Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-11-10

intelligent and respectable residents oil this place,
That the General will not lose elector in Ken
lucky, and that he will beat Mr.. Adams in the
county in which MIR. Clay resides
The subject of internal improvement continues
to occupy the attention of the citizens of Mays
vile and the ne'shbcring towns and country We
not only hope they will persevere, hut tina, they
may be successful in the proposed attempt to maxi
turnpike from Msysville TO Lexington There
appears TO be Just cause to apprehend, however,
that the citizens who must naturally be ntere ted
in the success of the proposed road, are in a lair
/ way 60 be deceived. We discover that Mr. Met
ca!:c, their Representative in Congress, has been
addressed on the subject, and that he Is generously
and Icisety endeavoring TO turn the zeal OF the
i people TO the account OF the administration. He
| pronounces the contemplated road, from the Ohio
River to Lexington, most important national
! measure, and holds out the ides If the ciiiZens
and members OF he Legislature do their duty,
! Support the coalition SUPPOSE, that they may
calculate with great confidence on The aid OF Con-
gress. He states that the President and his cab
net are decidedly favorable to such works, and
that he has received from the President and Secre-
tary oil War assurances, that a skiliul engineer
will be assigned, - to surrey a road from Zanes-
vile, passing through New Lancaster, Chiihcothe,
West Union, Maysvlie, Lexington, Nashville,
and so on, to intersect the great southern mail
route 10 -NeU Orleans" The great southern
mail route, or turnpike, from Washington TO n ew
/ Orleans, has not Jet been commenced F; and II 1t
should fortunately, be undertaken, during the ex-
isience OF the present Cabinet, il will scarcely be
completed, together with the t1terSectmg r0Gd
from GAINESVILLE 10 Nashville and so O5t i'll time
to be servCeable TO any person living. 1t is
a pity that designing will srive TO connect
general politics, with ques ions OF local policy
N man IN his senses, can pronounce turnpike
when finished, from the Ohio TO interior town,
% miles from its banks, work o. 1IGti0ndL i'm
poriance-as much so any OF the forlihcations
or lighthouses erected on the sesboard for the de-
fence OF our borders or the venience and safety
I OF tho-e engaged in commerce The improve
ment proposed by the citizens of Maysville Sc.
is purely of local character and if they desire
succeed, they should so consider il. L. they wait
Tor the aid OF Congress, they may, n all human
probability, wait until doomsday. The question,
as 10 the power OF Congress, this subject, can
scarcely be considered a. settled.
| The Executive x his friends, have, in our hum
bic opinion, assented 10 surveys oil contemplated
works of internal Improvement which, taken to-
geiher, could not be completed in century TO
COVE, If the entire OF the nation could be
devoted to that object Let hose VINO doubt the
truth OF this assertion, turn to the report OF the
Committee OF the Senate Internal Improvements,
and reflect the magnitude and extent OF the pro-
Jeried works, the surveys for which have either
been already completed, CI are now in a stale ei
progression.
Ii the people of this state can be influenced, by
mere promise 10 have survey made, Tor a local
work, IN which II is not Guen probable, that the
national government will participate, they
must be far more silly and credulous than could
have believed them. The conduct oil hlr. Alelcalle
on this subject, appears 10 Us, be highly
BILE. lie Is Inspiring hopes which he knows will
never be realized, and which may lead to disap-
polntment and the most injurious consequences.
Louisville Ky Pub. .9dU.
We learn from the Wheeling Gazette, thai ].
Z. Wright, Esq is reelected 10 Congress i'll the
10Th Congressional District of Ohio, = by a ma
Joriiy OF 22S votes over Mr. Beebe.' - HIS ma