Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-03-26

- he deep aud vitL intmssts Of nv country which
believe this qns.tion involves, call upon me 10 throw
A'de all Considerations Of personal ease and convent
s'er, anu TO discharge my duty to those who zen, me
a-r- TO the best Of my poor ability.
The more necessary. Mr.. Speaker, TIA, should
az In ak tho ind.lgste Of The Ssn.ts a, both the
gentleman frouh Logan (M MecOmas) ani,hs Yea
tsman ON August. (Nr. PAue.ou) seem ot,lIy to
hive pi'arprehend-d not only the premises / laid
d'wr, 10 the remarks had The honor two dsy. ago
sihmi ~ to tn, S,nae bu, tho inrrsnces aud ar
6 :" ents dedueed from these premises.
The SENIOR from Logan pr-dica ,d his whole arxu.
men' upoo he gsound that had II that this
gtaod schsme was 10 be effected by the all Of Tor IL
'unds |" true. cir, | Dill ruteavor and, 1 'rus,,
snectssniiy-'o satisfy tbs nt- 'hst this -a'ernriz
c'n,d no., and was not expected % be accomplish
oy VI. crvite means OF the people a!oug Tho line Of the
pr9Psd Improve p,nt-that thr. was ,uffici- nj res-
500 Tor iievox, mo- oav that a.. p- i.eors Of this
'Sheme did depetd mainly up N foreign aid Tor IL.
corp'- o.. but that tier. wa, tpery pro5a5ilifv of
saeS all being furnished ei,h-r by tia b lin IRE all.
~ weo nav. been t,r tor vsars constant
" knock ngs YOUR Jrot 10 obtain The r,yv priuiiegs
noto asked Jor-or by the STATE Of Marv;sni Bs,.
SIR t-eqraily true, and call upan thoe who hear
me 70 osss ns ont IN the a-etop, ihs i.iie ely de.
cared 10 be utter oil the pstf.cf iuder-
to mo from what source the money 10 make this RosJ
was drtwn-Ar.eoics cqna " deadly whether Slmin
'ered oy srsng-r, or pon ed into your cup bv the
unna'm'n Land nj bro hsr-r-ne, cir, the aRauv NJ
the sufferer viii DO infinite sxxravat.d nv the tnov
,eds. OF tns quarter from which ,hs Injury comes
but the !, II CT ia the same.
y
ne belize es the funds be raised by ihs citizens Of
Virginia a.kius This act Of incorporation. Sir, th-
gen'em,n having made this deciaraiou. my personal
respect for him does susr mo to doubt i,s II.
ty but must be permitted TO say tina, hs 4, M only
individual either in out OF this Chanbe- that have
met win. who entcrtans those san xuiue hop... Two
sesPee anie ana Intelligent members OF tho other
House. from Rockingham and Shepandoak. eonfe.,ed
to me that their dependence was, with the one upon
Baltimore and Ciueinusti-wilh the other upon th-
bAiumoro khl'koad Company: and an honorable
nj mo t.s,I
frankly acknowledges that he had but little hope or az
Psctaon that The money would be rased either in Vir-
ginia or efsetohere
confess, Mr. Speaker. that To. pertinacty an z.s
with which The advocates OF this
Tor 'he oil their privileg have converted
my original impressions on this subject into settled
convisuon-that the privileges asked for in the name
Of dJe,0 81 the citizens Of Y1gnia are intended to
De transferred to some foreign Con,panv or STATE -
why tiis great anxs'y SIR to secues, in long antic
patton, the right Of ending ,beir road from Staun
ton to the OH! The oely reason havs heard as.
.gaed. was that ven by the gentleman ON Augusta
(Mr. P) which. think, mus, have excited in the Sc
nate the same utter aisnsh TIA, il pioducei IN
me- lie tells you, aud tells yor gropely, that the peo-
pie Of the Valley, from Harpe.. FerIy 10 S:aunton.
are unable, OF themselves, ake the Road betwe
nese Two pSn's-but taa, aided by the people toest
Of Saunon, they will have the of efec ing IA.
tohoie toork from the Pc to tho Ohio The PEG
pie OF the Valley Of Virginia, garden spot of the
Sae-evsry square mile Of viii, h embraces two or
three ierie, we-mauagsd and productive iarms-are
TO, poor to make l2O mile, OF Rail- Road but ass I'd
by their eihren Of the barren regions of the West
they viii md no difficulty in completing the whole
800 mi Is! 10 ether words, Me. Speaker, the peope
Desf OF stanton are not only to uTns the me ans for
making tho Rod from that pas to the Oaio, but 10
assist with their superiority, their INDECENT bre-
hrsn OF The Fai7y,iu accomplishing iii .ir potion oil
ths work!
Sir need do more han safe thi, argument 10 re.
fute IL Is there Senator who hears ns 20 cuIpabIv
ignorant OF the coud ton Of the peoPe, for whom he
lcgislang, as be deceived by such presen atop Of
fAc's! IL there chooboy, who has sone IN oush his
p liner, tina, could b. convinced by such Iogicl
For one Mr. speaker, rejoce 10 hear III our bre-
thren along the line OF "lhc apawha ROAD" hav, A..
come suddenly rich no. only to DO abis 10 make
their own improvements upon the most erpensiue scale
but, out OF their superdbunddnee. a.si otaers re-
oice at the discovery oil this long hid buried
know loo well their patriotism, to doubt th al tbey
would prefer TO give their native State the benefit OF
their efort' in The cause of Internal Improve uent.
AN sure, sir, they had rather Cooperate with Vrginid
than win maryland, in periectnk their channels of
social and commercial intercourse Heretofore every
collar laid out in the improvement either OF their roa
or rivers has been drawn from the public treasury
unaided by individual contributions If the pieture
drawn by Tho Senator from Augusta, of their wealth
aud resources be correct insea OF appeals to the lib
eratHy oil the Legislature We shall hereafter hear
thing from that quarter but accents OF
and promises oil aid and assistance in completing the
works go essen'isl to their interest. But cir have
done with this argument.
MIR. Speaker, the Senator from Augusta has at mpt.
ed in the way have just explained to YOU to account
Tor the srea. solic ude evnced by the friends OF this
project TO obtain the privilege of extending their road
TO the Ohio There is ano her solution which seem,
to me to be the true aud real one Sir what is the
proposition before you, when Invested of all
and disguise! What, this scheme, when seen in It's
naked deformhy? IL is declaration TO liimore and
to Maryland. that "f you will make for us Iocal i'm.
provemen', est,nding up the Valley to St4untoo, we
will procure for you, aud you forever the
privilege OF drawing fro the Sat- the rich
from beyond the Ohio to which the ADVANTAGES of her
situation en;itle her. and which you can obi ain onv
by her enderng these advantages into your hands
This, sir 10 the dOceur, the premium, t, be offered for
| making this improvement along the Valey-an i'm
provement which for one, have always been ready
TO assist them in making repeat il, this is a price
which no PIrginia Legislature will ever consen, to
pay for such ohiect-they will sacrifice the pitol
interests of the tohoe community to the local inter.
! esis Of Je,o.
The Senator from Logan, (Mr. McComas) con,e nds
that the rail road from the Potomac S,sunton 1, no
more local Improvement than th rom Siaun,on m
the Ohioand that tn refore the people along the line
OF the latter have as much right demand pc rms,ion
to MAKE it. those the Valley have to make III,
from Stauuton TO thu Potomac Sir does not thu nj,
and obvious difference between the two eases .trike
tbs mind Of every one who hears mel III tn, road
stop at Stauntoo, il take from Virginia onlv the
'rads of the Valley, which, by that or .ome o.b.r
natural barriers thrown in the way preclude all hone
Of it's being drawn TO Rchmond or any other comnar.
eiai eli Of Virginia.
But, sir, will this he the only effect If the road H..
protracted TO the Ohio' Will il then carry off no hin
out the produce of citizens along its cour,s,
so, this be the DOLLY object of extending it,
the gentleman and the friends OF the scheme can have
no obi seton to ENGRAVING the bi provision tbst
this Company ,hail be permitted to TRANSPORT ON ,h.r
al Al.