Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-08-29

! h"u more especially m thai
! r", 10" my" which the contemplated road
will pass, have greatly arpreci,,ed ard
oS 'he assessment ieceudy made, and now in
progress, we shall consequently he taxed
much higher than under any former assess.
mem, while our liJw-citiZens of the East
VIII, ne taxed Propnrtionably less
D''" why resort 10 argument in support Of
claims which seem almost self e, idenl and
! irresistible Were arguments necessary TO
convince our eastern brethren of the Justice.
reasoaao'cness, and Importance OF cur lie
n'anus upon The common funds of the State.
Tor The accomplishment Of this, 10 US. great
and important Improvement, ,ye need ONLY
refer, briefly, TO the page Of history fresh in
'heir recollection, aud ask, when our coun.
Try was invaded by ruthless foreign enc.
my, anu our towns aud cities threatened,
WIN lire and sword, and Consideration and
dismay spread ost from one extreme 70 tba
other OF our eastern burder-w no were seen
rushing IKE torrent" from The mountains.
ana pouring out their hest Hood uroc the
ana, OF 'heiT country al Norfolk Craney Is
i ~ 1ia'nPusn' S>c.--the patriotic sous of
Hampshire, Hardy, Pendlelon, Balb and
focahontas, whose bones, now ileacbing in
The sands oil Poiiersfeld, speak in strains OF
s'suhenia'ive eioquence, language not 10
DC misunderstood nor dsregarded.
why then, fellow Citizens. shopI3 wo G,.
yer and indulge in doubts and misgivinys az
10 our success. IL is u work in which all
h:e interested, some more and others less
and none am persuaded more Than nv tels
OF PendIe ton-io ensure chr
success, as have already stated. nolh,ng il
F"ahieu but union and concert among tur.
selves.
lay it down 10 be true, " thou, s.oppine
10 enter into a meiaphy steal disauisi,,on as
correctness hot
men and divines 10 determine } that "self
interest Us the main spring OF all our actions.''
however doubtful the truth OF this prcposi.
iIon may have been, in ''Ancient uncorrun.
iea Times wien our motto was s'countrv
ursi, country last, and Country forever.'' in
these latter days" al least, lis truth is more
clearly eXenpiihcd in the spirit which il
iainchtaSiy SO prominent amongst US. and
which is found in almost every department
OF NE acting upon the principle and speak
Tag oui In language loud aud distinct. "Darty
hFs', party last, and party forever.'' 1 shalt
now, fellow citizens, proceed 10 present to
your view the great and leading interests TO
oc eHected and promoted by this road. and
"hefe those Interests, 10 The greatest eXteof<
ale found 10 exist. In doing SO l shall ex
hiDi those interests in a lhreeiuid aspec,.
and
lSt. The travel
-"' he iaCiltses 10 transportation to and
ifom market, and
81. The active DEVELOPMENT of The na,u-
Ial resources OF the country.
" here all are Interested II would ssa,,
oihiCult 10 discriminaie.-But difficult as il
may appear, yet humbly trust shall be
ao!e ~ accomplish my purpose. In consi!>
efing The interests Involved, in the order i'm
which have arranged them, shall take IN,
the counties represented in The convention.
IN The order IN which they we're arranged in
That body, and first fellow citizens of The
county "' HnmnshiTe, the greatest cornmcn
in,erest, as conceive, which YOU have in
this road, will be found connected with the
travel through your county-and The adran
ages which good road will afford YOU fox
driving cattle from G:eenbrier, Pocahontas.
oa!h, Pendieion, &c. ID is true a Derot. il
rot market, for the produce from the ~.
FER Counties, as we'll as your own, will lie
created al itomney, or The interesting point
With the G. * o. Canal and the Baltimore
Railroad, which will give impulse 20 your
agricultural and commercial interests but
from your eeographlcaI position, near the
great point Of attraction, the Depot on the
Potomac border having already he a,i,an~
iagcs OF good common rosds, TO say noihog
Of The n. w turnpike, and the navigation
afforded toy The Snutb Branch aod Capon-
Il IS clear your interest does moi lie mainly
IN the facilities winch the roed will afford
sou tor purposes of Transportation IL is
equally manifest, tor the same reasons obd
Others 10 he found in The already octiye de-
veiUpment O! The resources Of ,out county
aud brought 60 bear uron he diHcIeut de-
parimenIs OF industry and economy. That
ycur CHEF interests are not found 10 lie in
the litiIiIies which viii I've olfcIdcd 10 f1,
Development Of The naiurai esoutces OF yoox
county. IL follows therefore, Cirarly md
cunc jusiveIy, ! liInk ihai sour CHIEF inter
est Is i"nnd Identified with the tia.ei of tie
roaI.-it vas made question ia the con-
Veniion, Whether Warm Springs or Hun
teIsylllc, rs q terminus, world SECURE tLs
greatest amount at uaiei. Gentlemen f,f
y hose judgment ard opinions ! entetfain
gieu' deiercnCe, aud among ihcc scvern1 IF
MY owD Colleagues took strong ground iu
favour OF The former, IN so much, hat thtY
had well ugh IS on me- over TO their SUPPORT;
bul am free 10 declare hat, when found
your talented and ntt iljgent d,iegatics,.
bacted by The no less sagacicus aud enter
prising delegation from Hardy, going 10
unanimously as bci,e'e) ior lie latter poiut.
! was at once fully satisfied That The a6vs,,
,ages, in point Of travel, lay on The side sF
, lluntersYiile.
pass now 10 Bardy--and fellow ciiizesE
( ! regret 10 find among you a Earring and
discordant string which seems 10 yihra,c Ia
local interest and sectional feeling In +,
great TX like this, where the Object "a ,o
promote the common good and gencrs. wei
lore, II ought not 10 I've expected that eacI,
I and escTy particular location can share G.
quaiiy IN the advantage ear,ifices g.
private and LEGAL feeling and interest, should
. ho al Of L. IL.