Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-14
-. F'.oa, the Richmond Wig.

| ft0Ht VIC RICHMOND w Ifw
his BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL.
ROAD" Log ROLLING. The Clark shuro
! Republican comments upon what we have
heretofore said on the subject of IN, m.no,, ~.
OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Comma.
ny and pronounces o,r acceptance of the prof.
l'f ot old To the James River and kanawha Inn.
proven mt hy thc Wheeling Interest. as 10y
IL n wele wlut the Clarksburgh Republican,
d'Sbfibts It. I'VE know of no sci of proplr mn
on earth, who have less right ,o r,prnach 9th
'rsNith log rolling than the Baltimo,e aud
ONO Roi!road Company, aud the agents and
friends ol theirs who have prosecuted its ap-
rlic'b"ns before the General Assembly of Viz
gIni1. Not tu 80 btyrnd the last session of
The "gslaiuu-what WAS the history oC the
winter bat The most djligent LOG rolling" with
various state interests MIR. Louis MSlane. the
President of Tie Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company. experimenting and directing the
operations IN person? IL log-rollcd with The
NouulE interest by the promise df certain i'm.
| p'ovcmenls IN that quarter which Baltimor,
| Mas tnaCcohtphsh. and by stimulating the ab
surd jealousy ol and enmity TO Richmond. felt
/ ny CERTAIN Representatives, and he succeeded
| IN winning the support of portion of that i'm.
tcrcst: lie clog rolled with the Winchester
( interest los offering to buy up the Winchester
aud Potomac Railroad. and succeeded there toe
! IN seeming a portion of the representation Ia
I the support oi his plans But his master stroke
! at " los rolling was IN holding out some 30
different routes through North West Virginia.
from Cumberland i'm Maryland To the Ohio
River, and by DELAYING and postpuning the
designation br election of any one Of the tbir-
~ titus enlisiing the people OH all the thirty
IN iaNor oi the road 10y the hope of its uassing
near them, and humbugging all but those on
one route
by these articles, The Baltimore and Ohio
Ruil Road application received many votes
which otherwise II would not have received.
Even by the aid of these diplomatic cNpedlcnts
the vote Tor the application tb terminate at
Parkcrsburg was small: 1t will bc icancr at
another session, when the arts OF the Balti-
more company shall have become better UNI
dcrstood.
To be charged win Z" log-rolling" by these
adroit og-rolIrrs. is the kettles calling the
pot black lace. We hope our friends of the
Clarh1boTg Republican will keep their breath
to cool their own porridge,
Inc Republican solemnly protests that no
uniucndliness is cherished IN that quarter TO
Richmond or her interests. We have never
supposed there was ANY, and much less have
we preferred auy such charge. Richmond and
the James River Improvement. if the Balti-
lnored slgn Is perfected, will be led to exccu-
lion without the slightest enmity on the part
ol the cXncutioncrs; but if they are decapita-
ted, II will matter little whether hostility. or
sellishncss, or Indifference. prompted tile blow
Richmond we feel every assurance, rccip-
iocalcs warmly ar ailcctionate interest for y ,
W. virginia But To indulge the wishes of a
portion OF her people for Rail Road, which
II completed, would prove of little advantage
TO grazing country, il cannot be expected
that she and the great portion of Virginia
identified with her, should relinquish the hope.
the last hope OF that kind, ofretrieving III, for-
tunes OF the State Thus this question is
viewed IN this quarter, and we believe Sener-
ally through the State. No ill-will. no UNI
kindness, no want OF affection for that portion
OF the North West, which desires the Rail
Koad, dictates the opposition to it, but am en-
iarged view Of the general interest, and am en-
llshiened and patriotic preference of the good
oil The whole TO the good of sections.