Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-01-12
Donlrotte kntrI,tDrnrr.
From The abingdon l'irginiaa.
ROAD MEETING.


A. a meeting of the merchants and citizens of Wash.
ing Ion, The court house Abu pdpu Aiunday. ibn
19ih D,cenher 1915, John NJ. rftsi ass called 10
the Char. and John {. Geeunay aud l. h. Dunn ap
lonled Secretaries.
Col. John b. Floyd explained the object Of the meet
ing IN short but Appropriate speech and "lerod the
following teslnlion
Resolved. That committee If five be appointed 10
dra,t series OF resolutions explanatory u The ol
this meeting:
Whereupon. T. G.. johnson. John -. Mitchell, b.
Il. Johnston Elias Ogden and WIN. Y. q. White were
appointed cotnmiiire Tor thai purpose. and the meet
Ing adjauraed I'll o'clock, T. NJ at which llme the
committee reported the following Preamble and Resou>
tions, which We're unanimously adopted:
The committee appointed Ia prepate preamble and
resolutions pressye o the of this meeting. beg
leave 10 submit iof rs adoption the following preamble
snd Iesolulons:
That this meeting la re seen wih feelings u deep re-
get the event III the recent atenl 10 develops the re-
sources, swakeo e eoeralrs and revive the prosperity
of The Southwestern fegea ol Virginia. They were
the more earnesl Ia their WISHES e. IT'S SUCCESS, because
they deemed the object nol mere local sectional n~
were oil larger and and mere dl1asve character The
commerce aud The travel of a large portion ol lennes.
would here find lhelr natural and most direct inter
rnfse with the commercial cities Of the atlantic repon
The State would he directly remunerated Tor her ex-
pendnnIe III the construction OF The road. while she
wuud receive collateral advantages in the increase o.
tolls upon the James River emeni in The inc reas>
oenl increase OF taxes paid INTO her treasury IL ad
1Iluon 10 these Considerations, there annrher by no
means unworthy Of the attention OF The Legislature
more especially at this period Such an union Of inter.
ssis, and such freedom Ut Intercourse wnuld 20 farther
than all uther measures IN uniting The feelings of the
Fast and she West in hsruunrzng the differences and
dIspelng the heart buninvs which other questions p.w
at issue, NAV easily give birth TO- Bot the consdeTa>
ons {" expedeney, 81 paley, aud OF fgh which belong
u ms matter. need moi be dwell upon here. They
lav alT a.ty ha.n in.
AND under circumstances more imp sing. Ii would be
Idle and uhwse, longer hesieae doai of our ep
Islstun,, asking the boon often denied. We cannot
again hope TO SEE II roviyed with prospects more fiat
.fns ihan those "ndef which II presented the
a'enefs Assembly the present session. - The plan Tor
oo"thnrsiefn rad 10 connect with the James River
improvement, aud thus enable us look To edmond
n on co nmefcial a. ~e MS political capital has a..
ceived us death blow Is corpse which may be gal
Sanlzsd. but whose vitality Is ID lurever WHAT hands
have gwen The how whether Use friends or open toes
At profits moi Ia enquire or wha avail eau II be to as,
tefiah whether defeated by The can nued hns.
tllty oil the lde water region all expenditures fH ia,
tefhaI improvements or ny The adfu and unrug ,ilnis
oil her representative, 10 make tynchbug III. beginning
AZ the rad, "a the end Of the ransl The dsm,
sill auk all things with reference 10 Their bear
ang span that place s1ne. ana 10 consider expeod
tufs OF the public treasure mnsi long ~ lynch
bury Is 10 he the iermnus hut unhrad o, folly If df
tefSnt hlin Of termination he adDpted will dluhtesss
c 'niiaue lis ghing Influence What alternative then
10 Resented, aud whittier nuw 10 look II we are
not content To sit dawn IN turpnf and apathy The
same uplosliin which has eieaied tins scheme will
defeat ady other which .mhuaes the same prlnciple of
construction upon State account. W. cannot constr G.,
ahe 'ao fr ourselves, with the aid of ypehburp
fo thai pa'n The only other tassbe route Is Ia pursue
the Valley To Siaunisn, and, through lines from thence
already cnnpeted. Ia reach the seaboard by way al
Winchester aud Baltimore.
lhis route has many strung considera ions in lis
Whs Baltimore IS 50 much further removed from US