Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-01-14

be apprehcDded, TO Its flna trIupph the inherent
merits of the system, sustained will in this in.
stance be- by number of individuals of great wealth
and parIotiSm will carry along, though slow
y than the interests of the country demand. 1t
gains vgour and confidence at every STEP and viii
grow with increased rapldty every year. so that we
have nothing TO fear. provided life be spared to it's
present supporters
| forwarded to you, few days SINCE a copy Of
our correspondence with the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal Company, in reference 10 our unfortunate
dispute with them.
~ see some evidences Df movement in the neigh
hourhood Of Lynchburg, in reference tn improving
their public channels of communication. am glad
to remark this growing feeling III the South and West
If your Legislature could he aroused to cherish and
foster these efforts Of individual enterprise, great
benefit would be conferred upon the State.
notice your suggestions, III relation to corJolut
effort on the part of Virginia and Maryland. These
two States have but interest i'll this question.
Inc Rorth, by her exertlons is carrying from us all
the internal trade of the interior, and with it she will
secure the ioregn or return trade this will continue,
as 1t already has DONE to inpoverish the South by
keeping IL continually tributary to the North. and
II only be prevented by some vigorous effort our
part If VrgiHa and Maryland could be induced to
make united effort 10 draw this trade to the Ches
apea!se, they WILL from their geographical situation.
be able to do so With this trade they would soon
feel their pecunarv circumstances become pros
porous, and their political and commercial influence
III the coniederacy to be restored. The first move
nient must, however, come from Virginia if any
thing be done She may, have doubt draw our
road or branch Of along the Valley of the ShenaI-
doah ana down the Kenawhu, if she could far see
her own interest to offer the necessary pccuniary
aid and co-operaiion
We shall have road completed as far as to the
fotomac, by the end of next year. which embraces
distance of about &C miles. The system will linen be
uIy developed and will carry convict ion TO Gil minds.
III affords me much satisfaction to learn that Fir-
gDa is turning her attention to improving the acili-
ties OF intercourse within her Jurisdiction and sin
cerey nope that you WILL both in the system you may
ADOPT ana routes you may select, al the ai-
VantaGes OF which the cohnry may be susceptible.
Should you determine upon CONSTRUCTING Rail
ay to connect The waters of James River with the
Ohlo,-periGps, Coalition between you and US may
De euected TO our mutual advantage. The SoutI,
mas certainly deep interest in putt mo forth all it's
energies to protect itself against the effects which
me works now in progress in the North must pro-
duce, by abstractng from both Our population and
the interior trade OF the country. Maryland and
Virginia have interest ia turning this ira de
more sodhcrly, and they ought to make common
effort"
ID The Louisville Advertiser is pleased to take the
following notice of the Orange contested election:
"Fhe claim set up by Mr. Ba bour to represent
the people of Orange County, though mai oritv
Of them voted for Mr.. Davis, will not be adnitr ed
by the Legislature of Virginia. Should the election
go hack to the people, ta:re he 20 doubt that
the Secretary of War of the Coalition viii be trea-
ted according to his merits"
IF tue editor OF the Advertiser were treae: accord
ing to his merits for the gratuitous offence he has
given to good manners. and to gentleman whose
personal integrity and reputation for patrotisn ant
abilities passed unscathed through the ierv or
deal of the late party storms in another part of thu
article we have quoted, he might then with some
plausibity demand that others should be treated ac
cordingto thefr n,eriEs
SepGis Of Pugihia We have heretofore omitted
to mention, that on Thursday last, the members @
our State Senate drew lots for the cusscs TO which
they shall respectively bc!oug-wi the following re
suit. The FIRST class will be reelected at the cleo.
ton of S3I--th second in 1882, and SO on.
First Class-D. Ii. Branch, VIM. Campbell J.
II. BERsAnD. C. Cooke, J. P Wallace. D. W
Patterson. J Pennybacker, G. S. Morgan
Second Glass;. Y Mason N. Alexander, G.
Booker, J. G Joyncs, l.. T. Dade, II. l.. Opie, D.
McComas, a. Beirne
Thlrd CIass,-J. Wyatt, B w. S. Cabel, ] B..
Harvie, J. w Chinn, ]. Cravens, E. Boyd, J. Mc
Whorter, G. Cowan.
Fourth cIass,-Wm. G. Holt, G G. DromeooIe,
w. Armistead, II. G. Winston, VIM McCarty, c.
Beale, ]. Edgington, VIM McComas.
Nj Clay and family, arrived at Louisville, on the
2olh Dec, to embark for New Orleans.
TIE NEw PANAMA QUEsrIoS.--We had suppo-
sed that the President III his practical administration
of the Government, had not only violated every prin
cple upon which he was elected--set at naught
every particular demonstration of that public opinion
which accomplished the political revolution ofl828--
every pledge he had given, affecting the
principles he carried into ofieewe supposed he had
not only done this, but that the record of his tergi
versation was made up. But it seems we were mista-
KEN Another offence of the kind, yet more gross and
papabe, in the commission of which he had even less
excuse than on other occasions, remains to be re-
ystered Nobody we presume has forgotten the fa
nous Panama mission--the outcry made against Mr.
Adams for accepting the invitation to the United
States to be represented ut that meeting, and his
appointment of Ambassadors accordingly or who it
was that made that cutlery, for toose benefit it was
made 1t will hardly be credited, that within three
years from the decision of that question-by man
to aid whose cause that decision was made, and bv
Minister'S who as Senators Of the u States contrib
uted to 1.-THE very stretch of unconstitutional
power, has been advised and effected! The President
il seems has originated embassy to Constantine
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