Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-02-09
,<rrs>.L IMPROVEMENT.

IN IN
lr,.,r, are I've ie,us in the proceeding OF the
,,..,se nf Delegates, conIa'ped, IN 'o.dnys pa
:. ,,bch viii give grea, satisfaction 10 every
p..;.ber Of the State. NeIeirr to the pas
aye OF tho bill Tor the "a'en''"n OF The Nan
~, ,nrnpile To the mouth oil Big Sandy aud
,,. Introduction into the House of Delegates
Till :. ,ro,idinc certain loans for purposes
,r,,,etnal Improvement, aud making appf"pr"
INNS thereof "-After the rejection OF the first
measure Al an early period of the session, we
I'D no hope that the Legislature, which has
.e,stolore been aotuated almost exclusively by
.c,;,n Al feelings aud local considerations III
,e,r appropriuons OF money tor purposes OF m
,.,,,1 Improvement, would be induced. even by
h.. strong arguments based on the utility OF the
-,ss,,ire. 10 consent again 10 iegislate on the
.,l,;ect We did indeed, entertain Sltghf hope
80, ,be recommendations oil the Convention
It'd in Charlottesville during the last summer
,.o,ld have IN laced the Legislature to be guId-
cd hy more literal principles than had hereto
6,,, marked their course in reference to thus
,.oes,ion bu, even that slight hope was frus'
1..,ed when we saw the positive refusal OF that
andy to consent to bill called for by such an
extensive and daily increasing portion OF the
cate, Our fears are much abated by the CIR
.,,,,.,auees to which we have referred, and VIZ
look forward now, With considerable con hdence,
n tbe viz orous prosecution OF important works.
Awe are-on he eve of adopting ncw conS'
f1don we sincerely hope that the last acts OF Ie-
,,sIa,ion under the ota, hallowtd as II is by SO
many recoectfons Of the patriotism ard Yalor
and wisdom OF its trainers, may be marked by
,ia; liberal and expansive policy which the
friends of a Convention so fondly anticipate
ms the rc.ul, of its deliberations. The friends
81 the existing constitution, which has carried US
Iriulpphanily through the storm oil revolution
md the rage of faction, could not more glorious
~ terminate its existence than by pointing ou'
% those who will come into power under the of
,,e,.ions Of its successor the true policy OF the
-,.ie. Ii, 6t hat an instrument which ema-
mated from the sages Of the revolution, bur
which has been rendered unequal IN its opera
lions h, the force of circumstances, which, 4
they ioresaw they could not we'll guard against,
should terminate its supremacy by acts condu-
.I.e TO the general welfare of the Common
wealth.
l. 1915, the Legislature set apart fund, sa.
rcd to purposes Of internal improvement. The
necessity Of increasing the facilities OF inter
course between the dferea, sections of the
State, nv improving the advantages which
boantllu Providence had conferred on us, was
seen and acknowledged by all !; and We entered
an the improvement Of our roads and rivers
with a zeal commensurate with the importance
Of the object; but, unfortunately for its ultl-
mate success, with too much haste and too little
praciicai experience. This cause, superadded
20 the local considerations which, after short
tine. began to display themselves when it was
seen what vast sums Of mcnev had been useless
" expended produced a sudden aud powerful
eactinn in public sentiment and, of conse
quence we find ourselves almost at the point
If which were totally unpeopled when the Old
Douliuion had arrived AT maturity of age, have
Completed stuppndous works, unsurpassed in
extent and importance by the most celebrated
canals of the old world, Virginia is almost as
Nature made her--we may, indeed, say that
'ne is literally -, for all purposes OF Il general
character Even prnns vlvnnia. which has been
generally regarded rs more Boihan III character
man IT'S sister States. has shown a laudable aux-
Icty 10 improve her natural resource, y while
she already proudly points totne numerous ca
nails aud roads which penetrate her interior aud
s1cae markets for the produce of her ndustrl-
Gus people, she shows determination to make
ghll greater efforts Sac has recently borrowed
hatf a million Of dollars. at 8 per cent. redeem.
RAPIDLY IL what she has not failed to perceive to
he h.r true interest The Virginia Internal i'm
proVemcnt fund, to which we have above alud-
ID, Is moi large enonshto eltac, any very yalua-
of purpose, as al present constituted, as the
aIPesabEa portion Of ii consists ouly IN the ii
Mount received fnm dividends on the stock
which IT holds in various public institutions,
aud which 10 ,pi, up among numerous works,
n'ne ofwhich can be regarded important
to the whole state, however useful t'iey may
De oihose sections Of it in which they are
located We copy from tie Compiler, the
following abstract Of the prescott condition of
me fund, condensed from the late Anonal Re |
PORT OF the Board OF Public Works Il clearly |
'n'"s hat nothing oil magnitude can be al
'NmP'ed without re5orl,ng 10 loan s propos-
%" ny the bill just introduced into the House |
NJ Delegates and which we hope may be.
"'n"a law, The rate of interest is now so
'"".'h'' money can be procured on very |
ta5enable terms, when the security, as in
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