Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-08-07

objects OF improvement must be multi
Piled, for some addition 10 the taxes. or
sale of SEINE Of its disposable funds,
orsn admission of other stoc kholders to
participate ia the tolls Of such works as
have been or may be begun or extending
any loan which may be effected 10 the
interest upon ii, at least for the first year.
A loan 10 some extent viii be required:
aud until The fund for Internal Improve
ment shall be enabled to meet the inte
rest on tbs loan, resort must be bad to
one or the other Of these measures. We
can perceive no other alternative. On
such subject, on the choice between
.hese measures, this Convention will not
presume to hazard suggestion.
Such are some of the leading objects
Of Internal Improvement, and such the
means of their Accomplishment, which
the Conventionmos, respectfully recon
mend to the favorable regard Of a pat
erDai Legislature. But they would not
acqut themselves Of the obligation
which they owe to their Immediate aou.
sltuenis and 10 the Commonwealth, If
they did not add, that after completing
these great works, their value, lift does
not essentially depend upon, will he
greatly augmented by judicious and
efficient system Of common roads. The
happiness, because il is, itself, dapen-
dent on the social intercourse of the
people of any country must rest very
much upon the Improvement. of those
numerous highways which conduct the IN,
and the productions OF their land and
labe0r, 10 The leading channels Of inter.
nal and external commerce. What a
vast waste of time, of industry, and of
resource, does bad system of common
roads occasion in any country. which
may have the misfortune to feel its OPP
preston! - Candour as regards the en-
tire Commonwealth. justice to those
who suffer most previously from the
present road sy stem of Virginia, call up
on the Convention to pronounce it une
quail, in the burthens which it imposes
upon the people, aud nefficient in its re
suits. Bearing, in any system Of Internal
Improvement, the relation 10 the great
avenues oftrads, which the daily offices
Of social feeling have to the public viz
tues, good system Of common roads
makes up in the frequency of its use,
observers in dignity. In a comprehen.
siVe system of Improvement, the Gen
eral Assembly will assign to a just and
effactual provision for county roads,
rank proporiioned to the enjoymeuts
which it dispenses, aud thus heal one
source of dissatisfaction in a Common
wealth, which has, In truth, but one
interest, that of difiusing every where
the spirit of social contentment.
fSeversi alterations Of the Repor, were made
after it was presented. Some will be found in
the subsequent proceedings-others, are not
noticed in the proceedings, but are made in
publishing The Report. The foregoing, vita
the exception Of the amendments which will
be found hereafter, is what was finally agreed
on.-EDrroas OF THE ADVOCATE
THURSDAY. July II
The Convention met at ii O'Clock,
agreeaby to adjournment
M Marshall offered the following
resolutions, which, on his melton, we're
added to, and considered part of the
Report presented on yesterday.
1--WE submit most respectfully TO the
Legislature, the following opinions as
the result Of our deliberations.
lst. That the best interests of Vir-
ginia will be promoted by persevering
in that system of Internal Improvement,
which has been so wisely begun.
Cd. That the improvement of the ma
vigation of the James River is an object
Of great importance TO the State, and to
large number of its inhabitants, and is
indispensable to the value Of those
works which have been already execu.
ted, and TO the preservation of that mo
ney which has been already expended.
Sd That Just attention 10 the inter-
ests of our fellow citizens on our Nerth-
eru frontier, requires that the State
should subscribe to the Stock OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, the amount
to be paid in FIVE annual instalments.
9TH That the improvem Of the ma
vigation of the Shenandoah after the
Potomac Canal shall have reached Har-
per's Ferry. on such principles and
terms as the wisdom Of the Legislature
may devise, is an object Of vital impoT-
lance to the Inhabitants of that part OF
the country, and is entitled to q share
oi the puhlic patronaoe