Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-01-04

Mr. BASS moved 10 take up Tie report at the Com
mttee on Roads, Nc. made this morning, asking TO
b. relieved from the farther consideration al r's'.
luton offered by HIM for tie >trur'un ~ Il Turn
lke road the liI' -rc-l!i:L- principle, from
i!i al BaCn s!I,Ir.. III hc county OF M"ng'Inr-
nv, by way Of the valley nj The CnHwha Creek, IN
Roanoke, In the towm Of FImc.!st!. in B"tetpurt.
The motion was agreed to, wlrrcupOn, he moved
that the report u the Committee be reversed ad that
the subject be referred back with Instructions to the
Committee to reports bill.
MIR. BASS briefly maintained the bill, and showed
the NECESSITY of a connection such proposed
IN tho r.s,lutiou He said that according 10 his in
formation the ground upon which the committee
based their action that WAS new bill, and not
that III. work was not of utility or needed lie was
aware that bills or rather biils making appro-
ri,,,ns for new schemes at internal Improvement
wrr,. rcpored tlii. morning by the Fame committee
uuder those circumstances he deemed IL uut a act Oh
Justice that the House should agree 70 the MOTION
which he had submitted and cause b'' 10 oe re-
ported upon the sufJert. .,o IN wafer
enc. 70 the utility OF his scheme, but when ne ih"'
ell The House that applications were no" o' '
Committee of which lac had the honor 10 ne ', M
involving gn amount not Tess than s-''oo"'o'' 80.
would al once see the proprcty OF the course vi ''I
committee i'm discriminating between the sever"i
scheme! presented fer their consideration. ii ''
stats of the business before them they deemed Pr"
per to report bill upon the two anu threc.h''"S
principle which WAS new and original prnpnSittu'-
Ii was under that rule that the committee had hauc
the report under considerations and from no lostiiiy
to the scheme of the gentleman from Roanoke Mr
BAss lie was not aware that any bill which contained
tho principle that caused the rejection OF the matter
under consideration, had been reported Any appro
pratons contained in bills reported had reference to
works already begun aud IN progress, and not 10
new schemes. Such at least the arrangement en-
tered into by the committee in view OF the extraord!
nary amount for which applications were now before
heiii AMI 1t he not much mistaken, tiat rule iad
not been departed FROM lie would ask the House whr-
er, under these circumstances the committee was
not Justified IN the determination To winch tnty hhd
come. 1t would be well for them To signify Their APP
probation disapprubatnn of this course, III order
that the committee, at this stage OF their iaoo:s,
may understand the better how to act Tor the tu-
ture.
Mr. WILEY said. that in regard to this scheme no.
thins more was asked Tor than justice HE prInri
pie which the committee had laid down Tor their nc
ton, in which he could NOT colhcue' be'ig,
himself the al vucae four five Turnpike roads Of
some Importance to his constituents. He could ste
that Notwithstanding this determination on NE part OF
the committee, moro bills III r"niiIct Win Ia"
principle enuncated were reported 10 Tie House tiid
morning. If he mistuUk not, some bills, making APP
preparations upon the two and three-flits prlncpie'
rmauate that day, from the committee, and III the
view of the fact, hc could Justice IN The course
pursued with reference 10 the scheme oi the geneinH
from Roanoke. The gentleman from hinS W iliIal''
mr. ToMLISD had bill reported from the commit
tee in favor OF that monster Rail Road scheme 81 MS
involving large amount OF money. In reference 10
schemes of This chGracter-large Kali Road schemes
there seemed 10 be no scrup!cs, while IN regard l"
snnll Turnpike roads o! lar more utility 10 the
sey.ral local interests OF the State, the u'-
most caution and scrupulonsness WIS maintain
cd Indeed, when an application WAS made
Tor an appropriation for any small improve
men of this character, il almost invariably inet
bv the. declaration that there WAS no money III me
Treasury while not word OF complaint was uttered
when applications in MD Of railroad achencs We're
pending He would ask il this WIS just No one
would say it was. So far as he was concerned, he
would vote for liberal appropriations tor all uee!uI
works of an internal improvement character, II the
state Of the Treasury would justify free expenditures
but he regretted 10 say il did not and notwtlstand
ing il wac not Just that the extent of lis capacity
the larger schemes should be favored 10 the exclusion
of smaller but no less useful ones. He hoped themO
ton of the gentleman from Roanoke Mr. Bass
would prevail, and that the subject would be referred
back to the committee with the Instructions embodied
in the motion.
Mr.. RoSALD having nm interest in this question and
being too unwell tn EXPRESS his views upon IT. moved
that the report with the motion or resolution oi Mr.
Bass be laid the table for the present. IN order that
AT an early day he may have m opportunity o! nd
,!rcssng the House upon the subject. The motion
was agreed Ia. ;,
On motion Of Mr. PENnLEroS, Of Giles, the House
adjourned