Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-08-15

hE aheD. Ito l10d concita.se hfEJUsns /,
which esniir offered, upon ih's part Of The
subject, save thai OF ,he actual res4ls. H., that
oa ti'e line " I'll the works " Internal i'm !
nroyrmsnt 10 auy es'eut, in every r"auirv. The
reoi have real 4el tho advantages which
have he-n ennineraied. AMI are nrtenl
hi"nds oi the system aud IN every sla.e or,
country where their ben, FLA hsvs bten reahzea
the extension Of public improvements u pres
seh with an eafnssfness aad rnterprizr winch
hdsrd the strongest indications Of sincerity.
lhr great opposition which seh-mss of inter
nal Improvements have had 10 encodniet has
arisen from fear Of their cos, aud Tho burdens
ihet would impose upon the people WIN, not
having hid the advantage Of experience, could
not see how they were 10 be remunerntei for
slch heavy expenditures. The great oppn.
silinn and difficulties which Mr.. Clinton mel
win IN The project and progress oil the New
YORK canal an opposi'iou which never ceased
until ITS complexion, and until the people saw
with their own eye, how they had heen de-
Ieivrf, cannot be forgotten. They NOW admire
tn" frmnsss and perseverance, of hi whose
mastefl, genius and over1osing pairo - dad
that for thcm "hIch they wouli not do fur
themselves. These causes of opposition ARE
deluslve. JAMES RIVER.
Al meeting of snudry citizens OF Bedford
county, held at the eour, house. an the 25ih
July, 1881, for the purpose of taking into co...
siderai,on the pruprsty OF appointing DhI'-
gates tom this county 10 the Conven ion pro.
posed 10 be held nj Alb ingion, IN Angost n-a,,
TO cons ider The subject of n Rail Road from
Lvnchburg TO kiugspor;
Col. Dirid Saunders ~as called 10 III.
char. and Joseph Ft.an appointed Secretary.
On motion, ResJued. That a committce ofhve
hn appointed To Iepori trsnintons for the
rn1,tupFt oI yb,r
Nts,r'. Natha oiel II. Elsibofne, Is njam.n A.
Donald. VIM Steptoc, William G ,ole aud
samuel Garland were appointed committee
VINO reported the resolutions following
ls'. RtsotDsd. That this me"tIng view, with pain
and apprehension. the proofs presented % eye
~ hand, Of the lRnguishing state Of agriculture,
commerce aud manufactures IN tine Old Do
mm,on, the land ofour brth-to which we
would gladly be attached, AS well from policy
az principle, aud thus hip TO arrest the annual
nIigra Of wealth and numbers, WHICH con
stluie the bone aud sinew Of all communities.
81 Res0fred, That, waving all expression
OF our sentI,nen's. III relation 10 any future i'm.
provements or james RIVER and its branches,
"e h'Ii the prospect OF Rail Road from
Lyuchbutg 10 New River, aud. II possible be-
you'd il. MS wise, aud we beieve practicable
| Improvement, taught with incalculaole ad-
vantaees 10 Us aud 10 our children.
81. Hefotred That, while we regret that SEE
lion ! Interests shIuld 50 etnbstrass the pro.
ceedIags al our State Legislature. aud scheme,
Il-maturrd, should have drained the resource.
vi the pfope-, patriotism and trnn economy
require, IN our opinion, that neither The roy
rrnmeut tor people should Tire or r,flnA IN all
prudent u well meant sndeayors 10 facilitate in
terconrse betu cen the different lrari> u Virgi.
MIA aud the sister Subsequently, since new,
/ d I'll lateiy unheaId of Improvements IN tram
| porting tue pIoduc iions oil industry nave b5ou
! SO happily invented.
! 9TH, Resolved, lnai we view with lyly re.
| gard. The interest which East Tennessee tns
manifested on this subject, aud think il should
animate ITS friends in Virginia, 10 new and
more vigorous eIerlions-h tueIed, us we H,e
thal Alabama too, in due tlmr, will lend hen
powerful Resources, already about to be plsdg.
! ed to The Completion of Rail Rpnd from
| HUNTSVILLE 10 msm, his, which must ultimately
he connected wnh the Virginia md Tennessee
kah-3oad--thu, forming an internal line o
| reind communication between the Atlantic and
| hIs,issippi~-in peace and in war-perhaps ot
ineaculahie importance to the future deslnes
| ot our country.
Ia. Re'0lptd, That Delegates from hi.
county be appointed by this met ting 10 repre-
sen, this large aud popuon, county. 10 attend
The meeting oil Delegates appointed 10 be helt
la Bblng don on tle 25ih of August nett
9th. Resolued, That the Editors OF such News
! papers as the Chairman may think proper Il
select, be requested To publish tue proceeding,
| OF tins mecting-
Which were unanimously adopted.
Res0tUed rhaI ,he blank in the resolution be
! illed with the numher Eve
Resotced. rhat The following gentlemen he
appointed Delegates TO, the proposed meeting
~ Abingdon, viz: VIM. Radford, Bsds Nc
Daniel, Robert S'ep,oe, John o. I.cflw,ch ant
| Ben amin A. Donald.
ResOiVed, That Editors friendly to the cause
OF Internal Improvement be reqaesed to pub
! lsh the foregoing proceedings
DAVID SAUNDERS. Chairman.
JrtPH NiLsoH Stc'y.