Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-03-11

Y0nd which he had nothing 70 u" ""n n' nm
Pit he anw i dispos'tiou - ilarrrss P'i'n'o
properly without necessity, AMI i"F 'Ia' "'
held him responsible.
The either party t. tho aiitir was '>'"','.
p,.,,r,, y e., AMI Charles Sshtt Il c1-who
,,.r. ,ro.f: Il: knew Mr.. - ~ ,!l'"'!Y. WIZ
49,, S.n,r.h h. had known in ral!'tn"0d, When
49,, WIRE. waited npartanl wcrn onIg brought
,.,i,ar a.r.in after the lapse Of time lay the
circumstances If war, when tllia QUESTION was
l.s,rmins ONO Of the vital questions "[ the
l;r!.a. This nan WIS arraigncd charged WITH
H.. high crime u! a~:rayinS himself against tne
iu;rrcsts of his icllow-cit:anns. lie Kacw MN
t, bc ~ much o gentleman ~ Col. CiarKSor'
A. much entitled 10 respect M he, and, ;s he
shoull contend, more entitled T. praiso than
Col. Clarksan. AR. Stuart became part pro-
p~rietor Of this great property IN lSOl' "heh
its caracity was 10 produce 1000 bushels per
day. lie went to work with energy and cam
estneas, h~sving;fRe sagacity to see the great
issue of wealth within il, and more, that 1t
would 10 the great source from which w"ulu
be drawn the necessary srpp'ias ioT Tue ooh"
| rederute States, and with The aid OF his CO.
mariners, he brought tho works to ii capaclty
which il now from l., 300 TO 1900 bushels Fer
day. |; was ia evidence, in the dspasltlnls
t,.Ecn, that with all their energy 10 supply the
cytraord,nary demand in lSGl-2 they could
not do so. and n good deal Of c!amor was caus-
cd, especially by the condition in which the
salt was delivered. A prejudice arose against
them because the salt WAS not dry, because
they did not resist the opportunities OF the
neopie when wagons cam five hundred miles
10 yet salt, and the woods around the works
were throngcd with people waiting for their
turns. 1t was creditable to them, he thought,
and entitled them tn the favor Of this House,
that they had used their capital and energy IN
| enlarpinp the capacity Of the works and III iur-
nlshiDg snlt in the best condition that tney
could to satisfy tho clauora of the public.
After arguing at length to prove thne o'u.
ort B,cbannn { Co. had been ofsreat benefit
60 the pnllie, instead of heinS "nionololistS,'
..vamrires," and other monsters, depicted IN
| All the niazes Of mctaphorical confusion, Mr..
| RvroRp preceded to show. Ivy calculations
dcducel rom figures by Col. Clarkson HIM
sell, in his reports, that there had already
lcen produced jS,Gll bushels of salt per
mnnrh. and hat the aggregate total for tho
wear should be, therefore, 03,G>l, which, 10,
Gather With arrearuscs not delivered, would
make "A aggregate Of 770,0 900 bushels. lie
went on fu:ther to show, by calculation based
on the lowest figures, that the capacity OF the
| [u.nNGtS III" IsdSCA WOO
S5S,0 900 bushels per year add the SIX fnr>
naces in his amendment, and upwards OF .
million Ct bushels would be the result. Inns
would allow the surplus Of 100000 bushels
asked for in order to economise, By commu'a-
ton. the expenses of the State. H. WAS OF
po;ed TO making the Safe n great mdEopoiiet
by giving all Of the property. int" It's hands
and csnrtially to rendering tue State account.
.l1o - ~, rNoEolarn "a EhyarnnnDt "A Ol1 oil
us ratro.,a, which such IL course would newt
ah!y bring about. lie then argued against
the false economy Of providing 4 large surplus
surply for Virginia, when. other States, SINH
larly dependent on thcae wcrks f"r their sup
piles, and uniting with Virginia in the com
mon defence of the country, were III need oi
the ordinary supplies. The relative duties oil
Virginia to her sister States forbade it.
lie closed his remarks hy dePrecatlng TIC
idea If imprcssments in any case where II
vas known to be unnecessary-as he had en-
deayorcd to demonstrate was tho case here
lie looked un0n it as the Trainers Of tue Con-
s~titutiOn had, in not making . direct lnhloi-
ton agair 8. i.-ns q crime which no ono he
Iirycd could possibly be Committed; Is the
!Spartans deemed tile crime Of imbuing their
hands with a parents blood. II WAS the be-
ginning Of mob law, which would end in the
oppression Of the few-the tramrl'ng upon
rights not only Of property but 81 persons.
lie cared no moro for Stuart, Buchanan ~
Co. than for any Others; Int the question came
. home to him. l. involved a step, which once
taken. involved the rights Of every c!u1cn In
the Commonwealth.
Mr.. BHoukE, Chairman of The Comlnlttee on
Salt. Gil the part Of tue House, sal that when he
had opened this discussion, he had laborcd under
ttre disud ,nuiagr ur Ir:nhing p"into fvI other" to
answer. He had no disposition to follow tho
various arguments arrayed against him. and
woutl not follow them bus would be willing TO
be the target of the opponents of tho measures
recommended by the committee, satl' FED with
what he regarded Of more Importance, coming Ia
the point. He did not propose to answer Ill
therefore, bat would c0nEne himself, N the few
minutes he would speak on the %suhlrct, 10 the
remarks Of tho gentleman who had lusi taken MS
seat. The gentleman sail there were three par
lies TO :he coair"vIrsy, and inc noticed john y.
Clarkson aS uuc OF them. lilo (hlr. BRo"KE)
WAS not aware that Colonel GARRISON was u purity,
eSccpt so far ~ The State had u'rjghi 10 Look INTO
his operations rs superintendent lie Iouilu no
pnpers from his lai.ds except such M were ma'!e
under calls from this Legislature and were signed
by him rs the agent Of the State. ihey
were public documents. Neither AZ Individual
or spent did he appear as n party i'll the mntter.
| Ii Hc ulIO " - WV W 49,
one side, and private interests on The o!hsr.-
The pentlsmnn had said we had been very tens
der in manipulating Colonel Clarkson. IT ne
had been 80 handled. justice only had been
doue-hs was not indebted to tho gentlemen who
had done it. He owed it to his faithful per
formance of the public trust committed 10 his
hands, that lie was exempt from harsher usage
The evidence proved that he deserved co,nmen-
dation-outside Of the evidence, The
knew nothing. The gentleman had sad that
tue others were roughly handled. lie was no.
conscious Of having dealt with them III any
other msnrier tl:an he would have deat WIN
Others in the same position. 1t was very EVIL
dent that Mr.. Glarkson was no faVorite WIN lne
gentleman. When the election toTk place IL
e id'nt suit his views 10 elect JOHN \. GARRISON.
When he found Il necessary TO vote agalflat him.
lie found it proper also 10 Try ard induce the
ydootion of another means Of supplying tie
state with galt-hy entering a contract with
Stuart, Buchanan \ Co. What would have been
the consequence had such u contract been
made, in :be face ofthe fact that the contracts OF
That party with the counties had not been filled
I'D TO this iime7 CoiUGel Clarkson was com-
uared by the gentleman to the cuckoo-was
charged with wanting to Gust Stuart, Buchanan
Il Co. from thnir nicely ~faatherad nest, aud take
,ns:cssiou himself. lio had Eecn TO disp6ai'loli
If this sort. Ii the gentlemen knew the extent
| Of the lsbors of this superintendent, he would
scarcely think he would like to tHke Spon his
shoulders still greater responsibilities, unless ac-
tuated by higher motives than those Of self
but the gentleman had not altered the principle
of the case by his amendment. lie had only
transformed Stuart, buchanan u 90. into Smith.
lie hsd 10 time TO go into 81 discussion OH this
point; but, from information from PARTIES familiar
with these furnaces of Smith. he would say thai
ii they had been worth anything. these parties
(Snith 4 Co.. would hardly be ~thrusting them
as Il gratuiiy upon this House or they were not
like other lassees CT salt property at Saitvilie.-
In the matter Of calcu!aiions-it was said that
figures do not lie. That apothsgm did not, Ger
lainly, apply here. Where SO many figures, from
various gentleman, had been submitted, aud all
l;ad differed, some ~must-wih,out Designing
any disrespect TO gentlemen-sorue must have
lied. Where al had thus differed, he preferred
to take the report OF the committee, based upon