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The following is.s copy % = memorial nov
circulating for sisns,crss In this section Of
The State. To the truth aud force OF il state
nents. all must, Nc thisk, ts ready 30 yield
assent. We hope the Legislature, viii q sPi.
ri, worthy Of the State. and with proper re-
gard for the wishes Of q numerous portion Of
its eitizsas, will grant the prayer Of tho 20.
titio6ess, wi,hou; delay. with all our boast
ed hberaliiy. let We no, exhibit hostility
TO thia great work, by Withholding the aid
solicited. Il possesses, In our opinion. the
stEooges, claims TO be placed on . footing.
equal with the other Improvements Of the
stats.
TO THE HONORABLE THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF Wiz.
GINA:
THE .MEHORI.9L II ne Raaersigne2, respset-
Jisiiy Tsprrsca!s
Thar the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company. In the exasainai ION Of the counlrys
hstween the pFesert termination OF their rosd
al Harpers-Feuy end the Ohio River, caus-
ed surveys TO De made In Virginia, which,
as your nemorislists have undsrstocd, ihavs
hAe uaeCON@fy " ttNGtot EOuteo &c
tween Harpers-Ferry and Cumberland, living
in whole or IN part within this State and the
advantages Of which might, were all other
things equal, lead 20 the construction Of the
road upon one OF them. Your memorialets
are Informed, however, that one Of the con-
dIiions OF subscription by the State Of Ma
ryhnd of three millions Of dollars 20 the cap
iiai stock Of the Company In question u. that
the Eoad shall be so located IS 10 pass through
Boonsboro' and Hagsrs,own, under the penal
" Of fOrfeiiiRg ole miilios Of dollars 20 the
State Tor the uss OF ;hs coanty IN which the
towns last mentioned are situated. Add your
meHioriaiists are further advised, that the
RaiEkoad Company n too rauch dependent
upon the full amount Of the State Of Mary
lands subscription, 10 incur, unadYisedly. aLd
unless ifnPeled by very strong and counters
Tail.ng considerations, The penalty referred
TO- Your memorIalists are Informed, and an
Inspection Of the map Of the two stnses will
satisfy your honorable body, that the Virginia
ree'e. from harpers-FerSy westward, u out
, OF the question. If the calls indicated 10 the
subscription Act Of Maryland are adhered 10,
10 which event, although a portion Of the Rail-
Road east Of Cumberland. might possibly still
&c contributed IN Virginia, yet IL would be for
a comparatively short distance, and with much
fewer sdvaoiages TO the people Of The North
eTn ard Western parts Of The State, thsu
would result from the adoption Of the entire
Virginia route between tiarPen~FeTry IaDd
! Cumberland.
| Your memorislists need not dwell upon the
importance TO :hem Of such work Of internal
improvement, as the Baltimore aud Ohio Rail-
Fkoad would be, were IL 10 pass from Cunbsr-
4 land EssIwardly. for rear one hundred miles
on the borders Of several Of the Potomac eoua@
ties, snd almost through the heart Of some Of
ttrra 4. "a ek-s,
riaiists should call The attention Of your honor
able body 10 their geographical position which
has heretofore placed them beyond the inau-
ehees Of those works Of internal Improvement,
10 which the State has been large and libe.
RAJ contributor, ind in the prosecution Of
which the people OF 'NOTth-western Yirginia
bave never eesu unwilling or lukswarm co
I operators. These matters must be evident To
your honorable body. The occasion has nov
presented itself, hoSeVer. when your memOs
rialisis can es made partisipatOFs in the bene-
hts OF that system, which dsTelopes the re-
sources OF a country aud AIDA 10 Its wealth
and happiness by sHoTdiog to IL q market fov
IFS products, as easy OF cheap aeesss, as that
which IL possessed by its nsighbors and IL is
believed that could advantages DO held out to
the Baltimore and Ohio nail-Road Company
sufficient to induce them 10 incur the penalty
attached 10 the subscription Of MAryla land, the
construction Of their road on the Virginia
roaie, which might then take place, would
meet the wishes and satisfy che desire Of your
memorialists Such advantages il is in the
power Of your honorable body alone 60 oder,
by placing the road ia question upon the foot
ing Of the Stale works, and subscribing foe
tWo-hfths Of the amount necessary 10 construct
sreh portion Of Il, q. may pass through Virgin.
10. Not osly would ynIr Inemorialisis, In this
event derive the benefits anticipated by them,
but 5ias Of the sum expended IN the Slate
would be foreign capital, the only question con.
cetning The outlay 81 which IA, whether II
shall be lad out in Virginia TO the benefit OF
Ter citizens, or IN another and adjoining state
The Baltimore and Ohio Rail-Road Company
have ~ charge on undertaking Of the import.
ance OF which the Geosrsl Assembly long
since testified its conviction, By granting 10
That Corporation legal existence 10 virginia
snd on a tate occasion, the State recognized
its olaigi 10 be placed on a footing With lie
own iuteroal improvement corporations, -
grceiHg 10 contribute tsO-hfths Of TIE amount
~ cssafy 20 construct the road from the
ft1nsylVania ins across Ohio county 90
= hsslinE. " this vas desmsd proper oees-
ion 70 exercise tae iibersiiiy of TIE State, the
present application 81 your msmorialisfs y
It'll more so IN The cuss referred 70. the con.
stTuciioB 81 The road through Ohio county waa
'naFoijablr. W The present case, however,
he road, " not constructed IN Sirginia, can.
and hoeoubt viii - eons,rueled "a MARYLAND.
Without The subscrigtion already nsde. de
Inhabitants of Ohio county u0ald stII have
participated N ali he benefits to b. conferred
BY ths Rail-Road. 20 The case % your memo
rislisis, "a the eontgary, their participation
must depend Wholly apon the subscfipsion that
Ties aoW m0st repeatedly solicit
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F5aa ~ B-,fisorf slssrisan.
THE BALTIMORE d OHIO RAILROAD.