Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-03-22

means OF etectin: that object, does moi the G,r
sh" every mind with great force, that if tins road
souid be made from stanton TO The Ohio (with Tho
right reserved To the State to connect Other t,,,
meniS with H. that it is in fact saving to the Stat
/ oi Virginia of precisely much money as the con-
sltuGioh oil the road from Stanton 10 the Ohm
"oni Cns'; For then. IN order To have a continued
ran road from Richmond To- the DIN, u you'll -, ~
NC necessary for the State TO Construct road frn,
Richmond 10 Stanton, ana IT Is tsc presumed a..
cor would run Just ui rapidly upon a road If onuoI
- We" constituency made by the Valley cutnn,py -.
ny the State of Virginia. The prIvIlsr, - y.
extending tins road from Stanton To mn OL;n -;
s,c1" OF uivcr.ng the commerce OF ihe OH, from,
,'r CITY OF Richmond, might ul ri an Immense e.
ny 10 the atnluiDcn' of at least a p5rtion of TIM.
e'hmerce. SIR suppose n rail road 10 cxjs, frnro
ION 10 the OHIO, aud SUPPOSE rba, ro,d ,,,,.r
S'ctcu by another road Of sirlIlar cons,-nc,;,, I
'ls rom iounton to Richmond does not everv bod.
perceive thai Richmond has The decided ,d,,,,,,aa
over BaltTo or" Of bcinr- 100 ,n,les naar- 90 So
~" t'''" btltilR"rc Is: Then, the only inducsrnc,,
-; .,S ""n'' oI produce 70 tskn 1t on To Bait norf.
'"" % bringing ii 20 Richmond, that .. he, t,,,
nd ,' - OF the Baltimore market nigh, Afford
'' WA any gentleman in tia House presmo TO saw
'ot TINS LegIsaturc ought tn throw anv obstacle ~
Sc way 10 prevent the citizens Of any portion of the
na,' rom seeking the best mllel for the products
81 GF INDUSTRY and enterprise; But, sir, It is said
ma t"' c'mil"nwcGitr has embarked her CAPITAL I'm
inc improvement o: the James RIvcr-and sboplJ
'hc extension ol ths contemplated rail road be per-
Gitic" beyond stanton, the value Of the works on
'"cS LNE"F VIII D. Destroyed aud Tho State losa
am 'hEt OF hcr investment IN that improvements
Or, supp SO the state has invested her capiial :,
'"'s James River Schcme-what them For what pur.
pose WAS the my stment made? Was &c for the pur
Pose Oh specuIa.!ln; Was 1t done TO enrich the
treasury by the tolls which wond arse from ,hc ~
OF the work No sir, 1t for the purpose of iur,
ing Ncics TO The citizens M the trar<Dprta,ion Of
theIr produce to m3rket-lnd ne H. sir thar ohio,
can De octter attained by other means Will the state
'CFPose the little pccuniary interest that she mi, bt
tn tln
ien' OF ob'cts OF greater utility TO the community
Dir Tie government was instituted for the puruo.o ,f
securing the welfare of the community --nu for tn,
purpose OF rendering the interests of the ctizsns
snbservont to the pccuniary interest; of Tho GOVERN
theht. ANA any attempt on the part of the ivan,
m"ht to render the interests OF any porlin, ~ ,,,,
state subsery!c"t To tho interests of any other part
oil the stat" is pCrversan OF the object ior which
was instituted and an ur;ustiiYbc NOT nf ,,,,-os.:
bht sir, III this aye of Innovations and wonderful
uScoN eFies' u la" been found ont true prncIp,
" Po''llc'I economy that the state bound TO afford
no facilities 10 The transportation of thar con,,nnrco
which seeks market ont of the siatn Nov -
mad supposed, that the true principle was tb,, ,l
wealth OF the safe consisted IN the weahb ur L,.r
c'u"enS--and That every cent saved IN conveying a
commodity to market. was So much added m t, ,ai
OF the commodity itself, and conscquentlv ius so
much put INTO the pocket of the owner a,, ib.-cb,
increasing the public wealth
Sir, II we came here asking you for contributions
from your Golfers to make tins Improvement Won
might then tu'n away from us-vou mich. tell us
yon had not the money spare; but when we como
asking only an act OF Incorporate on in order to make
the Improvement with such means as we NAV no ob.
10 RAISE cannot expect, that that will be refused:
and particularly, when the only argument Is ,ba, #
VIII interfere with the scheme of the Jom,s Riy,-
Improvement Sir, the state has already eypendo5
upwards OF one and n half millions of doo re uror
LLiat scheme, and II Is yet but comparatively beGun
we are called upon anUualiy-not mod, stlySbut
unfortunately assaulted with clanorous demands unnn
us Tor money, not by thousands of dollars but bv
hundreds OF thousands, 70 make an Inprcv,uanf
tut Is 10 De set up as an Idol that all others NAV
tal down before lt-nOt to call It blessed bu ~ rho
bitterness OF soul to curse 1t as Demon ia nroni
t!le whom all other lHt"rc IS are be sacrificed
II oar rights interests, and FEELINGS are To be cloven
down. and sacrificed, not hy what na,pe the nous, h,
effects is called whether pressed by the Car ~ the R
saS, or the Sultan OF the Turks, inimateal lis the ~
rannynot the Of the tyran: ,haI - oj,or R, III
he oher sections OF the State nierpose 70 arrest the
power u this great interest that a5sorb all oc, interest,",
WIZ Roanoke, Appomatox Rspyann0ck unite ,",h ,be
River improvement themselves nsis, upon prncn, ,n,,
eventually operate to their own nirrys e. ,nn
any aG 70 he granted 10 Them othe! sections of m. STATE
when they refuse only others but refuse TO pe
hem 10 maks Improvements with resources Sir ho
whose hand raised astnSt every other man knows r, ~
OF human nature II he expects that hand of every Other
man will not be IA sed against him
Mr. HIVES OF Campbell. next addressed the House
against the amendment protesting his readiness ac-
commodate the people Of the valley with rail road
from the Pot"mac as tar as S;aunton, but protesting
against its extension wcstwardly as calculated to draw
"
er and 10 render useless the works on the Kenavha
constructed at the expense of the State. As to the
means required 10 construct the road Mr.. X. denied
The competency OF the country Interested to advance
them, and commended that they must come out of the
State or National Treasury. He also biected 70 the
complicated provisions and terms of the grant as uro
ductve OF future difficulties which would fcqure the
nterPoston of judicial tribunal, and which if there
were stockholders III another State would drag the
commonwealth before the bar OF the supreme court
hr. Wiliams OF Shenandoah, defended the amend
mcnt as conccdlng simple Justice, and productive
merely, OF providing choice Of markets TO western
virginia. To the argument adduced by the gentleman
from Montgomery, (Mr Presion) that IT this road we're
extended west oi StauntOn, it would have the effect
OF detachng that part OF the State from the support
ct the James RIVER interest, MFR. Williams replied
with much warmth. he appealed to gentlemen from Tx
Hoanoke and the Rappa!annoCk country, To know
what would be their sentiments II applying here for
SIMPLE Charter OF incorporation, TO improve their
country, asking nothing from the treasury they should
be odyou shall not have H. lest after getting it, and
eilecing your Improvement you may vote against OUR
James Rive Improvement The principle was one of
unnIXed tyranny. lie would prefer Virginia mar
ket, but he would not 30 driven to choose his market
at the pleasure of others. lie warned the friends of
james RIVER. that this not the way to cuncat (
tho AFFECTIONS OF the valley. Mr.. w ayowed that there
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