Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-10-30
Css~lliss and Rail Roads-Resigndtion Of Mr.
-. Jos. C.. Cabeli.

The Lynchburg Virginian will have perceived
that we had protested against the extension Of
the Canal 10 Buchanan, in anticipation of its call
upon us to do so: We are for stopping at once
md forever, a system decisively condemned by
tho people, and which, ifput into execution few
YEAR, will certainly see suspended. If candhing
is right it is right to 30 on with IT. II 1t is wrong
il cannot be too promptly thrown aside: VINO
|. TO Judge The Public-the People lhey
hare judged, and candidly we verify believe there
/, not one man in fifty who is not opposed to tho
.,,.p,;on Of the system. They cannot contend
with Rail Roads in carrying trdrel, and that In
movement which carries trdrel, can carry all
sl.e much more chcaply than any other form.
The Times and Compiler gives the vote On
Mr.. Macfarland's resolutions as IL against 10 ~
for: That WINS the vote. or noar 1t but II ougn'
60 be noticed that the 10 composed pretty nigh
The vshole available Canal force IN RICHMOND
We are well assured that not 80 Canal men can
he drummed up i'm all Richmond. The canal Is
NOT merely unpopular-it is excessively out oil
favor. and even odous. Were the matter tested
at the Polls, not only in Richmond, but along the
line, and in the State at large, we doubt if one
single member Of the Legislature, except possibly
qhany. Kanawha, Monroe, and Greenbrier would
feel themselves at liberty to vote Canal apPro'
priatiou: We have great doubt whether even
these counties woud--but that any other would,
sre have not the smallest belief. Whether right
or wrong, cdnaUing is condemned by the almost
universal public voice, and there can be no won
der at il, when we survey the melancholy and
ruinous disappointment which has attended the
systen--vast and endless expense, and no definite,
NO tangible good in return. We predict thar inc
Legislature will not vote silver TO extend The
CaRsi above Lynchbarg. They will pocket the
loss of 900 dollars, incurred above thai place,
and refuse TO commit the folly of throwing good
money after bad.
Rumor says, that Mr.. President Cabell is about
TO resign his office-For that gentleman the read
ers of this paper know well our respect and how,
in times past, we have sustained him by every ex.
eriion in our power, editorial and PERSONAL incur
ring censure and enmity solely from our wish to
protect him against what we thought, undeserved
hostility But he who never remembers what
friends have done for him, will finally find him.
self without friends: Mr.. G. has said, we under
stand that when Richmond renowned the canal,
he should resign his Office, and resign the eSPec-
taiion of carrying the canal on He may feel the
most perfect conviction that this event has occur
red. Richmond will not touch, taste, or handle
any farther: She is opposed to any extension, 20,
aye SO to land, could she retrieve one half of
the Millions buried in the Canal, would be glad,
we think, to see it filed up and a Railroad laid
down ON its track And this is the sentiment, the
emphatic sentiment of VIRGINIA as well as
Richmond.
New measures and a new organization will be-
come necessary to prosecute the Central Improve
ment, and to facilitate these, as well as for his
own sake, we hope Mr.. Cabell will retire: 1t will
be hard to find an ADLER, purer, or more devoted
man but easy, think, to find many more
practical, less welded to old notions, and more
capable of conforming to the New Era in which
we live.