Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-08-25
LUIS DE LA ROSA.
VIRGINIA No. II

The main reason assigned by the members
oi the convention of 1929, from Eastern Viz
glnla Tor their determination TO secure to- them
selves and their postcrity the legislative pow
er at all hazards, was that they feared that If |
the west had power 1t would enter into |
scheme oil internal improvement. In other
words, that the State would construct roads |
rom one scctioIf of the state. and from one
county to another, as has been done i'm Penn |
sylvana and Ohio. They were fearful the state |
would improve; They Were fearful the Glow |
ing herds Ot the mountains" would sometime |
come down upon the lowlands of the east and |
disturb their lordships with their c!amor. and |
thought it would be better to keep them nj n /
distance, the population sparse and poor We
ask those who know, who have examined The
returns OF the marshalls of the state for 1910. |
how many thousands OF acres of wild land they
mud IN Virginia that is as rich and fertile as
any land in the country; yet not Inhabited and
Tor the simple reason that there is no way of
getting to 1t or from it. There are thousands
upon thousands of such acres enough of itself
to form state, which are now living wholly
unimprovcd and useless. Ohio has not such
tracts of land. PENNSYLVANIA has none of them
nor have amy OF the other states where a pro-
per policy has been pursued. And i'm Virginia
roads are required that these tracts my be
opened to markets, in order to cover them with |
III.
that will enhance the price of land, pour. by
taxation, revenue into the state treasury.
build up our commercial towns and give a
new impulse To u people that has been for
many years falling into the back ground, while !
Others are leading the way and pioneering the !
country to that prosperity and grandeur for
which II is intended by the God who made and
has protected it.
Look at the result of the New York improve |
ments. They are now yielding the state an ac- !
tual revenue and reducing the aggregate oTtax |
alton on land worthy fifty dollars am acre he |
low what it would had been at five dollars per
acre had those Improvements not been made. |
In other words, reducing, by the improve
ments, the taxation below one tenth of what
1t would have been. Look at Ohio with road
to every town from every direction and /
school house in every district, taxes upon the /
real productive value of land and polls are less /
than they are here. Virginia is not heavily
IN debt, but she is in debt and has a people too |
poor To be taxed, yet she is receiving nothing
either in enhanced valuation or from the pro
ducts OF her works. Millions upon millions
have been sunk in the James river. more than
byJudiclous outlay, would have been required
to constructs roads through every county; vet
what Will be derived from it, what has been
derived from this great work? These
same men who were the most strenuous adj |
vocatcs of this useless work were the most Bit
tery opposed TO the interests of the west i'm
and have ever been the most hos
nle, 10 a liberal system ofimprovemcnt.
L. S. SENATOR.
DO not Western Nirginians look upon it as
remarkable that we have never had a Senator
IN Congress elected from this section of the
state. sail the talent, all the common sense
OF the state cast OF the Blue Ridge2 The fact
alone, that throughout our whole existence as
a state, we have never had a senator from the
west, Is enough TO stamp as iniquitous the APP
poruonment OF representation. We have as
good men, at least, as learned men. as eloauent
men IN the west as they have in the east: vet
we have not and never have had a senator
Fellow citizens, do you think we have been
treated as step child long enough or shall we |
suier under the tyranny of masters who are
our worst enemies and consistent in nothing |
but their Inconsistencies, their expressions,
their disregard OF their own best interests and |
their contempt of practical men?
CERTAINLY A PREDICAMENT.-
few nights since, tall, eccentric personaac
was observed by the tenants of the cabin of
one OF the Albany boats, TO perform sundry
strange evolutions, garnishcd by variety Of |
hops, skips, and Jumps, which betokcned any |
thing but sane mind in the performer. The |
movements of this parsonage BETRAYED trouble !
and pam, and they We're at last so perfectly |
distressing TO the beholders that consultation |
was held and a committee of three appointed |
to inquire INTO the cause of the strangers I'M |
accountable movements. With due caution /
the deputies approached their man. while the |
others gathered around within earshot to wit |
ness whatever tale" might be "unfoded, -
The committee stated their reasons for trou.
bling him with what might be deemed mper-
N ton tor. 4 i 4
remarks by requesting to know the reason of /
his apparent perplexity, and whether or not
they could rCn Ter him any did
wall" said the stranger, who was Yam
kee, and who spoke i'll the most solemn ac-
cent, while his face evinccd deal of pent up
sorrow, "Wall, don't know but YOU might |
help a Teller little, I'm in heap of pain
bothered like sixty! I'm in prcdicamcnt'
The ears Of the entire party were distended
width.
"In predicamcnt," said one of the trio.
pray what's il? We feel DESTROYS of allcvi-
ating, any misfortune that may have happened
you"
That's clever" said the Yankee. oval.
may be none of you was ever kicked by hose"
All admitted that they had escaped such
calamity.
Nor bit by SPIDER"
No one pleaded guilty.
Nor chased by a rattlesnakeY"
NO-unanmousy.
Nor been caughtin thunder shower with
a gal, and felt meaner AN thundcri'
Not man in the assembly had experienced
that mishap.
"Wall, my predicament is worse, calcu-
late. than any Of thcm.J
"Do tell us what it is" was the earnest
request of very respectable clergyman.
"Wall, gents. / rather guess / will. The
cole Of my right foot itchcs like sin, can get
oil my boots to scratch it,"
The cabin was cleared in about the space Of
minute.
How many OF us are occasionally caught I'm
public with an itching sole, and cannot "get
~ it TO scratch"