Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-01-22
To tie Editors of the Enquirer :

Geuemen:-I have read tho Presidents Message;
it is an able State paper that will compare with those
written by any OF HE illustrious predecessors. 1t
lightenH the mind and convinces tbs judgment There
is refined sub.ley to deceive burthen the under
standinRi bu. all ia plain argumentave, bold. pa.
| triotc, logical and conclusive. Well may the Ans.
rcsns IL do not mean those ring tailed cOons who
have stripe in their couDienance for every change
they have made-but mean the true National De-
mocracyl be- proud of their President. He is equal
to the high trust TO which he has been called, to ad.
minister the government strictly national princi-
plies. with fairness, impartiay and integrity Of pur.
pose al the leading objects OF the Administration.
The black jack republicans Of the North, the ring.
tail Know Nothing coons Uf the South, had their bat
erng rams ready 10 storm the Notifications Of the
Administrations but broad-side, like that poured
into the fanatic preachers of Connecticut spiked
| their guns.
| The fIiends Of the Administration muat admit they
have been disappointed in Governor Walker; he had
been favorite of mine; looked on him as one OF
abest Southern statesmen. There must be some.
thing in the climate Of Kansas that consininaes all
those statesmen who selected TO preside over her
councils. Who would have supposed that such tried
statesmen Al Walker and Stanton, after seeing the
course Of Reeder, Shannon and Geary, could be en-.
trapped by Yankee cupidity7 The President did
wise in dismissing Stanton, and should have given
Walker his walking papers, had he not resigned.
| have read the Governors message 1t abounds
| in truth and crcumnavgates the globe. Few heads,
except that of The Governors, could contain such
y the stretch and If not made of different mate.
rias from m0st mems, the boiler would throw of the
cap some Of these days. His views are strictly true
on our banking policy; and am pleased to notice The
resolution offered by Mr.. kelnper on the subject OF
the banks. II the true policy and ought 20 be sus.
tanned. Until there is disconnection between Tbs
| banks and internal Improvement companies and the
State, she will always be the pack horse until final
| ly broken down by an overload of hobgoblins. So
| far as completing some OF the leading lines in pro.
| vre, ia | a GOyprnOr:
to new works, they ought to lie etill until times
change. The James River improvement is an incu.
bus all the other works in the State. Thirty years
ago, when it was expected to reach Lynchburg. its
stock was worth $liO per sharei now completed, say
$40 miles, and its stock be purchased SS If it
is not able to pay interest on the investment, would
ask any man who had money, what would he do =
| Go to the office of Lancaster & Son, purchase the
James River stock at 49, lay it out TO be squander
ed in work which the further II progresses the worse
il becomes. will ask the members OF the House OF
Delegates to pause. There are 900 thrown
away in th, big ditch, as it is properly called, along
the whole line Had the Governor recommended 10
fill it up, aud submitted the question, ditch or no
ditch" to the Taxpayers Of the State would ensure
it would be carried by larger majority. TO fill it up.
than the Governor carried his election.
| The Governor recommends the fund set apart for
the education OF the poor children. The writer ad-
mits that this fund is badly managed, but better
than have TO see the first Student, educated
at the Military Institute, or any other College in the
State turn out among tho planters and mechanics OF
| the State, who has been educated from this same
fund loaned to the Schools md Colleges and say to
them, send your children u l will teach them
free. No But can hear OF them through the paperr,
wanting employment in a private family or some
Academy.
The people are suffering from the pressure ard
high taxes, aud in place Of raising, should go for
reducing the salaries of the State officers.
| ain in hopes that all those, like myself, who are in
favor of changing the usury laws OF our Stateare
WINGED OF its inpollcy. There has besn sermon
tanoe, than Governor Wises views this important
subject. acknowledge my error, and AM rnost thank
full ior the opportunity Of reading that unanswerable
document. 1t ougbtk the Constitution Of Stat
to he in hehaDds Of all It's citizens, and there ought
be an appropriation made 10 print sufficient numb,
of tho Constitution end the Governors views on th.
usury laws TO furnish every citizen of the State
! with a copy. am convinced there is not in
thousand that has ever heard of or the Con
stitution. The writer knows there is great deal
printing done. fpart was left undone and whst l r.
commend BIZ printed it would be of great service tr
the people, and ought TO be printed and circuatec
| with the acts.
am in hopes that while you and the members arr
| luxuriating that delicious and captivating food
the oyster, you will send up dish we'll seasoned
daily or weekly in your journal. on the oyster fun
dun. The Governor considers II a mine more vslu
able than the gold mines OF Australia or Caifornis
10 my mind, his recommendation ought to be follow
cd out TO relieve the laboring classes from the bur
then that presses on them. j. u.
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