Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-09-19

From Ae Riclmm { Compiler.


TIE JAMES RIVER IMPROVEMENT.
The Editor Of tic Madisonran in one OF lis let
ieTs from our Mountains makes the follow Remarks
relative 10 this Improvement. which are true TO The let.
ter, OF the unfortunate stale Of feeling and the pnlIl.
zeal distractions which not only impede the prog.
fess OF this great wo,k, but the advancement, ot Va
gina, who il as a mighty giant slorn OF bis strength
and powers by his avn children, who had bound
him hand and foot aud n him with all has llercule-
IN powers coufsine through ls seius and dlstIlhu-
ted among his greai bones aud slnews Ia their Prime,
10 withrr aud decline. We would add 10 the re-
marks of the Mad souiaa that the channel offered TO
Richmond, ard the West by the "Gfeat Improve
meat would continue npen rs much longer dian
the Ere Canal AMI Lake routes ~ the ial, rs II
would lie ~ cnod earlier IN the Spriug anh we
thluk . u onlh Is much too 'msli an allnW"lte.
The Editor OF The Madisoaisn says:
This improvement is enc OF great Importance n
Virginia. aud routemf a cs II c coanf elton, by rail-
rad and anal of be Jan e. River and hanawia. The
canal is to be constructed from Richmond 10 Gov
ington. a distince, Ne believe, uf 100 miles. The
Improvement is TO connect with the Ohio river by
railroad from Coyineton 10 Charleston, on the Kan
a~ha. whence the kauawha will be made nagibaoie
10 its mouth. The original subscription 10 this
work, which j believe was three m lions, has been
some time exhausted, and ,he canal is not yet com.
pleted 10 lyncltburr.
"Ihe Legislature authorized a loan for the prose.
cution OF this work, bat no money has been raised.
Ihe State Is poor, its income being a l,tle over
NH u mitilon y year, nnd sifahge 10 say, there is IN
addition, an autl-lmprovemeut party IN the State,
composed OF persons probably who live IN a section
where such Improvements cannot practically be
made, and who are ior that reason opposed to the un.
d~ertahing of any, even where hey can be made to
great advantage 1t is also embarrassed BY a dfead-
ful apprehension very prevalent among the people,
oil The danger Of getting siic State Into deht.-An-
other obstruction Is, an etcrnally talking, never act.
ing, set Of hair' ~sptiters, who vii taste as much time
and money in dispu,ing about an ABSTRACT on AS
would hal, unfold the energies OF the State. Thus,
a works. %impeded. shioh, every body ought To see,
would give Virginia almost any amount ot he trade
with the Western States she might desire, and TO
~hicltlier geographical situation would seem natu-
rally TO eniitlc her. The policy OF an improvement
which should connect the Atlantic and the Ohio
BY a line through the centre OF Virginia, which
should open 10 Richmond a channel of trade acces-
'ibie 10 the West a month earlier than the Erie
Canal snd the Lakes, and which should give TO il a
precedence, in point of lime, distance, and conve-
nience over any communication the West may make
with New Nork, Phiisdelphia, or Baltimore, espe-
ciaIly, too, when viewed in connection with the vast
undeseloped resources of the State, is SO oh, iously
sound, e~xpedient and practicable, that il is n matter
oil passing wonder To me that every energy OF the
State should not be brought Immediately and eli
cienily TO bear upon its accom- lishment."