Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-03-10
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myn"!r TO enernI T'ma,ks ani rii7 iplas.
shall ,.17' sl;t iuI;. To argue ft"m psricu!a ..
mnri !! I,.,' in aS ''hcrt Jmpass as NAY hn DE-.
sifSh;e yet trus. with IS Inurh hrfYi'y -
compurts With Justice IN H.: eubj.c..
The bill Of the llpusa Of Rrrsraan.t s:a
which, as:ulna to represent !i,a I:.piisr
view of imr1c stunt 81 f.r c"ieutc with he
motto: s OF ;he Sscretnry Of War q: to admIt
that ,wprefsn;ari wsy htccme III essay,
nay lias, for /: provides thai iuprcssihr.,t
shall be nndo nn c.itain psi. ci yirs Enl in Il
certain made. Bat, if ra'tssary at I'll, why
necogssry: b cause the army is the lilo Of
our cauLe md sub! istsrce is the lie of The
army. To wsyer ON that point, then, rrn;i;;
to hesitate IN the lr CT eculion OF tho war; and
that sgain i. 10 contemplate subjugation a.
pns; ihrity. hnd ith 1t thu i1.g of honor, il',
end pfopa.ty. Tho Socretary has mAt tina!
difficulty promptly, hy 'm3ressm7nT. TIE
Home Cf Representatives hr,rni his 'rmc'a"
by liIl altsrr"g its p,inc'p'; aiii pre- t.!
inga That bill which ha' :'aan :" it;s.iI so
mu.k favor as 10 he 'ha hash nf ;IrGtructnr:
from our lluuse Ct Delegates 10 "ur SrnaL"'a,
Ms< SRI. Hunter and ts;.4rtan, wolves ~ liz
main features t0nt the yaue q! impressed
supplies 10 fixed by di,in:cf, gtsd ,ari"G ct
the neighhrrhoc'.
Now, if it DO necessary, 1t mus la rr"in:,I
The vary !erIu implies hist D"l,j my be
ruin. Bnt this partirrlAr Law may b. :,n-
dsrrd hFa"lulely Imperative; that IL. 1t may
sa'vs The army; fif it j" r,Ihj.c. 20 nil the
delays which may a"iS" Gom 81 unwilling.
ne q in he m'n t"tave Bis property assen#nd
At all. Liz arbitrator may refuse to ac:, u,aj,
DO -accted from d'atance (fur who "an !rll
n hat ne,ghboIhund nGans,) exception m%y
Do inz,!n 70 ole u: nn,nni tho ur!.lt, A. -.
The isw ray be IS i hha born, inv.:sc,i
e0la. tho ''lDraI tender ua;' hn Jc;nanG.t Il,
and IN other wS;s delay, which il Ly.I.y, d.
feat. Jay int, faia =. arrest lis execution.
So lhst the vG:y law which acBI!a ,nrrl.c-
neD! to bn n cessa-y, p-".i.i"s FIR ia de-
lear, il not Tor the III II Of the cuuatry.
But aside from that, thee canr,"t hr any
disutcic.ia ,!ne-s il tLs case !: each lusu = 10
values his u.igsb".;a loo!, has t!,rct Ia
terest in the valuation ; Tor ihuIrnrnn de-
pendc the price Of IT,, own s,,"ranii,,. The
o nslosy Of Jurics II ;i,' ,l"iaegt; on which
probably The ida IF The h.i! prose.hs, G'ts
not hnld, for each rry u'aI 'l:rfcs AZ isoIat..l
and spGc'al rssr, Sn"'n ',on'irSs on himself,
it il haV. cry, 40 accilrrrai. Fi:r!c.s
here, the Jury i.,on sit IL ruGG, zach tn She
others case. Bot were it not 80, Tho =. cG:-
tainmcnt f value by such ttibuna, wouid
appear IS s proceeding lnr the asceI tsi;, lnrht
of dam.gcs against tbs Government; AMI
every u,sn knn"s by observation or tas.i.
mony that when an iad:Tiiral claims
damages against any Government tLe
result is rather in The nature Of
must than a payment. This e.
raj aud Instructive disposition, viii .ne
good in the main rs one Of tho ssfee n !
property sgeinst pillsgo, won,d .Iasds q
hirhsr iste OF valuation now lead To-
time OF rsacc, because r.yr than IN III
nsdo in Treasury Notes Al .enL woaEd b
for depreciation would bs i the allowance
who, even intelligent, calculated hy MOI
Of msking the calculr "uld yet be incspsb!,
not know tho amor tion, because they cnul,
which is the aass' Int Of surplus circulation
Let Quarter tisl ofeE,ent Of the prnhlsm
oarrsIs of CT msstrT impress orc hundred
Jrcsk, ho, IN in Rockingham, IN Lipylis's
md Per couli John Smith. Jsmss Jones
as,k~ sr Brown calculate to sctnpl ar .v, y
i value
80 lar then, it would appear that such a law
gould ho either lnoperst:vo or uniua.. BIT o
st'ii stronger oil jscnon ia found in its invita-
NON 10 fran6. OiitS tendencies in that rersrJ
lne'o is unfortunately abundant proof in tb.
rerorrs OF what bas been sl,ea67 ono in 1hs
settlement Of dameg p. I lake il th,t The
peoplu OF Virginia are az good Ms the inhs,.;.
tants OF any other S;aie unGe- Similar cir
cumsIancsA. can Point with prida IN ,t-,r
we'll attcstcd hcroim in this city ac,i y;,In,y
during Mcclellan invasion. But TIA. ysjI
over, grieve to say that too many of tbe,n
showed AL much of greed as they had nav
onsy exhibited Of heroism.
Claims at!s stsl by Witnessed. SOME II uh;c,
fear, have been moons de7a;oIy allowed
nave been presented, which, if made nubl;c
would shock the moral Sense of any disinI
terestnd man. An cffcs Established N tb:s
city Tor tho settlement of those and similar |
claims iscn other parts Of The State. learn
sXhlOits an almost uniform current OF tas,i-
nony IN favor Of such crops Of grain and
lay, and such amounts of wood Der acre az
lehe out the most fertile lands yiuld az mayi.
ma whist other cases have produced tes-
imony IN favour of such co1npen sation fur
'nc,ns destroyed by our army, a. If allowed,
'ould quite pay the damage Of exposing tbn
md; and others, .sgain, have claimed on tte
'me sort Of neiBhborhood testimony-,nd i
'me have Ysceived-more for general dam 1
,es than the cost or actual value of thai,
SIMPLE. yet, every witness can ewesr
a1 neis dislnteressed, and is in the legal sasse