American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-03-19

! $71, ,4S4 have been expended to make
mud pixies. In tho county of Marion.
there has been an expenditure Of
Sl01 ,44O on the two and three. .fiftbs
principle. 1t is barely probable that
the stock will ever be subscribed 40
that this opposition to log-rolling comes
too late. 1t is the day after the fair.
This logrollingsystem which gentlemen
regard as so great sin, did not origi-
nate in the Legislature of Virginia. /
could tell you who originated it. I
could tell you who logrolled in the ses-
sion of 1S52-'53, and previously. If,
the gentleman from Preston will look
to the records, he will find that his
representatives, in sessions gone by.
have logrolled as well as any body else.
lhe gentleman has denounced log
rolling as iniquitous, horrible, and I
don't know but what he said "damna.
ble.' | know he meant that. The
gentleman labored to define what he
called logrolling, and what is it? What
Is this logrolling that is held up to us as
odlous and damnable, and called all the
hard names that the vocabulary can
admit of? Nothing more, sir, than
men uniting in common interest, in q
common cause, to accomplish common
end, which maintain, SO far as the end
we have in view is concerned, is good
one. l have no doubt, when our faith
ers joined together with a view to
accomplish our liberties, that some old
togy in the British Parliament pointed
over to them and said to his friends.
look at this logrolling. (Laughter.)
have endeavored briefly to show
that We are able to continue our internal
Improvement policy in the State of
Virginia. | have endeavored in an
imperfect manner, to prove the neces-.
sity tor doing so. There is none great
question, and that is, can it be done 4?
say 1t can. 1t is an insult to the spirit
OF the age to say that it cannot be done.
We are the descendants of the Anglo
Saxon racc-the sons of the sires that
landed at Jamestown, that first con.
quered the wilderness, then the savapes;
and subsequently the EnglishE Govern.
ment. Our enterprise is carrying A.
lmnerlcan commerce all over the world;
our sails are whitening every sea. We.
are respected in every nation; tho
very American name is the synonyme
OF progress and enterprise. We have
been characterized as a fast people;
and represented as living in fast age.
we have done moro in the last half
century for the advancement of civil
zatlon, and [ would say ofChristianity
itself, than any other nation on the face
CT the earth. The energy of our peo-
pie, which overcomes the most formid.
able obstacles, will accomplish these
great improvements. Give your pco.
PIE all the advantages that they seek.
10 not fear that the sons of virginia,
the sons of the chevalers of old, the
sons ofsircs that me. an invading host
upon our soil and achieved for us all
mat we now enjoy, will fail to accom-
Plish the great work upon which they
nave entered. Allow them to deyei:
ope their energies. Do not shaElo
their mighty minds by mere expofi.
maent in legislation; that shall cribplc
them not only for the present but for
all time to come.
thank the House for the attentive
manner in which is has listened to nv
remarks, and for its gravity. Uiaugh-
ter.)