Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-12-18

fiction aud extent Of those great manu-
featuring establishments, or Of iudace-
uen, io complete the Important plans oi
improvement now proposed the cliffs,
The banks, and beds of the adjoining
hills, river anu creeks, abound with coal
OF The FIRST quality, nov successfully
! applied TO The manufacturing of sak.
Would Il he haZa.dipg too much 10 al
/ lege. that from the suspicious day, on
which Virginia shall adopt decisive ura-
sures on this great question. and poin,
out satisfactorily, 10 a soliciieus and ell
| curing people, the means by which those
| improvements eau be effected, The mere
! appreciation OF real estate, a mean not
| thai fictitious value attached To property,
founded on the facility of accommodation
| at bank, or on The depreciation Of current
paper, but that appreciation resulting
from sober calculation OF the increased
| demand and ephan, Ell value OF the pro-
| ductiOns of the soil and OF industry gene
raily,) would more than equal The annual
advances necessary To their completion?
Neither Is II fair TO contlGe this apprccia-
ton To the vicinity of The improvements
made, although there the benefits accru
ing may first be felt, aud continue 10 be
Tel, M higher degree yet the benign
Influence OF increasing wealth, commerce
aud intercourse, hike That of H., sun, al
though in-ensibly, will miallibly diiiuSe
itself through ibe whole population; for
II cannot be denied, that ly the increase
of capital, intercourse and population III
country, The sphere of action Is enlarged,
ami the means OF enjoy meDt, ans accu
mutation OF property increase IN SINH
lar Ia 10.
Nor will this facility of intercourse be
iwlAi the eastern aud western exiremlties
of the Union, and so intimately connect
Ell with The contemplated improvement
of the Ohio river, be found less impor-
taDt IN military, than In civil and COM
inercial point OF view; for, however I'M
ambitious the government OF the United
States NAV be of military fame, or of
ranking among the wafiike na,ioas of the
earth further, than shall he consistent
with the preparation and ability, AT all
times, OF chas,ising insolence, or repel-
ling aggression; and principally emulous
in the arts OF peace, commerce amt asri
culture; yet, IN the ardent pursuit OF
these, from the conflicting interests, am
bilion or injustice OF other nations. II
cannot rXpec, exemption from the com
mon LOT, and appeals 10 arms must some
times happen; and, OH that event, whe-
Their we Judge from The extent of her ma
creeks aud harbours. the nature of her
population, nr experience of The past,
Virginia bids fair TO BECOME the seat of
war; and, after fairly counting on her
wealth, numbers and patriotism, will sill
require the most prompI and etncient aid
from her western brethren; TO which
nothing could more essentially contribute,
than the improvements contemplated. II,
however, the wealth, the numbers, the
ioug tried patriotism or proHess of VT
gina, should avert invasion and the
storm of war, and direct them TO point
more vulnerable, and easily assalled. on
eur northwestern frontier, Cor the south
erU holds out little encouragcmenl,) all
these must be brought TO bear upon The
common enemy, and will fall, with re
doubled we,ghi, from The facilities al
!ordcd by the proposed Improvements
There Is another circumstance, within
the range OF possibility, and In Ieior,
10 be anticipated: To an in, aiding army
on the South or West, add a bl0l kade OF
all orr rivers falling into the gut, by
superior force, inieroictirg all intercourse
with tie world, or tie atlantic states, by
waller, as those natural mounds or barn
ers dividing these states ir0n1lIe western,
must 10 by land. TITUS iIvisiOD aud uon-
Intercourse will necessarily produce dis
similarity In interests, habits aud orln-
IONS, while The early attac hmenis of buIi,
cou try and family connexions, daIly Ills
solving and Weakening by deaths, sepdr.
alton an time, are fiuaIly supersc cd by
new CONNEXIONS, opinions aud wants. |
Thus SITUATED, prntract the war Tor tIve, |
seven or len years, larrass your militia !
by constant acquisitions, or, what is |
worsr, ny taxes, TO be lavished in boun. |
ties, or dissipaied in supplying the wants, |
and pamp5ring the vices Of a standing |
army; let tins army meet with some re-
UerSeS, the Inseparable companions of |
war with potent aud vigllant enemy,
owing principally, perhaps, TO The want |
OF prompt and efficient aid from the Eas.- |
tern siales: and, III SOME moment Of de. |
spoDdence, let separate peace be offered, |
OIL sucE terms as an insidiOus enemy |
may propose /; let the blockade be raised, |
the avenues TO commerce aud enterprise |
thrown vide open, and the golden reward |
Unsuccessful eXeTtiDn held out TO every |
adventurer and who that loves, wonld |
not lremble for lis country who would |
pledge himself that the spirit of innnya, |
ION stall be confined Ia tie old world |
And HAT men should not be found IN this. |
base enough TO discover, and lnculcaic |
UPON deinded people, the pretended |
advantages that would accrue TO the |
western country from dissolution of the |
union an union, which had not seuur |
cd To them the blessings of peace, cx- |
tended to them the arms Of protection, or |
means OF defence against an Invading en- |
envy AN union, unnatural IN Itself, and |
in'rTdicied by the insup~rablc barriers !
thrown in the vay." Nor is II certain. |
that with the dissolution of the union. 4 |
change in the torn e government nigh, |
not tInd advocates aud thr hOneSt home |
Spltn earb Of RennhLcnni,,n rncIann,d |