Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-05-07
The An,,-,n,.rnaI Improvement candidate.

favor of developing the material resources OF Virginia
by means of wedigested and liberal system OF Inter.
nal Improvements hs friends will al.
lego. he has devoted his life constant dahbHuF
petty party politics, and IN singing hOsannAhs Dsnoe-
TIey. While other men, aud thousands Of other men,
both in the East and in the West have been exerting
themselves with patriotic zeal and energy advance the
permanent welfare and glory OF Virginia by contributing
their and influence TO the construction OF railroads
and canals poor Letcher has sonented himself with per
petually INDUCING in the cry great is Democracy! His
thoughts have scared alSve the dull stupid of
mere party, and his efforts haze, consequently, been d
rected TO the promotion of moe party ends and objects
the neglect of those higher worher considerations
which demand the attention ohe and the pa
iot. lie is and has always ben the product and
iure Of party in its narrowes q most bigoted sense
and he continue thus to be the end of the chap
ter matter what position he hay occupy by what
circumstances he may be surrk nded. He never
elevate his conceptions to the h level of enlarged
and enlightened statesmanship III raise his
thoughts or his affections high csugh to comprehend
and understand the pOicy-the brad, generous intel-
gent poley-which can alone promte the internal de-
yeopment of Virginia. aud make hetwhat she was
and what she should be againthe among the bright
ssterhood of States iu population wealth, in oduca
ton, and in general prosps-ity Such grand ideas and
hopes within the scot of Mr. LetchcFs
mental VISION lie Is only bigoed paIy man, and will
so remain for tho remainder OF his e And such man.
eurely, Is the whom the progrve and intei-
gen people OF Virgins shonld elevate 10 the highest
responsible and most influential public position
within their gif,. The present the time hazard
tha success Of our noble system of Internal Improve.
Inens By investing "autInernal Imt rovenelt" man
with the authority and influence Of the EIeeud Office
And just here may remark that whitever else may
be said against Governor Wise he deserves great d,
for tue fra and manly stand 10 took in behalf OF lie
Internal improvement cause, at moment when tia
cause stood in imminent peril Consequence OF the fac
aious pursued by majority of the last House
DelegVes-and that majority composed, for the most
part Of those who the unsompromiing advocates
OF Letchers nomination and who the warmes friends
of his election If Letcher had then occupied the Exc
outiye mansion, in what sad plight would the Internal
Improvement in Virginia be To-day? II wouiI
have received blow from which il would Rot have re-
covered for years IL But fortunately Governor
Wise bad enc thwart the designs Of tie anti
lnterna Improvement aconists who are now support
ing Letcher and appropriations consequently made
at the last Legislature for the benefit of all the leading
lines Of improvement which, without the timely aid t,en
received would have necessarily been arrested anI their
completion indefinitely postponed
With what proprety, in view of Ltcher'. snt ntor-
nal Improvement antecedents our frieads of any
party in the Western portion Of the State lend him their
support the coming elections It's the West and
the people of the West that desire ad need Internal
Improvements most, and how Their hopes and wishes
be realized, if they aid in clecg TO the Office of
Governor such as John Let,ter, who. now that
he is a candidate for their suffrage ls it Do'ff 20 m
tsss devotion 20 Internal Improvement policy hut
who has never, in the whole Of his life done any
thing to promote it Will the people Of the We who
deeply and vitality interested IN this great question
suffer themselves be made TOYS of by the unscruuu
Ions party managers that contrl the Pecrsburr. Con
vention? What do these mltlgers care for Internal
Improvements, when their only object s. to use the De-
mocratic party of the the Union for personal
and selfish ends The pcoPl15f the whole Of Virginia
and Of the West particularly, mould they houghte4.y
elect john Letcher, will cease to repent Of their
folly; but repentance will come too late after our In.
serna Improvements have been arrested and the State
retarded in its progress 10 wealth aud power
We appeal to the people IF Western Virginia there
fore 20 pause and reflect before giving their support 10
the nntilnerua Improvement candidate for Govern.
Their peculiar interests, and the general inter.
ests Of the Commonwealth, all demand the defeat Of
John Letcher and all argue in favor Of the election of
William L. Goggin, who vas a liberal aud devoted friend
Of Internal Improvements twenty-five wears ago aud
who atested his devotion 10 that great interest Jy HE
votes in the Legislature aud who Is still the earnest ad-
Eocate of that interest and from whose election the
fns Of Governor the friends Of the Internal Improve
sst ssuss viii bsve unsspg 70 fear but on the contra
Ibep.tbe E,st q ffs..,s.-1r <opsslny Hn!se .ao
:, llsrastI E !gs--5vsa'. =. -, ~.
s,erstae vat 90 f.6,~sliy triumphant
ar. soEaa alls 10 VireInia scrip Claims.
OF all the baselsss sensations rnised by Democrat
70 reeessoess sgainsi zoe Opposition candidate for Gov
ernor stands ahead Of that preferred in late Ia
bored article in the Ezaminer, touching Mr. Gogeins
connection With the appropriations Of land scrip for the
Satisfaction Of Virginia land for military
vice 10 the revelation.
II Is well known that for many years past the sub.
jset Of appropriations Of scrip for the satisfaction OF Wiz.
gpa revolutionary land warrants has been almost con
stauty before Congress and that bills for that object re-
peusdly failed
Az the bead Of those who we're prominent opponents
u thc-e appropriations stood Inland Hall Of Vermont nj
whose instance committees raised which charr
ed With the business Of Investigating the whole subjec
Of virgIi Land bounty allowances. The committee con
sisted Of Mbssrs. Hall Of Vermont Stanley Of Nortl
Caroline, GoggiB and Goode Of Virginia, and johnson
ofTennetsee
The object Of the mover Of the committee was vel
known 20 be dsrsputc upon this class Of Virgins
claim, and, accordingly q most elaborate report wa
produced by the committee foil Of SANDERS upon Virgin
it, her ui1dull' aud her climlnis The outragc0u
oaumue' aud insults very fully se forth ia the CON
municadon 10 ihc Examiner already referred TO- and ar
not ovsrdravu.
For these iudigntcs N his State the cvtraordinsr
eaort s made to hold Mr. Goggin responsible
IL said tha be sad nothing and did nothing 10 dprov
the iusuhng accusation, aud that being vrginiau
vas guilty Of uupardonable omission in not rnsetn
then by minority counter report
May not the same charge be msde with equal propri
~ agsinsi NJ Goode' And why, may he asked. T.,
preferred against Mr. Goggu and not against NJ Good
secpt that NJ Goggn is Opposition candidate for n
0uhcrna,orial chair aud that IL has become nece..s,
70 rake up all sorts Of ehsrges agans, him 10 aoeonp
hif deisais