Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1846-01-08

suspension 81 surveys and subscriptions on the part
Of ihe State 70 affects Of Internal improvements
/ Such law undoubtedly passed, but where does be
| Se,;v. the fact that xe are indebted to Eastern
Virginia for in II he win take the trouble to re-
Ter to the Journal Of the House Of Delegates Of the
9Th Of March, 1910, he will perceive, that nearly
one-ihrd Of the votes in IL favor were given by
! Wesfern Delegates and If be further will put
himself TO the trouble Of examining his Journal Of
the Senate Of the 18th Of March Of the same year,
he will perceive that the Western delegation were
unanimous for il. It 10 not fact thea. that we
are indebted to Eastern more fhsnto Hestern Viz
GINA for the law referred to-but to The combined
good sense Of both, 10 perceiVng the expedienes Of
sriesing all increasing liabilities of The State, 81 q
period, shen public and private confidence we're
shaken TO their foundations, aud public and private
embarrassment every where pervaded the land
I'd. "Eosttrn Virginia. still manifests the most
determined opposition 10 the appropriation Of the
public fund 70 objects of Improvement. as is e,i.
deuced BY the rejection Of three Bills recently By
the House Of Delegates"
These bills, ii is true, we're all reieeted-but IN
less we know, by whose votes, and under what IN
duences, they rejected, we have not advanced
one inch in the argument.
The Richmond v big Of the 22d Dsc ssciibes
the defeat Of The scot,ville and Stanton Road 10
a "fack o; asd from portion Of the Valley and
North. Vest"--he other bills ITO a desire 10 hss-
C,r nfa srfey el
acter." 3
This brings US to the
Sd Fact referred TO by our correspondent--,o
wit: the project of a Rail Road from Richmond 10
Guyaniotte
4 Where we ask. did this project FIRST start' In
the columns Of the Richmond papers. BY whom
has it been introduced before the General Assem-
blyl BY the Delegates from the City of Rich
mond. What is the great object sought to be ac-
complshed by il To build up the City Of Rich
mond and make her the commercial rival Of Bati-
more. Has the West in any form or shape yet
sanctioned tha measured We emphateally say
no. But, on the contrary, so far it has spoken
through its public meetings, it has vehemently de-
nounced and protested against it.
Is THIS then the work OF more eSteasire eharae-
ter to which the Editor Of the Richmond Wig
refers, and ITO husband resources for WHITEHALL
humber improvements have been far sacrificed
this session. A few weeks may shew.
five did not look upon this metropolitan scheme
$50 far at least, it is proposed, to construct it
on State account, If indeed any such proposition is
really enieuained-ss wild, visionary, impudent
ridiculous, We should find in the fact disclosed by
"Anti-Conventoa" one Of the most potent and ir-
resistibe arguments for the immediate call of a
Convention: FOR, If il be true, as he apprehends,
that the Legislature is about to saddle the State
with an additional dsbt of $40, 600, O0o-for the
construction of this Road-it is time, that political
power should be wrested from hands, capable OF so
gross a misapplication Of it. We are very sure,
this scheme will never be carried-if carried at all
by Utstern potes. If successful, it will owe its
success entirely 10 metropolitan influence and to
the vain and delusive idea, that the expenditure
will, in the course of time create vast CONNER
cial City in the heart Of Virginia
''An;-Conventiop,' and those with whom be
acts" cannot, we think, be very harmonious in
their views upon this branch Of State Policy. The
gentleman who submitted the substitute at the No
vember eting, introduced it, with the following
remarks prepared By himself
"During the last winter in Richmond,
witnessing as he did one after another,
the def tby Eastern Delegates ofschemes
of Internal Improvements, the adoption Of
which, he thought, acre essential 10 The
prosperity Of the STATE, and under the IN
nuence of the strong feelings, which this
gross injustice TO the West produced, he
was inclined TO encounter all The riSks OF
a Convention, to remedy the evil, and vo.
ted then, as he should vote again, for a
proposition to submit the question to the
people of the State, Whether a Contention
should be called"
! As ''Anti-Convention" has referred to those
with whom be acts" so in like manner we refer
him to the above statement Of facts made by one
'who acts With him, 'as presenting in our judgment,
a conclusive reply to all matters embraced in his
communication not particularly noticed by our
selves.
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