Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-02-19

brought in Wagons from Knoxville. and in tina,
direction TO Baliimorc.-Have you. or the .Rcprc-
Ssh;auVes from Botetourt, Monroe, Grecnbrior or
Bath, made any estimate of the number OF people
from baltimore, Washington all lower virginia
ana Worth Carolina, SC. who would annually visi.
the nrst set OF mineral waters in the World md the
most dcightfufsummer climate that this globe af
,oraS' II 'hey could get into asteain boat, and be
IN nichmond from the remotest point in tw days :;
ahu thence ascend in travelling boats to the very
centre OF these Springs.
VIII yon be able TO read the report OF the Enpi
neer, and state these facts to yoar constituents
ana satsiy them that you are right in postponing,
IL not abandoning, all this, for rail road 20 come
you Know not achere schea--and when this
work, too, must ultimately be done and mi ht now
be effected before the railroad could reach our
borders, be the Company as industrious as they
may Have you made any estimate OF the proba-
Die costs OF that railroad, and how long that Com
pany VIII be in making the minute surveys and ex-
aninations necessary TO their safety in their under
taking aud how long we must stand with our
arms folded, and see ochere, h0,r and ichea ihey
tc9H come! II they should strike the Potomac at
iiarpers cry viii they pursue the broken ground
!hfou2 the valley; or, awaiting themselves of the
inclined plain of the valley of the Shenandoah
WI they thrcadit up by Wayneshoi ough to the d-
VISION OF the waters OF the Potomac and James river
III Aueusta-and then passing that, descend the
Souh river to the North, and that to It's junction
win the James, and up that to Pationsburg? or
stu they ascend the North river of Shenandoah
noftetts Creek, &c., and passing through Jen
mig Gap fail on the Calf pasture and pursue it.
ana so on to Covington ?-'fhe former would be
worthy OF the enterprise that suggested this 81,
Sa''tc scne'ne; for lateral ruii-rsad from Pat
,uhsourS TO New river, as 10 unite with the
noistein and Tennessee, would not only give
uie!i tiie trade OF the West; but retain TO them
thelr antient trade of Tennessee Awev ooas o,,r
plan OF uniting those rivers with the Roanoke: and
IN me, away goes every Improvement OF all our
rivers; they are TO be substituted by this trou1sr
~ rae o-offd,--and when all is DONE will il be as
duVahtageous to the Western people as the i'm
ptoVeinent oil our rivers' NJ one, think can say
mat 1t will. But the State is divided the unner
rom Inc lower, and the lower abandonment OUGHT
there not TO be superior advantages of no oyoi51o
" magnitude, TO Justify this state of thiDgsl-
~, suppose IL goes the other route, and equally
PIouuces an abandonment OF our rivers what he
comes oil the trade to and from the south west,
Dut right will be reserved TO the State. TO use
the road from any point desired, sc | have not
Understood how this is to be arranged: but that
tne Company viii agree that the State. or lanes
liver liver Coinpany, or any other Company, now or
hereafter IN existence may put as many n,acbinos
on me road, within tile State as may he a,,,bor;c
ca by law, paying only the customary toll This.
presuine IS the least that could be offered If any
- offered; Tor any thing else would, in fact
ue hotning. what does il amount tor We have
got yo~ o" the hi1--we got something for no
t""t? last sesslon--now give as all and we will
permit yon, u goa can, TO come into conDetilion
WIN US ior share OF that, the sshoie of which
out Tor your want Of prudence last session beIonT
ed entirely TO you. We could not ash his ISs
session. The very proposition would have been
" Je'0 de Sc; but you now see there is dan eeyous
COMPREHENSIVE it more so-ai,G if non An
co'nPefe acih as. Really this is so modest a pyo
iostt0t, mas so much equity and Conscience in it.
tnat Know not how to treat it. But for the Act
OF the last session, how would it stand. You have
d very hne estate, sir-intrinsically worth nm
H1io"n millions, TO you and your family and all
Soui posterity forever. True, according to JUS
nee, II Is inalienahie by YOU from that Dos.er;..
butyou ere INDECENT and think Won are ton moor -
improve It. Give me the possession: I am in,jrs
utous' and II no richer than yourself have enter
prise and credit; l viii open and fence IT. and
s'He ''i' the prohts can. You may enjoy YOUR
yJur oyster rocks and if, at any lime, you
snou'u take an industrious turn, you may plough
such parts as have not pre-occupied--i viii on
~ use t9hat Z can Of a, and You may do the
same Itoio, my good feiloac don't 6ogSle at 50
a." o'tH eqaita1te a proposition. This is The
sum and substance Of the proposition If tho Act NJ
the last session was out of the way: and no one
can make more or less of tit was (ortbis rea-
son that did humbly hope and pray that that Act
should coi4s-to operate before we acted on the
SUBJECT, but 1t should be taken up in a way in
winch the fair arguments belonging to the case
might weigh, and nothing else
=, are we though to go on deeper and deeper? Is
this 'SisJdt"uS TO lead us into qlGicbSaRds from
winch we may never be able TO extricste our
serves 10 we Know enough of the nature of rail-
Foads' or the extent OF the powers we are confer
ring, 10 justify our fan,periiig sosfh then in the
handS OF foreigners, so unadgi5edIy;N
would 1t not still be better to 90 back, Place
the state where she stood last year. and If the Lee
gis'a,ure VIII not now go on with the work that the
members represent the matter to their constituents
ana mat they endeavorTo procure meeting
C0'L0ellion, II you please 70 call it so-of the
most skIliul and practical men from the various
guaIteEs OF the state, TO meet and consult about
lhlS matter Conventions of this kind sometimes
90 narn and sometimes much good One, on this
wanted but for the people to know and understand
the real truth OF the case, to enable the country 10
come 70 right decisionf
My personal connection with the old James Ri
yer Company-first as Director and afterwards
as PRESIDENT and my agency in bringing about
Tue compromise between that Company and the
state, Tor the purpose of putting it in the power of
.he state to dfchieve This great sOo56--has long
drawn my attention 90 this interesting subject and
mas interviewer 1t almost with my existence. !
,lad iondiy hoped, that had, in some small degree
been instrumental ia establishing. on sure E,nnda !
IONS the certain, if tshould even prove the re-
mote, wealth and prosperity of my country. III c
ahie report oil our present Engineer, as well as
those OF every other Engineer who has examined
1t, satisfy me that my most sanguine hopes might
nave been realized. have, on some occasions,
said, that would die in The last ditch in defence
of this branch OF our Stc'e Rights; and il ought
not, therefore, 70 be surprising that / should die a
little hard
These reasons, and my name having, so uney-
pectedIy to me, appeared in your journals and in
the public prints as the sole petitioner 10 repeal
the Act OF the last session. hope will be sorne
excuse FER my taking The medium of the public
prints t1address You.
Your Follow Citizen,
And Constituent.
JOHN CoALTER.