Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-11-13
MEMPHIS CoNvENTIoN--s. CAROLINA

Ia I'M " "a OAN- y
When om attention was first called to the
steps taken in Charleston to- secure the Nation
ot South Carolina Representatives in the Yves.
tern and Southwestern Convention to b. held
at Memphis. we enquircd what object the
South Carollnians had in view. They have
designated no less than % delegates. two APP
pointed BY the Governor. (Afc>srs. Calhoun
ant Meinmingcr) for the State at large. and
26 from the city OF Charleston. Our enquiry
has never been satisfactorily answered. We
were inst told their design was to further the
construction oi a Railroad To Nashville. and
thence TO Memphisin T.mrsser. VERY soon
that object WAS lost sight of, and we knew OF
couIsc, that neither tlie Great Nu,liIier, nor
any OF the little Nulliiier> who followed in
his wake, would petition for pecumiary aid To
such am undertaking, simply because they
hold such d use oi the public treasure a rioid-
ton ~ the Constitutions Possibly the Pal
inctto Nullihers thought ihcy might preach
Free Trade at the Convention, and indoc-
trluatc the members with notions on tina,
subject, and through ,hcm the poopl, Of M,
rest But II we are 10 regard the Charleston
Mercury rs the exponent of the views of In,
Nuiiiiers. they apprchcnd that very soriou,
and unconstitutional inroads upon the Ma
tional Treasury will be- planted at the Con
v%cntion, and it is the duty of "ihc Nation I,
iiA' lfNi NiNtl lllill'lNIt III prevent lDlA ultsHH-
ful calamity-to prercnt The application ot
The public money 10 promote The public good.
Tn Mercury saws:
One i the ~iayori,c schemes of aprropria.
ton for the West, is 10 prevent the Missouri
rivera very hcadstong. devil mav-carc stream,
from running away from 81. Louis; which
IT Is supposed may I've effected for s or M
millions. Another is To build a shin canal
from one III the great lakes To the navieablt
waters of the Mississippi; which would cost
~ millions and can afford only IA passage fo,
hat-bottemcd steamers, at that; unless To tli.
he added the accomplishment of "A third favor.
lite Western project, which is to clear out ant
deepen the Illinois and Mississippi rivers
and contrivc some means of keeping them full
oil water III the dry season. In short thcs,
Western schemes, dependant on The Fedora
Government are enough To swallow up IN,
treasury and cnguli the country in a huge
debt. And il is doubtful whether. at am,
cost, the hh}ccts proposed can be accomplish.
ed. The Cumberland road indeed can be fin.
lshed at the cost.of many millions: and that
IL another i%avoritc project. But If il wcr
finished. II would only b. a monument of nat.
ional folly. The expense would be create,
thon that OF II Tailroad through the same re.
gion.
1--WE trust the Mcmahis Convention will
give ilseU up 10 nS1Stch schemes OF waste
and plumber as these; but gathering on all
hands information touching the interests
wantsand capabilities of the different section,
represented, will suggest enterprises to be
carried through by the people out OF their owu
means. 1t is only when those who profess to
be interested in any project of internal inn
provement are willing To throw their own la.
Dor and purses into il, that we have any guar.
anty OF It's practicability and usefulness. 4,
to projects ol expenditure by the General Gov.
eminent, they are openly favored, advocated
and urged, on the ground that they will give
employment IN the section where they lie
will make a market for its products while they
are going on-and will bring money into The
place. With such motives the greater the ey.
pense the better. If the Government is waste
iui, tho more profitable are tic Jobs, the more
lively the market, the more abundant the
money. If there were no other objections to
such undertakings by the Federal Govern.
mcnt, we should hold these TO be conclusive.
But really II is as little within the province of
Congress to build the roads and clean out the
rivers OF the West. as to cut down their for.
ests, catch their wolves and manure their corn
CROP
The aciiCn of the Convention WI soon le
known, and we shall see il the cautions or the
councils OF 1.-THE Nation have so Influenced
this assembly of Western men, as To deter
them from the advocacy OF Western measures.
Gin Euz