Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-08

about (t the Information oi those Journals !.
TO be relied upon to rgcci the act of the last
session giving 1t The right oi way through, \.
w. Virginia To the Ohio. at Wheeling. Tn,
Company has advertised Tor a meeting of il,
stockholders on the 18th OF this month Ia con
siuff the question OF acceptance or rejection o
tlldt law and, IN anticipation of that meet.
ing. their friends i'm Virginia with much con.
hdcucc announce It's rejection. What the real
intentions oil the Company are. we. have NO
rncdns oi knowing; Ii may be, and we shoull
not bc surprised ii the Fact proved to BE- so,
that TINS language OF the Clarksburg and Far
kersburg papers. So deeply committed.to the
interests OF the Baltimore Company, is simply
employed Ia Jrighien Virginia with the idea
OF a total loss of the Railroad in her borders
one oi those diplomatic tricks which under the
auspices OF the diplomatic Mr.. McIane. the
Railroad Company have been PLAYING of for a
series oi years, frSt'to whecdlc rennsyl, ania
INTO permitting 1t to 80 To Pittsburc. next tn
trcpdn Virginia Into conserving To commit SUI
,ci lc' 10y permitting it to strike the Ohio a,
Parkcrsburg.
Let Us look at this matter for a moment .
suppose the road rcrc lost tn Virgini, by the
Company's rejecting the only privilege ,hey
IN lst assuredly will ever obtain. that of s,ri.
KING the Ohlpat Wheeling: Ought /, to be- a
matter oil any very profound regret To Virgin
Ia /, we doubt IT., and in that case should be
ihuCh Inclined TO say To the Baltimore Com
paht bsggars, gentlemen. have no right to
W Cioosers-Sttr since you do not careto ac-
cept the boon upon onr conditions. but are
pleased tn entcavOr TO dictate your own. AT
our manifest peril if not certain loss. we shall
not again renew the privilege TO YOU, of even
go,nS ,o wheeling This we think would
nrihS uils very high toned Company 10 reason.
ihey would then he driven To decide between
suspending their road at Cumberland. where il
Is now pausing for leave from Virginia ar
fennSylvania to proceed through their soil
aud accepting Wheeling as their Virginia ter
minus, the only one we repeat TO them. which
There Is a possibility of their obtaining.
PENNSYLVANIA, actuated by AN enlightened
regard Tor her own interests and those of her
Sreat improvements, has peremptorily and un.
q"ailiiedly rejected the Baltimore Companv's
apPhca'lon: We question greatly, the good
Poilc! Oh virginia $ permitting thai Company
10 enter her territory and strike the Ohio with
III her limits at all, even so far north as Vince
ing. IL had been wiser we are much inclin-
ed to believe, to exclude an ambitious rival
from Paru ipation in her natural advantages.
aud to reserve the patrimony of her river to
herself. But this is no longer a questions: the
privilege OF going to Wheeling has been grant
ed, and affection Tor that city, though certain
y no difference to the intriguing Baltimore
company, would not permit us to withdraw il
IL 'he decision rested with US. Virginia we
say; III allowing the baltimore Company to
strike the Ohio at Wheeling a nearer point by
10 nilics Than farkersblrg, has lone more than
justice required; she has done all that the most
1dStlulOus SpnSe nj lhar,I,,,y ,..ll ..... 81
has come up TO her character for fairness and
magnanimity. Ii therefore, the Baltimore
Company reject now what has beon conceded
ina spirit OF libcrality and magnanimity, and
INSIST upon anneNing their own conditions,
dictated otcourse by selfish regard To Their own
Interests anu by no consideration for those of
Virginia, we hope the Legislature of Virginia,
justly l%ncensed by such presumption, will re-
tidct IN" r"iNileg" nj terminating their road at
Wheeling. That Company Will then find IL
sell hung up at Cumberland i'm the mountains
much as Battle Nichol Jarvie was suspended
not Tar from the Clachan of Aberioil. The in
tcrdictIon OF Pennsylvania followed by that of
virginia VIII suggest To them the expedicncy
ol more moderate and less grasping views
The Baltimore object in m~onopoIizing the trade
of the Ohio country is self evident. Her pur.
pose Is to tap Pennsylvania and Virginia both.
and secure Ia herself The vast of am
almost unbounded extent If fertile country.
We may and do admire her enterprise; but that
Is all we do admire. There is in our ewes. a
very iuil share of presumption in that city's
aspiring to attract TO hersclf-and to abstract
IRON Pennsylvania and Virginia the
OF their patrimonial Rivers; and when to this
Is added her obstinate and logged perscvcr-
ance IN trying to impose her Opn conditions.
and to accept none other, we cannot doubt
that the spiritof Virginia will rcpel the EN-.
croachincnt.
Our blind side in Virginia is iiberality. a
fond desire TO be thought magniiiccntly mag
unanimous! We arc too much so i'm reality;
for our own good. We should watch this ma,
tional Characteristic more narrowly, and not
%suiicrit to dupc us into our own ruin. Let us
I've Just to our own State and TO ourselves, be
lore we undertake TO be so magnilicently gencr.
Gus to Others, who are skillfully ~availing them.
selves of our prodigal temper to spirit away
our fortunes and a%ggrandize themselves. We
ieel little disposition for one, to permit Balti.
more, 300 miles from the Ohio. while we think
the nearest part OF Maryland is 200 miles. to
snatch from Virginia what nature intended for
her-which nature certainly intended not for
Baltimore.