Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-01-06

. ka.sruai Improvement We arc glad to see
| The Richmond Enquirer breaking ground In
the cause of Internal Improvement, add urg
| ing the importance Of roads and Canals 70
| thc general interests OF the State, by such
sound and sensible remarks as those which
follow, tasea from a late number OF that pa
per:
Tic LrSlsleye.--The great subject OF
| internal Improvement, presses with an IRE
! sistible force upon their attention Inc PEG
! pie are moving ia different quarters oil the
I State, end they must be heard. A new spi-
I fit is expected from new Constitution. we
! have much to do; aud it is the time to be ado
| ing Virginia begins to be outstipped by
| her sister States IN the career oil Improve
| urent The Census Of 1850 viii read me
| lancholy warning in our ears. Shall New
York, and PENNSYLVANIA, and Ohio, and Ma
ryland, throw us in the back ground-and
reap the advantages which are properly our
| own?-Shal so their population far surpass
our ownp- Shall these States eclipse US,
without cur making those efforts which are
worthy Of our character and our situation?
No State can boast of finer water COURSES
No State presents nearer approach or a
mere eligible situation by canals aud rail
roads, between the Atlantic beard and tue
western waters, than cur own. We occupy,
| as II were, the very centre of the Union. Our
staples are numerous, fich and abundant.
| Der tobacco5 are Of the hrst quality our
| Indian Corn is sent to every part Of the u
| Mon, and to the West Indles. Our wheat
! ripens earlier than IN the other States; and
| from The advantage of bringing the first and
/ finest flour TO market, we are enabled to
! reap rich harvest from our own, as well as
! 10 the South American consumer. what
| Is waning, in Virginia, are the best roads
! and canals fer bringing the productions OF
various quarters Of the State 10 market. Is
| there not. also, another consideration which
IS entitled 10 the most serious attention? We
claim to he friends Of the Right Oh the States.
| We sickle for limited construction Of the
! Federal CoEstitutlon-we are devoted to
those great principles. which guided the
School Of the Virginia Politicians Of nlnety
eight and ninety nine. We resist, therefore
all the encreachments of the General! Gov
eminent, while we venerate the ark Of our
Union. We dcspise the seductions of lis
power we refuse TO taste Of the flesh pots
OF Egypt. Much as the situation Of our Com
monwedth demands roads and canals, 've
! haVe never solicited the maniiicence er the
General Government to shed its treasures "a
nong US. But is it not, therefore more the
! such a temptation 20 supersede the necessity
Of saci, an appeal and 10 contribute their
own funds 10 the benefit of then own eli
| Zens?n
! $50, then, the miserable policy adopted
by the Junto is now ahaut to be abandoned,
and Hercules IL now absut to put bis Shout
ders to the wheel. The flesh pots OF Egypt,
tasted IN the appropriations TO the Dismal
Swamp Canal, have benefited the State
mOfc than all the schemes set Oh foot h.,
those who have hs,i authority fer the last
twenty years. Virginia viii be wise Let
her settle the evoked question" as far as
she IS concerned, nv proposing an amead-
sneni TO HE Constitution, granting the pow
eF ciaimod. III express terms; or let her as
sent hy legislative acts, 10 each appropria-
ton for Internal Improvements within her
territory We are prsuc of the Oh Donin-
ION, aud wish To sce her marching 10 power
and greatness alun side OF New York and
OAio Why shanld we not? Why, il right
policy is pursued, shonld she moi stlH shine
ga star Of the first magnitude" Bat FIRST LIT
her be liberal and Just 10 l,ar owB citizens.
Lei i,cr. by showing equal fnvo:s at heme,
conciiiate and Gnite her people. There, after
! all, Is the Gauge o. her decienson The West
J has great cause oil complaint, and viii not
unite heart and hand with the lew country,
until fair participation in the advantages
! OF TIE Government is obtained wricr ID
I a valley paper tells homo'y story, afropcs
70 the subject:
! 'lhe governor and our James river hreth-
ren Says he) remind me of the story of two
huntt Fs-one a white man and the other an
lndian-in the division Of their game Says
. the white man TO the Indian. you take the
baasard aud I'll take the turkey: or / Il take
the ta'ksg and give you the buzzald' We
! hope we shall not be considered unreasona.
bic, Il, with the Indian, we reply, 'Huolph!
your say turkey TO me once!' u Gazette.