Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-12-05

aud bnshtd. Al 10 iufmer period has any Eatl0-
al Struggle bnigh tie Of people into pue
III, fungh conflict an the tine ihri0gh which We have
uassel--eytr they radically distinguished
nm each either hy oppsillons Of sympay aud upnlun.
~ Urged Efaafd the Object ni ,her wishes nldcr
deeper or dsomHr,d inflammation ut party feel
ng yet tie great resnlt Is announced by the
will Which settles H. than the rDnniunn is ovef-ihe
excited nnns re IN acqaIescence and peace Ia Their
acquisitions. and our whue system Cues on Just
fst. without Isf bndfabce disorder III It's I'M
runnlabie and beneheeni movement. This result. 30
decisive II most perfect Submission the great prIn-
ciples 81 uur admirable government, is new prod that
whatever the iempHaTy and party issues In aheh
natural confess may end, American government, A.
mefican institutions and American liberty are sata.
Rencing With ynu thai The recent contest has brought
into sill clearer light ban belole the sound and self
supporting canaciies Of onr system, aud has justified
more than the antcpations which founded upon
IT, invoke YOU 10 empoy the repise which has ialuw
ed building up with diligence and vlgaur the enduring
aud practical interests of thai pau Of the system which
rests upon you Ihere ~ 10 wutk whet eUld be better
commended Ia your hands--no which is morn need
tu - be done, and there IS time ur DUNG II, which Is
perhaps propilious Than the present ui political
fsla Salln. Under this view Of The advantages of The
moment | deem II my duty To recommend nothing whch
directly connected with The Inauguration ii our
dunesiic policy. aud Ia that end, shall invite your
leniion. chiefly To lhose leading Interests whose sound
condition is Indispensable every well-adminsieed and
well doing commonwcah.
vi These interests, 'Hl' AfffHHi improvement IN
tro,l Of the commonwealth is onc-a principal, and
10 sumn considerable extent, suffering Having
aJHeued 10 this subject IN my former message, though
IN particular conhexon only. would not To II
nuw. hut cor the couvclisn long and habiluay enter
tuned thai the internal Improvements Of the STATE by
suitable highways for market, is state necessity. nhch,
however deferred is absolute aud inevitable at last. Let
the geographical situation Of large and fertile districts
beyond the Allegheny and the many circumstances alice
ling their population be considered and this necessity
becomes apparent. II Improvements are not TO 81 there
thousands u their neanle are al once Subjected 10 le Al
t'raatye, i0 tbc,sei yes and their Children Of hard
slip, poverty aud ignorance, immediate emigration.
Such consequence his might. indeed, be bOrne upon
small scale without any seous loss, but cannul be
riskel upon the territory and population of these
ntnse districts, without rlshing at the same time, to
fatal extent, The prosperity aud power OF the state il
self The portions u the state " hch most desli
luc, al present, OF commercial highways. and mos, de
pendent upon Iheu comprehend, together with small
paris ai The Valley lin whole trans Allegheny country.
wc does mol border upuu and enuy The trade ui OHIO,
aud luTm united whole which is greater territory
Than that II hall III the states; greater III fertility Of sui
than any equal area OF slate; rich In minerals
water power aud heallhln every py slcnl element OF
wealth which human industry can use, and wanting
npiblo. 10 render It prosperous aud happy except iacI
tres OF Intercourse aud trade But ~ This vita ami com
prehcnsye wan lse The parent OF So many Others ii
wants almost everything Else.
Throughout the Whole cxent OF this country, from
latners Ferry 10 the state ui Tennessee, distance Of
more than four hundred miles upon the Allegheny, it Is
penetrated by few eahen iurnplkos only, at vide in
leryals from another; aud oi these Few, unin-
shed jest finished, aud the oldest Of them all has
been scarcely twenty years III use Pcrccpibly and ad-
ssntageously, however, as these turnpkes have aided
The purposes oil settlement and social intercourse, they
have bten nadequately supported If supported all
by means ii lateral and tributary connexions with the
vast tracts OF country intervening between them, and
except at their eastern aud western ends. they have
er been used used but little, for the transportation Of
! agricultural products. The agriculture Of that whole
rCgon therefore. instead OF being diversified might
be, continues depend, it has always depended upon
one solitary sourco-ihat of grazing alone for all pro
| i.s
In spite, however, Of every disadvantage. and in spite
even Of the diShcatlruing difficulties which have been
cnalled. for generations, upon the titles OF It's landed
atcs under the operation OF own laws, such have
been the rpprcssbe energies Of bath country and pco
pie, that they have gone on steadily increasing IN mum
hers and resources IN twenty years Tie rams Ae2ha
ny district Exceeding somewhat the country here spo
ken o) has added hundred Thousand IL lis numbers,
and has thereby chanped It's population from seventh
TO one fifth OF the whole population or the stale. Ten
Yeas ago II paid about thirty SIX Thousand dollars uuy
into the treasury. which At thai time was not moro than
the eleventh twelfth part Of the whole revenue. Il
now pays upwards OF hundred and ten thousand dollars
which Is about the sixth part OF HAT Ia 1919,
the assessed value Of lands lois aud buildings IN the
same district amounted IN but sixteen millions ol da>
lars the land itself heng assessed at an average value
to the acre Of no more than ninety two cents. Twenty
years afterwards the lands, lots and buildings of this
same district assessed AT thirty nne and quartz,
Millions and the average value OF an had To
one dollar aud forty cents. Twenty years ago, the
wte assessed value of the other three districts Of the
| The state. amounted to a hundred and ninety one ni-
lions of dollars; Il is hundred and seventy mil
lions The average was tcn eight dollars, ii is SIX dot
lars and sXty now, being loss upon each par
ticuar OF almost much The Hhole Trans Ale
ghany estimated to be worth. thus II seems
generally that in the last twenty years this District has
added largely 10 lis numbers more than d0. the
value OF It's permanent property and that II now supplies
TO the treasury than three dollars ur every one
which II supplied even tea years ago.
This progressioa, which is So strlhinaly c0hrased
with the situation of thngs in The other part Of the
State, aud which has beeh effected under multiplied dis
couragenons population and labor, Tire clear proof
Of Intrinsic and available efficiency, requiring nothing
Tor still higher and better results but The encouraging
aud upholdng hand Of the State. Had it been thus
encouraged and upheld at early day, and The locked
up recesses o thus district thruwn open by highways to
profitable settlement and trade there can be doubt up
on the facts presented, but that lis numbers aud prop
erty nhd contributions 10 the treasury, would all Of
them have been intellectually greater than they
Tins support II rs slll practicable To give. II still
practicable To make this district powerful in fact as
II is powerful IN capablles; 10 make IT, what it has
cry physical faculty 10 become the strongest and veal
thiest portion of the commonwealth and 50 10 make il
eventually the stonges, wealihest contributor also
To every financial or other want which The common
wealth may feel.
II HE contrary policy, however, is to be pursued
and this country is TO be committed for its further devel