Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-12-01
LAilIrLS.
THE CHARLESTON AND CINCINNATI RAIL.


ROAD.
SIR-l'Ic affair of the Rail- Road to Cincinnati, from
Charleston, has mach rnIicsspd the public attention
in South Carolina that determined 10 ask, by the
dnn OF your palr what is the real opinion of the good
czrns ~ the West and. especially, in the districts
likely In br affected The rccaspn They must be much
nirrcstrd and il! IN the Southern States, the road be
property Srd they will hr equally benefited; that is to
say II should De- So CacG irrYadc all those districts
where their wheat. Hour. 1--we Sluck, manufacturers corn
ana cotton m3gIng (in article vi such Importance
to k"nckv, that she should where is the best de-
mind Tor H. are most wanted. Ii will he Il market
depending tie contingencies OF foreign con..nrrcc, but
one HAT Will increase with The natural increase Of p0pu
latlon and tic augmentation OF its wants On the other
hand II alr. Calhoun plan Ol creating alIROad to
Charleston rn Athens, sc. Ne, Is adopted the market
must i'll Inca5rr. alone depend lrci "a market, IN
port WHERE i"rc not to he found 20 900 whites
large na!I;rrr ot whom supply themselves, and with
whom you vii! b" M" h.; extensive competition with
the Roanoke. IL a,inn to that rhch y0m nhL partially
crHatc in SOUL. Carolina ITSELF hy aordg market Tor
those materials denied 10 il in Charleston, from the
want Of ioadS j he Schrme here prcpDSd &c adopicG
tOh marhets riH BE- 0Trn.
lloar"rr, WHEN rrcUIcct the advantages Will! which
products: wanted by the W. Indies especially meet IN
Canada. and the fac! that very speedily the Western
States will have communication with the Lakes ria
the Mad River Rti-ituad. whence, arrived at San
dusky. the produce n:aY 'wcnd Its way by the Erie
CamaI, h. y. y and Erie Rail Road in the course
Of com iruun, to y. York to Montreal hen |
a"mLrr The prol"crd Road from Lake Huron to Wei.
W.,
Massachusetts, and prir- ylvana when see the pros.
poets Of TIE Winchester Road being extended 10 Staun-
ton, and eventually l. Abingdon whrn hear that Nor
folk, 1T last alive is ntress, projects in asSoca-
ton wIth her fellow citizens. The continuation vi the
Road from Weldon To EvarSlan-Ut course, ~ AbnS-
don: when src what Tennessee Is doing III her Legs
atiye lLi5 "heu frcoirct how superior the AL.
vantagrs .pping Nor'lk and every port North
OF It, 10 what they can br possibly tnaac, III
,hrr.. al. t-I,ni' all tue
ri:,rts Which are making cannut but believe that the
flr,1t,l
dreams aud seeing vlsl%s; IN short drsroy'ms Their
Interests, and not forwarding those OF the West
What Is The vi thcir conduct, and the ob"ct
they liza Sc IN view To taks Charleston second only tH
New York. and l., render the importing and exporting
port of the .'rr,at West. This is uld story In
lc2O bab"Z:d by Vt the actors in this extraor's.
nary drama, and no IS SAID as 10 Roads OH onr OF
p"n who had Gsc"v cred that C0-fhtId5 OF all The
- market products OF !c State raised within Jrs
miles. and mos, II Tic "thcr Mird, within ten mics ot
ulvIIt.r stcca.i ti"y set about works under the
management 81 this very ,an which cost t%" millions,
aud which, with solitary exception, are not only use
less but expensive. l. u?y, therefore, be calculated
with ccrtuiaiy tint the works going will render
profitable tie West, trade which to US;
and that Charleston VIII supply what is now purchased
in Baltimore and Phil!.Iphia. Such wcre his memo.
rabe words, and the memorable object Of his past and
present pu!ierS aud paii""S.
In lc33 lie subject Of Rail Roads prescott then
only pressed. Tie public attention. What were then
the words u! this very individual ~ thu Legislature
That such i ad running parallel to narigaDe stream,
e going Ia make all tic Rivers navlgabr would
bt useless and such must he the direction OF any fali.
Road communicating wi:h the interior vi the STATE;
and although in l: in letter 10 Timothy Ford Esq
he had pointed WAY to avoid the inclined plane
and satlunary engine Aiken 1873, he publicly de-
clarcd pint that where lihl feet IN The me were 10
be overcome, they were i'Epcrativcy necessary
I.,.t. WHIT the Object: To run L road through
district where ruL,n was grown, and to avoid one
where much was ra!s,d-ihrnugh district whose sur
face presented much difficulty: and avoid one where no
kn md uIIl
Tennessee. Kentucky, Nc: Nc have no market what
ever avoid wi"r they have great demand i'r
their products Ayain-IFha s the oaect OF Ciar!rs'
,un and cuu.Ibla--ut then r!Sionares, ! mean -
In order sscurr far they are able, The unc"i.
stituonal monopoly Of tie Rail! Road Company Road
is to BIZ made frO Branchve to Coluioia and thence
avoiding Newbury, l.aurrns. GreehVlle, &c, &C. 10
the ~ c. ne-and is Ia deprive the West OF an I'M
uicnse mar! ur their produce Edseteld Pendelo',
l.aurrns, Grrrnyc, tlrilaId, Sumter, hcrshaw aud
Daring tonic leave o them without ROAD, HN
the Waerec as barrier to many OF These DISTRICTS ana
then To- persuade tic West, that by sending is lruck
m Charleston. Augusta CuiuIha, and leaving thel-
selves to the "tc!rr irrcirs (nid these tender erI
cis rendered sl!ii exquisite by gIuted narket "'
the MrcIianLs there, they wall find better market IMAM
,m,rr the, ;,!lttrs Ot the c:try This the pay now
to br ac;rd, anI there greater hoax at
| tempted. -, =,
Carolina should BIZ ,ylud 70 benefit u,e! and enrich,
| 80 10 al,yun: but value the rHornonsy pouuc'
t:vc communities 81 the - rS!to lag down sucn roaus
as shall links tie great CHAINS T." ha! roao
hat ere lnna dsDrd Ia NIB t!liS immense dhu III,
crra$;ng collry. lhc sit, 1" r'Sr VINO nave s.uo'eu
il; and ainng WHO'S. icrvc y"u WILL aEN hn'"osG 'i'e
long have h.-n IL 'bSo;is Norm ana East 81
gina On:n need mol T., IT. nntiGcd &c bo"''oh u
at the Ruaun!. ana Shrpy n CaluIIa cahi''t NUT
iot1rr prevent i.ud line Pee Der-tfu nee tlifo"S
/ Darlington anh Su,irr. il must advance |" t&
and proc,,L III S,'l;irrn direction 10 Eia ,
3, Nrn,yrs,rru In Columbia. ErcHtuuHy. tile one WIZ
receive al Suucr e. Il Il Branch from hrisia%, Ian
caster Charlotte. &c.; anL IHHs al! Inc country rAI
81, I'm, W,;.rrr y,Il Gr s,Irp.,d. On the other hand
, Rond ,Acouuh Grrcnv., Laurcns, &c, &C, mig
lr made 10 crpss hr Hfnad 1T SUCH place, us tnt
1cat,iy to ac,:;.,t;r FdIrii!d ana efcHthat1y s'
ri,. f., Road from Chester, York Charlotte, ' &c
From liz. F.rn Of HE Wair!ec and Congafet, Is""
amy hereafter rrccrL To- Barnwcll and so through tn
,i, land o. Cicni ria A!IasIa. &c. Nc mus To sa
nothing poverty %! til" soil aho cohSefieh
al the wants vi every port!0h
the Federal Road ~ Fayetteville to Augusta, nc ~
viii Lie, Gle ya;;,S ISL rp!esSinIs tn he cr"sScd IN ruF
,;u own il. ridges and LasIrn sand hills De avnldel
hut, at the sar Zine. every mercantile depot wall be az
coluudaird by Roads running down the banks OF III
Rivers which they are situated
I'm closing this paper would observe that, on The pa
of Georgia, Tennrsscr, kentucky, Virginia. or n {
no exception be taken IL The routes have snssrs'r
They traverse very accessible, and pass 90"
Rivers whose inhabitants wealthy, and whose wan
: ,.. rum.rops SMEATON.
Raj. ns or.neL - c. mile supply itself vi
cora 1nI Co.uhu nnl Cag'del us no" supp
| g. D. " ta:olInd -
these disadvantages So 'a'F or
quick Us the uan .gcsir Without nnied efori, o"
part Sa!c, ne'ins 20 neh'",ed. Hence ,e
ce.sty OF u: tue country districts WIN loe
Cnarrs:oa Nthou: COMBINATION o. 1is so
viii he b. 'ur
. uN7M B. HAMLlN, (l"tc Of Fa.,) ATTORNEY a:
w ('ovxsyiIoE Ar Law, offers his professional 81
1 / ~. ,,hlI