Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-06-17

OF the law oil last winter. as from assurances
derived from sources that command the entire
confidence of this convention that the compa-
ny riunot accept the Lao"
Change Of plan.
- II such is 10 be the settled policy of the
Legislature towards the Northwest, better.
much better would it be for this portion OF
the State, at cnce 20 dissolve the political
connection that now binds N 20 the rest Of the
State. But tins is an alternative that this
convention will not cherish in their bosou,s
Tor moment; they do not believe that such
a policy will be sanctioned by their Eastern
brethren. but they shall ever continue, as they
have always been, proud that they belong to
the ancient Commonwealth. Neither does
tins convention admit, that the proposed ex.
tension OF the railroad will interfere with the
trade or travel upon any other line Of improve.
ment within the State. or, If any. but to very
limited extent. 1t is supposed that there
would be an interference with the contempls-
ted connection of the James and Kanaw hu
rivers with the Ohio. Should that improve
mcnt ever be completed, which after the large
and hitherto worse than useless expenditure OF
millions OF the peoples money upsn it, is rem.
dered very doubtful. Yet, in the opinion Of
practical men, il can never draw to il the trade
or travel from the West; on the contrary, the
VII dtOtt& tuC NcStcrU Slope o.
the line will seek its outlet i'm the valley o.
the Mississippi, instead Of going Eastward
But if the Convention 10 in error in this re-
spcct, the Legislature has permitted the rail
road to be conducted to Wheeling on the Ohio
river, and the trade which il is supposed, 9TH
erwlsc might have passed along the line OF
the James river will be drawn up to Vince.
ling if the road should be made to terminate
there, and thence along the Railroad to Balti.
more, or the other Atlantic markets, and thu.
obtain choice Of markets at lees expense
OF money and time than upon the James river
line OF improvement and the Convention
can perceive no reason for interdicting the
right TO terminate the road at any intcrmedi
ate point between Wheeling and the mouth O
the little kanawha river, that would not ap
ply with equal force to making its terminus a
| Wheeling: And whereas, this Convention
having thus examined all the ground Of objec
ton, that may have influenced the Legislative
action of last winter, has arrived at the conclu
sion, that there exists nothing in public poll
cy, or the principles of right and Justice, thai
should deter them from again applying to the
Legislature Gf that mode is more accepta bic
in the Lcgislature) to grant an independent
charter to construct railroad from some poiu,
ON the Potomac river, in the vicinity Of Cum.
bcriand, to point on the Ohio river, above
the mouth of the Little Kanawha, and they
are led to do so notwithstanding the passage
OF the law permitting the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company to extend the road to
Wheeling"
We regret cnpassunfto see the filings thus
made by the Clarksburg Convention at the
James River & kanawha improvement But
let this pass; the suggestion of this new plan
must produce a most serious impression on
the minds Of all interested in the prosperity of
Virginia. Whether the consequences 10 the
niralImpro,ement and to the Wheeling in
tcrcsis would not he precisely ,f,s sarae, 9th
ers must Judge.
The North West opposition to this scheme
and to its predecessor lies in a part of Harri-
son, Marshall, Tyler, Marion, Monongslia,
Preston, Taylor, lin part Ohio, Brooke and
the City OF Wheeling. Active measures of
opposition are in progress, and Convention
is TO he held in FaTmont' in, the county of
Marion, in the month Of August. The excite
ment is represented as something above the
wholesome point.-Richmond Wing.