Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-12-07

POS tan. 70 the sr' manufactures. and commerce Of the
ln 1874, the Committee Of Roads and Internal N,vi
CATION, made lengthy report containing this passage
This communication once made. opens ~nh it'll.
difficulty, PisssRs through the Oh,o Mu.kiueutn and
Cay ahogs rivers, to Lake Erie"
Ia 1918. Cover nor Nicholas, In his Me..sx, say..
II would cont incaleuisble bene6ts peii,icsi ADD
commercial" The {, mmittee Of Roads and Internal
Navigation made most lengthy and able report con.
c'u''rg with he ounes RI plan for erea'inx Ion d.
AL ut The ssms sss.n the Fund ct Internal ij row
Heht Was CT. atrd
La ioid, ia. bard Of Public wo K. made til is 6r.,
r-ror, IA Which hey :" beg lrsv. to rrronnrrj T. L.
'hs He'si A's. mbi, OF Vrgnis. 10 invite the CO.
'P,"hn.t he Cni~d Sa,rt. and OF the sov.
o. ..' Saes OF ken,u,hy add Ohio. in the aseonp llsh
M ut Of this object"
To 1877. tie Bead Of Public Work. said, the co,
eseuon te;"een he Eastern ebd Western waters, ear
aWae'en Ne sue"tl"n Of ti~ Legislature Of Virei-
MA: Our iliustious Washington wa. SCARCELY freed
no'n e etcuous service oi the revolutionary war; be-
0re ne called the aen,,n OF his native 81 t. to this
tispoitsn undertaking At the same session Eusi.
neer Baldwin was directed "to examine IN. oh.,ruc.
ticns TO the navigation Of James and J,ck.o,,s Riv
between the mouth OF Loorsy's etesk near -Bser.
bridge, and Dnpar's creek The obs rue ton. TO n
navigation OF the 0rea, KMawha between m. Or,
Fails aud iis coDfiuenrr with the Ohio. snd % n,,k on,
aroad between the Great Falls and Duniap's creek -
Your MeG ofiaiists beg leave heo TO call the s't.n
don o your bonourable body TO the iact ba, from thu
encent OF ,bs cenie enterpriz in 1910
dowo TO tho feiiod a, which have snived ip hi.
Is.
you will hnd no instruction 10 any DO w. TO examine
in any way The whole trace Of James River from the
head OF the Tails at Weshsp, 10 Lynsh urg, or any
part thereof; which comprise nearly the VIII Ie
district The 6fst survey 1872, which produced tbs,
splendid report from General Marshall and others be.
ore re- rrsd 10 commsncsd at Lynchburr. and had no.
thpE IN View but the ting link Of comu-ree he.
tween The Est and the wes'. Aud thisis ,nan, s,iy
the Leading object in all the succeeding documen s 70.
frred to Ia the exsmnan OF ii at branch Of the sub.
jet. now under cor siders'ion
her cant ba ss'd "a. A, L
wa undertaken, because the people Of James r We
asked 'he Legislature Tor the Improvement. aud must
pay for their error. |" lfhey did. when it thai
they priiioned fori n Asd how ws.it ha, their rep
iesen'aives demanded the pls dye that w.. Civ "
sup, ose they had would they not have been in til
Ia k"g that imp EN- nj should be made VII.
thy had been so ng buIthenvd with toll not war
nied by the charter 10 The hands Of individual alt
Ill less in the hand. Of the Stn,e after they had wei
nigh caused fo'f'ru OF 1; in the hands OF thes,
indsidusis, Tor their fsi comply with i,s terms
Your Memorisists have now only 10 cay that il the
have demonstrated their Claim (, reet from this on
Gus eNaeoo upon the fruits OF their Abou, leaving NJ
os ioii'y oil doubt. they ak Of Your Honorable b.
~ TO all RI hat rei. In the full uhdence thu,
Will MOI be denied. Ifttey have MT hey are at To-.
to Conceive how aoy proposition he detnoo.ra tel
They hsv: surely established eyood DENIAL the i.i
! lowing ,toposi,t
IL. II Ia you canno, claim under y,ut zorro. al,
character. because you have not p,rto med q sinpl.
one OF those dues which you required Of tn. con pa
NY TO whose rial ts you have succeeded as the onl,
COZ diticn upon which they should avoid disranchise
meut
fou cannot claim under The hcrlty othe State with
ouia pioien upon every principls jusc be
ca's You have clsred by your own sole Inn L.
We act OF 10th February, 1870, iha' until YOU law
caussd dimnu ion of freight by your prove IN. nj
your tos should not be ncreased sud even them 70,
would only take one third of such Ginioutiou IN h
| shsps Of toll.
You carnet avail yourselves Of thu spoIogy that tn
people OF JAMES River a.ked Ter the mpTovemen, o
The navigation, at must pay for ys1r errors; berau-s
II IL abuDdsiuy roven by your scis, that yeui
loding object was entirely OF different character
1t follows then most conclusive that thIs de ed hat
been dtne by an act Of arbitrary power. When al,
T. al for Internal improvement hs h. aud the me
were waning TO pay ueres Inc loans &c ssary =,
20 on with this slendid enterprise, Justice ives
Locked aud the l.hou,. employ. for the putpos
u OF Ievying tax upon portion OF the community Il
psy Tor the erf0rs OF the whole
That your Nemorialists have not come before yo,
~ tue GARD IL humble petitioners, IL from any wan
OF Ierp,et They offer their proiouud hons age
! your Honourabls Body, ne tho Representative o.
lee ard enlightened p-ope. But while they ore TN
pressed with the de rpes Of The uu bounded e.
pect which IL due 10 you in that capacity, hey ow
II TO ihemselvesto say, ths, they would -icer i'm
pfopes to ewIloy the language Of duplication, wheI
hey ask Tor hing but their mos, sacred ard naen
Bile right. secured TO them Ivy The cov,psct uni,
which they are asscciA,td, with the Te.t Of tie CON
nunity.
Resolved, That the EDITORS of the En- quirer, ali,
Error OF The Whis. be rtqu"ssd 10 give 10 the fore
going Memorial! M re Insertions in tn ir ape
| according TO their convenience.
Resolved. Tha, the peope Of Powhesn, Buckng h sn
Campbell, dofd BoistOur,, Amherst, Nelson, Aloe
meils, Fluvanua aud Go5ch MI he uvi,ed 10 co ope
rate with W. in vigorou. effort 10 CD am relief Il
this odous end oppressive n,r upon our rght
a. rerinrn. TO oh ain many signature posi- |.
the foregoing Memorial and iorw hem as spec III,
az practicable 10 tbe3Lesi'Ia,ure Of Virginia.
! CessUs OF AarLI. CovyTr Cr,,U, OF Ctouor.r,.