Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-06-23
INTERCOURSE BETWEEN THE WEST AND
THE ATLANTIC
Knorritle, 9th June, 1881.
To the Meeting Of Delegates convcncd at Es-
feNUttls, Scott County, Virgtnia.

app"f.ted, the undersigned became opprlsod tnst
posiFrnement had occurred, and asce tanned that
he objects contemplated we're of more definite
and limited character than they had snppo. cd-In
consequence, they cannot be present; but with u
view to bring 1t before the public. avail eneclyes
the Opportunity, to communicate in this manner,
PROJECT IN which the Western, South Western, and
ooutein D ates are mutually and deeply interested
nat project consists, in on. n,ng Communication
hy R'il-R"ad, between the poilt where the Oni"
SD mississippi Rivers Unite thcir waters, and tie
CITY ." Chares'on; TO b. Connect cd with mo Of pac-
kcts thence "a Eurcp" The inst step TOWARDS It's
ncc"mT!i>hfncr has be II t kee III ,Ae Ra -Road
iiom Charleston 10 Au. usa-rhs .econd, Will be u
con nuajion al this road to the navgab,e waters oi
the erhesSee, for which the Improvement 10 IN
corr'e on that river, afnrd supesadded Inducements
VI the eXuberant brn' fits of sucn work no one Will
oonbt-that there are mGny, and strong incentives
aho gf'a natural facilities towards the under ak rg
can be easily demon e. rated-and of It's practicable
tv, especially through the combined action Of seve-
raj States the New York aud Ohio Canals, and
he Bal imCre Rail Rod are precedents In point.
IL VIII D" Wei tor the States interested TO have
scheme on enlarged u scale constantly IN pros
pec, that Their collateral! labors may tend to az uit-
mate coincidence.
The considerations which seem to have led to the
Tr'sent meeting, are, Fret, TO ob;ain market for
'hr nperabnndan; ANIMAL vegetable and mineral
products OF tns section nf couniry-and Secondly
The ready supply OF imported and manufactured ar
ilcles from other parts of the Union In detail The
objects are, free intercourse with commercial Sea
fofts, heap transportation, easy outlet, and
p'of'a3 market for your staIle productions; the
furnishing, cf the Southern neI2 hborhood INCLUDING
tn" gold mines OF Nor,h Carons, with grain and
live stock, and the manufacturing Sa,es with iron
orc, anu IN return, procuring groceries and other
heavy articles. from n. Orleans, and domestic and
imported manufacturers; from the northern md cas-
tern Giles L" subserve theee purposes II is pro-
posed to make Use of the Nssssippi 10 Nav Or
leans, and of the Ohio upwards TO whore a6vap,ape
can be tax n OF communications by the kenawah
nmd James river "lh Richmond; by Rail- Road from
wheeling to Baltimore, by the Canal through the
State Of Ohio, end by the Canal from Lake Erie To
the Hudson.
10 each Of these routes, there are serious obcc.
lions, independently of their great distances renee
lively. lmportarions from The West Indies Europe,
or The norlh pru ports to each New Orleans must
erntend with the Gulph Stream, encounter The .x
ccedlngly dangerous circumnav,gatlon of Cape Flor.
ida and conquer the difficulty of ASCENDING from tho
name. In the other erection, Richmond is about
one hundred and Baltimore two hundred and twenty
nes from the Ocean. by the tedious outlet OF Ches
aPcaA bay, with the perIls of Cape Hatteras near
rs mouth aId the proposition 20 supply the State
% ONO anA the valleys OF the Shenandoah, Pc
tom9c, Mohawk and Connecticut with urain and
cattle, is, to use familiar but apt phrase, "hLc
sending ceal TO New Castle" Whether. too. II
i'i De feasible 10 transmit for ytcn the iron
thunu III tennessee, northwordly may admit OF a
oouo1, us II VIII come in point blank coBiuetuion
WIN the ore of Pennsylvania and Nav .ev
su"Ject 10 the vast superiority eujpyrt by those
u'es w theif ithnie''se coal mines for ax ractnp
% nj
mat can be carried on bet~acu yourse W. All hat
section Ut the country Will coneia il your obtainin
t"chCe the imported and manufactured goods al
Which yoa stand II need, in return for specie o,
United states Bank notes. Upon this ooeration
there can be but the single profits IF the return
cargo-ther markets closed or cont ,steJ ;, =
abundance at home, and the remittance of funds -
make purchases has no l,nger even ths premium of
brokerage. "
1t seems to have escaped attention. that il.,o ia
huch nearer route than any nf these COMBINING r
.ef advantages, and exempt from all their obiec- !
ions: between the confluence of The Ohio nnd
anu the harbour OF Charleston lao cf
,on''ho lca'ion may De opened under Fix hundred
mes IN length This is less distance than from,
the same p"iBt to New Orleans by the bendirrx ~
I've ,Ver'-Aifeady g Rail Road, for Que hundred
t" Io'Iy miles ct The course under Contract and IN
oEsk ogress. each mile of i : egec.t;on md O.,
'ay II Its existence developing Its utility and c,n6
ning The confidence, and Talyng the spiru Of The
public IN lis tevu-. "
Although not Indispensable. il csr,,;,I, = l;LI
important for the CONJUNCTION Of Railroads Ib,
e'si as neuF rs possible should be Obtained Ia |
noun einou5 cnuTt'ies, this he Effected only by
ing INC Valleys Fl rtreaTns ,wmg alternately
rom The rd3cG in parallel dfertinns U,cn ,nsnec
ing INC map VII be perceived hist toe country ON
'oth S:des OF tie Intervening 1ni,tans IS 80 nrcJc
ed oy water cDGTsaF, 10 be admirably suocrry ~
20 th's q1isi;e ~ i
The s, nth Carolina Rai.P,sd .;, m 8
Ihlr'Tfton ~ Augts;a on thu, < y,nnoh r;rrr -, ~,
u"0'a on me ton@arec; ard Camden on the SYo
e'ee' 9h'ng Camden, the a,0st northern, as b
80 ~ J"hc' OF, IN" r'iii'G ior RtnuAlon you'd
'e ~ the bed "f tho Catav.ta IA slno the s,,it,
y Sis;l nsry st"en igines dnwn tho MAJ, h,,cJ
ho fl'eS'oh rivers to ~" Tennessee + OH CnI,inb
ie avenue his up he Sainda through rho s ,n,Ia
,"p "I"ng ne FrHnch Broad, he III ,Cr9 If iha,
''f' WIN 'He n !S'"n AUn;her aud srhan. : r., !
,sFt course, would b" from Argus,s +, IN.
sN'f' d'onR me f,g"l no. and Fur,r,e r,rt ~, !
~. 'o"' tHe hi"hss: G or th' lite Ten -,..lce do,
,,ras NE sIsom' to The Tennessee, he pa,-age
Nnf