Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-10-05

and Of surplus productions wonid bring among " a"
increased amount of capital The demand ior our pro-
ductops would be commensurate win inc amount P'o
dnccd All that is necessary then IS an Outlet 10 '''
L This would stimulate surplus productions, because
we could readily dispose Of them TO great auVan'uge'
II would be within the limits of truth and reason TO say'
that the amount OF agricultural products "ou'u O
| increased twenty told -, .,:d
LEI us lake into consideration almost Infahaus''.
stores If mineral wealth Our mountain regions SI,
in Iron Lead Gypsum, Marble, Coal aho Nopps' a,aJ
sufficient supply any demand 'hat mop -; IF ,h
-. he nan,f,c,nred nv u.s. With the exception OF tue
latter or,ice our mineral wealth no" yirids US cop
ratiyely nothing. II is orked up III u t rto, f.
earth and must there remain, uh'ii we " - 1900
which ve can tranepnrt these articles al an t"Pe"Se
Ioh ;u Will us fair profit on our labor IL aVai's
no I'M, lille that we possess these thIngs' we ea"o
pss ,Lem to advantage: and that can never u, ~ ~ "
we can throw them into market at iea'o""'- p'''''
| ourselves. ,.:L ,rrd ous,,d the
uruposed Improvement, and 10 wh'ch W" sun, '.'?!
advert would be the establishment OF ihanu'ac'''ies
among US For this purpose no COUNT n ahnndancc
eesses greater advantages than ours:-wh an aounoae
nf water power-with wood and coal 10 any amount "f
fuel Tor steam nachnery with any qnahuty Vi .ne ne
tails for the construction of machinery and Tor manu"
,uripo puruoses we need only the means OF getng 20
market to reap from this source The immense oe"e"'
which we might secure TO ourselves.
This hssly view Of numerous and vnred resources
of wealth con,rasled with present condition, presents
n p
country with fertile soil, producing, under present CIR
cums,ances bare subsistence for scanty popu'al"h'
We have abundant stores oil mineral "ea""' Je' NJ
are permitted lie useless and unprohthole IN tne ea'
W here Naure placed them We havra tract oil country
unon which hundreds Of thousands Of inhabitants might
live in luxury and wealth. enjoying all the advantages
Of fortune yet is occupied by thinly scattered PPu
ation large majority of whom nre content WIN haS'S
ere liri1g and to their children win nut i''le
education leaving them to pursue the path OF hard
labor for subsistence. The greater Pnrloh o. ou
rich lands lying idle and prohess Inc sp'fl OF
enterprise is chained down in apathy-inonsry u Pd,a'
yzed- education neglected, its benefits but pady
dispensed, and comparative poverty regns where "eai'h
and plenty should light up every countenancr WIN
smiles Of oy All this the effect OF being cut on from
market. But give us the Improvement we heeu a'1u
of things-a change far exceeding the ancpaons upon
this subject even Of those who are most sanguhe as 10
the important beneficial results which will attend H.
Considering this improvement win reference 10 ''S
bearing upon our State at large, as well Us upon o'er
States its consequences Of far greater magnitude
Our Atlantic cities necessarily have back couh
try to sustain them. Open 10 them the channels q" com
merce, and wealth will flow in upon them, ehao"e 'e
10 open direct trade with foreign nations-tn import
for themselves instead of, is now DONE employing me
Northern merchants to do it for them ms w"u'd emu
BILE them TO compete with the NoFth"rn cue WHOSE
merchants have long been factors for the trade OF 'hs
whole Union They have been permitted TO import ana
export for u.s. when we could do both tor ourselves
and thereby the expense incurred by Their agency
in trade and commerce. They supply us %"n nI-
cles Of their manufacture, when we couiu manu-
facture for ourselves and retain within our own P'cH
cts the immense profits, which by these means annu'
ally pass into theirs. But give Us system OF inei'
nal Improvements, connecting by means oil haiitoauS
and Canals our noble rivers with the waters oil the
Mississippi and Ohio, and Virginia can then be "hat
she ought be-a great commercial state, wi'h Inc
finest seaport (Nnrfok) upon the Atlantic coast
DO this. and her agricultural interests shall revive
man factories will spring up-her immense minefa
wealth shall be turned TO account instead "t yhS
useless in her bosom-her commerce hourlsn, anu her
wealth be increased With her central position 10 Inc
Union-her Eastern coast washed by the Atlanc-the
trade of the great Mississippi Valley opened 10 her on
the Wes-that Of the States the Ohio river on Tue
North wes-that of the cotton growing regions on lhe
South and her abundant resources OF wealth; STU
pdty itself cannot fail 10 discover that she mus soon
take her stand amongst the great commercial states o
this Union
We have thus hastily glanced at some of the most
striking advantages resulting from the accomplishment
of the proposed improvement You are called upon 10
memoaIize your Legislature in favor OF that improve.
ment. II is to be effected upon Stnte account Inc
grand and beneficial results of system OF Internal I'M
effected by The States, have been sucIenly
de veloped in the astonishing success oil the system as
carried out in the States of New York, pennsylvania,
Ohio and others In these States, the system, instead
| Of proving a tax burden upon the people, has not
only paid way, but in short time proved source
| Of immense revenue-in some instances providing
fund for literary purposes, and IN others actually renew
ing the people Of any State tax whatever. IL remains
10 be SEEN whether you will now, by little eXeflIon IN
your pur yourselves and to your Stale wealth
and prosperity; whether, by apathy and sup'neness,
you will permit others the prize which Of right
belongs TO you, and which is now within your grasp.
| Respectfully. tcc.,
Your fellow citizens,
JOHN w. LAMPklN,
! JOHN n HUMES,
SAMUEL GOODSON,