Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1845-09-19
In the Editors Of The Enqnue
RAILROAD VlEWS.-fNo. Ill

Tie Right Of tie Peo7tc Of lrsln'c 10 lmprore
hlir social condiiiyn nth ticir orn meens.
Having disposed Of the Wheeling fortune
hunters, propose 10 take "biTas-eye" glance at
that delec,able pink Of consistency, the "Rich-
mond Wing" SO far as he has voluntarily con-
nected himself with this subject.
In future number, propose addressing my
sefio The following propositions, propounded By
the Clarkshurg Convention:
First: Tha; the making railroad l"ia- mouth
of The Little kanawha liver, al Patke!sours.
will not scrio,,si; ah:c; The James River and
Kanawha improvement ev.n II he iei"' ~o'@
were completed; and, secondly, that, ii such te
The effect. 10 some small extent, il would mol ioi-
low more certainly, than il would the termina-
lion ot The said road al the second CITY; bn'
these leave Ill il i perceived whether have
succeeded. in The first No, 10 placing tie
subject n lis true light before yon IN refer
ence 10 Wheeling. If 50, you will he brought
10 your natural position, and that IS direct
" antagonis,cal 10 The Richmond Wing
The lauer, YOU must have observed, mrs: sorgh.
10 make Wing capital BY espousing the cs.-@
Of The West in general terms and loaf,g ias
Democracy Of The Sale with the cciEm :: 2. E
form opposition 10 Internal Improvements. t.
charge YOU efTcc,ually refuted; bot, wh@n cI:sr-
bargain is offered from Wheeling, proposing q.
TO the James River Improvement. rcca t:e tut
di,ion az securing the influence 8: ~: ..-s-.sr
against US the Editor takes s.6:.er AK. '-sss
his hand lur The frslime ,:oTes -. T.sr. s-es T.
ing Of The West, he MEAS - Es.ers II -
James River and waen c.iz'l-z II " ss;,s.;:
Rights" ne means o1,g = rs=-'s q as. re-
esed in hat improvement, zt-.....-1-g s,cs''s
the ien-eree 5rio<, 81! yITes - .4:s.- i -:
rocal aid. v!:Eou, ci.c-lr- @s~r =. cf..,n-e &.
reason why Inc second -i;y1 sac1y. = c.sS.-:e:
a, the expense OF tie whole Sz.= q. I. 10. =
general, and The grea. mass Of ..e ;,e>< :. IL
entire Nor;h-west Of Virginia il pa c-.z-.
Thus have all he srea; schemes ~ =: 1r:a =
Western rights and promoting internal init
men,s in the West, for which Inc Wing Il, =
bored 50 long and Numbered % Loudly, cwiitl-t
10 tie insignificant purpose Of completing b. : T.
lie means an Improvement Of The James river.
rejected nearly fifty AMI commenced nearly TWEEN
" wears ago, and which many more years viii
he required 10 finish, il, indeed, lime can 90 i:
ever-W lille all The clustering patriotism {! the
Editor has been, b. one suicidal stroke from his
own hand, dispersed iElo thin air, and he LETT IA.
kedly exposed, in all his (GdiloriaD hiaeoas dc-
iormily % the scorniul gaze and unmifisa-
led contempt ol the entire West, Is well as
all honest and thinking men OF Ire East; mol
/ even excepting the Wings whom he sought 10
I strengthen, by representing he Democrats as oP-
posed 10 internal Improvements nor yet The PEG
!; ple OF James River, and those Of Wheeling who
while they avail themselves Of The treason, Sc.
crely delest the trai.or-(See Richmond Wing
OF June 2O) The Wing. it seems, did no, al
frs, understand ihe question: Strange. indeed
I THE Cla,kshurg Convention forced il upon his
consideration" Stranger still How ohtuse
The Clarksburg Convention sal in May; the
Wing writes several non-commi;lal articles in
successive numbers; and not until The bright ray
Wheeling, DARED atbwart the gloom, which had
enveloped his Intellectual vision, on The ooh June
I "could he understand The question" and now
I having ">lushed" and swallowed The doe i!ou
\ Wheeling, he suddenly does no. think "a more
unrea svnab le claim was ever addressed 10 the IN
derstanding Of men," Shame, where is thy
blush !'-"Consisiency, thou art jewel worth
seeking and preserving"
! tell you, MIR. Wing, you are Laying with
edged tools, and sharp ones loo; the Wings OF the
West are not such Jacks as You wuuld make
/ them; they now understand you; and they arc
chivalrous as well as intelligent and torcst, anG
/. they will handle you Wnhou, glov-s, as your dis
ingenious course deserves. The West know
their rights and knowing, dare maintain them:
in doing which, they wiz be firm and united, not
wilhstandig all insidious attempts 10 divide
I them.
I s.Trutn, crushed to Earth, shall rise again,
/ The eternal years Of Gud are hers;
But Error, wounded, wri;hss in PAIN
And dies amidst her worshippers. &.