Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-09-21

risut oi way Lon ihe Baltimore aud Ohio Rail
Road through Virginia, from the Richmond
Repubiiyon. Itwould seem that that poper
"a well as most others at the east is conscious
ct the importance Of the central improvement,
and not disposed TO yield all the commercial
advantages Richmond POSSESSES, to her more
northern rivals.
THE RIGHT or WAY.
ms question seems To be still unsettled
ana 'hs Convention to be held on the 18th ol
Vh'S month, AZ weston, in Lewis county, is
}" DC an enslr oil more than ordinary maeni-
'one. numerous delegations are already ap.
po'n'en' and II Is said that Lewis county will
ne'sen send one thousand members. The
new paper at Weston, the Sentinel. says .'the
whole earth will be literally alive with the
anN'o,'s aud indignant people" II seems
'pa' .he sst oil the Pennsylvania Legislature.
S'sn'ny charter To the ConncllsvIlie Roll
road company, aud the coIutcnance given TO
,he measure by the baltimore company, have
stIind ZAP new vein of en- husiasm for a ter.
minus on the Ohio rivrr, at least as low down
as PaTkersburch
Hitherto there has been division OF sent.
naent among the people ol tho Northwestern
counties. which has enabled the en,crprising
cltizcns ui Wheeling la foil all previous APP
pticaiiohs She always scnds forth most
industrious aHd intelligent delegation. who
pTsscnt che claims al that city To cousidera-
Ton with great power sud effect a. i'm posses
sion ol a pledge lrom the State, an entitled
not only To sympathy but protection. Wheth-
81 there IS now greater Immunity among the
unlimited Right OF Way people, we are un
able to say; bat certain IL i, they are enlist.
lug ssmpatbisers. MT only from the South.
west. bat from th, Valley
NtBuufpn Sns.fatnr ..,-.l 49, -
champion in any cause. j. giving a helping
hand. but states very distinctly that a route
up the Valley IS iavoric; aud that IL IL the
only one NOW which OILERS adequate induce
menls 10 the enterprise OF the Bil,imore com
plnv. 10 thinks. too. that those who have
heretofore objected most strcnuouslv to il, are /
plated ny their action last winter, IN granting /,
q charter 10 company couless.dly oi foreign 4
capitalists, To makc railroad from Richmond /
10 ihe ONO, IN position which will render I
II exceedingly difficult 10 maintain their on 4
position much longer with any show OF con /
sistenty
We agree with the Spectator thatit would
Oe wei Iordll who are interested in the great
central communication 10 turn theirattentinn
seriously aud eneTgetiCally Go the movements
ia progress. We do not mean TO relax our
individual efforts, feeble though they be. ian
NE task OF keeping before The people the plight
"a iaith OF the Commonwealth to unite the
Eastern and Western waters. The great ar
cry must be kept in healthiul action. before
Ne seriously think OF yielding lateral draius
rom the body. The spirit of perseverance ex-
,oi'eu ~ Tue movements now going on in
western Virginia, must eventually lead Ia
success. IL u true, az the Spectator states. /
hat Richmond seemed TO have thrown her.
'ei into The arms OF New York capitalists.
Jut u certainly was not an dgsDoiritIg mood.
mi TIE extremity" Is by no means 80 great
- to pa vent us from dissolvimg all "entang
lug alliances" with Peter Clark or any bo,iv I
'tse The project OF Washington aud Mar
tall Is yet a iavorite one, aud none other.
however dazzling, should be permitted to be-
come First IN our affections
We are told by gentleman familiar with
western manners and customs, that there
VIII be, at the great Convention not less than
one thousand RITES on the ground, il the torn
out b. ans thing like that Anticipated. Every
man IN that region prides himself upon hav-
ing his hrelock IN good order, whether il be |
decTeed that "a stag is 10 die" or target 10 |
be- centred.
We can only express the hope that, what.
ever there may he OF zeal in the assertion OF
what our Western brethren deem to be their
rights, every movement will be tempered with
spirit OF prudence aud moderation, WORTHY
the character Of Virgiuians The duy canno,
be distant when all parts Of the State must
Ieel themselves knit together by the interests
ana affections OF a common brothe fhood. We
Tong TO see thc time when sectional iealousies
ana chickering's shall be among the forgotten
lhangs, and when all our citizens may unite
cordially IN the sentincnt--"V Virginia one aud
mdivisible."
THE LATE ST0pT - IL, r.. a.