The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-07-13

cnly assessed ct ten, fifteen and twenty
cents per acre, which same lnnds arc
placed or the assessors books in this
State at from ono to Eve dollars per
acre, aud numbcrlcss causes fer gem
eral increase Of -alueg all cVcT her
State, unable to pay its debts? Upon
tho contrary, is it not apparent that her
revenues would 'cso this have carried
on tho extraordinary expenses of her
government, and paid of every dollar
Of her masurcd debt? Virginia, united,
bankrupt! With her majestic sea
coasts, her bays and her harbots rival
irg any in tho world; her fisheries and
her Oplenlid .i9crs her canals; her
railroads; her plank reads; her maead-
amized roads and her trrnp;Ecs, extend
ing their branches in oil directions, uf-
fording easy, cheap aud speedy .saus.
portction to the best markets in tho
world. And added to these her health.
full climate, her rich, productive lands,
her iron orc, her coal beds, her valuable
hard tim bCr forests and her curative
mincral waters, inviting visitors fsor'
every cline, end the sacreducss in
which she held honor, wcro tho best
evidences Of her sclvcucy, and guar
antcc Of tho prompt payment of every
dollar Of her public debt! There never
wus a greater mistake, than tu suppose
that Virginia had bankruptcd herself
by her system Of internal improve
mcrts. 1t is only the assertion of the
man oitkur ignorant or blinded by
prejudice, or who liyes on a good road
built either at the public expense, OF
By sonic foreign monicd corporation.
A man possessed Of these comforts
without contributing anything himself
TO obtain thom. and who never knew
what real necessity vas-who never
helped 10 raisc log cabin or roll log
heap, ID the very man to make such az
sertions, aud to oppose every measure
which requires bis assistance 10 help it
along. Il is tho old cry, tho rallyiug
cry Of tho anti.intcrpal Improvement
party anto.bclluln; and l expect to see
it heraldrd throughout the State BY the
same party that your speaker "would
bankrupt the State of West Virginia by
taking money out Of tho taxpayers
pockets living on tho railroads to build
roads and bridges in tho benighted and
small tax.payiug counties Of the interior
Of the State"
My understanding Of OFT republican
system is. ttat government is created
fer tho benefit Of all who live under it :;
that every man upon entering into the
governmental copartnership surrenders
from the necessity Of the case portion
Of bis natural rights aud agrees to bear
bis share of its burdens. That whilst
OF thia time I an the immediate repre-.
sentative Of the people Of Lewis county.
I am also representative and law
makor, though feeble, Of every man,
woman and child iu this State, and that
it is part Of NY stitutioual Luty,as
such representative, to weigh we'll every
measure proposed by every member Of
Tho legislature, aud adopt such Of them
rs in my judgment will bo prOmOsivc Of
tho public welfare. And l am further.
mora taught that every citizen Of this
State for tho preservation Of bis life and
Tho protection which the laws afford hlm
in bis righ. to property should willing
u respond to every rcquisitiOp which
tho law-making department Of tho gov
crumeut in its wisdom shall sec fit to
impose upon him for tho public good
an d the mau WHO docs Ills willingly is
ahat is known in good government, in
law and in morals, good citizen. l
look Upon goycramcnt iu somO sCuso ry
parent, aud tho Taxpayers, whether
great or small, 90 children entitled to
governmental care. | take it there is
10 good parent but that wishes to see
all his childrcu doing we'll. lfoac set.
lies on tho fronticr-wherO there arc
no roads and no way to &c! to market
with tho products Of his labor, and ho
should call upon bis parent for hclp to
provide tho way. would it not bo very
unnatural parent who would turn bis
back upon him, ard say to him. Il eau
not help you. Hep y0HFsey: Your
road will Do INC no good, aud it is not
right that. | should contribute my money
to build roads for your benefit" This
is the whole argument, or rather the
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