Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-08-26

provement eanuoi Transact business In hsir corporate
capacity wi hout being convened Nashville, which is
attended with unns eessery trouble, expense and delay
81 public bu.iness, H. In The opinion OF this convention,
dviabie that the Legislature should crate separate
srds OF internal Improvement for the three divisions
of tie State. to consist Of Gree members each, with
uch powers and com len "a they may think adv-
able AID ptop,r
| 90 motion o Jyhn A. MIX nney,
Retovsd That the commissioners appointed by this
convention TO ateId he meeting Il ,he proposed con.
vrnton ia Abb gdoo Va b, innrueied 10 cooperate ia
TIL adoption oil 'ome suitable plan for ascertaning the
probable expense Of having complete survey Rads OF
the eou'.molhed read hcm NV RIVER TO Hols,cn
kiver, ct Knoxville, end OF deyilius the ways and
melns OF de ray,og sad Speuses.
The meeting OF th- ei,zenr If Hawkes. county, a
k"g.rv!l' ON the IS O. July, came 10 tde following
| resolutions:
Resolved. Tha, ,hs meeting feel deep int ret in
very measure, "hch has Tor iis otjec, The inprsve
ment OF QUE cnunry.
Ike olved, Tha, this meeting view mailer Of fret
Importance the eXtensOn Ct the VI GINA rail road TO
some point 40 the Hos on Of T-nneses river
keo'V,d, Tsatths "a, posed COW nj n 10 BE- held
| Al Abingdon, on the subject, on tho 25 h OF Angus
next IL III the estiW alton ihis cling calculated {,
have .alua,y ell CT in The promotion CT his Object,
aud that ia h'gh'y Important he iatsrssts of our
coun ~ thai cash couny IA ST Tennessee, AMI Wee
tern vi gnia SHOULD be fully ep.esened a, tina, inset
Ths citizens Of MeM m couny ed,pcd ,ho follow
| ing resolutions:
| Whereas The eiiz,n' eomptidug his meeting
view and feel wi deep ssTn, the pc vnt unpros-
porous pecn' iary c,ud tim OF Est Tennessee, the
ietba' gy Of her etzsns he Lar su.hing condition o.
her agricultural energies, aEd ,ha depression tf e.
commercial and manufacturing iutsrett.
They believe that this state Of tiSgs ia attributable
ell ny 10 the ob''rucied aud difficult CHI OF
buuisa'oa with Other district, pa tcuiariy vita The
area, commercial mas { Gu country; nj to ihe
present e2renfv. Ia dy aud uuseran u,UdeS of trans
poTtaliUn.
Notwithstanding, they believe IN I could rnblje
spfi be aroused lime would prove to the mos, scep,i.
cal among NJ, 'ha, exclusion hom a pa icpstior
u .ne general prop r'y OF her sessions Of country,
IS owing % Obstacles wiz ia p,wer remove tia,
me specific IL with u' They ta, similar obstacles
have eXn,ed, and have ualiy been r.rnoved bv er
eIPiIse and pubic 'pr, IN her paris o. Ills Union
ihey bs1eve 'hs' WE may gp and do hike wi'e.
ReS0iued therefore. Taa, he citizens eomrrisirs
this me tLs do cordially welcome auy enterprss cal
eu,a'ed 10 e:Ieit enquiry md spiri' f improvement,
and mere especallY any enterprise thai has Tor its ob
jec the ameli rstns he peeUniary concion o. tie
country.
Rcs0lued, That Ihs meeting nppo-.s ct the con.
ST ustion OF rail- ro'd' spec:es OF improve me Mt uu
rvaed in excellence, IA IA i ia ing The spsed snd
che apnsss OF 'ran.poriaii II.
ne 0iued, T.a' IL approves Cf the construction OF
rail roa (i pracsicabl connect Tie waters of toe
Jam srver, with those OF The + nnt ssse, aud iha
said road Oush' to b made by Individual capital vestt
In Chartered companies.
RESOLVED That somIiiee Of niue persons BE- ap-
pointed by this me.'iug to ccrfesu-nl with similar
eomini tees in Eu; T -nn-sIse AID Western Virginia
Ter be purpose OF idrIbe5g The obi c,s ated
aud also 10 corre'P'nj with tie other enlemsn as
they msy thrss throughout iae med Slater with a
view OF gathering inf rnaion on this sut jec..
ResotUed, ISat this meeting approves OF The ccnven.
ion proposed, by The meeting Jons sborough to b.
held 4 Knoxville on the 2S h ins FIR his purpose OF
devi'DDg ways aud means to unite The people OF Ten
sjoe in The great object CT csunecpg The waters of
he Atlantic with h1sc OF TENNESSEE 81 further tha
this meeting appon, hrle dele gat rspreseLt thi
county in tue sa'd convention.
Al numerous and respectable meeting of the eiti
Zens oil Montgomery county, at their court house, on
Tuesday, the ID day Of August 1884, friendly 10 the
subject OF Internal improvement by the State Andrew
Lewis, ESQ was called 10 the Chair and Charles Tay-
Tor was appointed Secretary The objects of the meet
3g wore explained and the following resolutions were
adopted. UNANIMOUS!
Resolved, That this meeting is highly sensible of the
importance and zealously participate in the feeling
which is manifestng itself strongly throughout the
commonwealth OF Virginia the subject of Intern
improvement in general, and more particularly 80 on
the subject OF the proposed railway from Lynchburg
to Kingsport in Tennessee
Resolved, That this meeting heartily concur i'm the
correctness and propriey of the views expressed by
citizens OF Washington couAy in the late circular on
the subject OF Convention 10 be held at Abingdon on
the 18th OF August, by those who friendly both in
tennessee and Virginia. TO the proposed plan of rail
way from Lynchburg to Kingspor.
Resolved, That Andrew Lewis, John NJ. c. TAYLOR
WIN. Is Preston, Henry Edmundson, VIM b. Charlton
and Hamilton Wade, be appointed delegates 10 repre-
sent the county of Montgomery in the Convention to be
held at Abingdon on the 18th Of this month.
Resolved, That the proceedings Of this meeting be
signed by the Chairman and Secretary and forwarded
Tor publication to the Richmond Wing, the Richmond
Enquirer, and Lynchburg Virginian, the Jeersonian
Republican and the Virginia Republican.
A. LEWIS, Chairman
CHARLES TAYLOR Secretary