Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-09
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t'ntion. lie replies TO "a Virgman," on the sub
Joct "i Internal Improvement generally, and after
II Gurntuy Of Ill-digestcd matter has been thrown
np, lie concludes with the recommendation of a
scheme TO the Legislature, as nciarous in it's ma.
lure as II would be diSgrlcctul ITS execution
He fears that s'hiS old time notions" will find no
favour in these days of the 'march of mind" and
most surely will these turhodircs he fulfilled if the
one uttered hc specimen al The brood The
BRAIN OF "a. b." Of he have One) Is narrowed un
TO madness lv the spirit Cf the Baltimore and
OHIO Rail Road driving her fiery over the smo.
king ruins of the ''sacrcd soil at the Old Domn
ION" The tender feelings of this citizen out.
ragged by the disposition shown by people 10
open the portals of the Nalicv, am. admit the pas
sage of this giant to the great West. Nay, 50
terrified is he, that the rights Of things" are en-
trey forgotten in his first hurried efforts to escape
destruction. He unJimShinoiy appeals to the lie.
gs'ature OF the State to cancel their obligations
Withdraw the permission given, and 10 reEcdi the
act, at any hazard, which authorizes the Company
10 trcspasS on our sacred Sol"' Several millions
OF dollars have been extended to reach tine confines
OF our State, and tie right of location granted by
the L"Gislaturc-and yet, this man, regardless of
every moral as well as political Obligation, would
cooliy sacrifice the whole, and cunSummate with
out sigh the ruin OF many of his fellow cti-
zcns And, wherefore, prythcc? Shall the monu-
mental city ring with the shouts of triumphs
achieved upon the Gland of Washlrgton?" Shall
great State be bound like a criminal, hand and
foot, and cast PROSTATE before the capitalists of
Baltimore? Shall the patronage of the .snubc
State be ruthcssly wrcstcd from the grasp of the
most "ancicn, lunta," and usurpcd by the purse
proud mobocracy? Shall Virginia (hapless maid
be like trembling victim led to the memorable
jaws of this modern Cyclopsl These the
gent reasons and the osteusiblc motives Of action
which operate on the writer "a. b. and his tribe.
The radical cause lies deeper and is of another
stamp. Northwest of the "Bluc Mountains
are vain enough to think our optics keen penc-
tratc the mystery We think that the growing
greatness of the farming intcrcsts-comparativel
the operations of free white labour-is not viewed
with gracious eye by the planter of the East
lie tOresccs, with prophetic KEN the inevitable
suits sprnging from the half million of additional
inhabitants planted in the great Vncs of the
West, at the magic touch of the genius of elm
provcmcnt." The sccptrc passes away from Ju.
dab! The keen insult which has been ranking in
our bosoms, the foul plot that has been fastened
constiiutIonally upon our people, she'll then be
wiped out forever Then shall the industrious
freeman of the West be longer tainted with
his moral inability to experience the equal and una
lenabc rights OF manifest, as he is told he should
impair the integrity OF property in the slave and
this too from the very tongue which prOciaimS the
right and asserts tho power based upon the pos
session of this Stare-to controul the moral and
political destinIcS of his free and equal fellow cti.
zen The men of this Old Dominion as in other
more iavonred rcgiohS of the country, shall then
have sought and attained their level in the social
scale, and the enlightened charity of our people
may alone temper the retrhutiye Justice of that
day. The people of the Valley and the West have
borne in silence the accumulated injuries and in
suits mat have been hcapcd upon them BY their
Eastern brethrcn--but they have felt most deeply
the patricidal buffet. Yet a little wiue-ond 20,
a little norc-and then, in the language Of the
cod Woman" of the Enquirer ave trcmble for
the consequences
The people of the Valley, and of the West,
have not forgot the suicidal act of the Legislature
IN prohibiting the passage of the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road through tier portion of the State.
II the East will not assist what right-how dare
they to interfere with march to prosperity and
wealth! DO they ask of us forbcarance on GER
tam subject, and claim it their own-yct with
In foul deed fresh in their memories!
Do they know that Richmond can ncr.r be our
mmheN Physical mpcdimcnts render it inpossi.
be She may not then offer mp our prosperity a
useless sacrifice upon the altar of her cupidity-
were the facilities OF intercourse between the West
and Richmond doubled still we must seek the
wealth and enterprise of Baltimore. How can we
unite our dcStnics to that of city, which, with
natural advantages unrivacd in the universe has
been distanccd in her course by petty villages of
more enierPrIzing people? Dorchester, Cincinnati.
ii, PttSburp, &c.)
We have been told that our interests were their
interests; that our prosperity the wish of ALL
Can we credit it, while we see them bent on The
sacrifice Of substantial BLESSINGS dailv to the hosc
less VISIONS OF speculative poii,llians? Do those
who consummaied this fatal deed, disastrous TO
US ALL know the iulncss of the act in turning from
our land this magnificent design Do thew know
mat they have repealed the offer Of the lircst boon
that was ever prOtcred to people? The OUTLAY
for the construction of the Ohio Rail Road would
nave cast floating treasure of thirteen millions
amongst our peoplc-thousands would have as
senbIed TO reap the golden harvest Like the great
Clinton Canal, it would have gathered alonr lis
course IL million of inhabitants ten wears cnsuinp
Its comp!cton! A million of people-usrfuL cit;.
Sens-wouId have marked the route of tnis mighty
work! This accumulation of wealth and national
force, would have been the wealth-the taxable
wealth. and force of tho Stafe VIRGINIA would