Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-08-12

Stern intreguty, 1t is difficult il not impracti.
cahi', to guard against unwurihy ieaiuusie,
ana suspicious, which may prove INJURIOUS
both 10 the character of the officer and the
service. SMITH THOMPSON.
| N"ry Department, 8h .juiy. 1923.
Ordered, that the foregoing hr sent 10 Can
,an Evans, IN execution OF the sentence of the
| Court Martial G ~
me following Letter, from a friend TO the
EDITORS, weuld derive additional interest from,
me name of The writer were W. nj liberty I,
disclose IT. Ii deserves the undivided; ait.n.
iion nj AL Our readers, who feel any sort of
concern IN the proposed Potomac Canal, aud
particularly of our readers in the District OF
Columbia
| HkeclinF, I7M Juiy, 1928.
SINCE travelling from the City of W ashingtun
! io ms place, | am more than ever SURPRISED.
mat me Canal spoken otto Cumberland should
he so little regarded There is "A Iarrr extent
W broken mounlaInous country, which, for
considerable lime t" come, my not be cul-
u'ated-there Is AT the same time, however, a
vast quantity of RIGA delightful soil. the rro-
duct oil which is carried TO Baltimore il,
wagons, al great cost.
Cumberland is $50 miles from Washington.
ana about the same distance east of the Ohio
SupposinS II practicable To- make a canal only
to that place, and this will e,nubtless. on cx
ANIMATION, be- found to he rs far il can he ex
tended, yet the advantages of the Eastern
markets. over that of New Orleans, will make
IL The policy the people Ia send their surplus
Pinuuce ever the na;irnal tuI npke TO Cum
hrriand, where must hr the great derot.
| me consequences of this will be, that the,
products from Washington To- Wheeling. 4
Instance "i TWO hundred add sixty miles, and
| i1r twenty Or thirty miles on each sii. OF tho
t"tnmac, besides The products of that rich
region ui country waterrd by the Shenandoah,
wiz be brought down and made TO centre AT the.
cIiy, giving life and activity tu business New
Orleans being the depot for such an ex-
tended range of cnuriry and hence 6, fire.
/ quen'iy slutted, and wiihal is "A place cfs,Ich
! great FISK for the articles uf nuur and pork.
'hai NOT much Is hazarded IN believing that
me completion OF a canal Ia Cumberland NAV
Draw thither articles even from the banks of
me ofi" That which is mercantile interest il
Always mercantile feeling; for trade will take
any direction where the probabilities of pruIit
are greatest.
IL is no unfair conjecture 10 say that by
ms canal, for % or so miles on each side Of IL.
Tue Trade VIII be drawn f So the calculation
ihane VIII show an extent of country. noihiDs-
SNORT oi ten millions of acres. Now, let the
snpposliion be, that of this quantity. only a
TENN Is ht to he cultivated, and The result is,
mat Que million of acres of land will nour upon
'ie District ut Columbia their surplus pro-
nncts, as the natural channel through which
they must pass. The people of Baltimore.
aware of the benefit it will be to Washington.
ana at the injury it must be Ia their city, al
ready contemplate canal from Harper's
Ferry. VI us praciicahiiity, and Of the
country over which it shall pass, know
nothing; am sure of one thing, however,
NAV Inc undertaking along The hank sc the
fo'oinac must he pI"tier ofintiuitrly less
| 10 t..r f q
| 'iaiiy assented. The peoplr 0fihc District may
SIT down aad imagine that, because the po-
| Vtrn'ncn' Is with them. great benefits are Oh
| tanned, ard that by aud by, this will make
'helr city but were largely the owner of
property there and the question were submit
tea 10 me, 20 Lake the canal or the seat of
government, would most nnhrsjfatingIv pre-
I ''r' the I"rmtr and, IN the decision would
make, should obtain advantages suprrior 10
NOSE winch harr reared Phihdrlphia and
Baltimore 10 what they are. The commercial
advantages of the City of Washington would
men ne Interior To place in our country
WIN The exception of New York and New
Orleans; and ibis hcing the case. carital. so
much wanted, would fulv tu IL asa matter If
course" Any dispassionate man. who will look
L" me iinr and fertile region Of country through
"nich hows the Potomac and the Shenandoah,
cannot question hut that the lnriropolis Of
y
assist, VIII become one of orr most CONNER
clai, prosperous, and iourshlng cities. There
Is sort "i apathy, hnwPVer, that AT present
arrests exrrtion. The advantages derived
rom the large expenditure of public money,
give such repos", that the inhabitants rest
satisfied without any attempt at those rnca-
slrrs, which, It executed, must and will render
washington great, splendid city. To be-
gin ls al that is whntcd The western sec
ions oi Virginia aud Maryland are sufficiently
interested orender ih"n1 alive fo the measure.
WINE tnngrrss, II is huniiy coureived, would
WIN chee'iulness unite, in rearing up, and
pressing 10 prosperity, a city that ought 10 be-
considered the child Of he Union
IL man, possessed 0f 500, 900 worth Of
Guy property, should actually give away ore
hall Of 1t towards this canal the increased
vainr OF The residue, in ten years from its
completion, would be rendered of inGni,eIv
greater value than the whole ut present. Vol,
may think me too sanguinp. but my cacula-
mons are based upon The fertility and resources
OF The contiguous country and having nr
Interest at stake, not being resident Of or
interested 10 the City, is sufficient reason
why my Judgment i7, most probably, not
r9tTangrd, or at variahcp with accuracy
me only interest have * q desire To see the
hrtFop0llS ot This nation rendered prosperous
ana splrndd az FAR as discreet and prOpcr
eSertidn can make il.
Respectfully, yours. f.Vai. Int.
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