Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-06-26

raised out Of foreign exchanges Of the county, IS
discharged The protective system, which od so mnch
10 exhaust and npoverish the State, and turn It's COM
mcrce from its natural channels already greatly re-
duced and in the of regular reduction 10 us
final extinction The Bank which was the great agent
of controlling the currency and exchanges OF Inc c"un
Try and through them its commerce and business ana
Ut attracting them 10 common centre, mas eApHeu'
Many Of tie great objects Of expenditure, (ainohe
them the national debit which have kept up the reVe
nue. high and distributed its proceeds so uneqnay, 70
Disadvantage have either expired or are IN course
Of reduction But il would be dangerous error to sup
pose because much has been DONE that nothing more
remains for 10 do-huch, very much IS yet to be nc
compished, which demands tie greatest energy ana w
glanCs; and, among the first, Ia prevent The renewal o.
all OF these causes, which have weighed so heaVy
commerce and prosperity but which now are Tor
unaieiy extInct-and TO prevent the adoption oil any
that may etard arrest the reduction oil those
that in the regular course OF extinction 10 eH'cl
either the enforcement OF tgId economy and account
ability in the disbursements of the Federal Government
is Indispensable Nothing but that prevent The re-
pewni again OF the same series OF measures, with re-
doubled force that have done much 10 depress this
and the other States But this although it The
first end indispensable STEP not the only There IS
another and NEST important one, without which, all The
others will fail great change has already take place IN
The distribution Of the population Of The country, and sill
greater in project Millions within the last quarter
of century, have passed from the borders Of the
Atlantic, into the great and fertile Valley of the West,
and hundreds Of thousands yearly following These
draw their supplies through the maritime States,
and through whatever channels they may pass to those
States the of the country also be drawn.
To construct these channels Of communication, either
by railroads canals, from maritime ports 10 the
Valley OF the West, is indispensable 10 the restoration
Of the commerce Of this and the other staple Sates.-
New York, 10 her honor first lead the way TO this
great source Of commerce and wealth, and she has
reaped rich harvest. Pennsylvania has followed:
and likely to prove successful rival Maryland has
entered into The competition with iatterng hopes
Our is aud We have the strongest inducements
OF every kind commercial and political The very work
which unes us with the West would at The time,
unite in closer and stronger band, The Eastern and
Western portions Of the Common wealth. and increase
their mutual attachment and sympathy; contamination
devouty TO be wished Nor are our advantages less
than inducements. Our ports among To. finest,
and our rivers penetrate farther into the Interior in
tersectng with of the finest and largest streams Of
the West. The line of communication will De among
The shortest and will &c much less liable TO he interrupt
ed and for shorter PERIOD by the ice and SHOWS of win
ter, than those farther North, which afford con-
tinued intercourse throughout the year-a point of no