Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-02-13

done has produced the ADVANTAGES exnecteIit W III
be discovered, enqured into that far regards
the estimates, the contracts were generally for the
different kinds of labor. prices equal and often be-
low, the estimates OF the Engineers The mistake
arose from The circumstance that the Eng ineers, who
had, IN IN season, examine the ground from,
Richmond to the Ohio cou Id not locate any portion Of
he canal so as TO make actual estimate of the GUAM
uty, quality or kind OF work that was TO be done SO
that IN this respect the estimates were understood 10
he merely conJectural; And to the Improvement
made not paying tho interest no one ever expected
or could expect, they would do So until the work as
done, or had advanced considerable distance UP tho
River.
The improvements estimated though, with tbe
exception of few short canals, consist of dams and
locks, The sites of which, understand, have been
carefully examined in the course two wears invest.
CATION, aud with nearly much accuracy as would
he necessary TO enable the Engineer or Commissioners
10 oier each parcel TO contractors for execution. But
say II may nevertheless, be too low and that il wil
Cost more; sui tue profits estimated principally On
tile present tonnage, and OF course, the probable IT,
creased use vi the river may be against this pussla
! bic error III calculation
III indeed the tonnage and use Of tho r;ror :.
TO increase, although there the iInproyeneats
ought TO be made in oder ca lie the money here
toure advanced yet the object would be minor con-
sequence; and might speculate, whether were
best to sit down with present loss, try prevent IL
But II say that the and profits of the river would
DE no more than double what they now are is mo-
detaiion in conjecture, believed he far within what
wiz oe realized, and that perhaps before the work is
entirely done 1t may therefore, with great SAFETY
be rehed on as enough TO any error calcua.
ton.
So much FOR the repeal OF the restriction and ner
uniting the Baltimore Rail Road TO come directiy in
conflict with the James River Improvement, How
stands the case though if the the las, session is
not repealed, TO the improve meut of the Potomac
and its branches?
1T the rail road company should derive these erea.
advantages which must be calculated on 10 Justify so
great and hazardous enterprise surely this will de-
duct SO far from the profits calculated also BY the
Potomac and Ohio Company, as the result of their un.
de'tak'ngs. IT l wished TO defeat that scheme
"ou'a ask no better means than 10 get foot this il
road before that company is formed. Will the State os
virginia be willing 10 advance her funds in aid of thai
work, with conflicting rail road, striking the Ohio
as low down as the mouth ofthe Little Nenawha? VIII
individuals embark their funds under the possible con-
/ sequences OF such competition?
III The State must ever yield up the James river the
prohs OF which 10 the old company had doubled the
value OF their stock, can she be expected TO embark
against such competition the Improvement of the
Poiomac whose fortune has been tie reverse OF that OF
the James liver?
| The Potomac interest will certainly require everv
advantage II can secure to itself in order TO succeed in
mat important Improvement. We ought surely then
TO come TO the conclusion. that This ocsfcr, connerjou
6y n'fdns eGte o The Potomac James riuer, and n
deed any complete improvement IF those riuers to tb
mountains. 20 be /orece a5andoned and deey,ed
'n'oorthy q further attention. before any thing whlch
may have the effect of putting end 10 them sa1c.
! toned.
| God forbid that the present General Asser,br,
should be prepared for such all amendment! iftis
then Inc act o! the last session ought be ire
peaied, and some time at least given The people on
.hoSe great warehouses; TO determine whether thew
are willing to say, that tJse majestic rivers have
been made in VAN, and shall continue TO flo,y in vain
as 10 the'n-Presentng monument TO all time, ,he
c"fenFSS and Sorsshfednss of Virginia Ii after ma
ture reelection, they and the other GOOD peope of the
state come TO that conclusion, then indeed will the en-
terprlsing citizens OF Baltimore be well entitled 10 the
Otrh1IS ht OF Vrginans, and ought to possess il They
on9nt mol 10 ask At though and much less ought tbs
good people Of this Comnonw eatI to be deprived or
ts their most ratuaj|e Jirfhrigft on one davis re-
lection, during the hurry and confusion of Ieo;s
tive adjournment.
But if the Legislature determine to abanton the v,o,k M
e part oil The State, justice to the Commonwealth and 10
her cit'zens would at least require that al offer should be
MADE and time gwen to see whether private company
could not be raised who would agree to in the shoes
OF the state take all her responsibilities, aud all her priv-
eSes gained by the compromise with company tale
her rights too in the Read and Kanawa River and .r,ec
10 make perfect navigation By locks ms or othcr
wise to Covngt"n, and also good steamboat ygaton
for iowboats from the Falls The mouth of the Kanawa
with The privilege also of pcrfectng the connection ehe
by railroad otherwise il they should think proper TO
DO is believed that offers less liberal and prvieues
Tess eccnsr than are secured to the railroad company
would very soon produce company in the State tia.
would so on with these works 1t would probably 80 the
best stock in the w0T:amd certainly if railroad from,
Baltimore to the Great Kanawha would Weld a proGt
there could be doubt entertained superior avar
tages Of such company. This would relieve the State
from hcr present burhcns, this work; but Tn
enable her to make such offer own citizens she
ought equally TO put dorm foreign competition.
But why should the Legislature scout as admj, ,,,e,,
ought TO 90 me idea oil making such proposition ou-
own citizens, for the benefit of State and vet foster
and enconagea company from abroad, and thereby create
most powerful competitions, resulting perhaps in the total
destruction of improvements advantageous to tl,s
country, and III which improvements the State I.v bec
engaged for forty yeas? his done too at a ,ncure vbc
those mprovem anguishug under the pressure os
the times; instead OF throwing Oft Iia pressure as we arc
well a1e to do and asserting our Stute Rights not in
iCOrds but it, acts!
approve of the Virginia doctrines that subject bn.
am Tree 10 say, that 1t would be thousand times batter
10 yield up the night of internal improvement to the Feds
raj Government and procure that Government to make this
western connection for than to abandon it, we
"un 'heh preserve the substance of our STATE Rgtle
weaitil-power- population and commercial Influence
&c which by nature belong Better, by far do hie
IMAM preserve our rights in 10Ords, on parchment
"hen the substance gone. STATE Rights can only he
preserved substantially, by Siate GorcrnDe doinO ilci-
duty to the people Ifts done, they will seek for
'neir rights and their wants at other hands. They will
pace the power necessary Government ale,