Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-11

blessing to the people We have more cspc-
Cial cause to deprecate the continued aci,a,iou
OF suhiect OF local controversy in Western
Virginia at this tinic, since by producing
uniriendly divisions, il rctar,ls the progress ot
that great public cause in which the West
ought now To Dc engaged with united zeal,
We shall not, however, indulge in com
plants against that small portion OF our fellow
citizens who have thought proper. for the
promotion Of their local and individual inter
csts, To revive this controversy. For their
prosperity, however small their number, we
laN' not ceased In feel the SAME cordial regard
which Ne have evihCct though tj,,f icpfescn-
'ativos. when they hare sought the aid of the
Commonwealth Tor measures of peculiar
advantage to them. We 10 not vet regret
the assistance which our delegates chceruly
rendered IN obtaining for them those large
expenditures which have constructed the
North Western. and Stanton Tmnpikes;
although they are the only Improvements ever
made by the State in the North West and
although they were mainly designated for the
benefit of that minor section which now de-
nounces the Legislation ~ Tire State Ms partial
and oppressive. II THOSE works have failed
| to produce any high degree of prosperity i'm
that part Of North Western Virginia, il is
probably because Nature has conferred wpon
il comparatively few of those resources which
public improvements are designed tn develope
IL wolild be useless, therefore, Tor the State to
give The same direction tn other works now
IN contetnplation to the exclusion of other parts
OF the North West. And we may express
our profound regret that a section of the Com
monwealth which has so largely enloyed the
bounty OF the government should now, with
out Just cause, dcromcc the present policy as
a tyrdnnical invasion of liberty and as illibc-
raj towards an enterprise of national impor-
lance.
| Agsncc at the course which Virginia hss
pursued towards the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
Road will demonstrate that her rnaN"fcs nave
been uniformly just and libcri towards that
work, and enlightened and bcnelicial III their
effects upon her own is'0Pie'
| Virgit,ia hal Iv,g since embarked I'm the
policy of de,ri,lrng and cultivating her fiat-
| .irsl resources 10y means oi internal improve
| mcnf, amt especially In that gtand policy, SO
J worthy of great State, of connecting the
magnificent valley of the Mississippi with
the Atlantic coast Its original conception
Belongs To Virginia, AID, at The earnes, recon-
mcndauon of Washington, she commenced
carrying into execution he beniiiccni projects
that iicr own genius and patriotism had orgi-
mated. IL can hardly be supposed. therefore
that she will now. in the vigor of her aye. Law
aside or abandon what she so nobly projected
III her infancy, notwithstanding the predic-
lions oi SOME who appear To hold that, among
all the States of our glorious ccnie,leracy.
Virginia alone is incapable of achieving great
work. Considering the important benefits
which are expected To flow from il. and the
splendid results which have enriched her sister
States from similar Improvements, she might
have been cxcusablc. perhaps, if she had been
less liberal towards parallel work mIdcrta-
ken by the people of another Commonwealth,
But her conduct in Oils matter has been wor-
efiy Oh iicf ancient maglianiinty. She has
repeatedly opened her territory and offered her
wealth, TO promote the success OF the Balti-
more and Ohio Rail Road, with onlv so much
reserve Ia tayor of her own central improve
n'eilt as the most fdstfdious ought 10 approve
Her liberal spirit towards the Railroad has
been exhibited ever since It's commencement,
NO sooner had Maryland enacted charter for
ITS construction, than the Company's applica-
ZION Tor charter and right of way in Virginia
was promptly granted, and the whole western
BORDER of The State north of The Little Kanaw
ha, was thfovn open for the selection of
route and Terminus. Awaiting itself of the
privilege thus granted, the Company bv its
able engineers, made extensive examinations
oil the country north of the Little kanawha
ana, al an early period, selected a route ter
lnihating on the Ohio at Wheeling. The
route then In contemplation lay beyond the
limits oil Virginia except for q distance of abou,
twenty miles. Again our Legislature, being
appealed To, authorized a subscription on be !.
hall OF the State OF S30l 100 to the stock Of
the company, having previously authorized
the City of Wheeling to subscribe $3.50 600
for the same purpose. Subsequently the Com.
pany ascertained that its interest would he
greatly promoted by constructing another nor
ION oil the road in Virginia between Harner's
Ferry and Cumberland. Tie Legislature NOT
Only granted right of way for that puypose
but, on the I'd of April, 1888. authorized an
additional subscription of stock TO the amount
oiSi ,O5o, 420, being, with the former subscri,-
tion, two hiths of the estimated cost of all
That part OF the road which was located in
Virginia. At an earlier day Of the same ses-
sics, the City OF Wheeling had been author
nen 10 'ncrease her subscription 10 the stock of
the Company 10 81 100000. The act of April
2, 1888, was accepted by the COMPANY. al.
though, by the terms of it. the road was abso.
lutely required To terminate al the Civ M
wheeling, The subscription of that CITY be-
ing essential to give operation TO this act. was
made on terms satisfactory 10 the COMPANY
anu al the urgent request of its officers,
mus rested the legislation of Virginia until
the last session of the Gencpal Assembly No
amendment of that legislation wss solicited
until the work had been completed 10 Chm
petiaho' before " had reached that point
however, Pennsy lvania had refused 10 renew
the privileges which she had formerly granted
to the Company. and, through jealousy of any
mai OF her own works had imposed such CON
ditions with the renewal OF the Charter then
expiring, that il was deemed unadvisable 90
carry ibe woyk through her territory. Appli-
cation was therefore made to Virginia for i,u
therflme TO complete the road and also for
the privilege OF selecting route through the
STATE TO any terminus north of the Little
hdiiawha. lneoIs,cqss'Hcc oi that application
the law now under consideration was passed
More liberal than the example OF Penns,Iya-
ma, our Commonwealth granted the privilege
oil constructing the road through her territory.
without any restriction which ought to reta,d
ior moment, the completion of that Iragnifi.
cent improvement OF any other restriction
as TO terminus than was previously made and
agreed to by the company. Tue proposal to
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