Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-02-21

ton of ctfecting certain leans to establish Ilne
of Steamboats, tro,m landings on the Rappahan-
mock river to Nurf1k and Baltimore; joint reso-
luton in>tructirg the second auditor to pay IN
tercst on State bonds held by the school trus-
toes of Prince William county; to Incorporate
the United States photographic stone company
Of Virginia; AID 10 Incorporate the United
StatrS god and silver amaIganating company
of Virginia.
The bill to amend the LIST section Of the the
act to distribute ard arporton representation
in the General Assembly came up. Mr.. Smith
moved to dismiss the bill. which was not
agreed 10.
Mr NcaIc moved to amcud by inserting
The city Of Alexandria shall be entitled to one
i, lcsate aud the county of Alexandria to one
delegate" which was pending when the morn
ing hour expired, and the bill went over.
The interest bill was then taken up. Mr..
Brooke amendment Preferred to above) rend-
ing.
Mr. Ioveustcin offered an amendment to al
low interest as high as eight per cent, when
| agreed hy the parties to the contract and Wit
messed in writing, which was rejected.
! The bill was further amended and still I'M
der consideration when the House adjourned.
The bill authorizing vacation orders in rcla
ii"n Ia roads and bridges was dismissed.
TIE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
In he Senate yesterday the joint resolutions
,xprc>>n4tl.c concurrence Of the GencralA>Scm
! bly, in thr recommendation Of the Governor as
to the as>umpri, III the debts Of the States by
| thr Federal government were taken up
/ Mr. Pc:n moved thar the resolutions be
! alnpcd aad urtl2 an earnest. eloquent aud
able speech 10 SUPPORT Of the views contained
/ I'm til" i,":crnnrS message ana in advocacy Of
| tie paS>;l.c VI his resolutions.
! Mr. Qnc>cpberry said that at first he had
! o,Ari u;,"n the Governor message with dis
| favor. ii was now iucued to give it his sup
! per. He hat.d to give up the Virginia ideas
Of the past, but thought they had proved the
nr..: distractions. ard we cJuli afford u sur
re- .leg thciu for :;34 olu,00O
| Mt. t'nai;ran was wiling enough o hav: the
! lcieral guvc nln.nt assume our debt, but was
opposed 10 tie proposition to amend the tedc-
/ raj constitution ly nhibiiing the States from
! contracting debts, and thereby regulating their
IN crrul affairs in the future That, he thought
v;olli hc to place he clp.s!one upon the cdi
! lie OF ,rir.tzaii,".
! N:. Pr d.luurr iavo:'l the resolutions. and
! believed ;ha' il they did 10 good they would do
| no harm.
| Mr.. ifu,dry 4 ciarcl that the resolutions
! y >>rs-cd tir:: extraordinary merit OF saying
| neither toe much nor ton little: he hai lung
slice yi,licu most vi his ideas about State
Sovrr.i4;lry. and thought We could 60 Of right
! TO the Federal government and ask Tor the as
sllilptun Of oar debt by it, in consideration Of
! the history o. the war and the fact that the
! Federal government had wiped away nearly all
our pr"r"'ty.
Il, St,t.
F.. 10 as>rlln: .ur debt, but saw the mos; mSchiev-
GUS rc-uilS in the proposition To csc ,u!agc the
general government in its march towards ccu-
radiation.
| iIr. Penn ar-lcl that that provision Was to
be inserted ia th3 F:eitrl' 60 l>t!tl'ion By the
vote Of til: States and would be the action Of
The people representatives..
| Nix } 1hnson ihou4ht this Il great question,
ana the Senate $houII consider it carefully be-
fore giving il their approval. He asserted that
Our debt though large and burdenSOtne. was
not beyond our caplc.ty 10 bear, II We were de-
tcrtrin"d.
| Mr. prlcmore p Ike again for tn. resclu-
/ tons.
Mr.. Fitzpltricl, said the resolutions involved
principle as well as policy, aud he moved that
! they he referred to the Committee on Federal
! I{~tations. 50 that they might he 50 wordcd as
nor 10 commit us to any ideas OF Capitalization.
! Mr. iIcrndvn comptlmcncl the zeal Of the
! Governor. but thought his scheme impraclica
| bic. lie thought. too it mi ht raise false
! hopes He was for carrying out the Funding
! BILL and believed that muc!i-ah,sed measure
was Us fair settlement as Virginia could have
| obtained rmior any circumstances But he
would vote ior the resolutions if put in shape
to ak Congress 70 assume our State debt. Eir-
eiuia had good reason for asking for the as
sumption Of her debt by the United States be-
cause OF her frc"e ACKNOWLEDGMENT. lie
would like to have the resolutions referred and
put in more acceptable shape
| Mr.. Penn moved, as Il substitute f1r Mr.,
! Fitzpatrick motion, that Il special cOmmlt tee
| be raised To consider the resolutions
| Mr. Fitzpatrick accepted the substitute
Mr. Nnwiin thought the resolutions ought to
be referred to oHc uf the stan ling committees
| Mr. Conn"ly opposed rcfcrcn'c and said he
would vote lar the resolutions all that he asked
in return WAS when members were called upon to
vote for an appropriation to pay the interest
upon the public debt they would not say
Let wait to see the result Of this scheme"
Mr.. An,Icr~on, of Rrckbridgc, thought the
| main idea Of the scheme of Governor Walker
| tcaSIblc but wanted to have 1t separated from
the proposition 10 amend the cOn>tlt ution.
VT. 1cDn wrote OuL us ICSuiuLlpH us lOl-
lows:
| Rcsoircd. Tint II special committee consist
| ing Of seven Toe a"p'i;.tcd by the chair, u
whom Shail be referred the special message OF
| the Governor a;d the r"snlCti"..S in reference
thereto OF the subject Of the debt % the States,
with Instructions - report ~ soon practca-
bio,
Mr.. D0ykin favored the reference of the re-
solutions. He vas willing to vote at any time,
FIR IL res LUTON asking Congress TO pay our
debt but would like 70 vote upon the other re-
solution separately.
NJ Cochran admitted that State sovereign
! ~ was 40 abstraction; but Virginia had
no part 10 making it SO. lie had no idea
that either the Northcrn or Western States
woui! giveup their right to regulate their own
affairs, aud !hcnght the proposition to amend
the Constitution would only cmbarra5s this
scheme.
The resolution was agreed to-ayes 26, noes
); and the resolutions of Mr. Penn were there
frrn rri..rrad RI , Snnriai cnrntnittcn crnS;ctiDr