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hulll 4»fMAe*ceommodati<*n of the mining pnpuhitiop.
stharves, Skv., * a p rnsi of five ve.ir«, $2/4* UMi
A>»sit ihe year l$3o the K idiig Rati K »a-i Wa> "
mrnced. and the pi gM«n» ol that *< b*»iro were also do
ruled as viatefiary. Alter st.ugghnfc through great mm
eul tea it w*s completed to the Mines in I M2- 1 h:olir*
jjot*l fi-ftVnc ft» he engaged upm that work, and, op tlfr
6 A 4 unitary, 1842, I Darted fhe first c.«al tram that Wee
|4A*ed over the road — Iasi ^ear there was tarried i*« t*
#boat 1,200,1X»0 tons (*\*o.d, 3I»-! this year it in * amn'• <1
that 1,5UU.UU0 w ill .pasg over it. Tie whole valhy ol
tile Schuylkill, tor a distance of 1*1 miles, pi>«*nils tin
appearance of alm< st a cmtinuoiia Nill.»g**, a*id ii is i*n
tira'ed ihai f-VI.UUOjIOU are n<>w n.vrtsJed In the coal
trade. The city <>t Philadelphia. Sir, wtthm my fee. I
lecti •«. has doubled m sizo, and lu r pr.*j*erily i-» entirely
tiWmg, to tilts groat at* em of iinprmfWm nis w hn Ii tin re
venire, ami which created tuimafe t- r her |*ort about e
qua1 to .hat of New \ rk.
In 1842. the year when the N\ estrrn H ul H>ad m
MnsksachuseUa was c u plet«d,4 happened i-' In- engaged
on a rail-rod in New- lHmpsnrre and I w ell rend!eci iln
su-ws then entertained, w*iih regard to that r -id. I' was
undertaken by c.i^i^h*!! in 44 *tdft, under ihe lie in I that
it would not frrruuc sufficient tojualilv tin
• xpenditur*N 8fct that they would In amply rt uumer.rtfNl
h\ the iiWaVaSed value if their real «slate in Boston, and
tftoid \\ ohderfuily have I heir antieipatmna Inert realized
— for not only has the valu of real ami jn rs-nal pro pi r
ty lifcn increased during ihe period which lias • lapse.)
since 1841.4f4.IHNi.OtMl, hui last year tlie mad made i>
per cent, ihe trade increased 17 J |* r cent, aad ie
week in O’UjIi. r Iasi the receipts .nn »nn eH in
• m! it is probable the * trad tuts v«-ar w**H >4v.-lare or 10
pet ttMX dividend A'l tV*• ‘ »*♦ 11 Void* • I Mn'sachusc•!Is,
Nr, averagr id w sh4* <d V per ct id. ith such • vnhn
cos asiheat* l>ct .re us nf I lie great utility, nay of ihe <th
Mule neerntlly nf*auch w rk*. it u not j.issing sttniigr
Nr, tiimt Virginia, resting upon her oars, aid allowing
ths rich trade of the W ist to tic w r» sled Ir.-in lu rgra*p
Nr, I say to the people ol Virginia, that with ilu iiim -Ives
rn'i ihe §o!uti< n i f the question, and wuh ihemNclvc«
rests lire respniitriliiltil v ol dr eid.ug.wIn tlier, p"Sse*King n
soil «if unsurpassed fertility, and lesmiug with mineral
wealth; with every advantage the Ii- uuteoii* (*.<d ol i a
turn can hrgfriw. they will, lhr* ugh wai l ei • rg\ and
•ntrrpime. allow this glorious Stale to sink into lung
nificance, or buckling on lluir armor and entering ln<hlly
into ihe contest .♦they will make her ihe hrighto.t Stair
in our hriHt-inl C‘rnatejfalion._
To the hi rater rn ol Tobacco in
rim i.vi.i
rp'lF. uiidmi^nril, lint mg an-sualcd t hemselv, $ t.»grt lu i
I. for the prose' Ution ol I In
4iHOCKKV A XII roMMlNNIO* III SIMONS,
*»n«l being so'uutou* 1.. make themn h t - tin lul, in pt. uiolu g
t lie interest of lit n wien.* la*oi Inruislirs tin staple « i!
5-j this NtaJ .hi 1 - i ndt.'s tin t ii.it» lial lor tin piolit.ikli « nt
fdnyanrat of mi'li and labor, would sngg.it lb.
means os t!>«• \ bdleie nt • **icd\i«tg-onie d«■ I«>« I* in tbf pie
ftarfctKN (tlii H • i l i i ' '1 Im ' lalfrrly jt hai I..
tlie cueloin among I'lanteis, to pa, h «l»« *f l oliac" so lightly 1
IB to mull-1 ii out inly Uiismted to f »lit«h|e shipment, its
weight pi i Itiol. «rfh ■ i ranging lion. lilN. lie- 1" 7Wf lbs , by
w Uirh the «hairr* » i-h 4' it, nage, didiy erv t« .*nl t' un lion
s^r^’spr, freight*.ot wardn g . lighterage and in n*a|M*c.atr
male to vary Iron* 30 to at p,i rent , ahoy? the rau '1 *•*1 * |
weight tin liglit 11 lid of 600 lb ting
•ns 1 »■ I I I hi oi l.»4H) I in 5»...i!.| and s,. the Plant, is veiling
in lbrrrJrkft an ey ill egress .<( e<nt I.>t ratling,, ii«preti,,it j
and i Wumi'fa’oM * i s. Itn.g by the I Ibd , a* l» lu-yy \ , ■ y eus
torwary. an’ iwnr. net t -in tin want compactness to . %
a-JuJeUw-M-r itlbem.i. Irndlly mould*, 11,ns d< at my mg it |
• nt r»-lv so |,ii n manubietirr.n^ i oii-enied, and nearly - -
1 ■ I , 1 ■ ' I'bt very • i 1 IkpKint ig buyer* Ium
mainh indui ed i.s t • >. )rr- unit of ''*-yv* f , the j oldie, i -t
.1 luting thalAs-hrn ett.ntnes f» git nf In* Mil.p et, tl» nrm |
will be sp -p lily , iite.h.j fiotily sot Me Ii a* was irq im tr
t '.ual w.mt* tv;i* thus preyoi ed and t hat id suilal li uu
rnvi.ufa luring, it w uld ujle <*<k e t|„ gi,,wrt t ! 11 '
* I tits extra earnage, e v-qomag.* *vi eonmiisiion, the ,
n hr ii applied to all giade-as'at |irc>i‘t.t, t he pniehasei
i', tul of hi* interest unut buy as mu h |,.yy. i as will
• increas'd pei rentage and « xftit mk mi bolding it
• a imw Iriblf to ihjtiiv than a! rnadr heavier In ad*
5»- f 1 • hang, in this 1C*1 .. t M-oy u uld avoid the otlui
r virenif. of ton heav y n.lghn by” \y lueh | he rolol is injni
ed and in made Mini e d.rtiewft to rp.iiatr, .Milling it to ivoik
M ist, hills (• Ml 1*11 Useful I hb tev ' t he 11 lid, should b. mad.
V contain 1JTM |h* t . * »«*» lb* su. I, . mlr niannlaetur, is
quire and m nr rich and trout i shipment -h-mld not n, i- I.
lib .Vf 1 HI t„ KbMt’d • , O, Igt y y, n || .|, |.»m,
rti»t.< in llie making flu - ,-d, wht, h .••• , it, ,, i ,,,,, p
bdge.l, and made f tbi.i a..d lend, t stay es, 11 us cap .m •• (|,<
•arir-lc lo l • d in p > - . t f I 'm sub , and pi«•ventin' that
„r«.s,;tk*. . -- iita.,1 fanarf !., .... '.ghilm.s, oh,,!,
r. ' fr'b’des v., „(ll „ „-fh J* t ||„ , .,ski hr made o|
ftr .:ig * . . 1. a • :u .it’s s’r.ug hi .n will etisui, the ptoprr rang,
for th •binding i tl,. I. .. , staves thick mid ftmfoim m
w ubh, wttli strniglif’y y uited edgt s, m faet ,,s »i,.n,r» wat.-»
tight as may ho, mid pint, etlv diy \.uy lrh| abhH m.il la
b »r or e\p -life will insure this fowl m ,y 1 N , ,,, , |ir
Planters, by th- additional pib ■ j ,| i pi <•
eut.-y ho n iipir v A"■•theu era i, . , u, q i. nlly huit'hil,i
IhitoleMr III drill . entirely d, stroMug i!* (It*f l , .11111
l.uideimg it impi lit I tide to woik wst h o It eiiluni \> t w!
•If for any purpose w liateyei N. \mi|„ i it ao^.ft ks f.»
ea t«e it to mould .,i none d.-sue it so ,li \ as t • ymsuir its
brraki a .1 cr .111 Img. \ e. rtam deg. .■vinud, m--,s »•
t| utr essential f.n any and ev, ry piorm ,,| mannla. t o. and
wdl W found a Ivantag. on* to tl„ g, .y,.. ^ hit), s,,, ;.,
apphe I to it III the pr .. ss of diving will nmbo it p, .. I,
and less hitter th, h't. r a* wlily .> niueh eomplainf I d l,y
ronatiawr*, and lurnMu* .,-nr, irtant rea on t , r'- ,, w .
vtitution ol oi her I'oKaer,., m mi n r -1 •. . ; *» n,tr''bw t*« l^te
A trgiuia CoS i,to I'h. . so,t‘n. ,y| t h,**r v u* U*-. •% ,. t„>,lr
the cwi.*ideratiu!i ol all w I, mi it interests and espe, tally i,
conimnid the gr.ovei* t . eoim,It t |u dealers in t hr aiti. l, |,,|
a e. *nfirinati,»n of our v», ws m the ie, ... subuiitt, ,1
KtUlJ- It I s ^ |tt | | I K
»>ee. 6 3m
MnrlnffH* iSiniA .VoUcc
(of the f'itiZrn's SetrtHfe /vtiM ltf l.ynchhur;. v(
N»wiin4^*j I?*I7 t
rpllK Hank nf V-rgutfk turn, g disjoin! ruiidin ltiig ih. |,„
1 'ine*a ul Ihl' litsfiiuf inn 111* Ai^li it- ,kbrr al line i.h r
the same will, in liHiue, be tianwolr I Hits,,** ,t„. olli.o ei
the Farmers’ Hunk ,I\H |{i l]\ XY I ,S V I* I.
lire S_w.l,s it Fresh. I S. It al 1., II, liliiltg
FOtt s
-JAIIF. SntF.tVS ami FIN I I HF.sUli-lv w.nheil fr t’a
*1 hams, k Davis Apply toll Uiy ..I.tv II i tie
I H AS K n vis
November 15—-w if!»
nistoiiiiiiiti.
f f *HE Oo-pa rt Herein p heretofore pjshninjf, nnflei <■■■
I el)If l itj him (t| Wilkinson A' II atelier, is r)<i\
(bvilissolvntili_viiiuiii.-ilr.tnsi.nl IVrsuiis imii l.iis) |U
llm concern s»erequested In settle with Tims. M W rik
iimnn, tvhn is alone authorised to receive or collect, lie
haring purchased tho nnlire interest of .Inn. \ |J»t
S’hor. Timer hiving claims a.mmsl tin- concern will
present them In him fur pnyinri.t The name .A ihe c..n
rrrn w ill Is-usod, » here it is neccssa'-y, m closing iht
business of the same.
TIIOs M Wll.klVsOV,
Oct. 18—leif .1 A II \T( IIKK
n to rm: flint
\VIN(> purchased iIh- i-iiiim iiiiornst of Mr. John
\ Matcher.in tho wneern of W rihmso'i A’ Mat
clo-r. and taken A lit? house formerly oeenpfed l.y ihitn, I
Cordially invite a call from the customers of the old run
core and the public, generally, to w hom I renrn my
gratelal school l.dgiuulila lur the veiy li!.cral imtronagc
Is-siowcd up. in W 11 Is ms, in A- Hatcher, ard t.<[»••. hv on
reunited attend it h» hoxieusv anil a deter.nia ilion to give
aatiafaoinin, tu mint And rv.ci v o a runFmiatisn . t ;t.r
sanie. 1 shall keep coostattt1 v on hr*"l a good assortment
«f the must Kislnoiuhli and pmspy li.,.„!s t, lie had in
Ahe N.idliern market*, winch I pledge inysclftu sell a*
cheap as they can he had any where.
Oct. Ih—isif Tll‘‘S M. VVII.KINSON
•NtGBOtsT MEuIkOtsT
1 .a' i: a it o r: .s > -;
* I "*arkrt I” par-base a lall supplr el NF
UKOF.S-. 1 will pay a hr lug hr si market cashi.rut l,.r >U
f./Ai./.r .viu;u(jh:s,
From IO lo I# yens, Old
Persons having any for sale wi I do ,,rll to rail on n,* hr
tors making sale, as nudnuht the highest psi.wran be ..I,tan,
®d’ M H V IFF
T will give a liberal eriee lor ene or two BUrksjnuLw au.i
' J*«nt*iw, pood workmen.
I* Persons at a distance liavinr Negroes 4or nIi, will
J* * - I on rouiptIy by git i*t£ a description ol the pn.i eiU
•-I'1** fl4 li
IS-U.
•S^oFembkh lak, if?4c.
rni:m> «oous
.1 JS‘D A O J\I IS T.i Jt
JIAVE this day received and oiwncd a »< coin! suiw’t <J
NKVV J- ALh ANI» WINTK.K <»< nj|is, '
IrVpfed lot lie Northern Cities, with {treat care, to which I
r»*S|»e •tfsljj’ tail! the attention ol the Cadies and tin puh i
generally, m they will find a great many new and beautiful
w*kich atfE not to Ire found elsewhere in tins market,
*»d at prices much Wur than they could have Ixien bought
earlier lu the a son. I dfthin *t liuneci-ssary to imutiou llu ,
numerous artniesjust reeeivetl, Ihi* laspeetlully eo !cit a t all
to the well sele -ted st(«ck — which 1 pledge myself to sell, a
prices t«i entire *ati» hurt ion and no MlSTA^^
Nwv J*«-4Sj| M WII.klVbON ^
■GOVEnxon s meskage
f. the ttr’ Cr il ji*»eililit*l ' I I U Wi*
,ri I m» * Am.ll' i J'.,r lia* |. •**■ I *™l *<•
.-...I.. . i1 ■ *(i If*, ami v:,|,. am I,
Ill .Mr jM.lj.HlMl. ... I |.r .111 I.' III. I*r<
uy.aml aili.uii'r Hi. ha^M""** »l Mov.d ....
%%ral'h , , .
Ii it niih nut Hu 5^1 ■tmin*u«»n% tlmt o"1 ■" "
c ..... ■ .11.1 III ..... .■(«.« I'm H*.HI. 'Ml * J'H’I a H,i'l. '
ii liirli ni ..Ii > |.l. .mm. V I in*|u..lanl ilmy.
\\ , . II "If UIHlNUtl iln III "Ml {J r .1 . il."
uI'fi* i+ni|iiii'il il'inMjj il"' |W*' y f'ai If 11 *i " i
i.hIIhmi-•*'*'""Ihii I" ■!*• I’"1 lMVl U'' 1 “H"" f'T1""'1'
, ,| 'H "Hr rrr.iii iib'imianl liarvrsl , our >"»■ nil. * in
i l<N I*. ii . y« l ■, • ) "" '
.iiisr*1, iv ii.i-ri asiiiji Ii* r * "" * "H ""I'riiviiu
a«iHi*l .Hmrr Mao . an I all llir ariaaml rmntnii* '»
lit, an- n.aliijH\ my am nr""l 'd „s ami -s.i.Hiti.m j
• | ,a u oh i mi. ll -I ' s '
. hi, ,■ r. . r I ■ Hi duti ircum ■ -
«| II . ali uhil. d in atnuulatn v..ur . xniiuna, and hill'l j
your In tn!a ivilh cli . ili.l'm*’* a ■'! l..*|vr»
(In i|n Is .1. » ..I O.l. a r 1 ' !•'«. Hi" " un i' ni llm i
Tri *nry «ra $137,4 13 At. ' il •' ,j' ..
n,smi III" I "V. many "I »hn It ". r. .iurrily "ol.liu
u.'nl in iliamlrr ami ol laif aiiintinr, ll" rr am In llm I
Irrasiirv. at I In "I w. f Iln I .‘l «■*'»>)'“'. ll,e ...
|IV*7 III 02. Tin*» nr*. ll-nTili'i-'iry n • »* |. M mil.
ill, T’. i *i rv >' -n f tS* \ .v'M ni li*<.i! \» if, i' ill !*•»>
, ,»,f* i * v hi** Is I in l • ill, in '•! 111 »i2 f / l . • I i / *>. Ill*
S. tl.1 Jilllil <• .1. 1.1, $'J'»,'!* I .. nl
ili<* S.ii'l»\l• ■*U,rn :iinl uiIm i |•*i■ -Ii** f'.i'l . “l Ir.i'i1 j
....
I H pri siiimsl, "III a |. |" ■ ■ |" i :i1 • 'I. "ill ll" 11
,,| I’n'.ill" \\ ra I > ill.-, ill . I • ■ i n iml* n," i I1"- n 1 mu'
III. |.|I *1 nl Rsial y. iir. » ilhniil "* irli"^ In (nun* an
a.rl I" "Ini'll "itiimit Ih' h*i ranllniiaty 111:1,!. . "*|*""ialli
a , | , .. . f Slam 1* ... try tin l» 1
l.rjMaluinrn In 1.1 inaili* i" the .. * »«*• *’ 111
■any, a: ,! Kiiln lam. Uivm an 1 h .•"« h ' ' «« I" *J
■| ln | . r|.]:ii 11 r> . 11 ilirir I'" a. **".'i,|" »"d a 1* "huh
„,:,y im-l. a..' Ill, lialilllll. S . I 111. M 'K l"'ll' *"HI nl 4 I.
ss; s.... (iln,.. * in, almut inn (ill I* liaa la*rn, '111,1 a I
I ,,,r, . ,> Mil, ,, llm riwilllll " 'll ll IV !" I*..“I 1 >1
In aijiliii,>ii 1,1 Ill's larm mu ninl, Iln ri' "aajsinl l"in
j ill" I n isiiry . iliinnu llm |>:ial (la. "I ym. |i‘'.,'ll •» I ■ |
ami ill. i" "ill b" (ninl tilling llm |ir.-M'Ht "mil l 11,. |
II r.pr 1111 ii hi* In irUili.n inaili', the inn nl ^9'r,.3HI ul, lur
.. arrniii 1 . 1 . .ml 11" ■■ ■ In 'In* cnrinreiiou,
| „M|.I'l.lly relrf 11.11 lull..' Sm.iH.I Xudlli.r's r"|*irl.
in mIiii'Ii ynn may ai a t'lmi"" sc 1 ilm aimmin "I "ill "A
im 111.» a m I ,n'.s | T" 11 vr I la lull 11. s Wlmii In I In s" shall
hi nil.h'it 1I1.msi* w li.i'li y mi may ihri'i’l 1 l \ "if |m ."nl
*1 asuin, 11 is iii iiiih'si III,il a ihinI.t.iI" "nl.irjji’Hii in ,,l 0111
i" \ in nr 111a 1 hr iu'i'i *s it i, 1,1 m mil il 1 i.ur j, u hi i" "."ih I
II 1 hal hijjh 1 slliiuili"ii mu Inrh il has lor y "iir* !i""n J
krlil
It linn h ug Ifen n mo »'ed point whether tin' living
.Ji m* 1111*11 li.is i right in rri ate .« debt ami Irtivr il lo p>>h
li riiy for payment However (Ins right may have h on
uiicslioitedp ii lias ever Ihtii rxnrciwd ; ami certainly
objections rail If utg<d vi till h ss lor.c to that deni
which may If incurred lor iii'i rnnl unpiiVrmciit than lo
Hiw olio r III I hr whole list o| pul die rxpci dll lire I )ehl*
ihiisfrelled Hid mvrs ed rnhamr the valiu ol plop rly
Tin \ in « xp' inlrd w nh ail i haige, and eonh r a lasting
n,,' i >«r *• mi ti i hem It t on lie.he who mieeei d us Sllll.i
llir ,.'K| ''SH on to Hpeinl win n \\e do not expert lo pay.
Id . : . |,,11 ' a eharaeli i inlie in man, I hat I hold it lo ho
,„,r duty lo )nli ’ h >se Halt tin) healthy rest r iiiiIh U» con
I ml if.
Kiigland. after rrpe.iten !»ul partial ae*N of repudiation,
is n \v I'foamiio muh i in niorrmn.'s '* a^u,,l ,"'1
ihoiis.md millions • • t dollais. |,,r.inen u" s •* 'mil om
ill .' s i,id million-, rid \nsiri.i deeply onih.ii i. "‘•' d, in
|-|| repudiated nil I expunged $|(HU)(MI.IMM) ot lid*
delil. and III IHId. $ I»(l,t HM l,( M MI lime of il Utlmtigb
mailing exists in the history of om I’nioii, or of any ot
ihe mrmhers I her cot, al .ill appmarhing, even hv e«*m
paiisoii, lliis. Ktnpi 11«!« tin and ill m hievniis pr- dig diiy
M l enough Ii; s oet urred lo impress upon us ihe duly ol
observing the most guarded riieuins}rction and care.
|i may di Iv If assumed as ihe lived deli niiinatioii
i | V rgiuia, to < an on lie si iiupr.iVrmeii!* which an
n .pu-ate to dev elope it ml senile the lefuuirri s and ail van
tag. s fu w I.mIi she is *•» rnit.ii kahly distinguished It
is a p'liey einiiifiilly patriotic ami wise, and addres.'isj
i sill, wih a Iren nm lu la* 'I'jisled, lo tint pride and i
a (feel ion yy hit*' i v\. all feel for o»tr ... '1 lattd, ind which
induce ns |.i look I i xvaid with anxiety ami Impr, to ihal I
day w I eti \ ngiiua will lie as physically great, as iN !
now illuslrtous, I n all (In- high inoral ami iiitidleetua!
ipialitles W hu ll i h vale and adott, olir rnee.
In wu| p -it ol tin nr v lew s, I regard it as of lie great
cst importance that you should establish, al aiirarlv day
I y.nir si ssioii. a maxiiiium anneal limit of • xpemlilur.i,
by which ihe .Second Amllt"I shnl I he irgulatcd lllld eon
tr. lled, ami whirl, your appr p'l.itions shall under m>
• i r 1 u lust a iiei h 11 u line end. Such a regulati -ri would wills
ty the prudent and ititml Inends ot internal improve
menl, mlencr k une heretofore opposed lo iI . and give eon
tjdenri! to 111 I Bill aw .. i <■ I hilt lilH t> gill in mi ug p s|. .1
will not impise a legal leslrainl, even upon yourselves,
ami of course not upon your sneers* es; hut I am fullv
s.visjhd that the high moral obligation it will en ale.
will eoimnaml gem i.il respect and t usure h r il a serupii
luus and honorable ohservanen.
What is the limit we shall pn 'serihe.w hieh will ueith
er uuri .isonnhly burden oursclvt s m*r our jmsleiuy ami
yel accomplish within a reasonably lime Ihe great enter
prifs w e 11 ;i v e in \ lew l
I have given m ibis subject the most cnrclnl consider
siioii, aii. I I have at la sued ihe eomlusii n that vveoin ami i
ought annually to expend, withm t e vu ws | have pre
tented, tin* sum o| m\ hundred thotisind dollars.
I look to the Treasury lor one imaeiy, and to loans for
the oiIn i moiety ol this amount.
i ii I < .I'll \ . II Ilf I i .I V |.in lino i ir111U11*11 lo (Him t 1
l!is ileii i a i ul. \ • l have In loti* si a in I, llu* pt • • table su r
11'im m llie Treisiity mi tin Im ol Pctohci next, will I*,
i I I.'.IMMI, ;, i. 11 hut lot iln nppr. pilatton lo tin S,„|thwes
I* ni r« ad in 1 <■ !.. t |. .als ami bridges, It w tilil hr up
| wauls ol having niily th«* sum t| to
jit *v ided hy m w and additional tax itton. Tins miiii,
, *n im*onsid» I’thlr iu amount, and lor an object s i l uula
I'leand pn’n tic. Would (or I tnileh mistake my follow
•1117.110..) he paid without a murmur. IVr llu subject
Inxii w h ich. principal I \, I m.iutlieiid this tax in ho col
leo nri. I nhr you to iny former tin ssuge. Ol all tin*
hinus i | propi riy, itiotuv inactive and oil hand, is least
entitled to t.iVor, and will, I tiust, he no longer exempt
Irom lair and iqual coinnhulious tothe State. The high
credit o| \ nginia. Imtli abroad ami at home.and the avid
lily m tilt whii’li investment* ar» sought in her IhuuIs, leave !
nodwuht . I ..nr ability, annually, to raise tin* sum staled,
in the manner I have pr-pos.-ti. Indued, I entertain l ilt
lit le doubt, that a • cry large portion of the contemplate
loans w ill he in ado h\ our own c. ti7.cn*. (ti our public
in $0,147,4 r* • tiiu si, ,, ,,i |;t7«
|.*‘‘t |> is held within mir own Stale, cotitrihutiug by
the * x|N*iidinire of the income then of, in no alight dv 1
gie*’ to our prospci 11 \.
Bui it 1^ in vatu to j r .vnle means lo dcv« hqie and se
cure the gr« ;.t advantages wihin our reach, unless wu
ih vote our r. s 'tire. » » x lustvely lo the completioii of on.*
or at most two great euli rpnses. To reach .lie navigable i
w.i'i re o| the 11 hio, is an .* j.vi ..I tin ins; important!!
11 is the great enterprise **1 m*Vi tal of the iiorllu rn States,!
j and will, when accomplished l»y us, I entertain not a
| doubt, furnish the means to lit. roughly renovate and tin
prove our Moved Stale. 1 will ask no oilier proof, in
i ‘4 Bits conclusion, than the recent repot wf the
■ Baltimore and Ohi < Uailroad Company. By that repot t
i* seen di it ih income of their road fm th< past \. .ir
I $1 .B'| hat of this sum they expended $, .’ini.
BS, in repairs and improve.limits, having ill |,|(I7 1
f>^, equivalent to, 1 | pi r cent upon il.n capital expend
i' d. 1 Ins rea l is only I * S miles long, anti terminates al
the liHilof the Alleghany. It carrieil I pnssi -
' Bun ' ! pus year, aniricrias< ..i 8.1 ht y\tth n . *
j ><*ar. Il Mich I t the magnitude ol its opt rations hi its
1 pres, tit unfinished state, .i w ill b • diflleull to estimate it
when it sh*Jl rcai h the ()hio. And yt t we hav * a m ire 1
j favorable route, with the immense ad tailing* of tiiuchiiw 1
that rtvi rata more 8"iiihern point.
As k* the route to l»o M'lected, that is of great hut yet
of secondary importance, in illustration of Hus wi!*j.<ct I
respectfully cubum for your consideration, | If .r. Y
17,1 embracing seven riiiV.nnt routes from this city to
tlie lal s id Kanawha, comp led from actual surveys and
other data, in the m«1isumiiiuJ accuracy of w liteit confi
denee ma y lie re|»o«e4.
it wdl not, gentlemen, esrnpe your observation, that
the tliTee first nauird routes pa*** u.» ifc.> valley ot .lames
river to 7'ationsburg. N\ In 1st u is your gteat duty
| romptly to i*gm aud vig .r iwsly to fir.isccuti' ourcoim* \
ton with ihcOiiinriVir.il is i quails your riots* <iosecure
all local ad vantages not inconsistent w it Ii twe mam «h*
•■/•t- Ju locating this route, wo ought to have an eye to
tin* country it will develop’, and are bound by nery j
consideration of public duty to give that the preleren e j
w Ini h w ill s< <*ure to our Stale llie largest good. 11nj»pi I
lj, the iuTctidott ol radr.>ads has relieved us of all tie !
p , tip'll ttatn I t our ni>rro:iitnui f -alien*. ami
,.j , ,t,« .n i-ittc ilirui i.t aim'*' III) direction ilia'.
,,tif Itiicti S', "t "Itr pile y 111.1) I'll *" n »•
I lie J.ioirt nv.-l t \ ! i - ■ •• iccii regard it I 8% tnt
. ..UoH KMUI .i 4' •• *« •' ‘ ;
, . riMifuiiou'4 iltw oiwou «« !■«*•* I'" " fu^a."it ''-I
,, ,'s. m i in'.- i ■ | ■ - ■■ • " - 1) *d in 4."""
| ., t ma ll- . ..... ■ nil ll tl d to I .> tn hbnrg, and anna
wni N i r.1 mim »«rg . all ndmg to mu* iiouh: valley ai.tl
r.if itigiiiMi* .unity an m*orov**fm lit ol in.Mitj
, In Iplli nja Hid * ltd} Null, !»«**»• «l Mllilloll-i
, rikjH luJi-.J III the C.Misurirllull ol i failr ill along th*»
I .Should lltlo r •■■Clio i« I,| III S U r II W lull
l -r I nmio Im . Berkmh«'H, ufcd their wamt*
,"l.,r g lotr.l f \\ Id tl b' j i-t, ol wi-4 or j» diii / For
i m i ■ • ■ i I i 1
f 4 , I,.,n .4 III . i .Hill- It »Uie .> » I. Ky ^ttoM rii.is
il.. r;,..m i .!«• It will aunrtstitc tin IliVatihli Navi
l ,.| III, •* tttl I .It I ltd -I IBM • H 1
I i.. < nt) my, from each i •' h eh h< 1 ■ •
, ; . .O' .11 I ' )" I C I! 1 I n
tli sit \ them a - important tiibuUries to the Ji.fie* Uiv
t ait l k-imt'vh.i l 11111>a11v. Nor istht»aH. Hy act ol
M Ut, |> 17, the S air agreed to 1 .ail to ll** James
Kivernud kmawh.i ( otiiptliy Iter hund« to the amount
M $1 /fJH.'HMl, ti|>oti condition, ho%%e-vi r, th it Raid l oin
imny altoithl give security “c mi.Illumed, that it th • #•»•*
4in Mint ol' toll* Upon the wlutlr line "I thu l a 'H between
Ui.-htnond and Huchiinaii,” alter a pailiculai |*eri.«l and
Vfttl.lor live ) ear*, •%!lill fill b I I* III' aM.nge a llloll (I t
,1 j p.-r annum,” tie n Maid MVtlfliies «tiall make
f ad H«|. ll tl ll n iiey. These HeilirltU * *• ivrt h*-u gIVt ll
iUtl will III my opinion he disehirg t, it V"Ur legislation
dmtild deprive 1.1.4 uni puny (d any i»* Ihfir usual soiire.H
if i* \ »• iii This rotili , moreover, is w ithout pmiliar
i i.i ,.- h oi wh h In in *t rt ' l!"- "' 11 h a i i
busmen* of the Stale. I' .r these foiisiderutlttll** I ree nil
mend Its r< jeetioii. Itotife .No. t * which I ask you at
I. niton. I* Ihe,me win.d. pa-rs by Harrisonburg, Ion
ingtoii, ike |i in pit ( is- ly ol ill. name length nn ilh it*
pri-dee. hh or, free from all the * dyer linn* "hull attach to
llmsi | have coiinid ret!, entviH at ui.ee lulu a country
suit, ring for stir Ii improvements,liureases Ihc Wealth anti
huHtucMM ol tin* Stale, by r»*el.inning a valuable trade,
which now I sti rs a distant e ly, approaches an tmpor
taut see1 ion ..I i»ui Stale,which should tie kept constantly
anti steadily m view, and allords as many l.teillltcs in
rt ti lling the western water* HS filly route tb it has been
named. A dlllieiilty m l‘u passage id tin* IMuo Hldge
lias been r.ienlly staled , but a. it is colirriled t at It can
be oVereome by an ftp Mldlt'lie ol | >'J t.ntMl, 1 do Hot re
gard the o jeetm.i is entitled in the s nalha' cmiMih fa
linn.
Tim two next r iiilea.covering the same ground for a
I»i1111 *g‘i'I miles. Mill lie re mt led logdlii r. They |n.8
i< .s ilie same ground as No. i. as lar as 11 irrisoiihurg,
llld "C mills e lift Vi' nil I III* Ml U .Ullages III tills I ."I,it III ilia I
route Tins route llien passe* In (ho headwaters o| ihe
Itiei ulirier, at whn h point ill" line w ill divide.one liraneli
pi i''i edmo to liny andutle and lIuMiilu r to Parkersburg.
In tijn iimg lingual arteries of ihe Slate, high point
ral CoiilUilernliiiu* emiMol with propriety he ovi iltmked.
Plus roiile.iu that ii*|i 'ft, auklri smi h list ||* wiih irresisli
Irle f ren to every V iigimau, while it h poweifully mis
lamed liy all other consul rail i s proper l*i lie regar led.
|i is our duly to iifTord to distant seel ions of our State,
ihose i i pmvriiiouis requisite to developr their internal
\\*allh, which would otherwise remain forever unavail
mg. I’he* is ePpe< i.illy our duty when, hy so doing, we
ran also seen re a great political object, that of attachi g
to the mass III I lie w 11» l«» an imp riant section, ny ihe lies
I in'Mesi liy tbe pi posed rutile you press lar into
nmihwi si, and give assurance, that at »e early day . Inis
great improvement will penetiaie I*l;tt region, ud repose
ilp«ill 11 if shores uf the ()|ilo.
I bis route is recommended, nlfln, by tbe consideration
ibat it may to a great * xtent carry oilt the improvement
* l*uy aiuh •! ie,i tins all ml mg a common “l cm to t w o great
,|,)(., ' . and saving i large expenditure to tin Slate.—
Plus selu ,-ie w ill elf dually secure Virginia to hetself,
in I ir.dtx our »»•'>•*■ cherished hopes and expectation*.
Pile a'lopti >11 of lIlls route, s» highly e iiiiliiciided liy
ill.' feelings, the pride, the illlth** a ul llm interes's ol
\ irginia. is nsisi.d upon the ground <u its assumed im
prielicabilny Physical dillieiillics, insuiiiiioimtalde in
i liaraeler. if alleged to ml. rrene. 'I hat these iliMieiil
tl< s art* great will not be denied ; but that they are III
surmountable is nut the lad. I am thoroughly satisfied
Hiii tin \ can he overe.uin at a reasonable cost, n11d lh it
that cost shoald he iimirri tl. \u i it in our northern
neighbors will dissipate all dnithl Pin* I tall i more and
Ohio U ilr'.ul Company are prosei oms i •miulnr woik
with energy and 7.<-al Pile It.ire i!r« rtdy expriule t, in
iromph lion ot ITS miles o| their road, «f *,'J»09 :
Hid ib* r«.. lit** thereof, about *2tl(.t miles, w ill c >sl, it is
i sum.'led, about,i- , " w 1 1K H>, mat mg an aggregate ol a
Ih.iii ii;».l)(Kl,IHMI|io the comp1 * “Hi of tin ir work, in
I. rior in many great and impori.iut an.." ' ,k! s 1,1 ",,r
proposed. Alas*aclins.'lls lias enUilee'ed i. '-s' It and
I (U\X el I l»v railroad only J.*> 1 miles in exit ut, at a'l e*
pelise ol ili ll| p. r mile, although those o!lies w eio
I'l. vi.uislv rnniieeled tlirougli llu Middlesex t anal S!u»
ha < e uu. . ii I lloston wiili Providence by railroad, al a
'•• st ol f 'I , l l'.» >.s j*er mil ■ xml also w .lb Albany h\ a
railroad. II I g mil. > o| which cost |T*\MI'J >g\a;id j.V>
mile- j. • ITiJ per miie. New \ rk is c nun el mg A I
bany with h<r great city by two railroads, one through
out it* whole extent, e tenniiious with her noble llu.l
son, cue .un lei iug .ii »riu >usd Hi ml ties in its const ruction,
which dwindle before In r mil rprisc ami will. She will
ills i soon connect the t lie city with Hu Main hy a rail
load now rapidly proceeding to completion, although the
cennociioti already exists by the finest natural and artifi
u.al improvements o| ihe age. Pennsylvania isalsoin
motion, and arduously engaged in «flee ling the connec
turn between her great eastern and western eilirs, by a
(mutinuous railioud. and lien fV ris will soon he crowned
w 1111 success. Such < M i ls judiciously eoiidiiclcd, have
ever resulted in wealth and power. I will not axk w liai
we have hee:i doing, I..r I am not coulent to take my an
sw er I mm the past. lint I will ask wli.t shall we do?
l o t tin adopt ilie uoriln ru mute I have meuiioned, and
push I! w nil energy an I 7.. al to ns completion. |i w ill
protect ii* against the lurilu r intrusion of northern niter
Itrpiisc -secure tin* business and attachments of our
mu tin ruw esYrn connnr* give us wealth- arrest de
| h > pi 11 a 111 • u, a m I *u*tam, si lengthen and elevate the name
• I which we boast. Shall wo be deterred from umlerla
king the task ot *. curing ihc*e great repulls by ihe pli.au
lum ol apprehension ot physical milt, ulties difficulties
so uuworihy ot reg rd,iiuj inconsiderable in amount,that
lhey can be s i'•ilu. d al an t \ pen.se ot ,f M.t K H l a mib . a
sum ii it one halt die co*t per mile ol several northern
r ads ?
I have gentlemen, defined il my imperative duty to
present these views I *r your consideration, ami to nr
gently, recommend them t r adoption. It 1 have, one
mister passion, il is love of my native Slate; but in tin*
ease, the promptings <d patriotic devotion are, I humbly
bop.-, happily blended with t .e conclusions of enlightened
w isdom.
i .1,1 i ii ji.iss over in silence tiro great question which
I discussed Noinew hat at large in my Iasi Me ssage. I
m* an. the project ot a railroad from tin* town of Ifurhau
an through the* smith western portion of our Stale, to the
I runesaec line. It is d.Ill wilt lo estimate tin* internal
weal li which this improvement wall dev. lope. IVue
tr.i*mg as it docs. Iro n Us start, a emti rv rich in all ag
rteultural products, viihalm st every contiguous tuuuii
tam a IKIIIK of minerals,uniting w itli these l«K*al and toes
tiin «lil«> advantages a most important connection u ith
other Stales, it will be difficult to estimate its real intriii
*ic value. I n peat thec iuti lent opinion that the first
ten miles ut tins road w ill support itself, and, apart from
great pu lie consul* ra ions, this enterprise will he fully
P'sttfied as a mere pecuniary mv*»*imeiit.
l i selecting Huehanan as the point of comm MicmierU
d tins work, I I loked to the character of die country
through which it passes, affording . s it pre-eminently
d m s all the el etnents of support so important and esse it
t■ i r•» the .lames It v* r and k maw li t ( oliipmv. In
tin - t oinpaav the State h is already directly or indirect
ly invest* d > >,til5,*J\M tilt, to which will he added in the
e -uise ol the next two ye ns, under an act passed at your
las’, session, the sum ot tWH, making a s itu total
I 4 Kl.'gJ 1 (V.f .\ »r is tt to Im‘ overliHikud that the
State has had t * olvan**e, since the 1st January, 1>43,
the simot tocompi* :e the payment of the
current inter* st due npm bonds » ndotsed by her lor said
( nmpauy, and tliat there can he I tit lit!hr doubt that we
shaW have similar claims upon us, unless we promptly
a.lupt a wise and vigorous policy. |r is then dearly our
duty to luster and sustain this imp irtatit work, and to
make productive the very heavy capital we have em
harked in it. JV.-thing ran accomplish this important
work, s i i r'n.illy as the proposed impr •vement. i’lus
great r* a I will cost less m *uey tl commenced at the
point pr. posed than n't ary other that can he selected ;
und dms profit and economy combine to commend tt to
your J.iv are cm si j w ttiun^espr nally a* It w ill descend
V Jley to its i teiseeti rt with the extension **t the
l.ou > i If.i lro.nl on the line I have recommended, and
which, 1 l,«pe \\.llr*c.i\e y : r favourable union; l
I* r< ‘ ! eat ly r< uu m t ! tl *’ co* stnicln n of a raii
r ijil tr in I! l itiiu it.i ’gh S* iiiiw . rii \ irjin:.i to
tin* l c it « »si i iim .
i .tin happy In iiilnrm )o't ibftt the-1 allies liiver and
k a vi ha t onipatiy Mil' 'rnnphie in ( anal t it4* *•T
rnmo* :iI i i, Mlllilil tile * sLnuat< *. I de* in il *»•»
1 fh f*i -mry In emrirf,rro vt*i i llu* rep»rt, iv,l* IA
tael oel .r< ymi, a* it ih mi rely s|*-r .dative and askt **• *
i#*\y iejmlutiufi. [ I» S I ~i )
t hi i im* h' h day I M ii* Ii, I11 , Hie I .egisl a til re pa-*
' «*d a 1 act |nt lhr »*l»:ii*i Ml U* Ih* l.uiidl Itiltrnad. 'b*
111 5,f , n m f • • r **• • t lit 11 i /.«•* slid (‘ifiup.my l • 1 ne^e i *•
I in r.ijt* al i*k Ih* hiii ii i I f £,»*UH*Of 1 »r l In pur^AC'' ^
III* fi n. ex | i* -.•ii ■ L ml* is sliding lhal s nd ( < i»|Hi")
elaimud tin Yiglrt nl adopting .i v f iU'e it might prefer,
and lhal it *\.i* proha dv iniended to ad ipt t!»*» mule hy
I lisikrUesv I . t • I ’> lid •' I' • Vi rkl deemed
ilieir duly I** 11111aiai n r * g!) and dearly iln-ir opinion
ng.iliisi thi' rij tl irt niild ( mip in) tn t .ke thn* dir«Ttion
'1 Ins H i p wa*taken, ,mI only In carry • ul 11 «• ftn)r|*mrd
p I cy and in nil|*Mis ul’ the General Assembly, hui also
in n|H rale as not |r*e In said (.’ mu pan) ami to private stuck
Ii wider s that they mad iml • x|s*ct the co <>|H'iahmi <>| the
Hoard ul' Public Works, md thatiliey might duly un
dersiand tin rr rH.itlon to tins surstloir, Ihe H »itrd and the
1 .-gialaiurc.
On Mie gild *1 Sepieink*r last, ihe stockholders in
general met ling assembled al Loins i court house, and, a*
Ms feare.l, ii nplrd the r.»me by <-hailottm»vil|r. <>i
itie-day ul .November, the President o1 ‘•aid (-uin)tt
ny sn Mnitied art application t• * tIS»■ Ii nrd ul Public \\ <ik
for a subsrrip imi to the slock said ( mnp my, u Inch, i
aln r dm# eoii.sideiaimu, was declined, iipoii ilie ground
l lint they ha(| no authority of law In make a ich so bsr rip 1
ti iii, nppiund iillb'iilly as iliey were ul the mute which
had been scl.-ctr I I .r ihe rileusioii * t sild Murk There
had In eu a pn Vi iih ad verltscuiertl of 3 ii I Coihpany. that
louri' i u miles ot said «\ten.sion WouM !)•■ lei mi the ‘ddd j
of NoVe 111*ri , anil bids MM e invited Accordingly. Nut I
m i liiiainhng the refusal u1 ihe Hoard in subscribe ,•» said
( oiupaiiv, ii »ivv ilh-lamlihg the Presideu, thereof wan m |
I .fined tin I ihe dtlli *ul I V >!l ill I I he h ferr"d I I the (»C|1
er.il \ -s mill v. he pmeeedi-1 no, only tn let mil the part i
advertised, hut live miles, as I am iiiformed, in addiliun j
1 thereto. This extn idi11 1ry Irmte, mid* r thn cireihn ]
■ daurrs, followed hy an iinmedlale eo'iiuiencniient of the
work . m 'h designed to ae.pi re, as I learn, a vested right '
to ih« Si ate -uh-crKpi ion To cap tin* climax «f this
mu r x■fllous rmidtirl, a iiolice was duly sumd ill the
H ar t of Pu die W orks, calling uj> mi that hudy to show
1 cause, mi the U'Mh ultimo, why a mmuiituiun hIi mid iml
ho awarded MgauiHi diem, win Ii is still pending and un
.l.-ii riniif <1, aiH m relation to which it may ho requisite '
for \ u to lake s line anion. 'Tins procecdii g i* the |
highest moral evnleneeili.it this ( oinpauy is conscious
i that in their select imi uf the route, they have departed,
1 from the spirit mid intention i.f the law, as well as the ,
true intent a id meaning of ihe t» ■ i 11 Assembly; that 1
they h ive nothing to hope from your favor, and thatllo-ir
j ioilv ehanee id obtaining the co-operation ut the Slate, is !
I hr nigh ihu judgment of a court of I ivv.
The Board of Public Work*, throughout this whole
diffi oily, have had no other di sire than to perf -r.n their j
duly and to execute the law. They gave this subject
! an early and they Isdieveda thorough examination; some
I I their members patiently lificued to the viewsol distm
I giiished men, and dm Board finally called for the assis
I lance of ilift Aumney (*ein ral. To all the views and
| tnformati n thus collected, they gave die most careful
I consideration, and their conclusion w as dial tin y had no
i authority of law to make tin* required subscripH hi.
With*) i>,ho.veve w I a» III ig ii|» "i di s -othje i .1 r *-port
* fully refer you to tint report ol tin* Board o| Hu bln* \\ oiks
w herein wiM he found, d Id* n*u pre.ttlv err a lull and
complete vindiealnm of that IhkIv against imjtst asp. r
sions.as well as ample evidence of a firm and fa I hfulnd
lu reiiee to their trusts and duties.
As to myself, I have long f It a deep interest in the i
extension ot the L« u:sa Railroad on the line unhealed III
iis charter. When hi the N.miuIc of Virginia, I aided in!
die legislation in furlheranew ot this object; and when
honored with ihe elm f magistracy of mv Nate, adhering
to this policy, I availed myself of die first opp rtmiily to i
press ami enlarge upon it. I could not, ilu rrf»re, wilh
mit eotiertii, w it ness die i ll’orts lhal were m rk mg lo per
vi rl Ilu La w, and lo sink one of the most important ruler
piik * of the Slate ur-o a mere local improvement, and
licit lion ml lo exert all the influence at my eoinunnd to
ihleat this design, ami I * overthrow tile exceptionable
and unpatriotic s'niggle* w liirh wen* inaki g for i s ae
contpledimcnl
Till* B .aid nl* ISihjie Wotks was created bylaw forilir
purp.we ol carrying out die view s *1 the (••unr.il Assem
111V, and w henever a dilleirure of opinion arises as to
those views, the power lo nettle it should he reserved to
v hi alone The I"1 ending on die pari of ilu* Louisa
Ballroad Cniiip.iiiN is tin* first that ha** been nnder'niv n
m llns ST,'He, add I I rust v u will, by the rMpiiisitn leg I
isl.iUnii, provide that ii shill he die last if r.s kind dint I
shall he entef tamed in a court of j i$li e.
By an nr: . f die Inst scs.-i. ii, p -ssod March 'j’biJ. 1847
. made the duty of tin* B ard r 1 Hu I he Works, map 1
pointing Snd* dirceiors, lo select such as are luma l><lr ,
stockholders, i i. _•*< •’ 'oily reeomiu'-mJ dial this sc* tmn |
be repealed. Such directors are designed to represent i
die St re stock in Snell e unpsnit s. and are s« leeted tin j
der dm belief ill it they will faithfully represent that in- ,
leresf. I ran see no reason for adding to this obligation ;
die influence of private interest, producing thereby, pos i
sihlv, a conflict of opposing interests. 1 ho requirement
aL » rest nets ihe range ol selection, nut uiitrtquently to
die public injury.
The last (irm ral Assembly dirre'ed the Board of
Public Work* to subscribe to sundry internal improve
incuts, then in contemplation. Ill* known that large
sums will he needed lo meet such engagement, in antic
ip.ition whereof, and to provide tlm means promptly l‘>
meet them, the law authorizes die Second Auditor to
make sale as may lie requisite, of the State bonds. But
as this provision may prove inadequate to maintain the
public laid) inviolate, and as no reliance can '-it* placed on
the Idth section ut *‘au net to create a fund for internal
improvement,** w hich authoiiz s a sale ut our road i'oeks
for reinvestment, 1 de« m additional legislation necessary
and therefore respectfully recommend the passage id a
law authmizing the Board ut Huhlie Work* to dispose ol
the hank stock at not less than par, now held hy them,
when necessary to mn I their payments.
I commum* ate herewith a preamble and resolutions
ad pied by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ( ompauy.
Hi the ‘J5di of Augusl las', [D*.C No. lv.| 'lecepnog an
art, eutiileil “an act to aulh »rize the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company to construct dm extension ot their
Railroad thr- ogh the territory of Virginia,” parsed the
lull March, 1817. The Ihvui conferred upon tins ( mu
pany is a great one. By n we divide advantages «d i c 1
ridable value, of which we never could have been depri
ved, A giv en forevertu a rival c unp.iny . Width and |\<w er
I cannot feel iiidiHVn nt t » dies * cans j i- iu*es. to w Inch
I ran only in s.nne degree we r.-e neiir.i. ny in ■ • i> m <.
I lion, 111*41 ihey secure local advantag-s l>>r a portion i I
i our fallow citizens, probably hey md llie reach ot a sum
! lar unprovrinenl ofourowu. 1 trust, h iwever, that tor
I tin re iiiresfrious an h an nnl, and tli.it the grant will not
• in* enlarged, no matter h -w earin sdy or eloquently press
ed. I recommend this line ot conduct in no spirit ot hos
nlitv to ih « Company: for I admin? • heir spirit and on
ergy, and would n j rice to see it emulated here.
On the 3 M» of September Inst, our Penitentiary c in
I mined two hundred eleven rutivic’s. a diminution ot In
\\ i Inn ihe year. Oftliis mimher, 181 are w hiles, and
* SO are negroes. Of ihe whiles. an-\ irgiu.aus: of ihe
blacks, 7 5 were horn within our Slate. By comparison
| with the preceding year, the number “f while convicts
I turn in Virginia Ins been reduced S in nmulier.
'The free negroes, although numb ring hy the census
of ISt'2 only forty nine thousand eight hundred and tor
I iy two.perpetrate nearly ‘2 5ths of crime of the Slate,
although Wt* have iheiein sevi n hundred in.I forty limns
and nine hundred and sixty » ighl w lilies, and tour hu i
( dred and f>»rty * ight thuusaml nine hundred and eighty
(seven slaves. 'Plus is a in nirnfol demonstration. B
I proves heyond a huinari dou t ilia* freedom I > the ie gro
is a curse, ^ Ins pres.nice in our mid*: an evil ot ihe nmst
tearful magnitude. Kssentially and hop lesrdy dt’gra
, dcdjie corrupts the slave with wlmm In* habitually asso
, eiates.aud fee uik'S the ready instrument of ihe uiipriun
pled white man, ami too tregi tit ly this shield. And is
1 there no remedy ? Arc we hound t i heir this cancer in
our h«*s .m, and see its slow hot I iial poison d.tlusc itselt
w ilhoiil an effort to remove H ?
‘Plie right of self prc*rrvniion is universally conceded
I to every community. It is the foomiatioii upon winch
1 ri'S's all police regulations, an 1 by which ' alone iliry
t*an lie justified. 'Pin? subjects or oilmens of a 1*e!l ger
cnl power at war wuh the coiiwiry in which they arc
temporarily residing, may he removed therefrom or to
the interior thereof at pleasure. .N » enquiry ii mad
whether such p rsoiis are acting an unfriendly part ldie
general suspicion which attaches to them as aliens i a
lull jus'iii.aun ttf this exercise f power,' h wiof-r
! ji'ro i i ly' op »r •<;; v • «»r d • s i r i • i • ofpnvie fir -
tune. Kveil in prnce this power can be and frequently
ln> Ih e i exereis d. Jn Prim r Vo (V mnwmrcnlth tj
1‘t i; i.'i/lrunia. decided hy the Supreme Court < I ihe l
I ted Stall at iheir January term lsl*2. Clm I Ji-tce
■(', „. ,. .- .U: t 41 In tight 'I > ''-■>■(•. ih Ilf ' ' ' *
t. rriinry .lm r.l.-rl> >•••■ -v I «l-l— •* 1“1
vthu I I... natiiH . t II. r it '"I"' J" 1'
1.. ., penjr.ml tmnqitillii).” Ami M« i<
Miwwg the f|mmm 0 lit. C.. f l"""i 1 ■ *
Sim.- MVS, "ill* • U»ri . hi. rani n • il 'iihl « halv <• '* . 1
il,j, Ih. Mal.s. m Virtu.-• l lli. lf g".; ml I' l’"", r '
,s,i.s, fVill ..si m »-n*l ..- i h.
,i,v.s. and i.. ri .ian. ihe... Ih..mir #"l • '
,.(« S ■ HI s. 1'i.ri' ilwms. Ivin ag'iitsl hinr il |,r' •• 1 1
rt.ms and v»tl tiv..ii.|.h% Miliry<•« •i.i'ii')
it , ' . • - | l.l'|" I- ” " .. '
5., „. i'. i have 11. '( i.'lltlv ajtj'la 1 111." I** 'In-.- I 11 a 1 i I
.nr fri r near.,. - «t .*li« • man) "* ' ur *u{
,1 ■.iii re!a:i»n to llim.it ■ - ■ ■ : S' 1 i
t ‘ j ' ,| , N. \\ ji\ arc Iren m _• ■■ * >i •"* 1,1 • ' - ,a,<8 .
rl ft m irtlll 'J !»«r« ? i* " ,l"’ " h,‘"
tiny do \»".i W H lull «»u i Inin’s i|U hh\ slriiily den aids I
it,, ir immediate lomoNSi 1 \\ hy is it «ha> s.uer I HI). .
ih s«* who may Ih: manumitted and r« m. in wi Inn mu i
Slateov» r twelve mini lis, are sold into shivery ! W h\
h ii that we do not allow tin in to In- taught to read and
wri ie,to j «ri e>1$ wriijniis, lo bear ariii.**flu give evd- nee a |
oamst a whim iiiiH.io intermarry wnli whites. to vote, |
and in l«a«lMlie word ol l.iwi io iln ir own rare in public I
nsmn'dieW I- l< IW'MtH * I » experience hds launtit Us |
that lin y are « v.l disjHiSi d an i d« oradi d, tillers, vaj*a |
t, nda and (*auptrtt. In l"ol or l - lie «
y r i ha in 11 i. • ntry p< tui Hied tin I «g si tu e lor
have to r< move iheli free iiegr-es . and that unly pin sod ,
ih, re^ iisiio law . | n ended l»y a pn a ibh* in w hah it is
rented, 'it sitistaetorily appe.us that it is aiwluii Iv nc
ri 44.!ry n. t only to the corn « t government ot tin ir alavi a
hill ills * lo the peace and h i- ty • I llieir s«m |i I n lh.it tin* I
free people of eolonr shoiihi he prompt y rem oved In,in i
(heir eoiilitN t in llieil lln* right, | iep» it the W'oid,
ihe right, io deport our free negroes Im ijiies i .tied / Is
It not I a-n| oil the universal I.IW', lulls l. e.igoizeil in this I
regard hy the Supreme Coml and tile nth mil and oil
repented action el the, (leueral Assembly/ I eamiot he
denied, the right um ipnvi.cally extsisj ihe (piesiiuii is. <
shall It HoW l e excrcised l
Ill presell ling in , v .< w tip mi tins s u j ri i inns nomi
(Vi 11 \ i »u r all i n i i> iii in i lie pn nt ii I ai.il d.s r< ssmg laei, e\
Minted lu »»"r criminal slalmlirs, that llie l:eo Ingres, i
coiisiiln liiii* ul'oul » ntr iva• i»i\ Mill ul « » r « nliif p< | i la i
tion.perpe tale alnnit tw-» films ul ilu crimes ol ihe Slab*
| )i if* - ii l tills i sli I dish I l.e laei ill at I lie Iru iii gme- are
disorderly and evil tlls;<*ed prisons, and as sueli dangi r 1
mis lo our jr*ae<* and trjinpiilliiy, t j w limn a or icral >hs i
| Helen niiiirli's, and wleise dr pm l line :«■ railed fur. I lie
llev e that ilils stall lie i l *1 I In* ri I'llive pr"j>--rlion ol
crime in * nr state ism tavor of llic In c iiegre. Iliss--n.il
p,i^ition les noc'iirual habits ill-* interested mil ien- :
itc which are lee fr-ipu'ir !y hri tight looperatein « l It * *: - ;
Ijig l he e ncealment ol erime in which lie p .i lieij a'e , •
prevent a very large proportion -f -11 nees (rum tnmg i
i x| used ai d ! r- i ghl oinh r judicial mves igtim n. 1 lie !
( xislei ee - l a class among u> so extees v» !y ddin r I zed I
m well known. ( ii Wi iherel re delay mnli rtak.no to
rein- %t iIn in i lu the i mpl-aiie laiiguagi , f ilo- |,r. am- •
hie lo the North impt ti act, is il n -l called for by m.r r.
gard for ilu* correct g iveriim ni ol* our s aves and die ;
peace and salel}' ul our society ! •
'The removal -ifthis iiiihap, y race is called for hy "lli
er e.iii.sideratmus. Il is well known, g< nllemeu, i-» v u
all, that this race is l-lle; thrd les - np:odi c. iv ; Ii . a> ■
a general rule ihey labor-mly fr■ nu iierrssiiy, content to ; i
put up w nil ihe m si meagre supply of ;hrir iu-1 s, on- j:
side w a * s: and ol cron l« ;it w ilb t Ii . r own la 'mr in pur- jl
suit of hmejii iu I wry. hypr»wl inilicdai hour ■
d niglil and lilch the labor o. "tiers. Agam lia s !
pffforma lliouHim! Intle menial serve to th • exeius.o i
of the w hie maii.pri h*i red ny their cm pi* > \ era la cans • «-l | ;
the an horny and e.-oir -I which they can exercise, in i j
freipicn l> becausi <l llie ease and l.n ilnv with which
tin y c.wi remu i rale such services. I venture the ojeu
ion licit .i larger emigration of. ur white laborers is pr-i <
dured by our free negroes lb.m by ih- uislil iti -n . I Jav
cry. , i
lint i» iso’j rted by some I lint ilu* removal of our
Iree negrof-i Would lie cruel a id inbiim m a al . If cs:v<
t-i tii-.. I* ni i clings --I In age. | s\ I! brii lly . \
amine ibis objeelion. I be 1 r» r in gm a hu m ilcitizi .
n -t entitled to the lights of the nz*m lie is the oi-jrei
--fa peculiar a d t gid I-gis'iatino. I*.ve ii ifb resent i
sullsat tile bands ul till- vvbi-c man lie is liable lu S( -
Ver- punishment. 'I In- InI< III; I 111 and enlight' in d bring, j
of pr- per feelings and -p nt. Would lestan 'y ab.1 bn a
■•"111 It (11111 y of W 11 * * 11 II - 1.-4 ill- > | t| el o|’ Sinurk'd V
discriiuiiiati hi; \ i the fr**** n gn clings lo Ion birth
pla •(*. ('an be, dmrrt're, be regard-das a com; item
Jed i* "I i-is true iliter- si! And - .uglil Ills I- lings l*» ne
allowed to rule ilia'p-licy by w iiieb those mien »:s will
be promoted! Is it cruel and I'lbmoau to pi rmh the fin ;
negro lo b am lo read Mid w itie, lo vole, to bear aim*-,
to resent insults, in short to ex* rc.se a I the ii-ghf aml
privileges el* - lie white nan? Surely nut. Velour pul
icy will im! allow to Ii:in these | n Ii pre \ lb ges A ml il
then* bo in bis natural clei'acb t the elements to make
him a great and g - »d mar., ii is In-j ei- s-. to i xpi cl that ,
tlfr v w ill ever In* tlevi lo ped under uur p !ic\. t lit? It -
In,'iiaiiiiy then eoiisis's, not in send ng them lr-au uui i
Stale, I ul in retaining ibein mi i ngst i v h is to I
me unaccountable hu\V tin re sm nld In- a dllleii nee u| o
pj nil in oil 1 bis ipu si mu 11- re < lu* tree in g 11 is d« g* ad d b\
uur policy -a policy w hich w« ( aim- i relax, and it is in i
our pow er to vend him to otlu rc< uirru s.w here educat on.
gociiix and all the agencies that r-»irhbule to the advance
incut and improvement of munkrud are w itlun Ins n a< h.
and arc wo lo ho deb rred from this I cm v<!eiit under j
taking hy tin* cries of those who alb et an overwrought !
tenderness and humanity? Isay to those who syutpa
ihise with the negro, who mourn his m- ral degradaiio i,
and I'H'k forward with hope lo the day when hewiil In'
elevated m the scale of hum»litty and placed on a fool
ing of social equality with the while man, ih tr hopes,
w ishes and sympathies ean m ver ho giall tied her* . I
eonstder then that His cruel and inhuman not to si nil
llit* free negro aw ay \N c aie Ijound lo do it :w hem v.deni
im n and ns fiithful guardi-ius i Mhe best itilcicsi* (I our
good old ('••limit nweabh. i h uougli y e-nvineed that
tins is a wisepuli- /, and is called for by llie best die
tab sol humanity; that it will I*, a blcs-ing lo llie negro j
and to our State, I earnestly r« (Mimnend immediatesb p'
i to he taken t-i i licet this important purpose.
I recommend ihc p.is.-agi ofa law piovuling t at the
free negroes shall bo removed by counties. In nm-iv
mg them by coimiics, no social ur dutnestii; t.o will be
l ruken. Thai it be provided, w ben a law acts upon u|
county ur e.mnlies. it shall be (iual and complete; no lie
negroes eVet 1 hen a lbT to reside therein. Thai they he
! sent at the public expen-e to the countries where sla
very does n -l cxis', passengi rs in nu reliaiil v* ss.-ls.
and | at lieu lari y lo Liberia, il acceptable t* In r aulliori
ins Such a biw, provided with the pr per details.
, would be pi rleeily easy of exeeuiion, and w.-uld not cost
the Stale, I am saii-lied, a sum per year greater than
I that which w as t-»r many \enr- appropriated in aid ul
I uur (’olomz tii >ti Society. Imle*d, I have r« ceivid an
tiifiriual prop<-s ii-m from the inland id I’rini ad, ihat she
will pay liulf the expenses of all that may be sent toiler,
as A'ell as assurances fr.i;n ulbei ju.triers that they would
cheerfully receive them.
J tie I cnilci t iry InMittltU ti If not as productive, il
j ifcms o Hit-, as n should be. It is d liicull to umierst itnJ
*'liv ‘dl 1 convicts, coarsely ted, elollicd and kept at lu.ri
labor w i:io..t rec t mg any remuneration, should not
pa\ a profit. \ el such is the tact: they area charge to
I the .Statu, and have been, I belli ve, troin the tbiindaiion
of tli«* Instihiti >n. Vftersouic examination I find that
j 9ie IV'iitci j rv cost in its erection, from the fiili ol
Mjv, 1997, to the 1st of October, iNMi, the sum n,
$ I If* I I , a d tn in ()i toiler, I Si (i, to (toiler I KiG
i the smnol $!£,. .* 0 99j an aggregate ..| H)__
j I have,* not been ai le to ti: it any cliaige on account ol
j the budding* for the ten y(,ar* from 1N hi to I 8 I ti. The
i it tal disbursements on account ut this lusiittith n bar red
to the iVnitciittaiy from 1810 in 1848, utter dcdiicuiig
the i rmis e barged within that period lor buildings, is
j %i .ithNtfj .*5, whilst the receipts aio only (:>,
j «b>\% *«»4 a hwof$»3l.l«3 47. This ei.«. roan’s and al
« mi mgr r. soli dees n.it pr. sent the sum total as our loss,
the pi nod Iroiu IHMi to IMhriot being embraced in Hit* .
statement. Kvrry year this balamv i> mcreastmr. jy.r
i iv tins all. I h« necessary secuniy of this Institution
calls tor a standing guard of thirtee i soldiers from them
niory, iq 11 valent to • m* sixth of ih- dsposable pari of the i
v\h le command. In the >t:r.s„| Yw 11 „»| s.iirc and :
>las*.ichtHcM* a practice prevails, attended with highly i
bcuefii-i.il r.suks. of renting oyi ditlcri ut work sli .ps an I
bauds to the highest bidder. I rnft Ham but little dou t t
15,5,1 11 cou,»1 be done here to great a l vantage. Indeed, I
I have strong reason to believe . li a oar J;isti:nil m co t|d i
iH* fen to* | om for ten thouKin I d dlais pi r annum, retain ,
mg it* present police a id supennteudonc As some i
thing must Ik; done to prevent tins continual tax „p.e, ,
l,"‘ 1 r^»*,r> * 1 h I" > U Will a lopt some early ami /ffl .
cieut reform.
I i-aimiit pari tm ii iliis ttitli.,nt ti n* n c ili,; -<
V".ir nlti iittun In Hi. prartm. wht.-ii nr. v-i Is m i|„s In
... '1'111111 - lack it*., win mi ' (
11 .. |>ni.l.ietivn ut nt.tl.iii . n,js - j
i-'mt: Hinv.M'.iilv makes t!„. „. , att.i .Ida -
i*« tlto \% Irlr iiuin: il is "tV'-imivt* i.» »<r h I , f* . ,
irfM a* w • ‘I :•» our l< iIii'n nm! j* |<. % I 1
V >u ii p* n*>it» an *. jurat, ,J j,v j *
t iiio uii j»»i* "I iiu* cHHimry, wlirrr imp'iffiin*iiic*ni ' '*
i verily hI sli rt iliiratimi, amt why a rmils* ' P*
In iilii out lie jkI(»i»I»h1 in 11 it • I’piMitfiiharv.u h*' p .
r,t i- |.» imiori1 I r y:.r.v i» is «l i tTlr u 11'i«*. j», r.-. | v*
• t j ItlgiMMlI ll'i 1:1 p lii*t»n» rfll-Ml 1.1 |,r M, |11 |() ,|ir. j, ' '''
■ v- 1: m a imiMittii'1,1 l.ut l.uhtly (pgardml b> y?
nviih ini' o" I* sp • i rh.tr •«•!»-r, r ■ oin! rt |
mini-nil 1 III- ttlmlr Wilyn In voiir rtm»uUrjiiun' 'J*'
N.i. >| ‘ •
III inv I, *1 Ii i 'snyi . I :i|‘|n;si,| v,.„ ,.f m v,.ri|
nrrrli ..t' pi lilir |i'i.|s My, il :i inishinr; ,,, ,a|„, . ”‘>l‘
n puli} i ii ami H'l i mu i i i!n| tlijij ■, |:1;v * ' I
i.ssi-il ilin Iliuu tlrir rale. I ayain Iikiii itii.ll!1 Ju
t iir atlriiii ii io 111«* siiljct. * **'*
Our mnr) bm* in-, in my j nlnmi’iit, ..ral j |
ii uli, i \ .-nil nrluiiily iiijiiriimn loth,' lit. sin, s„ ' ]r
I 'ii ii' \. ,n,il .ni.1,1 tin ri l. n- ii, l»- ic| i al, t| | '" '
•11.lint |IH *|'UI ili almjjs in Ill'll,y. as is am ,. ^|’|
•t isal i-vp. rii-nii*. ”1 Im nci ih w ill Isirrnw
.t ill Ii- ml. m.cl lie ei rip in i Hi rts . I' .vtai hit j; hi!"'""'
ii-uahii s in snrli iraiisai'tmiis are tu s«t || ,
mill by the borrower anti In tempt him In Ijmc .i!.,. !!"!""
iuiipuI man. Ul>*
\\ liy siioiim a plice Im- fixed l»y law on m. n, y? j,
•r P< rty, precisely as is :» ml.* ufcotton . r a |„,(/,|„.tl | "!
ii:gar. ami fluctuatis as 'hey do 1-1 value.
AImiiit two years ago. urn ny was t„ri,i Ted |,v tj
Fank if Ki'glaml al aUi>t 3 pm nr., ai .Ulm Wj, u
I e I - si ailvirr s, asking ai d r* r. \ n g |,.r ,, v (.f '
I ' x -I" rl ""‘e *'»<'*■ ..y wiib alMiinlnnt In
X'rw \ i' I k, 11 l. t mu II IIS si'ane. I'ml ,,i„,t|
I I I n | •' I" I I till I (•
a-! 111 ili»- stint at a dm mint .| | ] } jvr rfM(| (
imiiili. !„ im’l, n, ii' J in limre snmilive ami llm-i,,,',,1^
an c.tl,i r srr pli.-n I p ,,|, i-v. an,I m |aM *
\ Incli It I rn »■ tin ulil li' IIix.il |m, „ ,
. I' •'"'I , I' irgr.ilii hH. iIn- ii"ii,,,iixi m,.,,,.,. , ar)
i'tr « i'li a ejv, n M,m , in,nii-x , ami i|,, | ; Z l!l| , f j, .
im il alter, lli, r. Illtir l:,\y_jr- K ri|,r i|,„ ra,(, l|( ‘
II a* I hr mi, lialim-..l,|r prim t',,r .. ...
lni'iiiaiiim as II is, ii is in.I,-t limitin', ram nill
irspiritlly li. l XV tin-marl,rl v .Ini', anil il,,
mi*1 hr. that a Isirsjr- port ii n i,| i|i> .., , f ,| j j
I the nuinnnnil \, in , hrilii m.r n, law , r i,,,, i
iiiitus, H hilr that which r, mail,-, s,, ks m |. ,,|,
in,s a liusinrsa pr lil as will as imlminiin ir In- luizani
" » r‘l lj.v la" . la Ih:s Vli w ill, law is' pl.nuly i,1Jllr|.
ms. an I prndumi ail aiimuui nt' iiiis.-Iiit-l u is ,.ilU ult t.,
fstni ate.
Sli ,1.1,1 il hi; v nr pi, a U P, if -nt!■» n >•), | , r,"i ililm
i li j law s, ,11,1 111.st l.aul aul ii,a1,,i,s,■ i,,i,;,I,|p c,.nlradh
,, tin* am| I, Jiuis.h,-II,'ll III',,iir n.tiris i.l'i'liam-i'iv, I am
atiriti, li X ,‘| xvinihl uivr n.'iirral s ilist'aclum amt' rmi,l*r
Jiir.,1 all,I nnpurtiuit »,'| vie 1,1 IliH Slam, lint
II III,I !"■ itirxv illinp. lun.liipl llils r,'i',,iri iipikI limn III n»
"II i'Xtri.1. | , a'ru'sll r rrniiiuiirnil a rcpral ni ilm us .rv
aws, S , I hat all us . r i us I'uiUrnris may l„ .. n>
In , XI,'I,| ,,! I In- prui,up ,1 ami I, mil nil.r, al ll.rrrmi.
\ p, rs,m Iml,111,I! ilm ,,h iiraimn nt an II,, r has ilm p ,w
r I., rnipiir,* hail l,,r i lie w I,,I,• a non ,t appmrui^r n, |,u
lup i In rriui, asulri^lii. his ipiciitly Im Nutircp ul*
real ,,ppr, ns.Millinir as il may ami smm limrH
" a "I ilm unpri • inmen "i 1 hr ilrlit'.r. w hrn, it may Im,
,-I a iM'iit isiliic. Tnr pi-rs.ml |,l,r'y,it' Uip cil.z,',,
h'Uhl never hr phu-etl hy law at ilm wiM an.I pleasure ul'
,v 1'i rs.in, ami its Iu he Imped ilm the law will i*
ii"‘hfie,l, s i iar al lensl as t,, r, ipiire ihe nalh ufllie p,r y
s I,, Ihr am,milt ,,i h.s ,1, imunl, ami h r w hich hail may
in required.
I i my last mesfi'ig.- I prrwenletl In the ntt.-irion ofy.Mir
tr,-dec.-s> s tlir c ni.ilti'.ii ofllie Supr.-iiie ( mri | A| —
•cals, :*•» one < !' i be iut. hraide evils nf our g tv-riinv ut
ii»«1 sn‘unii ir-.l a plan l‘.r its e.rrefiioii. to w h rli I a#k
'» r atl.-niioii, I have now to iep*irt ilm iIuh evil.
ai I'r-»:ii diminishing, is rapidly itiereasing. (Ii iln ivuli
•f *Si 1* « nlu-r las . there xx t i.- (j,*'I cntis.-s p ndieg m mtt|
«»uri. he ng an i "i^.ise ol ,»1 siiiee tlie same p» n.»»\ of
: >«ar. 1 is luauilest that the court as wuvv
■ ii'-.tifull d v\ ill Iit-v-r !>** able to despatch the hutt.iess
vliicli rippri i a ms n» 11 tnr jiiri-ohrtion. The I i\v now nt
pi r s hat *• ho sin i g f ihr court shall In* perin ineiii,
•:"* id<-i| n' .xays, ihal tbe •* mrt mav in llirir iliser. imn
I J' n n I r slit,I i p, rintU; bill II shall b • their duty t.isit
il least | v. •, t: nut! red B-i>i filtV <1jxs hi the \e,*ir. unless
h.-y s . no r uespaic■!» tin- business uf ibi- n ml.” Thu
t*r*»v s "ii is imp* r i!i\ e, ami lmp..s. s a duly n.ii low labu
i itsilinu im;niti.tni. Ami il dihgenily uIhtvhI, lit.a
• u ri si a 1, y » l • • tin.i |e t i de-p , t i, f Ii 1, -xirtess cun b
" f • then., some rein* d\ • I cm use might lie provid d.
t t-al.ki n *|iiii- il h r 'li- reli. f of tin* suitors in said
rt, and In mu t j i s who compose il. W nb
et iu.tk; gn :\ ^p, sic siigo, s i,,n. | irusi yon may hr
dde, w lihoi.l lui liu-r i|t aV, to adopt soioe plan lor lh»*
•* r.i' -Hon ol "in "I tin* no si serious ami gr wing cvr* to
,x 11 < ii tin* ad oi t • rationot justice is subject in our (Jom
n iiivvea!tb.
\ In i evil attending the ndinirrstration uf ju.«lice in
Ii * • *>urt n <ju;res r. h r.u. It is by no uu'ans un fiu.iioit
I i can»t s to He th eidt tl by a minority of the judges \x Ii »
'"i up* sr it ,1 w o out ol live heiiijr, as I he law now stands,
uniipeiei11 to settle the tiio-vl important righ s d’property.
In such cast s iht* lights uf the parise*. ut nopriucipR
I law , is set!leil: ami il would as perfectly c* nipetent
I’oi the sa tie eourt, o’bcr judges being- present, l" gt'c a
•ause resting on precisely. Hie ki.no priuci pies, a , illercul
resull. Again,even where four judges arc present, aw
ippcal may bo dismissed, and the cause forever settled
by an equal divi-ion uf the court. Now 1 hese evils «ugbl
not lo exist. It is a s urce of great it ji st cr and « f Imwl
'•t n» | 'amt; am! as i» is .; sily it in i It d, will 1 IIUSI r« *
crive yoor favorable atti ntion.
I <1.-i*iii iti I the highes! const (ptcifcc tr> the pnreclcTa
tetl ail in 1111st r:i t it *n id jnsiice that t lie judgt 6 uf unr cir
oil ctmris sliuuhl not hold t wo suce* sstve tern s iu tin*
smut! county. It is sometiun s ihc case that the jmlga
r siding in a county ibrough a Iu lg peri ..iof time contracts
In it r eiiiiiilies Dim rig the people eml the l«ir «f rucIi
emu! \ ,making the r, laiiou most paiutu! and uiiplcakant
uni iuleein.g with tlisir ami suspicion the exercise of
Ii s otli -ial ilu it s no mailt r I owr Iret; from just animad
version and reproach.
It s manifest that under such circun:«lauccs a change of
ihcjudg • would i»a h yieat public s. ivicC, aud would
mat. nally con'rihiite i«» give that satisfaction which
should always at lend the ail minis! ration . f justice. Hit
'he various view > in suppoit of’ this p. liev, w bieli were
presented in my last un ssagi*, need not he repeated here.
I w ••util ’t< hi, bow. ver, that many of tin* evils then ib
picied. I know to i list, ami ihat iu my ju Jgincnt tint
great purpt V> o| j i,tic,, call for tin* adoption of the sug
gestion* then and now submitted.
ii ix my uniy ki imorni you him i nave not been nonius
>f the arrangement ,d'the judicial circuits of the C'ou
moiiw • ahh, as required by the acl of March “d )th,
I m sportfully | resent o your ronsulrration ili«* cuiuli*
non «>1 * iir county courts and lie justices them.I —
I Ins branch ol uiirjudiciary, in many respects highly
valuable a d important to the people, has sufleied I * H*
l'*st apji eeiattuii in cons* queiiee * f mjud clous |egi>lation«
v d the great iiu.ubt is that are in commission. ,1 • istic*•
io:iy he slier.ll's, cniiinissiom rs o| ihr revenue, iu■»p*‘‘**
i* rs. N.e., and yet it is expected that tin* law Will be
rig (I y enforced, hy tlie county is nuts, against siicli ul -
Ii is. In violation <>| ilia xeeoinl article ot the l “tisti
luiioii, tho law unites in the justices important political
uul administrative p iweis, and yet » xpec s tin court 1,4
be ah*.vo the influence of |Ni||tteal feelings. The right
ol nomination, imrigulal. d by law, exists in the t’"urh
anil ii seems to lie expected that ihe claims of family and
“I party will he overlooked, and merit alone rule their ul*
fietal action. In fine, the law seems to have regarded
'h"se who compose i lie cuuniy courts as superior in th«*lf
species, and larahovc, in tin ir principles *1 conduct, dm
r*s; .ii their fellow men. W hile I freely admit tlc’ir
j oner a I w* rth ami respccinbditv. and know they can
w cli compare with any portion of the community, I''.v *
• c admit that they' a re so fir above the ordinary pass in"*
md loll icmu s which operate it, on t:mil iit conduct, as lu
" In vo that it i» unnecessary Ju apply to them those rc
ttiaiu's w Inch properly attach to all pi rsons clothed with
in|»»»rt:t ,t public trusts. The law, therefore, in g,v,M»
1 *-,,i high judicial powers, should take frum t'iciu
ft* ' « "I l cir coiniiy which they now fid, as well *'*
lieir jmlitjeal j»i\vi r. This is the mo e importatil w*11’11
on C'uui! in I ,«ik to tin* I .riuidahle number of justices •**
he State, consisting of about f. ur ihousind. This lar«4,?
ujinlier can it *t • se.ipc ihu in seine v-mh mil inters whu'i •
8 'lb* l*w now st.iinIs, must in sonic measure bias thcif
udical cutnlud. I reotjiiiiiunid, therefore, that the
cr n| jusilees, in <a !i county, he regulated hy lawgtlial
•>e!i c uuty be divided into distijcis; that a Miagts!rall!
'* tssigned tu each <li>irid, and he required u» reside
h rein, am! that u iiuiua iions slull lu; mail * for c.»-■*
is*riet as vacancies occur. | recommend that the
ices In* proiiihiitt | jr in holding any ad '.mount "lit
Htliin tJicir county, and that ihey Ire deprived "I a‘l
»d Uicu I p »w < is, mm It ;s appointing en.iutiisfHiUCfS *1
1 \; I I prop sr i hat hey shall receive an annU*
i. tri i *r iUi n s- i .let oi uni! hundred and fil'V d"d'r »
wyah «■ ont o! the county tfeasiify; shall have the rig**
’ «" i the sin i ii,Ity f,r the hem fit id dicir
ami that such provisionsshiuild iie made ; s wdl«*’< urij
i rotnpi ;.;,J I'm i fm hsehargi - f i u v. I awl

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