Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-09-10
I'm he ibiHasion Statesman, iugust p.
sou ESTERN RAIL ROAD.

The following Memorial to the Legislature of tins
State, las been drawn up by the Committee mp.
putnted for that purpose Al the Rail Road meeting
laey held IN tins place 1t viii be placed IN the
hands al the people Of ths county ior then sgua.
turrs, IN day a. tNo.
1o The Honorable Issembiy Of Jrginta.
WE, the people III Southwestern Virginia in the
expression It on WISHES aud our claims, respect
Inih mcmuuailhr Nour honorable body, TO cause Ia
be- constructed, On STAT Account, II Ran Road con
meeting ths county wnh the Central aud Eastern
pafs al nur common Stuc ;--not TO incorporate
Joipi Sioeh Company authorized yet not empowered
to make road, but 10 create the same by the ener-
gies oi tnr Sttc.
We mosI respectfully ask this Rail Road in be-
hall at - mighty resources ever demanded en-
hgheurd lrSislalon and repaid enletpr1c. Our sec.
lion OF county has caplbIrirs OF stock and produce
aud nlnes that 40 Other rot on the globe concen-
uatrs - Country which with your peim,sslon
vi pour into the lap OF Nrs,n,a's commerce. an.
nul millions, paytug nutiimeut our scaporis and
atnactn a dnect foreign trade, that will send now
cxP'tr@ied wealth through the channels OF home
cmploymehts; seciiou which is the back country
the riches, the HE of Vng,na's seapo,ts, with
which we ask YOU 10 connect us
Neash II Tor our rorts for the agricultural pop
ulation; inr the labourer IN profession and shop
aud nine aud hcld; aud for the manuiac uring in
tcieSt that waits but your word IL use n thousand
Sres-Ne ask II III the name Of every u,heahle IN
the tommonw ealth 10 enhance the value of prope,.
~ al the lax percentage Is unelt, aud to cover our
soil with population To divide a tax Ill ii Is not seen
aud then TO olm fund for Universal Education and
improvements
We utgr ton your attention that Georgia has
brought Road from the Atlantic coast through
her state 10 knoxville that South Carolina has
her like Road TO Knoxville ;--kentuchy comes
down To knoxville; Louisiana and Mlssissppi and
Alabama construct the line OF communication
from thn GuN to kuoHylllc.-and Tenn, ssee
Il inAp 81, H.. =
On Tho opposite latitude, Massachusetts, Con.
neetlcnt Long Island, New Jersey bing the cur
rent tom the extreme Northeast: PENNSYLVANIA
Mar, land and the District Of Columbia pass il along
1t reaches Richmond in Nmg,uia. and on the one
hand thence dyerges along The Midlands, but waits
on the other 10 meet and receive ihloug our valleys
The millions that Tennessee has acc umuatcd at oiir
Inc, aud 20 transmit III exchange the might, Northern
tide.
We ask this Rail Road for the United States
great nal route aud for the cheapest spccdicst and
safest ConueXIon bctween the East, the Ccutre and
the Southwest - key link IN the bond OF Internal
Improvement that circles our Union, the ccstns OF
our beauty and power. We ask to accom- any oui
SISTER State, IN their career Of Internal Inrr oycnent
light taxation, bcucr aud more productive labor, and
the happiness oil ldvdual citizens and in THEN gen
ctal prosperity and greatness.
We respac fully aver thai the practicabiliiy and
rInttlhene>s OF the Investment must be even PLAIN,
BOW than when tho Honorable Legislature twice
pied ,ed iset Tor two fts ol the stock OF the Roat
that III tins Is elsewhere, a;.d N Ohio aud Penn
sNhAni', where nitrr four years of abonvc tagging
they we've forced TO abandon II for State Improve
meni, which tom that moment sprans onward Ia
certain success the Joint Stock System was une
quFocaly proven to b. impossible, and we there
tore nov ask that the vital importance Of this Route
Any be mt by Il Rad Road constructed entirely ON
State acc ount. N e also consider ii the true policy
nat the 1te thnrou4hiucs should avoid private
MON y, weakness and oulum and shnuIb