The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-06-02
General Assembly Of Virginia.
WEDNESDAY, June l, 1870.
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ssss providing for the removal OF causes ana
The transfer of all papers, records, llds-
ments. and DEGREES, from the Court OF Illus
tiucs for the town of Harrisonburg TO the
court OF Rockingham county.
MIR. RIpDIcK, from the Committee on
General Laws, reported without amend
ment Senate bill No. %, to repeal chapter
81 OF the Code Of Virginia, providing Aor
the storage and sampling Of leaf TOBACCO. .
Mr.. WApDELL, from the Commlttee on
Finance, presented bill for the paHmelnIt
OF the funeral expenses OF James ". ".
Bland, late senator from the iourteeht ~
district. 49,:
The same committee reported with an
House bill No. 80, entitica.
an act amending the first section Oh aii ao ,t
passed February Odd, 1856, entitled an o ae'
continuing the payment OF lntSIcsC ana ana
dividends to the Incorporated colleges ana
other serninaries Of learning. In TINS otaV'
-..,F BILLS, ETC.
MFR. GREAyER, by leave, introduced OH
Ito incorporate the jackson female lnSti.
tute, ut Abingdon, which was referred 10
the Committee on General Laws.
Mr.ANpERsoN, Of Roekbrldge, py ieaVe,
introduced bill to provide for the lmme'
date reDair of the capitol, which was re-
ferred to the Committee on General Laws
THE ATLANTIC, MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO
RAILROAD COMPANY.
/ The PRESIDENT announced that the un'
finished business Of yesterday was the con-
sideratiou of the substitute offered by the
senator from Accomac to the consolidation
bill-known as the bill "to incorporate the
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad
Company" ....,
sMr. SNowpEN took the floor, and said that
in the few remarks he had to make ne mao
no desire, nor did he intend, to wound the
feelings of any senator present, but ne &C.
sired to assure the gentlemen that in the
abstract he was opposed to consolidation.
When the Senate had election bills and
other matters of vital importance. to the
State it was hardly possible to secure an or,
binary maiority-the Sergeant-at-Arms mac!
to be sent to every part OF the CITY ana
enjoin the gentlemen to come in. But 10
when this great scheme was brought up
every gentleman wasin his seat, nc ms posi-
and ready to lend his voice in the discus
sions which would ensue upon the conslde-
ration of such mammoth and gigantic pro-
position. ~ -sat
/; Mr., SNowpEN then read from the message
of the Governor, showing the value of the
railroad stocks Of the Commonwealth. He
assumed those figures rs strong points IN
favor of INSTRUMENTATION He conceived
that this magnificent straight shoot "
would be the means of draining this State
tapping her veins, and carrying to Bal
timore, that beautiful, noble, and ge-
nervous, city of monuments SO hand
somely spoken of by the senator from
Accomac on yesterday. New YORK, mia
delphia, and Boston were, too, to have
their share in the drainage OF Virginia.
h., ho,., .sah N
Gus. 1t reminded him Of Il spOilt child
crown old, and having spent the last earn
ings of 4 hard and long life of labor and toll,
returned only to sap and drain what remain
ed to the indulgent parent. Richmond, the
beautiful city Of seven hills, the capital OF the
Old Dominion, should not be set aside and
Norfolk built up in her stead. He desired
that senators should look beyond the lnte-
rest of one city or town, and take look
over the aohotc State as we'll as the whole
country; and surely this scheme tended to
draw away the trade and traffic once hers,
and the business growing smaller and
smaller until it vanishes into thin air.
Mr. SNowDEN then proceeded to reply to
the eloquent remarks of the Senator from
Accomac, who had the floor yesterday, In
the course of which he took occasion to COM
pimcnt the Senator from Spotsylyania upon
his universal courtesy, &C.; but on The con-
solidation question he was sorry he could
not agree.
!; Mr.. CARR said he had heard so much
about the Old Commonwealth and her SUI
fcrings that he would move the previous
question.
MIR. pENDLEToN, of Botetourt, hoped the
Senator would withdraw his motion, us 4
personal kindness to him. lie did so.
in a short address to the Senate warmly adj
3ocated the, bill. He did not desire TO
harm the rhetoric, or the poe>y, or the Ian
guage, of the Senator from Alexandria i'll
any way, but this matter should be looked
into plainly and carefully, and he thought
his younger colleague had not dealt with
the matter in this way. He then cited the
figures and value of the stocks and bonds of
the Virginia and Tennessee railroad, Nor
folk and Petersburg railroad, and South
SIDE railroad, before and after consolidation,
to prove the great advantage the State
would reap mt the contamination Of SO great
i work of internal improvement. .r... ....
Mr.. ROLLER followed Colonel PENDLEToN,
and opposed the bill as well as the substi-
tute proposed by Mr.. JOHNSON, of Acco-
mac. He deemed the act of incorporating
this road as violation of the Constitution
Of Virginia. He was opposed to selling the
interest Of the State :; it was not eXpedient
SO to do at this time. The Governor assures
US in his message that these interests will
be made available to the State in from four
to six years. We have no assurance that
we will have any adequate returns even II
they are sold. He saw in this corporation
much that we should fear in the future
Political parties were taking hold OF It.
Tbory bnvo M co,,l bod fhoV thpV WOlliC
not desire to barter away the States interest
: =. =, = There were many objection;
able features in the bill, but he qua no.
deem it necessary at this time to aiiude U
them. He thought, in considering Uni
matter. that the Senate should near boti
sides of the question. s,.., :
{ Mr.. r aYLoR, Of Norfolk, thought the az
s,1ment had been exhausted, and he there
fore called the previous question. s.t.
AIR. PATTERSON. thought this was not a
All fair, He represented constituency OF
| fine floor as well as the gentleman from Nor
folk. and he thought it but due that the Oh
rjonents to the Bill should be heard. Ht
represented thirty thousand people, and hi
regarded this call as unfair in the extreme
MIR. SMITH, of Henrico, opposed the cal
Of the previous question. He desired Il
speak to the substitute offered by the Sena-
tor from Accomac, and he could not have
this opportunity if the previous question
was called.
I MIR. GRIMsLEy had never heard of such
proposition as that which had been brought
UP. The bill was too important and to-
monstrous to be passed upon in this hast,
way. The questions involved the interes
Of the whole State, and he could not per
init such matter to pass by without !;
word. 1t was unjust and unfair to cut OF
debate In this way. >s. .a
MIR. COURTNEY greatly deprecated th,
proposition to cut Off the debate. at
Mr.. TAYLoR, of ,Loudoun, was astonishet
| at the proposition to enforce the 'ga.
law" and ne entered bis protest upon sue,
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