Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-02-23
NO 8

enough to pay double the interest on all
that is asked Tor both those works. On the
Covington and Ohio road, the increased
value was tw O dollars in expectancy. Tho
Increased valve OF the lands OF the line Of
this great work, would not be less than
thirty millions. With all Difference Is the
opinion of his friend from Rockingham, be
would say tax the people TO meet the IN,
terest, and all would be well. Another
thing. The banks are knocking at the
doors of these legislative halls-their off.
GERS were here present-their money was
presen:-asking for recharters. Require
the banky to invest four or five millions in
the bonds of ME state; likewise sell the iD-
terest OF the State in the banks, He was
lot an anti. Bank man. As an original
question he did not know how he would
be. Ninety ont Of every hundred verb
not interested in Banks. But every
man, woman and child is lntereseds in tbs
great callse of internal improvement. The
Banks have th-ir favoIites and they
take care of them. Every man having a
turkey, chicken, or bushel of potatoes
TO sell, is interested in our public works.
He (Mr. H. y was prepared to vote on all
ltHt Ull1S nON VII tuc tdUlcs DC COutu
not vote on them he might as well go
home and attend to his private affairs. He
then went on to elaborate an idea which
had been suggested by the Senator from
kanawha, (G1r. Parks, THAT the Covington
and Ohio Road was great Southern work.
Gentleman could go west with their slaves
without gs"Wheelerized." In a ma
tional point OF view, this work ought to
be completed. He did nc4 know that he
was fire eater, vet he had been cldssed
among the old fogies. If blood was to be
shed on This sectional question, Virginia
would be the field on which it was to ba
split. Then let us show that on this ques-
Ition, we are not the fossil remains of an
,idiluvlanism. Ii our public works are
to stop let ii be done by the '.juviniIes" Of
the other branch of the General Assembly.
Let our public works reach the west SO
that when the day comes when their SER
vices are needed. our western 5retheren can
speedily lend u, their assistance.
lie was pleased to See, in the discussion
Iol the Parsons case, each member yieing
with members Of the other House in de-
claration OF devotion to Southern rights
The cause Of internal Improvements IN
Virginia was the basis of Southern rights,
because it was the basis OF Southern hide
Ipeadence and he would be glad TO see gen.
ileman OF both Houses of the General As.
lsembiy, whom he WAS happy to find as hot
as their whole course proves them to be,
in devotion to Southern rights, come with
that bbdhess which characterizes Virgin
ians. straight up TO this test Of their de-
yotion.
A Convention, composed of Southern
gentleman, was now in session in this city,
TO advance the noble cause OF Southern in-
dependence, as far as the internal i'm
provrment policy OF Virginia was concern
ed, which, when completed would unite
her with glorious Gordon of Southern
States, who vert oltstripping Us in the
march Of emple' MIR. Il. saiu he want
ed gentleman " no shov ed so much fire in
the Parsons case, TO come up to the support
OF Southern Independence. He (Mr. H.
had voted against referring the House bill
to the Committee and wanted to vote for
The bill as it came from the House, but had
no opportunity. He was however, will
ing TO go rs lar as the hercest. He did
not agree with his friend the Senator from
Kanawha, that there was no danger Of a
: dissolution o: this glorious Union, conse-
. Grated BY the blood patriots and the. wis
dom Of sages. Practically, there was now
no Union, as to several of the States. North
! of Mason and Dixon's line; no Union un-
der the guarantees OK the Constitution
The foul breath Of fina,icism and section-
. alism had palsed the right arm OF the rep.
! r..e branch Of Ia Nat,ar,I Co..
u /" ernment, Congress was IN a state of dlsor.
Y gan.za,.on; the people had no redies:
: through their representatives. He was
II prepared Cor the worst. millions for de.
: fence. not a cent for tribute, was his mot
: to. He appealed TO members to stand by
, the internal impl ovement policy OF Virgin.
= ia, as a great State aud National question
as the bssis too, OF States rights and State
sovereignty.
Mr. Fl declared that sectional jealousy
h on the parteof internal improvement com,
II panies III Virginia threatened to paralyze
d the efforts of the friends of the cause, and
!. enabled the ah,i-in!ernaI improvement
party to hold the balance of power. Mr.
!, II. said the age was one OF rrogress il was
. uhii'alian; we must not recede. We cant
y stand stlll-lor, coward" was the word.
1t might be lkened to some mighty
!, CONT. rushing onward towards sun
:. watch it ever approaches but never reacha
= es, its head blazing brighter and brighter
as it advances, and dragging behind it a
! huge train, whose last particles seem lost
IN the distant darkness The advance OF
, other eras seems as nothing compared with
whit few years can accomplish. He APP
pealed to Senators the honorcd sons of the
Old Dominion, who are placed in SO re-
t sponsible a position, to stand by the great
S Internal improvement Interest OF their glo-
= rous mother. Ia conclusion, he appealed
. to them to discard all sectional Jealous
o ics--there was more than enough Tor all
!. the great works now completed, and in a
{ STATE OF profession to do. Let US, then,
, know no Norikside, Sou,hside no East, nor
{ no West but nothing but Virginia in her
great interests and in all her rich domain
And never let it Be forgotten. that the aga
in winch we live is prominently progress
sve. and hen th,s split shall animate
the bnsom'ot her sons, then viii the
pledges which her founders gave "be re.
Edapmed " then will she Shinp a. n h.o,,;