Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-10-30
THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
President and Directors oil the Hal
timore n Ohio Railroad Company.

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have pointed out the novel purpose limited in this
port Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, by
the aid Of Virginia legislation. to ian eligible point ou
the Ohio far south praeticabe-perhaps TO Guyan-
dotte-ior the reasons that It will disable Virginia from
ever having rival work. and that IL will Bal
the trade of 'ihe States ot the middle and south
valleys OF the Ohio and Mississippi" have asserted
that to ask the privilege OF doing from vrginis is
require OF her Of reimbursement, and sacrifice OF
her most precious advantages to external interests
/ l. IL not soi
Mr. MeLane the only experienced and sagacious
who regards the trade which must between the
middle and southern portions OF the valley
and the Atlantic markets. prize worth Tar than the
expense OF making railroad across the Aeghanies The
experience OF Pennsylvans. with all the debt and all the
taxation incurred by works constructed for this object only
stimulates her people TO undertake and costly
prize the great city with the Ohio, by
railroad. Witness the railroads nearly compc
through Ohio conduct the trade OF That valley New
York and Boston, though II must pass over SIX hundred
miles OF railroad reach New York, and nearly thou
sand reach Boston. Witness the southern railroads
stretching towards the ssssipp Witness all the most
conspicuous and coey public works OF the country all
made solely chiefly, the accommodation of the IL
mitabe between the great valley and the At
lanuc msrts. What all these but the una nirnvus
testimony OF the whole Union, that the State which pos
advantageous connection within herself between
the onio Mississippi and the Atlantic possesses
OF public and private prosperity which scarcely outlay
purchase dearly. No Stale had by emi
nent facilities for forming such connection
The advantages she might reap from apprehended
by all the great OF her great They have been
u
ceaness and force. cannot here repeat them in detail
But If any doubt that they would be realized
Will only ask him the other hand If you take from Var
GINA the hope OF having this connection day compile
ted, what solitary foundation have you lett her, TOR
hope that she will retrieve her rank among the States
in wealth population, commerce or power Yet this
msgnanimous hope she asked to fling away forever
refer no particular improvement heretofore under
taken or projected. know that the best
yet been devised for accomplishing Virginia
neetion between the Atlantic and the Ohio. only
to insist that the Ultimate formation OF such ion,
work which will engage the attention and the efforts
Of the people of this commonwealth, until it is
plshed. The sneers OF Cincinnati abnitioniss and Of
Parkersbug aRatOrs, will deter will they
Virginia that her energy and her aby unequal
to such enterprise. What notions they have Of
the ethargy, OF the eebeness OF Virginia. procaimng
that she will achieve what is essential her
highest interests, while they expect similar work be
completed by Maryland company, which according
the before is at this borrowing
10 pdv ANIMAL duidsRd TO its sfoekhOLGers Sooner
later whether II be by individual entepuze by the
aid OF the commonwealth. ample share of the
merce OF the Western valley must be drawn over Nlr
gina work Virginia metropolis. Whenever this shall
be done, the expe fence % Massachusetts, OF New York
Of Pennsylvania, of Ohio, insructs how immensely the
prosperity Of the State and the people will be enhanced
And now, If Virginia should confess her incompetency
accomplish all this and should consien 1t the of
Maryland corporation, for the benefit Of Maryland ciy
would It not be humiatng act OF seli-abasementl Ii
she should permit construction OF work her own
territory which would hGE people forever
abandon the project OF Virginia line from the Ohio
CLEANED from the passage OF the Of Baltimore
her soil would 1t not be sacrifice OF her pre-
cious advantages for the benefit OF others :
This is what the Baltimore company TO re-
qure. When first appeared before Legislature
magn6ed the importance OF western city Of Wheeling,
and the beneficial results flow, both Baltimore and
Virginia that city should be made the terminus of
road. More recently it has asked the privilege Of enneh
ing our northwestern counties by constructing the road
Parktrsburg. Now, spurning all limits to its charity it
offers aims both the northwest and the southwest asking
in return only the privilege of penetrating any eligible
point on the Ohio whatever may be the deIriment
every domestic interest OF the commonwealth, and however
fatal 10 those rival works" which Yirginans " here
tofore have been" and forever ought be more par
ual." ClVlS.