Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-10-11
NoRroLK BoRouGH, Sent. Il, 1893.

NoRFoLK BoRoUGH, Sept. l., 1893.
SIR The Commercial Convention which
Gently assembled in Richmond having rec mme nded
that another Convention should be holden at Nor.
folk, on the second Wednesday in November next,
the citizens of this Borough have appointed dee
CATION TO II proposed Convention. and have consti-
iuted rs Committee 10 invite then fellow citizens Of
Virgin, and North Carolina, TO them tho
occasion ofihe assembling Of that body. Believing
that you feel deep interest in the OF every
measure that may tend to relieve the commerce Of
the Southern States from the hurthens to which il
has So long been subjected, address this comm
ncation 10 You, requesting that you will use snch
means you may be enabled command TO in-
duce the people OF your district TO appoint dele
CATION TO the proposed Conventions.
The restoration Of the direct intercourse between
fore nations and the Southern portion of the Uni
ted States, feel to be asubjec Of the most vial
importance. We are not unmiidul Of The difficult
ties which oppose the accomplishment Of this desi-
iable result: but we cannot permit ourselves to
doubt, that they are only such as may be overcome
by united and persevcrlng exerrion. BY the opera
ton OF causes, not inherent in natural condition.
but which may be plainly traced to human agency,
we have been deprived OF that commerce which
shed lis kindly influence every department Of
industry. What we have once enjoyed, there sure
" can be no natural incapaciy 10 possess, and have
we declined in spirit and resources, that we may
not recover that which has been wresfed from us by
no physical necessity. but by the efforts of CONNER
cla rivalry stimulated and assisted by partial legsa
lion Are we less fitted now than formerly, to con
duct the operations of an extensive commerce!
Are the products of soil less abundant-our har-
bors less capacious-our merchants less intel gent!
May not the simple wants of our people be sup
Piled without paying tribute to those who agcB-
cy Is superiuous: and may not the productions Of
our agicuturlstS be sped to the place OF their
sumption, without undergoing the expensive ceremo-
ny OF an introduction to the ports of distant section
Of the Union!
he trup tn tbpcei Dou no cb No
suppose, 1t is not more the part OF interest than OF
patriotism, TO expose the causes which have produc
ed the evils alluded TO, and ascertain the remedies
by which their operation may be countervaled.-
We know means more likely TO ensure accurate
information upon these interesting subjects than
appeal to the maured reflection and varied expert
ence OF those who feel the Ills of which they com
plain and we believe there is mode, in which
their counscls may be more freely impaired. or more
extensively bene fetal, than in the proposed conven-
ton, in which error may be exposed by friendly ex-
planaions and mutual suggestions may elicit truth
We have the honor TO be,
With great respect,
Your obd't Servants
JOHN $. NILSSON,
JAMES II. SOUTTER,
JOHN II. BUTLER,
HENRY B. REARDON.
WIN. E. CUNNINGHAM.
The object Of the Convention proposed to be held
in Norfolk, is one in which we have ever felt deep
interest and we have not the sg htest shadow oil
doubt, that if it be fully attended, from the various
sections of the Commonwealth and II It confnc ITS
deliberations TO the subeo which come legitimate
~ within the range of its duties it will accomplish
an inc ale ulable amount of good These subjects re-
late to our State policy if not exclusively, certainly
tu a great extent and as the causes OF our com
mcrca, decline ,raccablc to our own errors, SO