Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-10-20

Tel NE ran-l 10 buchanan. aud ina.ins liza, FAR
Piag." and olhers 81 The ssms H. will snap their fin
gers Vt the ysl t5wh Of Jackson and their more remote
iiends IN t"singiyn. Indeed We shall not be snrpri-
srd u We live long enough hear ola being safe
y mored al the canal banks In Buchanan 10 SCI. thss
who ATE nov reproachiug MS viii, selfish rnotses a
doping our reasning To prove thai il will be fplly and
madness 90 lie fariler-evrno The ,owo Of Jackson
And they will he right IN assuming this posnn-a fact
walch will oe made manifest beyond controversy If the
work shall go even 10 buchanan, by the augmented
debt oi tie Campsny aud s comparatively diminished
means oi meeting lis increased llabiIes-a fact which
would be egnally manifest nov if IGNORANCE pre- udice
ard interested motives" were not conjolnily at work
10 urge on an ehierprze, which, however brilliant may
have been lis original prpmse cannpi by sober minds
IN view ." acu,l results. be regarded in any oller hi
lhan AZ splendid faure-a magnificent aborlion.
Lei any man real The celebrated "Synlps," put
birth by It's friends IN 1888. exhibiting an estimate Of It's
p'ohabl' cosi and its pt.bibe revenues wien finished
10 fyaehbmg .and comfar them with what We now see
and hnow and he will wonder al the facility with
which even The ailest may be duped by Their own
wishes The canal was 10 cos, lnre upwards ofihr-e
'hllll"hs- has cost sx! II divide per cent an
nuaily To The stockholders after paying all expenses
divides nothing 10 The Stockholders aud far from hav
ing snfrns IL is compelled year after year, after .x>
hanS''os its meagre revenue, become begea a, the
doors OF The Sine treasury pay he interest Of abon.
100000 upon ms outstanding debt, All The brilliant
deans al It's projectors have vanished into enply air. &
STILL mol content with this Disappointing of their booes
''p 'h'S "'Slhralion OF their promises, they still
urging us 10 Q" On. with lie assurance Gas # We were
rl,I Il. Il. \
us Indeed we are sometimes triump hanily asked Il
" Was ever expected Thai the work would be profitable
benre reached the Ohio? and we are rather sne,red
al as an lgnoranns Tor surprising that any ever TX
peried to realize much benefit from Eat least' until it
had crossed The Ridge aud penetrated the Valley! Blu,
ihse "ho take his ground are themselves uninf,rmed
on The subject. An increased tonnage was as confident
" predicted as the result Of the completion Of the canal
To ynclbnrg, as is Of lis extension Ii, Burbanan
or ~ the Oho-and with Tar more nas, n Irtbere has
been no increase from the i,re and teeminp valley Of
the lower James uver how can il be expected from In.
barren mountain ranges Of the west And he who ex
pecs 10 obtain from the ONO river sufficient amount
d trade To Justify outlay of from SIX 10 ten millions OF
dollars, IN addition 10 Ia the already expended has
talrd 10 learn. even by experience the laary Of The
calcnlaons OF the Original projectors af The present
scheme. We invite all snch TO examine Mr. Cobe,l's
Synopsls" above referred io and II they are moi .piv
fn over 10 strong delusla." they will longer advo-
cate s'heme which, j consummaed, will embarrass
The STATE with an enormous load of debt in the con
srucl'on OF work, which. for lis extent and cost ma
be, like The Pyramids Of Egypt, subject Of curious
speculation and wonder 10 the future anquarian aud
'nonnmen OF the folly and ambition of lis CONSTRUCTORS
but like lhem will never be OF the leas. pu,lic uty