Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-10-13
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.
SPEECH OF JOHN A. MCKINNEY, E-Q

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Que ofthe Delegates from Rogersriie, Tenn
deiiuered IN The Contention recently ned al
Abingdon, (Pa)
WuopveT casts his eve over the map Of the
United otAl,s, may VI glance percr'Vs
crIIan places on that map winch will ere
long ba connected by Raii-KoHd-. o. thos
ulaces the most prominent are the cry
oil Richm ond IN the STATE of Virginia, and some
Il ,ce nn The waters of he Mississippi within
ibe state OF Tennessee, where there - Constani
sram boal navigation. That these Two point
viii he conn, cted by Railroad, at so ne ia
tar dat, lie, funk. very CeitaIn--almOst a.
CERTAIN rs the rising OF TO mnrro"s sun. The
enly a ,estnn is, Is htn shall this mighty wors
he sccumpnsIed ! Sh'li we now arI,c from
that state 81 inHciiv.tv IN whIth We have too
long sumbeIed, and set about the work i'm
medaleN I o. shall we fold up our hands,
suI. adopting tue sluggaris maSim, tat
II there is a ION in The ay,' leave Inc glors
and the profi, OF the enterprise II h Ise VII
Shall Succeed US on III stag OF sct'orT
Ifit can be demonstrated that with the
means ~ our pow cr, the road can be ma ,e and
fhAl rhpn nadr i s annual profits vii indte
taan pay IN mle>rst Ol tue nanny Expended
j. i. construction, The can, | thihS, We ~
good reas'h assigned Wy n shouiI not 1r
d he without delay. suppose the road 10 b
compi Ted, MIA, wauII ~ III resnl' N,ih-
M les ihal IA aimusi tntle revolution /.
tae co ltse OF tn TIA ic Mud toiBtnerte ol II
tlrs- Iwrt OF ihr great alley Il the Mssls ,'ppi.
thnt ,,' o! tn Unitel ) ave, Which, IN oct OF
usalh an populate j, "ill SON leave beuini
/ at an inIneusu dat nG', every other sectloi
Of our CoQary.
hlN. said, that { SGCh a ioid were in on
Grafton, 1t wohid pro luce III reYolnuuu ~ tn
coarse OF the traia AM cJWnI' CO of a large
portion OF the gieat valley ot The hlssl s,lppi.
nov proceed To prove that prop ysuiun. Ia
tune OF peac", a Large pOrtioo, a no. the gtca.
test part al the cotton, The Sugaf, the tpbacs"
I'd the Il lur, dt are nov sem down VIZ Nj g.
shslppI, aud unrougn the G1tpa OF McX'Co, aud
ro1nd "a SCAT 4r.H tods 20 tht eastern cl
tles, wJ"l be conveyed along the Il ,i'.road, Il
Il wee N opt ratlon; hrcans', ~ this mod"
ol conveyance, tune would be SNrd, MN
would he y Il, aud wat Is oi Infinitely nor,
Importance, there would he great saving Il
lie Is \ ell as property. AID Ia time ot wal
~hrh tie mouth 81 tue Mississippi might b.
blockaded, thp Guy OF Ne" Od.tns he in thu
possession Of au eueiuN, thus modt Of con
'~taLce would be resUrca u as mater q
cessIy.
Is tbs mode of conveyance ii ne would be
saved. From III htHk, oil tIe Mtssi,,lpp', III
tbe STATE % tennessee, to Richmond IN th'
STATE Of Virginia may be about eight hon
dled MD. Al the mo ietate Tatp OF NaV elIIns
Hiih "a lOcom itlVe. of tiiteci mics an hour. I
Would taAe two days aul one f. r,h of Il day
. =" '"nvey produce trDm the banks ut tue AlIs
Try, ~ to Richmond aud to u ,lilmoTe, b,
ealer, tao ds,s gore. So that IN less liza,
Eve days slLar, Cotton. AMI other poluc
could Gr Transported tro - i.oat ont,e Mis-
snsPpr to lumotr, ny lht way o. richmond
us see whSt line II VOL take to COVE
ties ne nro lpce, tom the sun, pl c., 10 Il
f.'"ir. Nv wi carriage alum. ThIS wuu.s
drpeud greatly, on the safe of the weatne,
b"t, under the must favorable otrcamstanars,
would noI req m. less than 'pai weeks, sop
posing the ar,lclrs 10 lie Carried in bodis fron
Memphis 10 New Orleans. So that 10 Ge
u. produce could be Transported from Ia
packs OF the Mississippi 10 Baltimore by VA,
" hchmoni; while 10 convey II from the ioi
Y'eF to the lller place, by the way OF New o.
aos, ami through the Gulph oil Nj xico, woul
require al least thirty days. by Railroad trans
Por'"ton thrh, there would he sewing Of iiV
e.1'h parts OF the time CONSUMED in uan.por
'hs PRONG" by water carriage from NJ .mph
"a oA"Iin"r'. Aud how speedily could pro
que Oe forwarded from Riehmonl TO Ne,
'"th by means of the Chesapeake and Dela
ware canal, no" that a Railroad viii soun IN
emu dc'o's The whole state OF New jersey
"' '"e" lei be n remembered that lai re po
40" "' The produce when is seut every year
AVG O'ledhs Is raised lar essl vi the Aiissls .ipp
wv" more the IS Consumed, Ia the way II
~" conveyed, hefvre il ellprs the Mlssissipp