Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1845-12-25


Point to Petersburg; the Louisa Rail Road; .h'
Dismal swamp Canal; the Warrenien. the Fred
eticksbaFg, the Lynehbafg Turnpikes; the Riyan
IA and lppomsuox Navigation Companies. sns
countless other projects throughout that section Of
K tie state. OF ,he Internal improvement debt o
Virginia nearly six-seseuths have been for expen
ditsres E1st Of the Ridge.
Bun, 2dly. lis said. # power !. transferred "a
the West, cxuavsgant schemes Of ?abiic Imp~oSs
fDent will immediately resf their harid fronts ia
our legislative balls. This ides, has for eTeet.
been often thropn eus IS the enemies Of Reform
bot ~s hnye never seen il supported BY any eyi-
denee worthy Of a moments consideration
Tha. the systsnn II PUsttc ImrRo VEsEsr will
be hbera.ed and expanded under the new order
If thiues tlst il benefits will be equally and
tnparfslIy dispensed. j. not to be doubted ny any
person Indeed, IT Il one Of the fruits TO be gath
cred from the harvest n Reform row in the pro-
sre.s Of rnsfuriiy The Western division u this
State is vas, an4 ubifnprosed domain, which lies
comparatively wasts and uBproduedye for tie want
Of email expenditure Of money to develop its
great and almost niitahle resources. IL abouads
in mines and uinetsl, Of the richest values 10 fef.
iile vsieys and productive hill sides all comrafn
tively worthless, f,or the fact that the products Of
tkeir labor are CONSUMED 10 the costs Of tran.por
! taiion to market The improvements, which that
region of country seqgire, are NOT expensive or
costly Good made THnpikes iudciousiy dlsirih
LII - e., H., l.. acf
its population aud impait new life und energy to
that region. The appropriations which have. even
80 fer, been 80 grDdgipgiy and parsimoaioasiy sx-
,ended to that country, have already produced re-
salt. Of the most marked and gratifying character
Since the last assessment, the value OF real estate
II the Western division has Increased S24 98S 6s6,
augmenting toe land INK annually paid from The
Western division $95 873-sn increased revenue
4 equivalent TO the interest upon spwards Of four
millions Of dollars, thsn double the that
Virginia has eve expended in that section Of the
State Itwere were we'll indeed for us, If Eastern
j improvements and Eastern expenditures could
| hibit such results.
But what are these extfavagant Schemes chat
hsua, he lima einalion of some genilemenl
The North IFestssks nothing Of the kind. IL
barely asks ths, foreign capital may be permitted
10 expend its millions in constructing Rail Road
no demand upon your Treasury 1t simply asks
rigAtof pay--the poor privilege Of dispoeing Of
their own lands so as to promote their property
and interests.
The South scest confines her demand 20 good
Turnpike road. from the Tenessee line TO Bucl,an-
nan, &c; to this she is entitled upon every princ
pie Of justice and honor.
And q, TO the central portion Of Western Virgin
ia ii has been the dream OF our politicians. since
the days Of Washington. Go consect the Ohio River
with the Capital of the State by some kind Of I'm
| provem-nt. They have siready, at expense Of
near eight millions Of dollars, completed that work
to Luxembourg, with some unfinished sections be-
I yond it, Whether they will ever complete their
design under any distribution Of Power in the State
NAV be regarded as doubtful. for the before
uentioned--the want of that unity Of interest and
harmony of policy which results from the conflic-
! ting views of diAe rent portions of the State.
But Auto Convention" has heard of a project of
connecting Richmond with the Ohio River at Guy
andotte By RaR Road, which is to cost ,ee mil
lions Of dollars. We have heard also of that Wild
/ snd visionary project but alone in connexions with
the idea that il was be constructed BY New York
| Copsl So tal !, the public mind has yet been in
formed OF that scheme, all that is asked of Virginia
is cka,te~. The suggestion OF that project at the
very time OF its announcement. said that the funds
we're really in New York to be subscribed, so soon
/ as a charter could be obtained.
| Bot we ask again is this scheme Of Western
/ Virginia We say it is not. So far from 1t that
all The Counties along the line Of the KaRawha have
solemnly denounced il, and protested against TIE
/ grant even of charter, curious in its very
conception and vioarve oflhe pighted Publie faith
Of the commonwealth.
But ~e have already extended this article to an
unreasonable length,
I "Au.i Convention" thinks the County ef Berks-
eley already sufficiently provided for, and under
that aspect he would ausy her against thu cause Of
Public Improvement every where else We have
nothing to say Of The libel ally aud masnanimty Of
such principle ufaciion he commends to our ia
vor, except oareiy 10 utter our sotmh u's'e't "o"
it. But we differ veJy much from his conclusion,
that Berkeley has all that she wants, or has right
4 70 demand We hope yet to see the day, and tfat
not fsr distant, when good McAdsmiztd road will
pervade this County from It's southern border, to
! the Potomec River; when the North Mountain VIII
be graded snd the valies Of Back Creek AMI Sleepy
| Creek be opened to more direct intercourse with
"; when County roads, upon an improve system
will carry the grain Of every farmer TO his CONNER
cia DEPOT and public institutions Of EDucArloS
disseminate those blessings through our communI'
". Of which we at this time, so senslbly feel the
piiyation
TO THE WINGS OF BERhELEY.
stated in my communication, first
published in The Free Press" and at
forwards, repubhshed by the Editor Of the
4 ,u,,,o,,. ~ ,bot I shnulH have nDthlDu