Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-09

eeohu.s are beginning 10 h,lieve. aud very
sene'sAy tor, that even canal, are Inadequate
10 Large and rapid commercial TRANSACTIONS.
and are now snbstlut ng the railway lo,omo.
i've engine Virginia conInue the first,
Simplest and most Inefficient system OF inn
pioVement because II Is some shat cheaper
Ihere ntset vas better Inn AIM than that of
Franklin, that shaisvet is worth doing NJ all Is
worth doing well Nothing but an ,ndtpe n1sni
cana! iron. RichmOHd 10 he Blue Ridge, aud a
fd!ifoad from thai point 10 kaHa.eha, or a
ran Foaa ne trhote distance, ran t1eei ihe grsa,
tad Wtie. Ve teiSh 10 dec0mptlsl II !. useless
10 attempt cnneeaIm.nt under The paitIy mp
preparations designated in the substitute. The
rue "monnt, and the true desigo. should be
known al once. Convince The people Of the
niilIiy oil the object and they will 90, withhoId
The means adequate 10 . fleet IT, Sh5w them.
That by proper system OF Improvement, they
are TO tie entIched-that ne" markets Tor their
| produce VIII be furnished to them that TIE
value nj every loot of land which they own
WI he enhanced-rlat he happiness, prospe-
r'y aud Independence oil their posteriiy ARE to
he secured by it. Prove 10 them that this Com.
monweah, under the operation OF such a sys-
| ten, will be- renovated To the core. Describe
The tributary hsrvests Of ten States nowing
through the heart OF Virginia, seeking mn out
lei upon their own Chesapeake, aud destined
TO make H. chmond the Albany, ana Norfolk
| the New York of the South. DO this. and my
word Tor II the instruction from the constituent
to the representative, will lie, give Us the I'm.
| provemeut"
! " Most OF Those who had supported the other
side in this debate. seem TO regard every pro-
| position Tor the Improvement oi the Siae, as
intended exclusively for the benefit OF the wes-
tern counties We IRE told that II u unjust TO
tax one portion of the people for the benefit OF
! another. We have again been favoured with
| the essence Of that long debate which took
! rla zee in the lats Convention on whht IS termed
| the "ba.is question" debate mich gave
| deeper wound 70 the principles upon which
! representative governments are founded, han
aqy hing which has taken place IN this country
SINCE the era OF the revolution aud which end
ed in rivetling upon 'he peop pie Of The West, the
chains of colonial inieriortt. | had hoped
that the agitshons OF last winter would have
| been permitted 10 subsde that ,he angry
| feelings produced by collision Of opLhlon and
iatrre,t, instead of brIng fosIercd by our Ea-
tern brethren, would have brea soothed by
Cancellation aud by liberal efforts upon their
part, Tor the common benefit of the State.
| illusions have been made 10 western opinions
aud Western siiaton, Sir, the people oflha,
| qua ter OF the Stat med no defence from M.
The open. mau,y pnd liberal cuu Sc winch IN
! nave ever pursued, is the book Of hstimaay
| Which shields them from aspetsI"n. Cu of
from the IAscrnai IONS aud co,Tuptlons II the
~o,lJ, like the SNis, OF tie Alp, they nrr con-
tn, WITH their own mountains, aud iheH own
cascades. Patriotism CLOVIS rs warmly there
| asnpon any spot beneath the sun mud do re-
igiJu.'y believe, that, in the untold caiamn,es
OF coming time. the light OF liberty Is destined
TO be exungnished upon This COntinent--ils
lest expiring ray will be amld the mountains
Of WesttTn Virginia"
e" SIR, Virginia Id not alone Interested in this
improvement. The whole southern country Ii
comp planning of the grinding monopol'es Of the
north. OuT impot iati0ns are all through that
channel. We are Indebted to northern capital
md northern tonnage, for almost every thing
We receive from abroad. New York IS swnl-
lowing up every hing. Bring the com'neras
of the west To Ihe Chesapeake, and you nj
once make Norfolk The great importing CITY
OF the Souih W. should no louger pay the
tribute now SO much complained Of
! Bar how inconcciVably important is II, in n
political point Of view, that tho rising a,es oi
ia. West should be attach 4 10 us BY every H.
gament. Nr. Speaker, ii is not giyfn Ia trail
nm, To know what may be The destiny winch
ID vine Providence may have IN reserve lot
INN. OF his institutions u is best so.
Oh blindness 10 tho future kindly given,
Ihut each may hli the e,rclo murhud by iicascn."
Bot the period may arrive--God grant that
il may be long dtieued-"hrn the fonnha Ions
of this great confederacy shall be broken up
when The elements of strife shall arse among
This now happy family OF states, cutting 10 twain
the bonds winch unite us, and snndering into
fragments, this splendid Republic. Where.
then, is 10 be the commerce OF the west, AMI
where the affections ottte western people 7
GIVE them TO The north, through Ncw-YoIk AM
Penns, lvania, and what is to be the tate OF this
sou bern coun,ry2 Now you have 1t in your
power to unite them to you forever. Their
prepOsesslons are with us--they have mostly
gone from among us--the homes oil thrir Ia.
thrrs are in the souIn--al the kindly rscc"llrc,
tons Of their youth ele ia this dHertcn.--O-
pen then this great channel Of intercourse :
aud wheu that cloud which is SAID ev,n nov to
be skriing the edge of our potical HORIZON,
shall have gathered into hlacknts,. and burst
upon us. WE shall tie found, IN The language Of
Clinton, " bound togt ther by tho golden ties 81
commeiee, and The ada.nan,oe chains OF 10
Ia. crNt." bOtElOUKr.
sa'er. Va.
P.s S. The old proverb says" where there il
a " III there is way" When Speaking OF ira.
Yelling, We may say " where thee IS way
there I, "A wJ,"-in tact, where&er channels nj
communication are opened, they viii be used.
Fu instance, the North Kyer-uniil sreaiu.
boats naviesied thar stream, numerous as we've
the sioops that passed up n. Inc number oil
passengers was nothing like as Dnmerou, az IL
months alter they were ftthoihseh every Ohr
must ecollsct TWO beautiful buats both called,
think, the Experiment. They were SO con-
struci ed rs TO run almost into the Nard's +, =,
aud made their Passage with g,rst
r,dity. Again. LOOK 1T The report Of the Liver
pool and rIancne.ier Raj Road. On e1ami.
naiion, IL was ascertalned that previous to It's
being opened the carriage accommodation WINS
confined 10 100 persons, per diem. Three
months afterwards. the Raj Road passed 1900
"A R,,nI TN, "A
verse from Charlotte, Nor,h Carolina TO Dan
vile IN one duecion, and, TO -, in ano-
ther would the people of tho slckiy region. oil
the South pRss in crowds, to enjoy tne fresh
ar si the mountains OF Virginia and quatf heir
s.,ubrjuus " alters. Ga the Other hand, The IN