Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-08-07
CHARLOTTESVILLE CONVENTION.
Proeseding' Of the i6h Of Juiy, continued


IN ,le honorable The Speakers and Members
ofthe Senate aad House OF Delegates of Viz.
v,nia the memorial ofthe Convention assem-
lied al Charlottesville. on the subject OF Ia.
ternalimprovement, most respectfully repre-.
sens;
That the immense Importance Of faci-
Gtsting the transportation Of the produce
Of the soil to market, and Of improving
The means of intercourse between those
pars Of the state which have a natural
connexion with each other, have i'm.
pressed themselves SO deeply on the
mjads of many of their fellow citizens,
As to produce a spontaneous effort in
several counties to communicate their
sentiments and feelings to the Iegisla
tare of their country in more solemn
manner than could be effected by the
expression OF individual! opinions. For
bs purpose thirty nine counties. and the
towns Of Norfolk, Williamsbursh. Pc.
ptsburgh, Richmond, Fredericksburgh.
md Lyachbus gh, have deputed your me-
nOraists to meet in Charlotte sille, for
he purpose Of interc hanging with each
sther the opinions which prevail in their
respective districts, and Of submitting
he result OF their cons ultations To those
10 when Virginia has cendded hsr GO
yernment.
II is scarcely possible to turn our at
tention to this interesting subject with
out adverting to its influence on the
prosperity OF nations In almost every
part of the civilized world, internal i'm
provements have produced OF have been
the offspring of civilization and wealth
They have most usually been the har-
4 beugers Of an increased degree of pow
er and greatness TO society, and of con-
fort to the individuals who compose it.
& We cannot turn cur eyes towards Eu-
rope without perceiving the advantages
! in every country which has applied its
means to their attainment In Great
Britain and III Holland especially, the
benefits derived from these sources al
most bid defiance to calculation. In
France they have been very great; and
Der late Emperor, who meditated the
useful as well as the grand and magnih
cent, bad formed vast plans for internal
Improvement which yielded only to that
all deyouring ambition of which he was
at length the victim.
II national power and wealth, or the
| happiness and comfort OF individuals
produced by successful industry, be the
legitimate objects OF government, the
experience OF other countries shows
how much these objects are promoted
BY the iudioious and nersevering appli'
cation of national and individual wealth
1 10 roads and canals --emphatically term.
/ ed the veins and arteries of the body pc.
4 lite.
five turn our eyes from other coun-
tues to our own, we find ample evil
deOce Of that important truth which has
been so fully disclosed and demonstra
tedby the experience of Europe. A
sister state, whose original advantages
we're undoubtedly great, has multiplied
those advantages to an amount already
exceeding any previous estimate, and IS
advancing so rapidly as to justify the
belief that the produce accommodating
Tor transportation through her canals,
will be limited only by the capacity OF
those channels OF communication to con-
veg it to It's appropriate market. The
i great canal of New York has not only
q gwen most powerful impetus to the
commerce. and agriculture of that state,
but has attracted to its metropolis
large portion of the commerce of the
West Other States stimulated by the
Imposing example, are endeavouring to
improve their natural advantages, and
10 turn them to the best account. Vir-
Sn'a does not behold the exertions of
olhers without making any for herself.
Due does not remain the passive specia
Iorot the activity of her sister states
one cannot consent to be stationary
"hlIe they are advancing. She cannot
look on unmoged willie her ueigbbors
securing not only that commerce which
belongs naturally to them, but that which
ought to seek the markets of Virginia.
Il IS not her policy to compel her citi-
SeRs to abandon her markets, and seek
ior connexion elsewhere Such is moi
1 Ne anhent policy. The legislature Of
'Hgnia was among the frat to take uV
AUS lAtert sting subject, among the hrs'
~ commence internal improvements