Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-10-10

ble that the Wing should 30 earnestly do' -
measure 50 fatal 10 Richmond lhel.i -
"aravcsi doubt was merely thrown ID 70 scc'e
III Stockholders into acceptance; and !he!'io'e,
We have The authority Of that paper 10! s'a ~,
,hol lie extension OF lie Baltimore foaa ~
Wle.liny or 10 PaIkersaur. would mol te iilJu-
rous 10 Richmond.
II is rur. thai on July 81, Tie Wing had tx-
messed the 81 me doubts about The Wisu"hi oi ~
lni,lna ne road 10 90 10 Wheeling; bnl me eu-
iect Of Tia, article seemed as obviously, i's o. .ia'
asl quot, d 10 be 10 fish!en The s'1cRhcueis ''''o
The accer,ance Of this Wheeling charter anu
therefore, we must suppose mat these oou."s' 80
but a. shadows, were entertained ch' g siauo"
Nor ,nus We be blamed for iinprting lN'ic."N
ollhis so,t 10 The Wing since lis columns coh'ana
Shallower device OF this kind, than we eve! expect
ed to see in so respectable place. Wealiiis loa
communication from Inc uirer James hl't',
" which Ike author desired IL he seen ny lnr
g Stockholders before their decision was inaae
according 10 the Wing and which, at ihe request
Of that paper, was promptly Inserted III nc ndA''
more American. ,,:,oj;,
This precious piece Of diplomacy, published ~
The WAia Of The lllh August, almost ps"ln. y
asl,iny Woud ii mol be polite icI he James hise'
and kahawha Company 10 e1eliah ouluo ~, :,
hurncc 10 have that measure (ibe kl@l' Oh M'.}
rejected? We, as ardent friends ol INC 'd'"o>
| River and Kanawha improvement, lhihh e'rl!
bono,abc mca sure should be nse;. or IS r;JecIluh,
for Inn little doubt rests with US, that shonld Inc
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad now reject u, me
boon would not again be granted b. our Lesisia-
lure" And lhus This strain OF "a tot hDiloSc
If end TO The James River and kanawht CoGpa-
1 NJ" continues, and thus il ends, ringing, J" hs
course. some wilder chimes oil Jolly. bni why
wish 10 inform The stockholders OF Inc bdii'n"ic
COMPANY oi the "oui-dGol' Influence which
should be arrayed against Them! WY s"Ne :"
impress mpon them, that they had iEcn ihell '.s,
chance OF getting through Virginia 10 Inc Ch'o:
! I, conh not certainly be 10 make them throw
AWAY that chance If we did not feel assured
that il was nothing bul the good nature OF ne
Senior Editor of Tie Wing, which induced nm
10 Give this communication The direction WlsLea
for By lis anlhor-il We could deem BIN, Tor
moment, part and parcel Of so shallow device
we should cease 10 lament The hfeviiy OF his d.
plomalic career Why, an ostrich win us head
in The sand or child with an apron over Us lace
.xclaiming, "you can't see me-! might give les
sons in hiding 10 this "Ariful Dodsei OF Rock
bridge.
Bat after all, we may he mistaken and the
Who NAV he in earnes, in doubling Tie prnpfie-
" oil permitting the Ohio 10 be tapped by any
railroad moi leading 10 James River So strange
are local delu.ons-s frequent are what LORD
Bacon calls The error Of the den-ihal the Wing
may rca llv regard Baltimore as an Ambitious r.
val Of Richmond, and deem il wise to exclude
her from participation in he natural advaEia-
ees' OF Virginia and that The latter should re
| serve The palrimony Of her liver 10 herself. LET
us, then. under this aspect Of the case, examine
he value Of the assistance The Wing IS rendering
1 The cause oil Internal improvements.
/ The longest Of what the WhiF calls me pat
ri,nonial rigers Of Virginia" i, ih- Ohio; and II
, q
1 border distance Of about 200 miles. To draw
trade from lis borders 10 Richmond, The Wing
| itself treats rs Il CAV vision now dis>Ipalcd by
/ facts well ascerlainrd; and il is not pretended
MAJ any o,ker STA por Of Virginia can ever be
more hopeful candidate for that trade. Accord
4 iDy then L. me Wing, that long ono border 81
! Virginia must remain ioIeve! an imnaS>able bar
Y ricr ia every Improvements not "oehiid The age
which woul! connect the great West with Inc
! Atlantic According 10 The WhIs The COUNTIES
/ along me banks Of The Chic shall never he pcre
raled with any q line great highways Of Trade
and travel invented ~ modern science, bnt their
citizens remain cnntcnred with those which Ma
rure ard The Northern States have furnished and
seek distant mats itr ihtir produce al New Or
leans. New York or Philadelphia, and a, the last
! parc ,;jr>ooih because The Ohio is also palfEo-
NAL river az Pennsylvania for, under The editorial
4 head Of Iuy 81, that print rcund!y chides Baiii-
more inf presumption n aspiring 10 atlractIo her
self, and 10 abstract from Pennsylvania and VIZ
cnia The commerce oi t!;eir matrimonial r!veIS!'
/. According 10 The Whig the whole o! the inierio-
al trans. lee hanan Virginia. nolh OF the great
kanawha must remain a grazing country, BE-
cause il is is a grazing country; lis fine surface
continue 10 be little cultivated and lis mineral
treasures buried io!cver-nay, according 10 Inc
! Wing. a fun quarter of Virginia mus be kept in
wilderness l.-l AZ 'npr", rem sh"nld contribute
/ 10 The prosperity oil what he "Ariiul Dodocr" ci
| RockbIdge calls mol only foreign, bpl r5rgi
,uv 10 our arm Rieimond;" and whose rha psodical
nonsense IS, IN thai respcc', thoushcssly connie
! nanced by the Wing itself We say, thought
1 lessv for surely that paper cannot deliberately
| inculca,e hostility 10 Baltimore whose prosperity
I is reflected upon halt the State, ard with whose
/, inieres,s the Governor, a James river man, SAYS
I those Of Virginia are only less identified than
with those Of Richmond and Norlulk.
| In our scrupuiousness not 10 enlarge The area
| from which The Wing would exclude all Internal
/ Improvements rot "behind the age, we haze
/ iuunded il on The South by the Great kanawha;
| Justify us IN extending it-s least c the Northern
| prong Of Big Sandy. In that article we find The
! following sentence THE Southwest tier Of coun-
I" ties can hardly lie expected 10 SUSAN a mea-
\ "sure which is in direct collision with their own
proposed improvement and their own interest,
Z" Sncs the completion II tie original design n Inc
{" central imUoremtnt rOuM learc the STATE r..
h0udca and y0wercss 10 prosecute anu 0fhcr great
,e@k" (rhe italics arc ours.) Bot The resour-
ces OF the Stale would be more exhausted BIZ ex
! tending the contemplated railroad from New
River 10 the Tennessee line, Than by stretching il
| down the valley of that river to the kanawha for
The latter distance is nearly one-lhrd shorter than
the ormer. Therefore the Wing abardobs, or, al
least. indefinitely posirones, every plan ci trans
! Allesana Improvements, much 10 the North Of
| Parisburg on New River, which is opposite 10
| The hills OF TaZewe living between the Forks Of
/ Sandy. In shon, this print, proclaimed by il.eli
| Ia he animated by "an enlarged view OF the gene
% raj interest, and IN enlightened and patriotic
preference Of the good Of The whole 10 lie good
of sections is found upon minute scrutiny,
| ready 10 abandon to the dominion of the wilder
ness nearly half the State, and 10 he devoted ex-
| clusive,y 10 the prosecution o new scheme 81.
lis own, not yet asked for even by those whom i,
would chiefly benefit, whose completion il is al
miilei "woud leave The State exhausted and
| powerless TO prosecute any ether great wck, ard
| whose greatest good would be 10 cIen 10 mai ket
that fine and valuable, but yet small section nf
| The Commonwealth, so well known 10 inc readers
OF the Wing as little Tennessee. oh VIA, a
| fall is here, my countrymen, from The sound Of
The promise to the scope Of the deed
Our GOOD VIII 10 Inc wing and good feeling 10
its Editors would prompt us 10 attempt an eKpia-
nation Of its extraordinary course in relation to
| The important interest we have been di>chargine.
But 10 assign motives, is task OF danger as well
as difficulty, and sometimes gives offence when
The Office! is 10 remove il. But il falls in com.
plelely with the Chief ohject OF this article, which
is 10 warn The public against the erroneous i'm
pressions il may receive from the daily press, 10
allndc 10 a disorling influence which mn>t AT.
feet that OF lie Towns. The advertising interest
must be consued-hat is The commercial inie-
rest and il is intrinsically SO great public int.
rest that it is not wonderful, that those more i'm
mediaely dependant upon it should magnify il
beyond due measure. Hence, we cannot WONDER
nor greatly chdc, il The beet uppermos, in the
view Of The Richmond press should b. The com
merce of Richmond. A "Trip 10 Lynchburg-lhe
sight OF the lovely valley Of the James, under the
delicious Influences OF MAY, awakened The hear,
OF lbe Senior Editor OF The Wing, sensible to