Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-05-25
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT MEETING

Al meeting OF the citizens 81 Danvte and the sur.
rounding Country convened on Saturday The OH ot May.
1870 IN ieailon 10 The contemplated imptuv, of
the Roanoke River, motion HUDSON Johns. Mayor Of
the corporation Of nanvie, VAS called To the chair aud
r. lluphlns. Secretary
preamble aud resolutions upon thu subject If the pro"
posed improvement MAS presented 10y Gen h. W. ),
thhell, which after hrlup repd wete IN motion placed
IN Tie hands al committee; which composed OF he
following pcntleman: H. ". ). Gahrll, James l.aneir,
Nenrt W, 1, ltrrN, Ihos. Grassy, James NJ Williams
pt. \. l, Green, DR.. ". q. Craghead John Ros, and
llobson johns, E,qrs, 10 ushe report ,hereupon
meeing al the citizens, 10 he held Tuesday evening
next AT the touuh,use IN DinvllIo.
The meeting thea aoJeurned
ilo0soN JOHNS. Chm.
REuufN llor9INs Scey.
At IN diourned meeting OF the citizens Of the Town
"i DanVlllc aud surrounding country. cunyrned at The
Courthouse IN said tuwn. Iuesday evening" the 2lh
ot May. lSl9.-
I. l.. atkins. Esq Recorder in the absence Of the
Mayor, MAS called 10 the char.
Il. w :. Cabrli, chairman Of the Committee 10 whom
was referred the preamble aud resolutions. offered at
meeting al the citizens held Saturday evening last
repofled The following, To Vic
lhc pfamnenl subject agtated IN The recent country
canvass Was HE propuey al renewing AT the next sts
sion ii the Legislature the application made 10 ;he last
teneal Assembly, by the dceaacs lfam this county lot
an appropriation u the funds requisite hen united with
IndN idunl contributions made IN the way al Stock al
ready subscribed mud pad hf, 10 establish Sambuat
Navigation, irom Weldon. \. C.. On the Roanoke, 10
DanWlIe on Dan River. The election ol the same gem
temen VII" had been The patrons and advocates o that
improvement, hy large maturity, aud that ion upon
The specific ground lhaI they had been advocates (and
not because the otlrr candidates opposed to the
Improvement. nt they were pll agreed On this SUBJECT
appears To demonstrate that the people # Pulsy lvaa
regard The contemplated work, OF paramount n-
pefan'c 10 them. This meeting. cutnpused oi capns al
IlinNlIIp and uI HE the
same opinion. They are not aware al the precise
tue deals al the Bin Of the last sesson. that
rejection was founded upona real III supposed violation
ul any just rtn,pie Of egslaliun They have not ev.
ahln,d II, nor had opportunity do So and do
therefore 10 commit then,selyesto lis support
should II pruve. us Tiny apprehend II viii not. obnuxl
Gus la any just uhIeetuns. But should be sn they
are sensible. thai pfodup by experience and obscr,a
lion II may be amended OF modified in such mariner as
10 render II acceptable - the Legislature. They are
anlnaledby he ardent hope that the lime has come At
last. when The patriotic AID emil tened people of ht
Eonaokr country Will present nrYled front, ~ behalf
OF an en.fpr2s. winch, nhra accomplished, viii estab
lsh The ony iuh. now wanting, ~ the chain Of Steam
Boat aid Raj Road communication between the cnln.
try situated at The basis ui mountains & The markets.
OF The Sea buafd. Steam Boat Navigation now exists.
constituting the basis Of the prosperity Of the CIV nj
Norfolk, between that place aud W eldun, \. c. BY
Raj Road, hundred and eighty miles long, the Rua,
noke is connected on The South with the Port ri
lluiuglun ON the Cape Feur and its banks are p,r
red al Castor aud Weldon with Ran Roads whose De-
pots Petersburg aud Richmond best markets Of
the cumtnonM Wealth. Such are the facts such our pnsl.
iiun and such the eminent a1 vpniapps obyusly linn
HE ach vi unIt,d aud honorable ,lafl ON the part III
those hu have Il common interest 10 pnnaln II would
would seem then, be the acares dictate Of reason aud
interest. that the rcopleol Patrick, Henry, Franklin
tanparll Charlotte AIecklpnburp llruns,ck Ilall.
laX and Pnlsy vaula should unite hear and hand IN
appealing 10 the Legislature for such aid as may be re-,
qulslc or the accomplishment oil an ohjeci lrauuht with
many advantages Ia lht Nhoe community North
South. East and West Of us, he inlruductnn OF Steam
Navigation has attended with beneficial constqntn
crs " thin the a-t five aud twenty wears it has rad
rally reyourlon.4d the condition # The Western States
II has converted the Valley OF The Mississippi and
Tributaries. INTO commercial region, which before It's
introduction almost excluded from lis benefits. II
has been bul aw years since Philadelphia as lhe Sea
Porl which supplied The Great Nest with It's merchan~
DIE Transported ~ wagons near five hundred miles In
Pltlsbn-g, aud thence IN la boats. lis destlnaiion-
Pltsbutg, crrlanly If lhe greatest manufacturing
luwns IN thr lnon Is also, like Cincinnati Louisville
aud 81 LOUIS proba 1ly nov an importing Cny Steam
Navigation has wrought those wonders IN the Nest
where Is true Tie benlcenl Creator has diversified the
face OF The country with magnificent Rivers Bat it is
working lis frontiers every whereby land-nnd by
water. II Is one Of tinsc Tremendous Agencies which
operating Win magical effect upon almost evefy other
Agent, Is destined without doubt like The invention
OF gnnpouder The arr If prInllu! and HE discovery Of
the marlnel's compass 10 revolution re the euudnn nj
the world But We know that this Tremendous Agrn,
has been subjected 10 the dominillun of mind, and
cannot bal perceive the momentum has Impaired 10
the genera prosperity whene"er il has be sely en-
puyed, Throughout diversified operations Ui human
affairs. Il has caused all the countless dressings OF
active commerce, 10 The ngons waiered by The
Mississippi and lis lhIusaod uaylgabe itbularrs.-
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