Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-01-12

but little OF that also. Ii iOw occurs TO me thouob
20 ask how can that great scheme be itistihabe in
he 1enerai Government, il sin,i!Gy and more
pTdcticd6te one, combining more rcDsifed and
general interests an undertaking. Is unworthy
me attention of Virginia. and ought TO be aban-
doned by her l remember TO have read some
yeHs ago IN your paper something like a conpa-
rlsoh between The two modes of communication
by the James and Potomac Rivers--in which
thought The ahhfy and practicobiiify of the
ioriner over the latter was pretty manifest.
We Lowlandcrs, however have been in the ha-
OFT OF considering both rather riSioaGYy ana ha-
wing been led also TO belieyc that tic people on
James River, and the city of Richmond in par
ucuar. were to be the great gamers by those pub
nc works, We have looked on them with Jealous
eyes, and probably have neither done the subject
nor ourselves justice. The memorial considers
Norfolk as the city, which may be made a substi-
tu'e Tor New ork and Baltimore, and which may
eventually become great Sea port town. Ii there
De any truth in this The inhabitants of Roanoke.
as Wen as those OF all our other rivers, and the
towns thereon, are nearly much Interested
those OF James River and Richmond Verify il.
seems 10 me, That we LOlc'aRdeTS NAV not have
looked TO tbs matter with due attcntion.-
Our western brethren have always. been alive
10 II; and if they have been right, ii is much
10 be depored that division should now take place
so az TO put every other scheme above ours. when
ours, at least, stands a. fair for success AS any.
One uing Is certain; our towns every where,
are III state OF dila pdation and de cav This ought
10 be remembered, if any means can be devised
Tor the purposes and at least ought Ia part with
nothing, Unddrisediy, which might by possibility
stay our downfall. This state of our affairs re
minds me forcibly of apapor l read many wears
ago, think in the Spectator Rambler, and in
which certain Polcntatc, who had pursucu a
ruinous course OF policy, is represented TO have
had his eyes opened TO the folly OF his ways
Two Owls were heard in high debate in settling
o marriage treaty between their son and daughter:
the one proposed 70 give his son, twenty deserted
cites, with all their rats and verInin. and their
numberless habitations for the young. couple and
their postcrity. He was asked. how he expected TO
comply with this magnificent proposition: His reply
was, that If 1t pleased God to permit the Emperor
TO live few years longer, there wou Id be uoliiI-
Guilty about it. The Emperor tho was wise enough
10 take the hint, and the Owls were disappointed
Whether it is in the power of Virginia 10 arrest
hef o,cn GotclfGH, or whether il is designed by
providence that she shall be destroyed and that
thereupon, in mercy, she is first rendered mad or
bland TO her destiny, time only can determine To
the eyes OK erring morais, she would seem 10.
deserve better fate. At former day and to do
away IL jealousy of her stupcndous size and pow
er, she n'GshdniRo yslg gave away two or three
large States, Kentuckyand Chic, and now, CtAere
be any truth in these specula;ions, she is called
on TO give away heTSelf. VIII she do il? Balti-
more thinks she sees clearly the means, and per-
haps the only means which will keep her CITY from
falling; in the means of raising her greatly be-
yond her present prosperity. Does she see correct
iy? II she does, how blind is Virgiuia!i!
a LOW-LANDER.