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rangoment and Correspondence, with the proceeding* of
t.'iii meeting, to Col. Junes II. Glml u*n, ctir Bepresentu
live m Congress, and also to our Delegates from tins
county, in the Ilegislature <>f Virginia.
On motion of I e/ton It. Hufv.oll, tin first resolution
*** amended, s • as to des.guale and spi cily several gon
tie men, and request them to wait in |>crsoti on Dr. At
kinson, and deliver the letters of Instruction. Ae . to
him. And alter soine conversation, in which several gen
tlemen participated, it was I'm.illy ngri*ed, on motion
«<t Dr. I'aul C. Venable, that Kilwiu A. Williams, Sam i
’ Watkiu-, James Darnel, jr., John W. Rism, and I to
ben V. Overby—any two ol whom to art be requested
to deliver the pnjiers contemplated by the first resolu
turn, to Dr# .Atkinson. When, alter some further con
versation. iu which William It It iskcrvilin. Dr. Tingn d
Jones, I uenvf t arrington, and several other gentlemen
took |MUt, the gentlemen appointed to wait «oi Dr At
kinson, were desired, in delivering the Letter of liutnic
lion. A c., to him, to request from Tiim, to the Committee,
an answer in writing.
On motion of Richard II Baptist,
/IcwVri/, I'tial the Editors ol'lhe Enquirer, and Whig,
in Riehniond, and Constellation, mid Intelligencer, in
1 etcraburg, be reipiesled to give the foregoing proceed
ings an insertion in their respective papers.
lit. solicit, 'I hat this meeting do now adjourn.
JOHN JONES, Chuirman.
w il.i lam 11. B.vskkhvili.k, Secretary.
f fitter of Instruction is its J'olloics
* °,Dn.,TnuM\s l*. Ai ki.nsom:
Sir The undersigned, qualified voters of Mecklen
burg County, having entire confidence in the Aduiinis
tr.itioii ol the General Government, by *>ur distinguished
. I’inel Magistrate, and lieing persuaded that the must pro
iniueiit measures adopted by him in the discharge of the
duties which devolve on the Executive department, are
veil calculated to restore the Government to the repub
lican simplicity of its original formation, and to the pure
doctrine set forth by the Republican Early, in the reso
lutions and report by Mr. Madison, in und :)!». And
disapproving the course pursued by the lion. Benjamin
Watkins Leigh, in the Semite of the United Slab's, and
pirticularly his uncompromising opposition to the mra
Niircs ol the Administration, in regard to the Bank of the
l- lilted Stiitc* ; and uitdcrjLajidin v it to lx* Ills avowed do
termination to vote for the restoration of the Government
Di'p.isitcs to the Bank ot the U. Stales, which, in our opi
nion, would indirectly countenance an institution declared
by Mr. Jefferson to be hostile to the principles and furm of
our Constitution: and understanding, moreover, tliat un
less particularly instrueb-d, you w ill vote for Hie re elec
tion of that gentleman to the Senate of the U. States:
1 ou are reriuesb'd and instructed to vote against the
Honorable Benjamin Watkins Leigh to the Senate of
till* l/iiitcd btutes uud iu rlcctiiijr Ins successor to act
in concert with the Republican party, and sustain the
distinguished individual who shall be nominated by them
to that office. And you are hereby further instructed to
sustain the Administration in its constitutional efforts to
prevent the re-charter of the United Stales Bank, and
support it in its etiurts to restore the constitutional cur
rency of the country. VVe are, resjioctfullv,
, . YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
P **e number of signets to the foregoing letter of In
■Il uction, amount in the aggregate, to (itki—us may be
Been from the foregoing proceedings of the meeting. J
_ COMMVMCJtTF.n.
_ Cur.sTRRKiKi.n Coi-STV, amii Nov., 1831.
lo II illium 8'. Archer, Esquire:
I)j:au Silt: In performance of the duty confided to
me as Chairman 01 the Committee acting on the subject
ni instructions in this county, 1 now enclose to you au
thenticated conies of the Letter of Instructions and of tiio
K(‘|i'jrtui the v'.iin.nittcc thereto annexed.
lViinit me to assure you, that the Committee confi
dently expect, that these instruction* will be received by
you, as presenting, the best evidence of the will and
wishes ol that portion of your constituents who have
signed them, in relation to the important subjects there
in mentioned; and that they will have the projier weight
and authority with you, so lar us the same may have any
hearing on I1 cderal measures, upon which you may have
to art or vote, us a Representative in Congress from this
District. An early acknowledgment of the receipt of
tins communication, is respectfully requested.
Yours, with great respect, *Vc.
ARCHIBALD Til WE ATT, Chairman.
. W \siiisoTON", Dec. 1*2, 1831.
To Archibald Thtcratt, Esquire:
Dkak fc>iu: Your letter covering the Letter of Inslruc
tions, was delivered lo me us 1 passed through Richmond I
Koine days ago. The respectful consideration which 1 ;
owed to the contents of those papers, and the pressure of
engagements on my first time Jtere, will explain the de
lay ot my acknowledgment.
. ^ understand l*iat tiio |>aj>er in <iiii*sLinn, is con
side rod as having the force of an instruction to me, who
uni not named in it. and do not belong to the body to
whose immediate action it relates. I do consider it,
however, as expressing a decided sense of a considerable)
respectable, and respected portion of my constituents, on
Kubjeetn which are likely to conn* before me for conside
ration ami decision. In this view, though not binding
on me, I shall give to it a proper weight and attention,
us one of the elements which ought to mingle in the for
mation of the determination I shall have to make and
render on those subjects. Be pleased to convey to the
< -ommittee over which you preside, and to accept fur
yourself,expressions of the* respect with w hich I am their
und your obedient servant, &c. WAL S. ARCHER.
Richmond, 1‘Jth December, 183-1.
A. 7hwratt, Esq., Chairman, & r.
Dear Sir: t nave received by Capt. James Elam,your
letter ot the I Oth inst., enclosing u copy of the supplemen
tal report, with resolutions of the Committee, on the sub
ject of Instructions; also, a list of twenty-four addi
tional signatures, all of which shall lie put with the other
papers, on the same subject, and have a lair examination.
With great respect, your most obd’t. serv t.
. W. It. JOHNSON.
1 lie foregoing copies of letters, are sent for an early
publication, in obedience to a resolution of tin- Commit
'“Vo. i ir A‘ J’HWEATT, Chairman.
l!)lh Dec. 1831.
... n , , „ covJur.xiCATr.n.
lo the / cojde of Auttoway, Lunenburg, Charlotte and
Prince Edward:
The citizens of several of the above counties, have de
termined to invite and request the citizens of all the
counties of this Senatorial District, who are in favor of
instructing the Senator of the District in relation to the
Election ot a Senator by the D-gisluture, this session, to
Bend from each county, a Committee, to meet with Com
mittees from the other counties, at Keysville, in the lower
end of Charlotte,on Wednesday, the Nth day of Janiiu
ry, 18.15. It is-expected that each Committee will take
w*t!i tlicin to the meeting, a correct statement and esti
mate of the instructions given in each county. It may
he well lo observe that, it any regular instructions have
not been carried in any one of the counties, such county
might at a court day, or some public meeting called for
too purpose*, take a vote, riru tore, so as to give a Kalis- !
factory expression of the sentiments and wishes of such
county.
The citizens of these counties are earnestly requested
to give the subject their prompt attention, and let it be
distinctly seen whether the right oftlie people to instruct
tlu-ir agents, is to be respected or trodden under Toot with |
scorn ami contempt. K\IR l'l AY
Dec. 30, ’34.
yo/t rm: KN-QVinui.
1 Kt - l UK. U.VHVIlI.r. RcroUTKA."
Sns: I noticed in your oapcr an assertion, that Col.
Patrick H. Fontaine is a Federalist, and that he was a.i
advocate of the Alien and Sedition Laws! Now, sir,
the truth is, that he is a genuine Republican, and always
has been. I have often heard him declare those Laws
“odious ami unconstitutional." He voted against the two
Adamses, ami Clay; and for Jefferson, Madison and Jack
son, for the Presidency, lie declares, "the L niled States
Hank, the General Government Internal Improremmt, the
.line/lean }*rolectirc System, and A vilification. unconsti
tutional ond inexpedient." He declares, that he is “op
posed to any laliludinuriun const ruction of the Consti
tution." lie further pledges himself to “exert ertry
vercc to amputate, all those unronstitutional excrescences,
which hare, sprouted from the “general welfare danse,"
mid which hare, so diseased and deranged onr political
sy deni. - Now, Mr. Reporter, until you give ns your au
thority for your assertion, I must believe you, and the
e immunity will pronounce yon, a “ false Reporter."
A TRUE REPORTER.
6>-Tli.< Riefimomt, Lynrhburi, and linnvilte us|ir>r<, w ill pirate
*'*• IliiS an insertion, since lliey Imre reiterated tliu grain.Ilri' 0,
sortion of tin* Pnmiifc Reporter.
_ , „ . VORTini KMfinitKR.
10 the. Honorable Josiaii M. Rice, Constable of t'rince
l.ilward Caiinty!
Sin : I luive been very much surprised at your course
for some weeks past. Knowing that you hold an appoint
ment of considerable dignity in this county, (viz. that of
High Constable,) I had expected a different course from
you at least. I have hoard you on various occasions
(and f thought justly too) ridicule the conduct of those
who held instruction papers in this county—saying that
it was unfair, nay, dishonorable, to gull the ignorant, ns
was the case in many instances; that they were corner
011 and made to sign a paper that they knew nothing
about; that they were cheated into a belief, that if they
signed those papers, tlievr would kill the U. H. Rank,
and thereby get gold anil silver instead of paper money,
which you say can never Is1 the case: and if it were not
for the hard money hobby, none could be found to sign
the instructions. t
I now, air, call upon you, it* a man of hornr, a* one
who holds the high and responsible office of constable of
Prince Edward County, as a professed and avowed lianh
man, to say, if yon have not Is'en, at the bidding of the
most Honorable H. E. Watkins, actively employed for
some two weeks past, in showing and reading the
speeches of It. W. T/elgh, to prove that lie is no Hank
man, trying thereby to get those •' poor ignorant, illite
rate fellows," who have been cornered and gulled, to
take their names off the paper they signed, instructing
their Representative and Senator to oppose the re-elec
tion of *aid fs>igh ; giving them their own free will in
voting for Senator, stating also that Leigh was more <•[>
posed to the Rank lit in Rices or any othir Jack son-man ;
but recollecting to forget to tell them that you are for
the Hank with votir whole heart, soul, inind and strength.
^fJow,my friend, does not this look a little carious, that you
■kM^UUteMie Hank so strenuously, should also equally
wnr.nly mlvrcate the fleet! nn of B \V Le|i»h. tolely noon
the ground t»nt hr it ojrfMred to the Ho,,/./ 1 v»y, doe* it
uot seem a little cunon.i f Otic more question, and i
h ive done: I* not the course you are pursuing, with
In 'so counter instruction:), ten limes more secret anti
unl.nr, than those you abuse ? But, l should have recol
U'CM'diJiutj tlio Cdd* boiling ulU'rcd, altrrcd ilit: ca<c.
„ ,, Hcspectlully, LUU1S.
1.8. One word, as S. C. Anderson would say, to Na
, Btaniel Jackson, of ct r iticate notoriety : Do you. or do
I you nut deny telling Abner Willard, a poor, infirm black
j smith, tlmt if he did u>t vole for Dupuy. last April, you
would take your work trom him—and lli.il your work
was oue-f./Uitli part of what he got ? 1 only ask »b.- mfor
_LOU1H.
.... t-'tm nth: r,vqunt:tt.
CIlhSI'KllFILLD COUNTY.
Il the Delegate of Chesterfield has come to the eon
elusion, that lie is not instruct, if, or entertains any doubt
upon that subject, suppose lie immediately vacate Ins
seat in the House of Delegates, and submit the case t..
tiir oojilf, through the medium of another election ! :
l ie promised at the Spring Klee.(ion to obey instructions
A great many more qualified voters than Mr. Johnson
ever obtained in the county', have signed instructions ex
HK‘,r )v’s*1 lor. fi*in b> vote against the re-election
ol H. »> Leigh. 'I’his, however, with the known and ac
knowledged political character of the county, a great ma
jority of whose citizens are friendly to the Administra
tion, not appearing satisfactory to our Delegate, he ought
surely, we should suppose, either to resign Ins seat and test
the question, hy an immediate ap|N‘al to the people, or
to obey their instructions. It is presumed, t.’rat an election
could forthwith be had before the 27th January, the time
nxed on lor the election of U. S. Senator
Should Mr. Johnson think proper to close with this
proposition, it would be expected that he will not attempt,
when be come, before the people, to place himself upon
Administration ground. I laving acted with the Opposi
tion as tar us can bo ascertained by the “developments”
ol the present Session, wo calculate that it is not his
Wish to occupy, as he has heretofore done, that stand.
Ul him state to the People, that he still continues
to supprt Mr. Leigh, the friend of Clay and Web
stcr, a«“l who is, without doubt, one of the bitterest ene
nnes ol the present Administration. Let him tell the
I euple that lie lias voted this session with the Opposition
party, to sacrifice some of the best friends of tin: Presi
dent. Let him tell the People also, that lie gave his vote
to bring on tin* election of U. S. Senator in the early
part ol the session, before a full and fair examination
could possibly be made by himself and others into their
Instruction papers. I^'t him tell the People these facts,
and we will hazard the assertion, that if he will submit
tfie case tor their decision, he would never n^nin reach
the present | louse of Delegates, l.y the votes of the Ches
Irriu'liJ reoplc*.
It is well known, that the Chesterfield Delegate got,
at Ins last election, but a very few votes compared to the
number who were on the ground that day. The cause
we have seen, has been fully explained through the pub
lic papers dissatisfaction on the part of the people at
Ins supporting Mr. Leigh. Still our Delegate had no
scruples, we find, in taking his seat in the Legislature.
Hut now, when more tliun three limes as many have in
structed him as voted for him then, we hear that he
does not consider such instructions binding! On tin:
list will be found, also, many who voted foMiim in the
Spring, who are now for instructing him. But nil this
appears to go for nothing—the instructions, it is said, are
not binding—the Chesterfield Delegate is not instruct
ri/, Ac., Ac. 1
It will Le recollected, that when Mr. Leigh’s friends
called n public meeting in the county last summer, giv
ing notice through the newspapers of the time of meet
ing—having got Mr. Leigh to attend himself, in order
to harangue the people and prevent instructions; allor
all then exertions, and in spite of all Mr. Leigh’s efforts,
with Ins great speech,ns it was cnlled, denouncing Gene
ral Jackson—this party, with their leader at their head,
cou d only parade one hundred and thirty-seven persons
ill their lavor in this county, which they now say, con
tains thirteen hundred voters ! and of this one hundred
amt thirty-seven, they boasted and shouted, a3 if they
bad achieved a mighty triumph over the friends of the
Administration ! They relied upon it, ns conclusive evi
dence that Chesterfield was decidedly in favor of Mr.
la igh. But, now, when upwards of sir hundred of her
honest yeomanry and legal voters come forward to in
struct the Delegate; why, this is not to be regarded—but
they insist that Chesterfield is still in favor of Mr. I^eigli,
and tliat her Delegate is not instructed! We think, there
lore, tli.it the best mode to tost this matter is. for tile de
leg ite to resign, and let the people pass their verdict,
mat Mr. Johnson may accept this proposition, is the
w,s'1 ol _ MANY VOTERS.
_ CO.VMUA-JC.1TnU.
1 RICKS! TRICKS! TRICKS!!
It is ascertained, that in counties and districts where
the people have instructed their Representatives, the
triends of the instructed members have, in many in
stances, laid a scheme to trick the people out of the be
", 't° Jl,u,r instructions, and yet to afford the instruct
ed member some pretext to escape the reprobation which
awaits in in from his constituents. The schemo they are
engaged in, is, to collect us many pretended names of
voters as possible ; such as non-residents, dead names,
persons under age, such ns have a name, but no vote—
and tjpine men whom they will contrive, liy some
means, to make say they are willing their names should
><• withdrawn from the Isottorw of instruction, &c
Ac.; and to keep in a secret bag, all this moUey of
pretended vJlst ts, until the very eve of the Sena
tonal election; then forward them to the instructed
members with ample assurances that those names arc all
good, in order that they may strike a balance a little in
their favor, so as to have a pretext for violating their in
structions, without nHording the people an opportunity
of sifting these names ami pretended withdrawals, as
they have done, when the attempt has been brought to
iglit. Let these wire-workers be assured, that unless
tin y exhibit their names fairly, in their own counties, so
ihat they may be duly examined and scanned before they
aie sent to the instructed members, they will not he re
garded by t he 1‘eople, as any thing but tricks to client and
deceive. Have not the names of those who have instruct
c;d been fairly exhibited to the instructed members, af
fording them and their friends an opportunity of examin
ing and scanning them as much as they choose ? ,
... .t on run nAoumnn.
I lie late transactions in the Virginia Assembly, go to
prove (it proof were wanting!) the wisdom of the
trainers ot our government, in providing a Senate as u
check to any abuses upon the rights ofthe people, which
the House ot Delegates might be disposed to practise.
,, lio can, on an impartial review, fail to discover in the
House ol Delegates, in their attempt to hurry into the
election of U. S. Senator, a strong disposition to go a
certain way, regardless of the w ill of the people? 15ut
the Senate interposed and shielded the people from this
iiit'(11tilted harm. W hat art hu& not l>4*t*n tried uuon the
instructed members’consciences, to bring them to thr
bohef, that they were not instructed; and, if instructed
not to ohey ? One tell* him that they urr secret in
structions, and therefore, should not be obeyed. Says
another, there is nothing in the shape of instruc
tions, to be compared to the lust Spring elections.
—A third tells him that his county contams fourteen
hundred voters. It appears to me, that, were I a mem
ber, and were determined to act a dishonorable part in the
case, 1 would as soon lake the course of_, the
T fro,in I-•. *rhis gentleman appears to have
adopted the plan of Gen. F’innyzce, who said, on the
eve of a bottk—“Boys, vou go and whip these d-d
rascals, und your General will stay and take care of the
bullock.”
1st. Secret Instructions!—JIow secret? They were
commenced by calling a meeting, (most generally at tlio
Court-house cl tho coUnty,) Forming resolutions and pub
lishing 1110 same, in Ironi one to three newspapers. The
instruction-papers were exhibited at public places, and
withhold Ironi no one who wished to inspect them.—
1 Ins is secrecy!
^!H*‘ V.\‘ !u*1 . Vr'V Sections mid the discussions at the
L- ? w. 1,0 everlasting excuse against all
kind of instructions; for, we have no riglit to instruct a
man who is not elected. I think it was the delegate
Ironi Illchmond, who spoke of the elections, and the dc
cussions at the polls as the best instructions, '('he gen
tleman himself was a very conspicuous performer in
those discussions; and if he would not lie ashamed to per
form the same thing now, it would go to prove liiat he
is very liberally supplied with brass.
M. .Sun.hcr oj Tolers.— This mutter icill he brought
Jally Jo light next Spring ; and it is to be hoped, that as
the Senate have undertaken the good work, they will per
severe and guard the people against misrepresentation, by
deferring the election of (J. States Henutoi until the next
• ession, unless (lie instructed members will give their con
stituents some better evidence of their disposition to com
ply with their declared will.
A OF INSTRUCTIONS
ii .< T° r,,y KMTOUS (IF TllF. FJVQVfRF.R.
I do not design, gentlemen, to he lengthy in what I
may have t« say, on the all-important subject before the
public, at this all-important crisis,—* subject which m
volvcs tho right of self-government;—u crisis which
may stamp the most important feature on Iho political
I f:,r,rac^r of Virginia; I allude to the right of fnstruc
I tlon. nut this right involves in itself, another Imporl
ant pointer collision, between the parties«|»ro and con
the Administration. It asks, whom are we to instruct
and ichy must we instruct? The Administration party’
in whose rnnka I am proud to l e found, oontffid, they
Will instruct their Delegatej in the legislature, t.» vote
iigninst II. VV. Fs igh. And now comes Iho ijamUon
Why? Because lie is at heart a Bank man ; and as he
votes from the honest dictates of his conscirnrr, he will
vote for the Bank. How? Has lie not denied that lie is
u Hank man? Never. If ever, the language of ripii
vocatmn Can la* applied to any mail on earth, that man is
IJ. W. Ixugh. In his Richmond letter, and his Petersburg
speech, lie doe* not once »ny “! will use my bent exertions
to put down the Bank." Hear what lie *av*—Ho believes
the Hank, unconstitutional; he believes Va. agrees with
him thus fir, lie will not vote for any measure which
may tend to increase the Executive authority ; and he
will not vote for any Bank, nntrss instructed, (mind the
alternant*!) unless instructed. Must he, cnn he go to
Washington, take his oath t» support the Constitution,
and then oppose every man who opposes the Bank, after
having pronounced it unconstitutional ? In other words.'
can he swear to support the Constitution, and conscienti
ously vote for an unconstitutional measure ? I know he
presents his alternatives. Has he a right to sanction
wl.at In* bolievefl unconstitutional, merely boenti *» Ik*
fears s'.ineihm* »« rc so will be ptcsciilej* < ’ru-h tin*
evil in I ho bud, ami then you will be hotter |>r. pared to
combat the future. Now comes the question, “ I low in
btruet Mr. Leigh ?” dust us the I'toplr (Innl. proper. If
they have the right loi instruct, they have tin* right to
judge ol the mode tf Instruction. It is taking away the right
jrtr- thinking, t > say that those who sign the Instruc
tions, arc gutted into error, by shrewder nu n than them
selves. 'I here are no qualified voters in any of the In
struction c.unties. but who have hoard ol the Instruc
tions, and the‘purpose lor which they are gotten up.
Ibis nit, A. li. «.r C. then, the right to judge of the pro
priety ol putting his name to a pap* r of the kind allud
«<l to. Do you say he is a fool and did not know what
he was about at the time? Tin'll, you presume loo much,
up .ii the ism.runor of the people; for, more common
sense lies in the multitude, than you cimjind in nun one
»m/«. The People are very jealous of their rights, and
although wrong in the estimation of thru representatives,
Biey will haye their rights respected. Kven w hen almost
indifferent to some important points, yet when told that
their indifference is disregarded, they are very apt to
take some measures to show that they have the right to
think for their rcpresentatices, and to express their
thoughts m a manner which cannot In- misunderstood.
Suppose then, the Delegates refuse to obey the instruc
t ons? They may think while in the Cupilol they arc
masters; but when they return home, they w ill perhaps
reflect on the manner in which they got there. Did they a.,
t.u re .m*l represent themselves? 1 hey' didj but they were
sent there to represent some constituents, who m.tjfrper
haps “draw them over the cools” for their misconduct.
W ii.it rurlhly cxoubi* cau they wIiph on the t*«»urt
green, they are asked by aoiiu-friend to explain why such
mid such votes were given, contrary to tin- expressed will
ol the people:' “Mr A-. it is presumed you will give us
your reasons in public to-day, being Court-day, why you
voted lor 11. W. L., when you knew Hint a majority of
the People of-opposed his re-election to the Se
nate, cud when you were instructed by that voice to vote
against him?” •* Why, sir, certainly, I will do so with,
hem ! hem! with pleasure.” Oyes! Oyes! Dyes!_
Attention the ltlues and the Grays, and the people geno
rally, while the lion. Member from --gives some
explanations relative to his coins*' in the Legislature last
winter. “Ahem! hem! Gentlemen and fellow citizens :
1 am called upon by some of my constituents, riru un
expectedly, to explain my course* in the Legislature lust
winter, relative to the vote given by me, for B. W. L.
I must confess, fellow citizens, that" l believed at that
time, and I do now, that a majority of the people of this
county signed the instruction papers which were hand
rd to iin%? hut 1 really thought 1 knew more about the
matter than any of them, and would act as my own in
clination and judgment dictated ; and as 1 could not re
present unit, 1 would represent myself-.“Stop, sir !
stop. \Vc are satisfied. Wo will not send you tlicic
any more, for fear you will represent yourself a,rain "
Dec. isld, 18:14._ LIBLRTY.
__ non run kvoviukr.
rilh ACCUSERS ACCUSED! *
It is n coininon saying, amongst politicians, that
' there is no honesty in politics.'' As applied to politi
cians by trude, I lear it is too true; but us applied to our
people, it is false. It is the duly of every man who loves
and admires our institutions, to set his lace against those
wlit) preach up, ant! practice upon this opinion. rriu*
man who believes that “there is no honesty in politics,”
will soon become as dishonest ns he supposes or repre
sents others to be. JIovv strikingly is this exemplified
by those who are eternally abusing Mr. Van Huron, and
those whom they have dubbed, as Van Huron men._
Honest reader ! Amidst all this clamour about “Arch
inagicians” and “New York Tactics,” look at home—
Look to Richmond—look back to the proceedings of the
last Legislature—the means resorted to, to carry our elec
tions—ihc efforts now making, to stifle the voice of the peo
mid to vilify and disgrace them, for daring to exorcise
in their own way, one of their dearest rights. (Jo to your
neighbors, who are not newspaper readers—Ask them who
had attempted to bias their judgments—Ask them why
they deserted the Administration lost spring. They will
tell you, that those in whom they had confidence—the Mer
chant, with whom they dealt—the Candidate, whom they
bad always supported—the lsttoutr, whose information
entitles his opinion to respect, all united in persuading
him, that General Jackson, in ordering the rcuioeul of
the Deposited, had been guilty of “high-handed usurja
tion, — That lie was “striving to concentrate all power
in Ins own bands’ —That the pressure—the low prices of j
Cotton, Wheat, Tobacco, of labour, of every thing, were i
the bitter fruits of his acts; and that nothing but the I
restoration of the dyositrs could “remedy the evils,” and |
save us from poverty and despotism. The friends of
the Administration, were slandered, vilified am! abused -
J hey were charged with fraud, for talking about the
misdeeds of tin- Hank, it wus out of order to talk about
any thing but “Executive usurpation.” The people
were called upon to disregard ail other questions. A I- i
though the Hank was in the fie hi—actively engaged in
the contest—printing and circulating at the public ex
pense, the speeches of the Panic-makers—although it
had loaded the tables of .Congress, with Voluminous dis
quisitions upon the powers of the Executive, and the.
principles of Government—although it was to the Honk
that the Dcposiles were to be restored—altli ugh the
leading friends of the Hank, declared in both Houses of
Congress, that the re charter was the only remedy—and
alth«*u<rli it was wielding with a vengeance, its jxcunia- !
ry influence to extort a renewal of its charter—still, we !
were told in Virginia, that it was out of order, to talk
about the Hank. “ Executive Usurpation!” was the mat- |
ter in band and it was Iraud to connect any other ques
tion with it. i
How stand matters note? What has become of the j
charge of usurpation l' It was abandoned in the Senate, '
but is still preached up on the hustings. What of tin
wicked motives—the disposition of General Jackson, “to
concentrate all power in his own hands?” The accusers
were compelled to swallow their own words, to escape
the dilemma in which the 1‘iutest placed them._What
of the hitter fruits—the gloomy predictions about distress i
poverty, and the low prices of every thing? Known to be i
false, by every body, except Governor Tuzeicrll. And
what of the “only remedy'' the grand specific, which was
to save the country from despotism and beggary? Those
Who testified to its sovereign efficacy, are* ashamed of
their own leliinouy. Pin- accusers were false accusers. J
The prophets, prophesied falsely. The learned political
Doctors, have turned out to be impostors. The pretended
evils, which they were pretending to cure, were the joint '
creatures of their own imposture, and of the imagination. !
The imposture is detected, and the disease has vanished.
The depositee are not restored—the country enjoys an
unexampled prosperity. And yet, uflthcse grave charges
abandoned where they were first made by those who j
made them—to these prophecies, now proven to be
false—and to these abuses of the confidence of a generous
and confiding people, are our “Whigs” indebted for
their boasted ascemfuncv.
An<l now arc they now attempting to maintain the
ground which they have thus acquired? By making up
a new i.-i.mc—run llunnism. or anti-Van llurinism_
'•hat is the (mention at last. ‘ The cat is let out of the
hag ’—and he that is not wilfully blind, may see, that all
of tins clamour against General Jackson—all of this
pretended concern for the sanctity of the Constitution
and Laws—and all of this heartfelt sympathy for the pe
cuniary distresses of the people, were as palpable frauds as
were ever practiced upon an enlightened community of
freemen. The Bank had no connection whatever, !
with the deposit*- question—and yet it turns out, that
the succession to the Presidency, was deemed perfect
ly relevant, and was the nil-engrossing subject at last.
The jealousy of Van Buren's popularity, was the ruling
passion with one branch of the new Coalition. The
same passion, united with a love of the Bank, actuated
the other branch. Is there no duplicity in all this? Were
there no intrigues, no management, no tactics resorted
to, in effecting this singular coalition ? Is there not some
savor of usurpation—the worst sort of usurpation, in
thus mingling the business of President-making—a busi
ness which belongs to the people—with the ordinary du
t ea ot legislation ? And are not these usurpers adding
insult to injury, by now declaring, contrary to their re
peated declarations last winter, that the real question at
issue is \ an Bun n, or Anti-Van P.urcn? What had they
to do witii Mr. Van Huron t Was any body urging Ins
claims upon them? lie has l>eon vilified, and abused
like nrobber. Has any body defended (dm? What right
have tliev to mu alien'd of the people, and to dictate to
them, whom they shall support for the next Presidency ?
Is there no end to their desperation* 1 )<> they really think
that their virulence against the Vice President, is to jus
tify them in deceiving and betraying those, whose agents
they are? Surely, wo have not yet come tosuch a pass,
that our dearest rights are to be si t at naught, and we
slandered and abused for daring to exercise them—all to
grntily the enmity felt for a candidate for the Presi
dency.
Messrs. Editor#—You have been abused nnd proaorib
od, for daring to oppose the new coalition. Some of your
friends have another mnl a far different complaint against
you. hi your deference and respect for our represent!
fives, some complain, that you have not done justice to
| their constituents—that you have seen coalitions formed
j and intrigues carried on, to blind and lend the people.
i and Hint you have forborne to expose them with suffl
eient boblness. For myself. I have admired your urn ■
; deuce, moderation, and the fairness with which you have
treated your political erumios. The solid columns
winch you have allowed them, speak loudly in your
praise. (Jive them fail play—but cry*aloud, ami spare
"ot- NO AHPIBANT.
I’oOaript.- I intended to bare extended the nbove article a little
longer, iy.ll lo lmve sal.I somethin - in it. fence ofll,e risbl of in |r„r
I wit, I inf mlcfl tohavc rfirririt tin* n ji# into fh«- cnrmiuK’ rointr> —
, Mva»«!ni#il ll»n to hnre rnIM uihm. I»h* i»# r»iif ! to
inveatisatr f..r them** Ivi *. Party iii*1anre* run lie rtt.liu ml of tin
rninx *«, i'ltngne, noil 'bolder, .1.'ia,,e«l lupreve.it the «in re,, „f,
or la evnde imtrnrlinn* for one on onr »t.le, Intended to promote
tlii ir •urcoM. lint, Tor tl.o pretent, | have no time to »t» mure.—
I erlmp. yon may h.»r from me again- you *hi*ll, if life hirt*, an,I my
urgent anil almost torxtant engagement* will permit. N. A.
you Tin htciiMaxn fxqujnun.
TO B. vv i.kioii, Ksa
No apology in necessary for addressing n man holding
a high, responsible publie office, through the column < of
n newspaper. By your station, yon have become public
properly, ftfld whatever line may l>c made of your name
lor the publie good, is neither an infringement upon your
personal rights, nor a liberty which is In be deemed off!
emus or obtrusive. Yon hnve submitted to be placed in
the grnnd council* of the nation; and your friends have
sought to exalt you to the head of lire greatest, freest and
happiest people on enrlh. This, sir, is no mean dislinc
j t»on To be thought equal to each a station, is an honor,
U c.»n-o no mortal need aspire to a higher—to obtain it
I by ilf uTt, compl.-lr* tin.a.sure of human glory—anil to
discus* your fitness or unfitness for it, should be .as much
I , ^"xious w,:*|, of your own heart, as it ia the indubita
ble right ol every citizen.
jM‘M y«« rellcct ii|N>ii the lute sudden transition, thro’
u me hvou uuvo punned-—from the iaborioti*, contrwliil
duties <d .a lawyer * otiiee, to the great comprehensive
concern* of legislative chamber—from the construction
of those <|iiibliliug quitks that suit a litigious client to
the iiKiiuigemcnt ol that vast machinery which i* to ...al e
| a nation great and happy, you cannot but see and lit I,
that you have run into some errors, which were natural
to a change so new and unexpected. Nor can a thousand
pleasing reminiscence* of youthful aspiration tail to play
| U b.re y..»r delight, d fum y in being Urn* re called
I ,l. , l m which you enrly sought to plant Uu> scions
j " Inch a warm iniagiiiation had fondly cultivated, in the
Iio|k. of one day seeing them entwine your brow with
wreaths of imucrishahle honor; but which an uiigenc
j rou* soil and their own exotic nature caused to submit t.,
I an untimely blight. Discomfited in the**' early hope*
; by an unfortunate selection of the principles and mea
sure* which you espoused and supported—too proud
to examine dispassionately the Hvmploms of the age
or bend to the general indication of event*, your dis
position' led you to recoil wholly upon Uie coiitciuplu
tmn* ol wll, and to cast an eyo of iuditlerence upon
the passing evolutions of man and of government1
and. excepting only two occasion* of recent date, and
winch may hereafter form incidentally auhjects for dis
< iis.smn, the most that we heard from you, durimr the
j!1!- which elapsed fVom your first defeat ns acan
.lidale l.,r political preferment, t'» y.mr late promotion to
the Senate of the l/.S., wo*, that you were wholly Hr
and altogether for Virginia.
This independent reserve—this boastful affection for
your native Stale, ul once dcvclopc your true chnractcr
and the cause of your politiealjlailurc—They both spring
Irom the same feeling*, and are Imth resolvable into the
-same principle. \ on have, no doubt, read the dialogue
related in a latc work entitled ‘ England and the Eng
I:*h, which took place between an English patriot. and
a broiich gentleman, who had just arrived In London;
and as the conversation is as truly characteristic, of niu
ny an American a* it is of an Englishman, 1 will quote
It here, lor the benefit of others:
‘What a sujM'rb street is Regent street,” cried the
T’if .m12.’.0" being introduced to the Englishman.
1 ooh, Sir! Mere lath and plaster!" replied the Eng
ashman.
“ 1 wish to hear your debate*,” said the Frenchman.
•Aot worth the trouble, sir," groaned the Emrlish
innn. e
“ I shall do honiftgp to your public inen.”
i A1,‘,r‘* Lvaddlcnq I assure you—Nothing great now
a-days.
“Well, Jam surprised—But at least I shall see your
Authors and men ot Science." 1
Really, sir, answered the Englishman very irrave
v i " 1 don t remeniher that we hutt any.”
The polished Frenchman was at a loss, for a moment
hut recovering himself—“Ah!" said he, lakin-r a pinch
ol snun, “ but you’re a very great nation—very !”
”T/iiU is (juite true," said the Englishman drawing
himself up. °
“The Englishman, then,” continues Bulwer, “is vain
oi lus country. Wherefore? Because of the public build
mgs. Me never enters them. The laws? He abuses
them eternally The public men? They are quacks
* **c 'illoWd nothing about llicin. Hi* i* vain
j’*. ,* country, for an excellent reason—it produced
Will you draw the parallel betwixt this Englishman
ami yourself? You are proud of Virginia. Wherefore*
Because ot her great men! Are they not nearly all
dead, Because of her groat prosperity and increasing
populalion . Were they not impeded and thrown hack
l>y the extension ol the right of suffrage and other ab
surd innovations upon the old Constitution ? Because of
the great blessing of equal rights and privileges. How
admirably they are secured by the creation of Banks
and other monopolies?—In fine, sir. if you will examine
yourself narrowly, you will probably discover that your
gloat attachment to your native State has arisen, chirllu
from the circumstance, that she has produced you; and
secondarily, because of those aristocratic features in her
government and laws, which, to the eye of the true phi
I Iant *rop:st, appear as disgusting and swollen protuberan
, ces to deform the general beauty of the body politic.—
i Uo y°“ behold any thing great in Virginia uow-a-davs;
| a. aro not Present fame and glory, in your esliuia
j timi, mere reflections thrown over her by the lustre of
former times .* Do you regard with any sort of concern,
i great body of the community ? Do you not look upon
: them as mere “hewers of wood and diawersof water —as
| asses, who were destined to carry the pack, and l»enr the
I burthen of those who have the sagacity and cunning to fix
it upon them? I wonder that, in your veneration Tor the
wisdom and customs of antiquity, which you extend in
some cases, to that of a phrase or a word, you should
so entirely have overlooked, in most of the principles and
measures winch you have supported, the glorious truths
nnd magnanimous sentiments announced in our Bill of
Rights ; or, do you regard those equal rights, privilege*,
and enjoyments, which it asserts, as the exclusive proper
y oi tm* aristocracy, in which the common herd have no
concern . » our whole political course seems to confirm
Hus suggestion. In tlie fervor of your youthful career
you were found in a warm and violent opposition to the
most democratic Administration which this government
lias ever possessed—and against Thomas Jefferson, flic
great father and founder of republican simplicity, and in
whose triumphant success over the elder aristocratic and
kingly Attains, a second great revolution in favor of the
rights of mankind and of liberal principles, may he es
teemed to have been effected, you arrayed yourself in bitter
invective. Not only wercyou found vigorously opposing
the measures of that Administration, but at the same lime
heartily supporting and justifying the principles of the
m. st unjust, oppressive, arbitrary and tyrannical act of
j u,« preceding one,—and the Alien Law, which was
, odious and offensive to the American people, and. in an
; especial manner,disgusting and loathsome to \ irginia,
received your sanction and approbation. 1 most bc-arti
i '/ “?rg*ve you lor this great error of your youth,—am
willing to ascribe it to the reckless excitement of party
, strife, and to view it ns one of those excesses, which are
! too common with the large as well as the small politician,
mention it only to show the l*ent of your early incli
nation, and the consistent, uniform preference which
you have ever manifested in favor of the principles of
| oligarchy over those of democracy.
Ibis, sir, has been the great error of your political life.
I he bright halos which encircle the phases of wealth
j *'av<* dazzled your fancy, and the affections of your heart
have ever been prone to distinctions and of orders in so
ciety. I he noble truths contained in our Bill of Rights
(inaugre their claims to antiquity,) “that all men are by
Nature equally free and independent;" “ that all pow
er is vested in. and derived from, the people;"—“ that
magistrates are their servants; ’ “ thut government is,
or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit; ’
•lli.it no man or set of men are entitled to exclu
sive or separate emoluments or privileges," &o.,
S. C., flit before your mind in all the ''wildness of Uto
i plan speculations, bedecked, indeed, with the grae.e
■ and beauty of virtue, but without her inspiration. Their
annunciation is to be esteemed, like the faith of an inti
! 1,1,1 believer, merely ns a recognition of principles which
are never lo he thought of in practice. The idea of ina
j king a .Wum happy, has never been made a conception
| of your brain—you have been ever engrossed with the in
I trrrsU ol .1 party. No gonoroui rmotionh have evc*r mov
j c*u your bogoni, to bohojd your country in the poMcsnion
ot equal rights und privilege*. No spark tins yet been
l struck by your powerful intellect, to conduct and lead her
| to their full enjoyment—hut, enveloped wholly by the
| concerns of the particular class to which you belong,
all your eHurts have been direoted to exalt il by the
depression of the great body of the people. Are you
the resident of u town? That town becomes, in your
view, the sun of the politic.li system, arovind which
every fuller interest. mint revolve ami Niirrender Iri
butoi’he member of a party ? Heav. o and earth
innst succumb, and yield to it* behest* Sir, you are
indeed, “far behind the age ’’ You have L.. n blind
to the rapid marcli of iinprovement, to Uie progress of
knowledge nnd to the great destination of mankind.—
1 Jilted with a mind capable of compassing anv diflicnlty,
a genius to discover the most hidden truth, a in! an ardor
to impel to mighty action—with proper direction it miglit
indeed, have been your happy lot,
* he npplniMf of sonnies In roinin.uul,
Tin- iitm-si., of pain am! ruin to despise,
^ a Muller Plenty o’er a smiling lund
And fi iyl )ou history in a Mlioa'ii ryes.”
lint your destiny has oilier wise impelled you: lliese
nohle attributes, instead of bring directed to ihe gone ml
good of your race, ha ve been bestowed upon the interest of
it faction—nnd party has received the benefit of those en
dowments, which should have been behests to tiro world.
I fear your habits are incorrigible, nnd that vonr fate is
fixed, beyond redemption.— I shall endeavor, however, in
subsequent numbers to pursue the course of your errors
op to the present time; and to point out the track which
it was, and now is,your duty as well us your interest to
, 55KNO.
i.onskctio*.—Tbs re arc some errors inilic last ‘'Zeno;” infdh p»
myrnpli it shout I Iki "tistl” iietrad of "spirit,” “fearoii” insl< ad of
'’found,” nnd "nnli” neforo "K'-pulilican ras -sls.” -
\ i rtf in in lif^islRturc,
lIOtJRF, OF DELEGATES.
Thursday, Jan I.
A Message was received from the Senate, stating that
they had passed the bills—to extend the time for keep
ing open the books of subscription for llie stock of the
James Uivor and Kanawha Company, and concerning
Ralph Graves:
Also, a lull to authorize a special term of a court in
Frederick County; nnd a bill in authorize the Hebool
Commissioners of York and James City counties, nml
the City of Williamsburg, to receive the undrawn quo! an
due said counties nnd city from the Literary Fund, with
amendments. The amendments in the first foil were
agreed to—the Inttei bill nnd amendments were, on mo
tion of Mr. Johnson of R., laid on the table.
I’etiliona were presented ami referred—lly Mr. Watl*
of Gib s, of sundry citizens of the Counties of Fayette,
Greenbrier and Giles, for the formation of a new county
from parts of said counties---by Mr. flurton, of David
Jones, for compensation for services of his father, an
officer in the Revolutionary war—by Mr. Colston, of
the ('he so pcs ke and Ohio Convention, asking further
| countenance from the He,to of Virginia to the die**.
|:ear.e and Ohio Canal.
On motion of .Mr. Scott, it was
n •J*'“ l,n"w will proceed oil Thursday,
tlic .iiu-enth ol the present month, bv joint vote with the
» y* y**-* election of a Brigadier-General for tlic
lotli Brigade, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the
death o| (•citoral Win. II. HriKliiiir.
Mr. Crump, from the Committee of Claims, presented
n report reject,tig the petition of Win. Widdiburn Ibi
eoni|ieii«atiuu for n volutionary services; and in furor of
tin- petition ol John G Joynes. to be rt fund, d a sum ot
money. — Agr» ed to.
On motion i f Mr WiLmi, of Botetourt,
the House adjourned.
I Ciitiifj, ,/*.nuory
A message was rrreived from the Senate k'.M im tint they
have passed the bills Iv.tablishiug a lerry acroi the Ohio
river in WoimI ( umity to the opposite shore t„
porale tin- Wheeling Mechanics Institute—to repeal the
first and second sections of the act of March, I Kit con
cerning wooden buildings in the town of Portsmouth_
and to incorporate the t iiinU rland Manufacturing Com
puny. I hey have also passed bills—to increase the Capi
al stock and power to hold real estate, of the Buckiug
Iiaui Iron Manufacturing Cumpaiiy; and to incorporate
tlic Blue Sulphur Springs Company, with amendments,
which were agreed to by the House.
On motion of Mr. Vance tie- Committee of Court* of
Justice was instructed to inquire into the expediency of
so amending the law concerning the opening of roads a*
to acinic with more certainty the rules of assessing costs
111 c:;ih4'k ol writs ot #!</ t/uttJ thu/mntn.
Un motion of Mr. Sh.-rurd, the Committee of Courts
of Justice was instructed to inquire into the expediency
et more elf.dually providing bv law f.,r tin* surety of
Jailors who may be required to deliver up runaway slaves
tu tor.* they ascertain the amount of the reward oili-red
lor their apprehension.
On motion of Mr. Summers, the Committee of Courts
ol Justice was instructed to inquire into the expediency
id pro\-,dii r by law for tin* belter organization of the
(•eneral t ourt.
On motion of Mr. liroadiis, it was
It, sol red, licit this House will, on W ed neml.iy |.|f],
inst.. by joint vote with the Senate, jiroeeed to the elec
li .n of a Brigadier*General for the first Brigade of the
second Division, to supply the vacancy occasioned by
the resignation of Lawrence T. Dade.
’I lie engrossed hill to iueorporaU* Looker's Gyld Mine
Gum puny, was rend a third time and passed.
Petitions were presented and referred— By Mr. Bur
ton, of citizens of Campbell. lor a separate election at
rlat (.reek Meeting House—by Mr. Ilord, of Carter Be
verly, to he relieved from a forfeit uic of certain kinds for
non-payment of tuxes, incurred by an erroneous under
standing of the law—by Mr. Alexander, of citizens of
Monroe, Giles and I'ayettc, remonstrating against the
fcruialii n of a new county out of ports of those counties.
KI.HMQM) AMI i;il|eK *BU 1(0 HAII.-ltOAD.
On motion of Mr Johnson of 11., the hill to authorize
the uoad of 1 ubltc Works, to subscribe on behalf of the
Slate, to the Stock of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
1 o to mac Rail-road Company, was taken up and read a
second tune.
On motion of Mr. Colston, the hill was amended by
adding a proviso, that the Commonwealth shall „ot he
called on for more than &'t'.£j,000, duiimrtbe year HT>
nor more than $1&>,000, during the yearl&IG.
Mr. Johnson cl R. said, it was not for liiin to antici
pate the objections which might be made to this hill •
am] lie should not, therefore, detain the House loir* with'
the remarks he now proposed to make in favor of or
dering it to be engrossed for a third reading. At
the tune when this bill first came before the House it
was Stated that three-fifths of the stock bad not been
subscribed. The company then anticipated that the
stoek would soon be made up. and they had not been dis
appointed. He bad it in his power now to state, that
the three-fifths had been subscribed, and that he had
received this morning, a certificate of that fact from the
Secretary. The question which is now presented to the
House is, whether thin company, having complied with
the requisitions of the law in relation to joint stock im
provemeuts. shall receive the aid of the Commonwealth
of \ irgmia, which is tisn.il in all similar cases? What ob
jections maybe made to tins subscription, he bad already
said it was not for him to anticipate. The fund for
internal Improvement was created for the purpose of
aiding id] useful works, and it had for years contributed
to improvements in every part of the State, where they
were shewn to he founded upon the public ntil.lv ami
convenience. Formerly the subscriptions from that fund
bail been paid cut of the profits arising from the fund
ami Mr. J was not prepared to nay that tills early policy
ought ever ty have been departed fiom. That was not
now the question; because that policy had been changed
lor some years, and the present system of obtaining loans,
the interest to be paid by the fund for Internal Improve
ment, bail long 11’reived the sanction of the General
Assembly. lie found that in n number of acts au
thorizing the State’s subscription to important works
provisions bad been made for loans, the interest to be
chargeable on that fund. He could turn to the acta con
ccriung lilt Petersburg Il.iil-Road, the Portsmouth and
Roanoke Rail-Road, the Winchester and Potomac itnil
Rnad.aiid the North Western lloud. He lurried to all these,
ami he liiitrht, he believed, to many other#, and he ton ml
that in cadi case loans had heen antllorizLii, the interest
only to be paid out of the fund. Good or bad, proper or
improper, this policy had been adopted, and bad been ad
hered to for several years. If it is now to be abandoned
il the principle upon wiiich the aid of the State is to he
extended to Internal Improvements is to he changed be
cause it is unwise, Mr. J. thought the change ought
to operate on those companies alone which were
formed oiler the determination of the Legislature to
change their policy, should have been made known. The
charter of lie* Kiduuoml ami Polom&fiCoiu | mny wim tyrant
t d during the lost session, following directly in the steps of
other similar projects—it was applied for at u time when
ll:.- Company had full reason to believe that they would
be treated m the same manner as those who had gone
before them, i he capital oi this Company has been sub
scribed, and under somewhat peculiar circumstances, ns
a large portion of the stuck had heen taken by others than
citizens of the State. This was not usual with regard to
joint-stock companies in Virginia; but tins project was so
well thought of, ns to induce capitalists in other States
to become stockholders to a large amount. It would be
exceedingly unfortunate, if this very work were to be
the one to which a change in our policy should he applied.
'1 lie clients ot refusing to this company, that kind of aid
which had been granted to so many otlii rs, would be ge
nerally injurious to the interests of the State. Mr. J.
should fear the consequences, not as regarding this work
alone, but as they would alleet oilier projects which
might hereafter Ire brought forward. Sucli a change of
what had been considered the settled policy of the State,
would shake the confidence of capital.s's m the stability
of Virginia legislation. lie hoped, therefore, if lb. re
were no insuperable obstacles to the passage of this bill,
that this company would not be denied the aid „f the’
Common wealth. Could tin re be any objections offered
to the work itself? lie was not accustomed to make
calculations in regard to the probalde productiveness of
such works; but he believed it was capable < t" the clearest
demonstration, thut if there was n work in tire country
which would be decidedly profitable, and which would re
fund all the money expended on il, il was this. The single
fact, that a large portion of the stoek bad been sul>seril>e<l
by individuals who bad no interest in the welfare of this
State—by capitalists, who were accustomed to look
around with cure, and scrutinize closely the prospects of
a profitable return, before they could be induced to in
vest their funds, ought to' Ik* the best evidence of
the productiveness ot the work. And, although the
fund for Internal Improvement, waa not created for
the purpose of speculation—although it was establish
ed mi n more liberal and generous principle-—
yet, surely, it was an additional recommendation to
a work, that it would return a profit to the Stab* upon
i the amount invested, it is mi important consideration,
because, upon the profits of these works the ability of the
State to aid other plans of improvement, must in a mea
sure depend. in this point of view, no work in the Slate
has a stronger recommendation than this. It may
be sa.d, it sucli are tin* proiqiocts of profit from
tins Work, why do not the Northern Capitalists
come forward and take (ho remainder of the stock?
To this lie would reply, that the policy of Virginia was
well known toilhu stocklioldeis; and they Ind doubtless
tnki n stock with a jiorlect understanding of that |K>licy,
and entertaining no doubts that it would remain the smite
in regard to this as to other sii.nl.u companies, if then,
in Ibis ease, you change your policy—if you refuse to
make the subscription by the State, you shake the faith
ot capitalists, ami inevitably destroy the prospects of
the company. It would be in vnm to go to these
men, nller the Stnte li.nl refused to grant to the Com
pany the aid given to all others, and ask litem to
take up tin’ remaining stock. It would be in vain to
represent to them the company's pm.qu eta of success.
They Would tell u< that they bid doubts—tint they
lived at a diM inc - from "he Work, and c >uld not judge
ot its Capabilities—but they would say. you presented your
plan l<> the I legislature of Virginia, who ought to be well
acquainted with the subject, and they refused to aid you.
They would therefore decline subscribing to the Ktoek—
mo that a resort to tbL tin tiled of filling up the stock,
would In* futile. It wotdd be in vain to seek the sub
scriptions of capitalists. if the legislature should throw
the damper on the project by refusing its* aid.
I hr question which next presented itself was. wlie
liter this Hail Road was a work of sufficient importance
to justify tin* public patronage? This road connects the
city of Richmond with the I'ol untie, and becomes part nt
the great line of communication IVmn one extremity to
the other of this extended country. Was the Petersburg
Knit-Road, eonnecting that town with the Roanoke, of
sufficient importance to be patronized by the Stale
Was the Portsmouth and K >snoke Rail Hoad of anffi
cient importance? Was the Winchester Hail R >ad of
sufficient importance? And if these works were
thought worthy of the aid of the Commonwr<iI*h,
is not the work now under consideration equally m?
It is a great and important link in that continue a* fine of
improvement* which must connect the Northern and
ftrmthern boundaries of the Union ; and if it was not of
sntfie ent importance, Mr J. knew not what was. He
had heard it urged as an objection to this work, thn* it
was not to he completed for the usual objects of Internal
Improvements-—that it was not intended to increase or
facilitate trade; hut solely to accommodate the wayfarer -«
and that all the cafedt titans of profit from 1hc work were
founded upon thV supposed amount of travelling upon~it
Sir, said Mr J fitcould beohewnto
■nf tlSnf 'v,',ild i'ver lx- transiiortvd over this Kail Hoad,
und Mint it would bo supported alone by travelling 1 do
not iK-reeive t.iat it would Ik- an objection to tlie work la
it ot no<consequence to the agriculturist to open an easy
and rapid communication ? Is it of no benefit to ngn
U*rcour«^l*1, ,ac,l,tj™ *ho“W **• K*'en to commerciaMn
U rcourse lietwevn this and other States? Will it be of no
importance in time of war. that we shall have it in our
power to transport troops from place to place with ease
.nd rapidity ' It n be, ax it lias been often declared, the
polu y ol V irt'ii. , u» pn-v. lit the U States from making
ja' * ementx lie ho|M d it would not now be
aiMi.iied as the policy of V irginia, to reAise to do them
a* rsvll or to- aid others i» their completion. This
's ix truly an important work, and would doubtless ac
commodate to a great extent, the agrirnUiiiUts of the
eouinry. lioi s uot the I'elersburg ltail Hoad uccom
iiM’U.ite the i.gr.culturisU of the counties around it.
. ,uv bringing their produce to murket ? And
tins improvement would also lie connected with the lJe
tcrslmrg Hiul Hoad, and agriculturists would ulways have
' choice ol markets. The friends of this scheme will
certainly be very much disappointed in their expecta
ii0,,|8’i> ’* I1 con,i‘derabk» portion of the tolls of the
,ll,ad aie not derived from the transportation
?: ,,r , .uoo‘ Without entering into calculations on
t u> subject, lu> ventured to advance the idea that tin*
revenues ol the road would not arise (rom travelling
alone. “
Mr. J. had heard it suggested, tlial when the charter
was granted, a pledge was given that the company
\v. uhl not ask lor assistance from the Stale. Mr. J.
knew ot no such pledge. Ho was not a member of the
House at the lin t session, when this charter was granted;
but such u pledge could scarcely have been made from uny
auihor.tative source, without its being generally known.
lu‘ |MVHum( tIf that at most tin? idea arose from the*
declaration ol some sanguine friend of the improve
ment, who expressed a belief that Mie stock would
be eagerly taken up—that individuals would vie
Willi each other in subscribing for it, ami that there
would probably lie no necessity to solicit aid from
, * 1 0,i*nionwealth. Mr. J. was informed, that no
pledge was given that the company would not apply to
Mie legislature lor a subscription of two-fifths of the
stock by the Slate. He was further informed, that an
amendment was offered to the charter, pledging the com
p.xnv not to apply to the Legislature for aid; hut that it
was rejected, mid the House loft itself, as it should have
done, tree U. act upon that question, at a future time, and
to decide upon the propriety of aiding the company when
Miey should apply- lor assistance.—With these views of
the application, Mr. J would k'avc this part of the subject.
We sec, then, that the application is made, Mie ( om
pany Having subscribed the time-fifths. We know also,
that the money, should the subscription be authorized, is
t<> be borrowed. How is the interest to be paid, is now
tlH‘ question—and we are told that it cannot be derived
trom the fund tor Internal Improvement this year. Mr.
J. should have preferred, could his wishes have been gra
11tied, to delay the discussion of this subject, until he
eouhl have Income better in fori iied of the condition of
our resources. l!ul there wero other gentlemen nioro
intimately acquainted with the state of our funds than
himself, and they would, doubtless, give the House all
I the requisite information on that head. It may be, Mint
Jl«* iund for Internal Improvement cannot pav the
interest on a loan for this object the present year._
Hut was that an objection to passing this hill ?—
II tin* 111 in I could not meet the interest this year, was
there any reason why the interest could not he borrow
rowed from the Treasury, to be repaid by the fund,
when its resources would allow ? There was nothing
uncommon or improper, in borrowing from one fund
to be paid by another, ’file I .egisliiture was in tin*
constant habit of drawing on the Treasury for small
sums and ho thought there could he no improprie
ty in borrowing from that source, the interest of the
loan required lor one year, rather than defer so important
a work, now prepared to go on, with speedy progress, to
its completion. With these general views, he submitted
(be question to the House, und awaited the remarks of
other gentlemen, before entering into the subject more
minutely.
1 he bill was then ordered to be engrossed for a third
reading.
V arious reports of committees were presented, and bills
i.v> t.x-is early stages acted upon,
motion of Sir. Mullen,
Tire House adjourned.
DEATHS.
* holera, on the leth hint., nr
‘ U Jl1 7 v" *' v- 11!u"L1ill?l>un. < o., Va., Mr. Ilcirt Dudley,
M (.nr.-Mmal!, New \o,k. It I. duo to Mr. .Vilen and family, to nay
tl.at . v. ry all. atom wax given to Mr. Dudley during hi, i||„0**. a
nivxiciun wax *«nl lur, liut did not arrive until collapse had taken
*’, r,.lV,i*. •lor,*1,*C.«'o,,,d arouno the (inking energies of the (t-tlem.
if r i l.e t .ill tor* of newspaper* in Albany ami (ireenhuvh, N." York
vvouK1 ..jaunty and friend* of the dcccaacd n kiudiie i, by pit mg
ifH* uitovo not ice nn tiirforf ion.
It i* with (incite regret llmt we announce the death of Robert Oli
V*’* 1"'*idcncc in (lay (troet, on Holiday eight, after a xho. t hut
paiulul illnca.i, in hi«77th year. In the decease of Mr. ()., Itnltiuiore
rualise* the It. s of one of her most patriotic citizens. Distinguish
o.l nhke for hi. great wealth and enlarged liberality, i.ix .loeenre
will tie a cau.e ot deep re. ret, not only to the community in which ho
lived, lever to very many, elsewhere, who can hear t. xtiiuouv to the
geui'itxa* qualities ol Ids heart.—L’aUiuwrr AmtiVm, JJcc. SO.
l&ictk'd \\ s*- Price*Current.
i •micro — I .it"* $.( 50 a 4 011
Common relln.xl 4 00 a 4 Ml
Other lefimoil 4 •'ft a 7 IK)'1
l‘.“»i<l r.oie. to mitl. 5 00 a fi Ooj
Ootxl un,l fine 7 50 ,, g 50
Kxtra fine Hrotrh 8 00 a 10 Ool
Fine mnnufirtiiriiig 8 00 a 10 501
riot * City Mill* COO
Cunni (vei v .lull) 4 50 a 4 5 8
IVmut-KoJ 90 a 100
White tj., „ i 05
Corn CO
Corn Mini 80
Oat* :c,
Byct", per rtt t. 4 25 a 4 75
I’o.l , per hi. 12 00
Union, per III. 8 I ?« 10 1-0 ct».
lluttcr “ 12 I 0 ti 15
CeOVe '« II nirtl-a
Colttn* “ 15 n 1C
Colton Yarn*—pood 90
Colton Fiiriu, iu|>. 5aJ8 9Gav.
Sugar, lirown 7 |yfl|i
Hides, Spanish J3 „ lo
Biandy, Cog., pall. $1 20 a I f>7
“ Appio as ii as
Whiskey 3lu3.r.
Ruin, \V««| India SOa'JI
“ Now- England 30 a 32
Wine, Madeira 2 SO « 3 00
“ Kieily Mndolra Oil ii 1 00
“ Malaga do a 53
Tea, Imp. and Hunp. SO a I (H)
“ Young Hyson f.0 a SO
Mulasse* 55 I U a til
S'alt, per snek 1 so
Hemp 1 00 a 1 30
Bar Iron S3 In II 2
Hliad, per Id. (now) Ii 00 a 0 SO
Cut llorringn, do. nono.
'**. uoiwiiifjo Mnnogany, Iroin 10 in !.» omit • |><*r ftmt.
Himtlura*, 7 i„ jo ,j0.
Vcnceri, slia.lo ami erotrli, r> to 10 ilo.
roi\\TrtY n its.
T? nckoon 12 I-9
Mr.nkrnl 12 1-2 a 15
Mink 15 a SO
I’nict* or Hvocki.
v. s. iin,ik inn
I'. S. flunk, N. York 107
Hank of V«., (luxt xalos) 110
KaimciV Hunk 10H
_%
Red Fot 50
Cray Fot IQ 1 8
llniu 12 I Q a lit
"Her_ $8 00 u 3
| C'licitorfiflil II. R. IQO, 00 [.i*rct.
capital redeoropil— -So Bales.
Uo"B»»: oi* r.xrii Nfir.
iN’oitli Carolina Hank Ni tea 8
.cn"th Carolina ilu. 3
I Cooigia do. 5
□ A I .UAH LK CHICK A11OMI NY LA N D for Sole.—
Pursuant to a decree of the Superior Court of Live
and Chancery, for the county of Hanover, pronounced at
the last session, the undersigned Commisioner therein
appointed, will, on Monday, the 10th of November next,
(•flair, if not, the next fair day,) sell to the highest bid
der, upon the premium, that well-known piece or parcel
of land, called Kidd's, belonging to the children of John
Jones, deceased, adjoining tin- htudsof Hugh Watt, John
Paul,and others, and containing by a recent survey and
[ilat. nearly three hundred and sixty acres. The improve
ments are, a dwelling house, lately repaired, with four
rooms and a cellar, kitchen, corn house, At, The open
land is divided into three fields, each of which will pro
duce an hundred barrels of corn ; one half of the tract is
low grounds, the greater part unreclaimed, but well
limbered and as rich as any mud land on the swamp.
Terms.-—So much cash as will cover the expences of tho
mle, the balance upon a credit of one and two years,
without interest, to he paid in equal annual instalments
the purchaser giving bonds with sufficient security, and
the title retained until the whole of tile purchase money
be paid. h/KKIKh H. TALLEY, Commissioner.
Hanover, OctoberSHd, leikl.
The purchaser of the tract of hind advertised above,
having refused and failed to comply with the terms of
the sail- thereof, I shall, on Monday, lh<* 19th of this
month, (if fair, if not, the next fair day.) upon the
premises, again sell it to the h'-rlicst bidder, upon tho
same terms. # EZEKIEL S. TALLF.Y.
f Ismovcr. .I.in. 3, l?h», [/3—w3,.vf] C'otnmissifmrr.
BAND AM) NEGROKH FOR SALE Wifi be
A sold, to the highest bidder, on Wednesday, the iWth
January next, the Tract of Land, on which the subvert
her at present resides, containing 200 acres, and within
three-quarters of a mile of Clarksville, on tho stage rood
leading from Iicliicld to Danville. On the tract, there
i- a large and commodious dwelling house, (n good stand
lor a Tavern.) together with necessary out-houses, a
pump in ail excellent well, and n good orchard. Thn
situation is c nsidt red ns healthy as any other in the
lie also offers for sale, n lot in Clarksville, containing
one and a hall acres, situated in a most eligible part of
tbc town, on V tiginia or Mam street. Also, a lot of
j three and a half acres wood land, within one mile of his
dwelling house. Also^ the Mineral Hpring. (known as
Watkins's Spring,) lying in the vicinity of Clarksville,
with s;x arres of land attached to it. Also, seven or
eight likely negroes. A further description of said pro
perty is dinned unnecessary, as it is presumed no one
would piireha.se v. i limit first viewing it for themselves.
Trims of sal/ One-third cash, and the balance in two
annual instalments, well secured.
lit the lie in time, however, he would like to effect a
private sale of the whole, or any partof said property.
THH,11* LOCKETT.
Meeklerihiirjf, Dec. 2t>. 7;1 4t
|\TKOI'.ORS AND PLANTATION STOCK FOR
1 i HALF On the ylnl d.iy of January in*t, I shall
sell at Dover, in OoorhUmrfcounty, 20 mile* above Rich
| monel, (ft or 70 valu ildc Negroes, tin* whole of sneh pro
perly on the Fstate of the lute Thomas R. Harrison —
Store valuable slaves are not to he found in the Htatr.—•
At tli«‘ same time will he sold likewise, about f«00 bor
r- Is of corn, all the fodder, oats, st'ick of horses and
mules, oxen, rattle of all sorts, sheep, hogs, plantation
utensils. Ar., Ae. An old carriage and gig. carts, wag
gons and all (lie plantation utensils on the firm A hand
some bay 3 year old Stallion, by Tonaon, out of a well
bred Rieisorab mare —Terms, rash.
RANDOLPH HARRISON. Jr , Fi'r.
of Thomas ft flntrison, drr'4.
Jan. 3. 73- td*