Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-09-25
".A'l mankind would fain he wits,

~ thousand miss iof one that hts"
Assuming that the ''1oser," design Of Lynchbnrg, in
desiring stop me ca,ai here. ausu.etsl her own
prosperity by eAa'lon, nj the Trade iron the upper James
River. he proposes, that, Instead OF this. shall and in
pushing the canal Buchanan, which, by rednclnt
she price Of transportation viii enable them 10 entry
tdration and we may then establish 'e custom
house" here, aud charge mo+ ,ate dGty upon all the
ar ,uce passing below We rather imagine If The ca.
nal We're co,birrJ, the Of iransnriaon Instead a,
being less, ~uud be Than it is, and conse-
ueutIy, that ,hr tors woud be tax enough without
leaving any thng for The ''cusom house, unless indeed
the Snfe should he called On every year exc the
I'tclen, revenue III lie omrany. On that part of The
3ine, as II Is nov IN HAT ppfthm bet ween Lynchburg
md krainald! II the mountain Icolc afraid OF
tar upon their produce, we "arn ih"G not 10 insist
The canal the comp ei'on oi which 10 buchanan. instead
vi costing $3.50 900, estimated BY the writer in the
Gazette. will mol Gus, less than million and hall
shd "hn.h 'hose who kno" he line well say will be
clsed +" trade, ater lis coap leon, average
once month ihrous ou Tie year, 10 repair damages
a. what cost, who niy venture 10 conjecture
The writer IN the Gazetle asks II The stock in the
James River aud kanawia Improvement would have
been taken west Of the Ridge, If it had been supposed
that the canal "ou@ stop al Lynchburg T., this we
answer readily in the negative. The tact is, however.
thai the western substr tlnn, about which We hear
much, al best mere bagaelle, sufficient. perhaps 10
pay Tor The CONSTRUCTION vi three our miles of the
@sl,) though even were II ten times much as il is,
mas been exhausted together with The much larger subs
scription Of the eaSi-''and here's end Of H."
we sometimes hear 1t said, indeed, that the Gath
Tie State" is pledged 10 carry the work Into the VAL
iry.' No such thing II there be any pledge al ALL il
Is To carry HE work the Ohi; and that pledge will be
Is much violated if it stops at Coyngtou Buchanan
as il 1t be arrested a, hynclburs. But there is no
Pedge to carry II to any given point. The connection
OF the Eastern and Westefn was indeed the ob.
jet Of the Wga za n Of the James River and Kanaw
:" Company charter, authorizing Thai Company
20 raise stipulated OF nvney was granted for that
purpose. Tie money was raised .'ajter a yaslion, -
and upwards Of million and half Of dollars have since
"eeh loaned to by the Stae--and all is gone and the
company Is head over in debt, with several of the
"os' important and express s'ipualions OF lis charter,
PARTICULARLY In regard TO its Souihsde and Tide water
''tchons, even upon thai par, of the line said 10 be
nnshed. wholly disesarded! The ..llcdpeo supposed
F" exist was Of course conditioned on the ability OF the
o"Pany 10 do what it promised, with the means for
winch II asked, and which it obtained The resul,
Shows that. like unwse builders" they did M, "couu,
me cost before they began work. and are therefore
now unable to finish it, Is the Stuie to be held b,,nd
"eaHv Out the forfeited promises Of the Cnn,pany g.
we should like I" see the process Of reasoning by which
VIC p,eoges Of "ne party can be shown to bind another
a. "a" events, pledge pledge, the State is bound,
''oe II goes step farther To examine rather more
S'''ay than has been done heretofore the probable
0' o' The Enterprise well as the chances of remune
80. .'' /" +" Will do that, and find that the work is
'.' It's means, and that the trade upon i, will even
p""Ay justify the outlay. lie, it resume it, BIZ. if 9TH
'''''on sense, as well as pa,ro,ism calls apon
oP' honsh call Bedlam be let LOOSE, TO curse
''"'Se WIN counsel sucl, a course.