Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-04-12

.a..d IN the general, to leave them to JOINT STOCK
Mrs alone. entirely dissociatcd rom the State
.oss indeed, it could be satisfactorily demon
ID ,b,t. IN addition to beneilling the immediate
80, of country which they are intended 10 TIA
uaw. they would pay a fan just per centase Oh the
construction. BY a too close and unsetuli-
..u,nr conformity to the two-fillhs principle heIela-
80. the State has pid3iet away its funds upoa
.o,Ls the aggregate receipts from which are less
H., one PER cent. upon The outlay. 1t IS not fan,
,;oht. nor polite. thus 10 burden the public ttea-
-.x with the cost of building mere neighholhood
.a,ts 90 little travelled as 10 be almost wholly un-
productive. - -
These are our views: and We lay Item before the
,,a,Ic with the more readiness because Of the att
ga. in which one oftho Editors ofthis paper stands
- the people, as a candidate to represent them IN the
,,,t Legislature, and because he has the best rea-
SONS 10 believe that his opinions have been 50 grossly
uisrepresented and caricatured 10 the good people Of
the eonQy, some portions of which ii will not be IN
his mower to visit prior to the election, that many Of
,he,n believe hin to be laborine under a sott Of mo-
romania in relation to this great and vital question of
State policy. We believe that Virginia must nom
s,rike, or that her doom is foreyetscaled and strike,
not for mere tade-not Simply 10 open an outlet to
the land-Iockcd people of the rich South estein
counties-not barely to forge Il connecting Ink IN the
line Of travelling communication bel"eeh boston
and New Orleans, but, in addition to all this, to Pfe-
vent a furthes declcnsion of her political strength IN
the federal councils, by inviting an augmentation ia
stead oGpiomoting the decrease o. her population a
cous,lel ation oil no small weight, when we reflect
upon the Rapidly increasing plePoudcfance OF the
Anti Slavery vote in Congress. and IN tie election Of
President, aud the growing conviction that the cay
NAV soon come when an issue mus, be tried batween
the North and The South on that absorbing question.
SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CONVENTION.
This body II ct at Augusta, Gee. ON the It'll. lust,
aud alIourncl on the 9Th. More tnan ljJ delegates
were in attcnd1ncc-prlncrpa!ly from Georgia and
Month Carolina. Alabama, Florida aod Virginia were
partially represented. Tie Virginia delegates were
from Norfolk and thc aununeiatiou Of ule.r arrival
while the Convention WAS III session, was received
with a burst OF applause. \ committee ei21, Ia
mong whom We observe the names Of Meesis.
Ua,ne, McDutiiea and Memminser, offs G.. aud TIE
late Senator htng OF Geo.,) re- oftei a SERIES OF res
olutions, showing the great advantages which would
result TO the South from a direct trade with Europe,
instead of, rs now. Through Northern factors, aud re
commenting the |al,pton Of measures to effect that
desirable result. We shall, As Son aS our columns
are disburihcned Of the mattel which now presses fol
publication, lay these resolutions heloic oar readers.
In the re N tine, we may observe that II the South
is detetmined to "a aiutarn this stlnd, il, W. hop she
may, and believe she"lil, jif=th1d owes II II her
sell not 10 NEGLECT the efedt natural advantages