The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-02-11

: Fort Deratur and Fort elnihorn 10 Nav
ORLEANS. Your mrmorialists are at opiian.
/, Rom personal lamifa lty with most of the
region over which the turnpike thus define
aied must run, th,tthis rontris prcferahirtu
any other yet pointed ont. In the first
place, Il IS the must direct that could he
selected To avoid the great chaia of monn
lains thlch uhstrurts thr really straight
course between Washington and New
Orleans. Sccondly-l commands sue
cesslon of dry gra,ely fidsc. for lis basis,
/ With perhaps AS few and nconSdrrahle II
ternailons of muuntin and valley surface
Is any other region of equal extent in The
I u. States. Thlrdly-Exiensi,e precincts
oi This route have long been used ia high
ways from north To south, and in point of
sohdiiy, spoothpcss aud public acconmo
datlons, may challenge comparison with
any other roads which have not rerrised
! imPortant artificial aids from enlightened
/ eglslatlon--another striking advantage af
forded by the route in question, IL, that it
would ntersrct emily the following water
courses ot any magnitude, VIZ Kappa
! hsnock, James aud Stanton rivers, in
Virginia the Dan, fadkin and Catawha,
IN n. Carolina The SAY annah, III Georgia;
the Chatahoochle. Alabama and Tombig
bee, in Alabama and the Chickaw key,
Nasonhatcha and Pearl rivers, IN Misss.ip
! pl. OF the above streams there are bird
ges already III USE oyrr james, Staunton
aud fadkln rivers, along the line of com
munlcallOn here recommended, as well as
excellent tords and ferries across most of
the Others. Your mrmuralsts further
state, mat rs this route runs nearer TO, and
parallel with the mountains, the streams
would generally be crossed 80 small a dis
lance from tg'.r sources, as 10 occasion but
slight lmpee'nens To travelling, from the
partial aud transient inundations to which
they are SUBJECT. But 1t is not TO be doubt
ed that every Inconvenience arising from
the want Of passmays over these rivers at
the present time, would soon be obviated
by the erection of bridges and the estab
lIshnent Of ferries, whersoever they might
be needed, should an lndncement be offered
To achieve such works BY the location or
the national road.
And your memorialists hazard nothing in |
asserting that materials for constructing
roads, bridges ferry boats, aud every ap
pendage, which may he found essential to
the national turnpike, may be obtained
long the line here designated is beautifully IL
cheaply as any other geographical division
81 our country. A leading object of the
government, we presume. will be TO open
between the two great points of communi
cation, that particular route which is at
once the most direct and practicable, ade
qaatcly supplied With the means Of subsls
lance aud facilities for ira, clIing, and most
likely to extend the ample benefits aud aus
pleioas Influences of the national road to re-
mote, una,commodated sections Of ourpo
pnlation. Upon this supposition the route
proposed by your memo ialists seems emit
lied 10 g. eat addltUnal notice, inasmuch as
III imPro'ed) 1t would intersect many hun
dred miles ion of country heretofore cut
oil from the invaluable relations of trade
and social intercourse, and impalt TO two
great divisions thereof, pretty equal IN pc
Pulatiop II not IN territory, all the reuoya
Jug h6liH"is of one common highway, car
ned by uumberless tributary roads 10 eve
~ village and halulet. And when il is re-
collected, that, to the east of this route
nature. with bat little aid from ART, affords
HE broadest water communication, aud 10 |
Tn" wesI similar Passway, for conslde-
rdblr portioa of the tour from Washington |
10 New Orleans, it would seem at least 81
pnrilnOns to run the contemplated national
road IN parallel contigulty, along either OF
these hines. Your EkceIrncy viii be
pleased likewise To realise from your go
graphical knowledge, the important fact,
that the route Low brought 10 your view
connects With the head of navigation on The
streams Tor at hast many Of them1 above
n q : nj
" I'D much facilitate the commercial in
ierchan1es of the neigborng population
I'd render The national road the medium
OF transportation 10 navigabIe waters,
whilst this same road FROM its immense
consumption would AT every point furnish
home market for the products of the farm
and lie garden Yoar memorIallsts
now EGG your ExceIlency's attention to
thelr estimate Of the distance of the pro
posed route, IN which they have thought |
II most correct to combine intermediate |
calculations with the total result, for the |
purpose of showing important places
tIoNia Characterization aud admrasnrc |
mcut of the map Of the United States, |
New OIrran. seems Ia lay so degrees wet
ot south from Washington. aud distant geo |
miles. A straight line from one great point |
10 the other would strike imper,i ,us noun
talns of great eytrnt aud rceoll az 1t were
upon Itself TO avoid them. shin thi, line
ia L,ncAburg Va 1877 miles, thence to
Lcdk-slllc y. 4, 62 miles, thence Ia SAILS |
bury 10 miles, thence to York ,. [. G5 |
niles, thence ~ Pluknryylile 10 mli"s,
thence 10 Daurrns 81 mIlr~ thence To- Alb |
hrylIIe 90 miles, thence To Lexington, Geor
Il "A = , IN, mt I
miles, thence IL Fort Ciaiborue % miles,
thence To New Orleans 1873 miles, making
IA total distance of $50 m,Ira, which ooli
exceeds the length of mathematical lime
by % miles, The above reasons and ctl