he believed were not prepared fol
this. He believed although we had al
annual stringeucy in our money, owing t,
The high rate OF interest, her. and on tn,
other side OF tAe WI ter caused by the war il
the CIimea and other causes, that the PEG
pie of Virginia were willing to submit te
further taxation to aid in carrying out heI
impor,an, lines OF Railway. The people o.
Virginia, are not willing that the large
amounts now invested shall remain COM
paraiively dead, and the works how iu.
vested shall remain comparatively dead
and the works now unfinished, in which
the State has an interest to the amount o
several millions, remain in ali expose,
condition and in state ofincIeasing dilap
! idation.
He, Mr.. H.. believed the State credi
would receive renewed impetus ii thi,
Legislature shall show IA bold .Iont and
determination to finish the great work al
ready began, and to meet the interrs
promptly upon the appropriations. Ii,
.hen referred to the auditor report to show
that the deficit IN 1857 wond require OIL
~ 27A cents upon every 500 additional
taxation to meet 1t. He was ready to mee
1t. He was ready TO meet the issue now
upon this aud every ether question OF m
puriance b. fore the Legs allure.
| MIR. Haliis said that the Inde finite post
Dol emeut OF This bill would be but 10 put
a period 10 internal impiov Mt, in hi.
State. II this was what was desired ht
wanted gentleman TO come and toe the
max al once. He believed the hvsitatins
coutse oi she Legislature hid done NOR
than any th,ng else TO depfess the bonds o
The STATE And shall we do the same thing
nov measures had been our e,ea,
works, in his (Mr lis1 opinion, the State
bonds ould not now be in thier present
,preca,rd condition. Mr.. Fl. represented
the largest taxpaying county III the State,
except Loudon, and he WAS willing 10 tax
his people, who would submit 10 II, to com
pirte the great works. His constituents
pait, S29 600 OF taxes and on their iloui
aud other products they had made $40, 600
clear by the Central Railroad alone he
could afford to lax his people to ca. y out
grand schemes OF internal improve me Mt
and for tina, purpose he would vote for an
Increase OF 100, yea 200 per crnt,, rather
than see her improvements stop short and
languisbed Tor means. He then went into
a calculation to show the extraordinary ill.,
crease in the value otland orcasiorrh bv
works of internal improvement. On the
Orange and Alexandria road lands had in
creased eight OF ten dollars per acre