Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-01-29


lion Of dollars than the entire above estimated
robe sufficient for all the purposes menonsd and
s,ouenlly, unless the Underwater and other connections
b. Grned before the pelion Of The liue Buehan.
an mol one dollar authorised 10 be raised for luse purpo
s,s by this bill will ever be 50 expended But am o.
,joion that this bill will not receive The sanction Of The
LEGISLATURE The State is not prepared magiue 10
make an additional subscription Of uillions of dol.
lars-for such in truth is the praposon-to The stock
,fa Company. in which il has already invested about
five millions icapi al. unproducsive now, aud which,
from present Appearances viii always remain The
Board Of Directors Is tine. h"ld out nalering promi
SIS Of remuneration, whenever The anal shall reach
puetanan--but ey do uot furnish with The data up
on which these promises founded; aud if they had
d, ne SO, We might well question the accuracy Of the
ore and the reasouabeuess of te other when we rccur
To the PAST history Of the work, and 10 the notifying
Justification Of all the deluslve assurances of lis ptojec.
uts When II reaches Buchanan. it will still be as ii
Is eew, an "unfuished work''-uninshed, compared
win the original design. Aud il will then be asked.
j, is now by thuse whc oreeiiu as they prod
iga of ,her promises, "who stupid enough
70 suppose that the work would be profitable before ii
reached the Ohio" leaving out of view entirely the
important fact, which have from The reliable
,hoy that the lucatun OF the canal above nchbnrg
is 50 low as subject it To imminent danger odesrnc
ton from the ireshels which cannot hope esca pc
for long series oi yea,s-a fact which is alone sut
Client 10 require lis abandonment, - dp not hesitate In
express the opinion in advance thai, II The work be
lied To Buchanan, lis fleet Will bea serious dlmlnuun
instead Of increase Of The OF the Compa
ny-lor The tonnage brought the hne. b, lis COM le
iiun to that pcin, far from adding to The ability OF the
(Unpanv ia meet pupauementS. Will be insufficient
to keep the works between Buchanan and Iynclhurg
repair and pay the interest on the cost Of their con"
slruelion.
Thebill further provides, that Buchanan, tie James
River and kanaa la Company shall liz operations
that, beyond thai they shall have authority
proceed either with canal any other description
Of improvement This provision. will be remem'
bered. is also in acrJtance with the resolution Of the
Stockholders who Determined alter elaborate argument
and by very large mauriiy, thai canals being interior
10 rail roads, expedeni to The
AID western waters by railroad from buchanan Il
the Ohio, and that tie State should be asked 10 com
pele the work by rail road, between those points.
conf SIS al the time somewhat puzzled am
still, 10 ascertain, Why, if canal BE- interior rail
road 1t Is deemed jndeiuus 90 with the canal AZ
miles further Than the point at hieh it terminates
We are indeed, told Of he impulaace Of getting 10 the
inn woIks in the valley, uhlrh Ia be multiplied IN
definitely IA anbef, aud tie oi their products
Wonderfully augmented, the nouent tie caral Is COM
rleled to Buchanan. But such supp,sllon is only
predicable upon lie assumption HAT the rates ot trans
IIs1ia 10 he considerably Ssened 10y The snbstiln
ton Of canal bsaats nT bataHx- an assumption Ia which
te Lynchburg tneIeants aud The farmers and planters
On The line below lyachb0rg assure the people % The
Valley they Vii! h sadly disappointed Even, hn~ev-
tr II these vast t,fourcfs now lie buried in the Valley,
only awaiting TIE Felhn4 &" Way Ia market Ia call
them iurh why, ask. will not faoad, couie>sedly
the heter nude Of improvement. accommodate them just
Us atH as canal. which stands before The country
cndenud h, lie v"ie ol HE very slocktoldrs who ask
for lis eaensiun, an inferior syslcn? This Is
nIln Nha HE friends Of the canal fad it impossible
f'lee. Il seems II NJ indeed. that The mon masters
ought To prFlr rail ad 10 a caGa not only for this
n but r anoI er whrh sppeafs MOI less decy 10 their
in,cftsis--i refer 10 HE demand which it would create
nj their doors, for the very ualerai the importance
OF the cheap transportation of which To market
nles the great argument ia asoi OF The of the
water line. But haye devoted alfpady. perhaps loo
n,ueh space this lhete-aud lease IL by repeating
my belief that such oil receive bc assent Of tn
Legislature.
thave heretofore apprjzed y9u that strenuous elr,s
we're making Ia prescribe from off sncii " bios as lld
'ihcts under lie sal. g""ernHent the elli ii the M
g'siafure THESE tfprIs continue to he unremllied
caucus aer caucus has been held, for The purpose of
whipping in the refractory members who are ind sposed
to abandon the old Virginia pfaclice heretofore Id m
ymabe, OF excluding, in the disposition Of offices purely
ministerial in their character, all political consideration
and OF enqniring, wheH they q be iFed nu, To
what political party the candidate belongs but whether
he is peculiarly qualified to discharge the duties of the
trust he seeks. Hence, Notwithstanding i!a aary and
r'-ii party collisions OF The last twelve years. only one
uiicer OF The Saie goyernReal has teun
the Wings, when in power, eiecring The lucooco in
But now, when there be SO much less scrlmo-
ny than heretofore in political discussions change has
been determined upon by the more rabd Of the paly
Stimulated by thoe wio uamt he Offices for Themselves
or thur friends They have even gone 50 far as Ia dr,o
from the oblivion into which ii had fallen a politic,l
SATIRE written sumo ten years ago by James f. Heath.
me FIRST Auditor. in which both parties are somewbat
ndlcnled, though perhaps was natural his keepes
shais are aimed al the "Demscrasp-ani mis- lit,le
Volume, which, did not furnish pretex for expeno
the author from office the time was written when
all Tie facts connected with its publication were fresh
III 'he memory, nor for the many years that have since
'aFsed Is now declared 10 be objectionable offence
winch seii-respeci VII perm, 1.-The Democracy 1
overlook! Has this self respect pray been in allowance
"r len years pasl2 have strong hopes however tia,
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