Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-04-30

an Monday lAe 9TH 81 pfl, lt9D We 5htfe itF'Iactd
Ia address YOU on their behalf, subject OF vital IN
r,tape. Ia tbrm and IN " hc1 You deeply, though
more remotely interested. In the discharge oil his du'y,
we desire iu appf1acn y1u IN that sprt OF hcioha'e
regard which should always capciefze the Intercourse
between brethren Of tie same great political aniy =
And in the name Of this ancient commonwealth anc by
all the Ties which have long bound US together as
ritiy ms of common aud beloved country, We ask that
,on III mol turn dral - lb, perhaps The last apr
pca ve shall ever make your sense, not oi liberty,
but ST justice.
Il Is now almost seventy years since Virginia threw
n the colonial YOKE and declared hefsea free and IN
d.pendent State. solemn compact was then entered
INTO by which her oitzens incurred all The obligations 10
each ulhct incident to the establishment OF government
m y,izrd community and tho government itself as
sumed ali the responsibilities wheattach to al hsiu
lion designed for the common benefit, protection, and
security Of the people, and intended to promote their
happiness and security An who became parties 10 the
social COMPACT became bound by that act 10 aid, not
only in defending the honor aud glory OF The Whole
Saie bat 10 contribute 10 the prosperity rs well as the
security Of ever portion Of the commonwealth
The OBJ glton Of wise and bcncfeeni government
To provide 90 umeieId ileios by the construction OF
Nuks Of internal improvement i9 the benefit Vi It's owe
ciiz5n5 u Subjects IS ack0aled cdby the whole evil
IL d world. And saue pl the most dtspolie goVs
ofnments IN Europe are his very moment actively
emrnycd in The construction u canals and rnlrlads Tor
the purpose 81 prumulng the prosperity aud happiness
III t!eT saIeris and te ezcus u! h"sl o. Inc states
III hls GaIea are mW IN thf eJz3menl ct Tie great
and amir n. Bile advantages resulting from vigorous
AID furrrgsln prosecution of beral system Of inter
ual mpfuy enens. hy the RoYtruHe1is HEY have es-
iahl .lnd for lheus iyns. Aud Ee Aad the Inhabitants
Of sdne o the States. (carsed out Of territory once
belongn9 To Virginia aad until recently tle abude 81
safaee5 aud wild te4sjs.) transporting The products of
their fertile fl Ids aoug artificial channels of commerce.
tor thousands ol miles, and underseiing us in your
uWn n,sf,tie.
'Ihr obligation nfoa lhe S'ofe governments to oontr
hn'e tie constitution Of works necessary 10 afford
llrlr cItIz4ns The means OF carrying internal
lnerce IT'S believed has mol hithefo been denied
Ia Virginia. Il is rue that many of your most dIsn,
gnshod politicians have denled 10 the General Govern
meut the Po"er 10 appropriate money 10 works OF iner~
nal Improvements bGl they lave uniarnly done so On
The express ground thai the power and obligation 10 con
slrucl such Nuks pefaard exclusively ~ The govern
nlpnls and the people ot the several States.
The muuyos winch induced your ancestors. and ours
to beepWe parties TO the social compact, are nbv
ous. You eIieytd much greater facilities for carrying
commerce With laeign rdtiuas and win the other
colonies. than did hui We're much murc exposed
10 danger from foreign nvasIor; y hist We, repesing
IN tie perfect srcuft, Of mountain lasln, sses, lct
all The mcunyebiencts nsul8ng from Total exclusion
from the henehs oi commerce. HE great purpose tor
which the compact Was formed Ia better The con-
dillon Of all the parties 10 il. We became bound 10 raj
y in the defpec et runf property and your homes IN
ume Of war, aud you became bound 10 assist IN over
eomifg tar practicable obstacles which cut Us of
from the enjpyaent of tie markets eli tie great
Ella wurd.
Whether we have complied viib OUT pat Of lhc a.
eTeement OF not. We wiling " leave to your oN n
decision. II there battle aed, either oi victory
or defea, during the onc E,d glorious struggle Of the
Revolution on Wien the blood Of our ancestors did not
ninge n anl iN freely that Of your iarhers,
we aHow not where it was. The history Of the battle
of Guilford, o. the Cowpens, and Kings mountain,
and Of the the siege of yorktown, bears witness that
our ancestors did not fail to comply fully with the OBJ
legations resting on them. Neither did fail 10 90
cur duty III the war Of 1917 No call was ever made
Tor cur services, that not promptly and cheoruliy
complied with. And mauy there who marched 10
defend your property, who never returned. We do
not pretend 10 have done more than our duty shall
we now ask You TO perform than CONSCIENTIOUS
ly and confidently believe to be yours. We may be
told have often been that if we rendered services
we were paid for them. We reply, that the same pow
ers that required he services, fixed the pay-tla the
price pail not half the amount which inereenary
soldiers wond have demanded and besides. we furnish
ed fun proportion OF the funds which the pay
men was made and out Of which yonr troops were
paid cut OF own rccLes. We affirm then, that
We have faithfully performed part of the agreement;
and we ask you in sp OF reproach, but in candar,
aud We hope We may du 50 without olt5uce have you
performed your pan of the agreement Ne hrubly
conceive that yon have and it Won will bear with
we VIII endeavor 10 point ou IN what you have failed
10 do 50.
We ENJOY scarcely any more Gscilias for carving the
products a our soil 10 market rev, than did when
lie compact MAS rrered INTO in li76. And in some
Hspcc oor condition IS than il 40 years ago,
and Judging from the liberal aid given hy The British
Government towards the construction of the Wtlland
canal II Canada, il may well be doubted, if condl-
ton would not have been better At this time in regard
to facilities for carrying praduco market il the
eonh kan between this country and England had ne
yer been dis solved And il is dcnonsirahe that our
condition would have been inf tely better than il is
now, il, when YOU transferred northwest territory 10
the Conceal Government la lTS3 you had made tht,