Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-02-10
FoR TuE l;SoriREa.
Lga.Asu,g ard James R,rer ena ka''G'eta I''

Fon TuE G>oriREa.
Lpa.hIuig and James R'rer cnd hanG"H- ~
| p,orcmcr'.
. rona. and exact justice 10 AL men, q wh',.'e
siaie Of persuasion, r,iisi"us OF focai. -
| During late debate in he House OF peieSa'e'
on The Richmond ard Ohio Rail Road biil, a. re
norled in the Enquirer Of The Gin ins'.' ~ W.
Phcrson, Of PAGE, took occasion 10 reply 10 w
Toler. The Delegate from Lynchhrfs, WHO,
seems. manifested some hostility % ne o'''. ~
Mcpherson to!d him q quote from memory as
have mol The parer nov !ciofe me- iba' II appear
eli he. MIR. Toler, was in favor o. no i'al'o'e
men, unless i, tended 10 the immediate oehei' =
his lo.n. Lynchbure; ard unless il mad MAJ 'e''
/ ency and effect, the measure must uo' y e!.'S'
| ,,;n,d-it mus, be resisted and nrga'isfd. : VI
| hcrnore. if Lyncnburg be beneh'tsu 70 NJ e'''.N
! satisfaciup and all improvements s'ou'''
I VERGE ard diverge al that maShiucc1' .,"p
/ Then. ana in that case. all things "ou'u =
ana proper-ail additional Improvements W.
be unnecessary, impoiilic ana i'nPlo' 'ue",'
| would proclaim aion that Virginia was 1sciceus
bn wises the best and most enlightened, econ"
n,;c.l sian. in This wide spread Union. MANY
/ thanks are 1ue 10 MIR. McP FOR this cut difee'-
tbi home thrust al he Editorial champion NO."
| ~ va>t cmncriu,a II was hi,ihg ana Jus' 'H",
inc iruih should b. told, and 'rat = ihshhes, 80"
imusl;cc and !sgrani breach q iiIa Shoui' -
expo,cd In The proper place. -'"'''n2 no. 49,.
mare arpaient than iba. he Town oi ~ nc'Uu' :
fr some wears past las evlDced more i'''p
IA snIfs bncss since the canal has been completed
10 that place, Than has ever been manifested W"
anv occasion whatsoever. The columns Of me
Irnr6bnrq yirgirian, edited hy this same Mr.
Toler aided occasionally b. lis very consistent
comueer The Richmond Wing, have been ecni-
inc with labored articles, ,endin. 10 lie discouf'
aoe,nent and abandonment OF all further aciioh
in The progress Of the original plan q uhl'ih@
,b4 ,.;slero and Western waters by means o. inc
James River and Ohio. Had me III o. ,hese
narnr. gnc he lasl year, could make volume
~ a,ooont extracts on this subject, The whole sum
ana substance Of which We're, I'VE haze no"
az an ir!prnveinenl--a canal 10 Lyhchnu'g, anu
here IL, i. stop Ii any ains more y conc, 'et
rs turn South. and make road 10 catch Son'helh
n,dn AN vou western counties That have pio-
3nc. - send "a market. we viii compel you 10
cone here and do your trading" Thus the
yr,nd commemorative scheme Of Internal I'm
nrovcmen. planned audapprovedby washington,
Marshall and a host OF other sa9es, must pc
l,o,cl,,d in The head and sacrliIccd. ana ali,
f,rs,nth 10 crafty an avaricous, eTasplis spiIi.
ond bui,d % a comparatively small Town IN lEe
centre OF trade and commerce, 10 the rum and
inirry Of whole community. Surely hieh.
minl.d ms, and intelligent Old Virginia viii
never sanction 4 course like this-a roicy "Eich
Lyuchhris lhinis is
ri. good oid ru'r Tho simple plan,
Taal they sl;ou! ,akc who have me POWER,
And They SHOULD Keep Wac can.
That idea NAV suithe latitude OF Great Britain
and Russia. but il viii not suit il q free Repub-
II. No. Sir. Virginia will never sanction 50 un-
ius, and isnobe principle rs this. On The con
irary. let all who have the true interest Of h'H
GOOD Old Commonwealth sincerely al heart -
boldly 10 work. setting all parsimonious feelings
aside. and arrest her rclrosrade motion, her
downhi course, BY carrying out The vie, the al
vanragcouS scheme originally laid down. Let The
Canalb be continued above Lynchburg through The
mountain, as a correspondent o! yours in The
same number of your paper has suggested, 10 any
point. Buchanan or CovinstoE; and then lei there
be- Railroad 10 Big SANDY, the lowest Virginia
point on The Ohio. This is practicable, a. all he
Engineers have ascer;aned, by going M Dun
laps Creek from Jackson's River, 10 tie Easerr
base of the Allegheny, and across The same L
he White Sulphur Springs, thence down Green
brier River to the kanawha and 10 Zig Sandy
There is no uncomfortable impeachment in getting
),
the mountain. which can either be tunneUet, or j
can be overcome upon the plan Of the portage o.
The PENNSYLVANIA Canal between The jnniaia
and Coaos'oga on this same Allegheny. Thi'
scheme will promote the great Interests OF al
Virginia. as Il been repeatedly shown; and !
will BE- hai doing justice t. The West, who have
cone as tar as the la!ihest, according 10 BET
means in contributing 10 the accomplishment 9
this most desirable object She has sent hei
h'e>t ant mos; intelligent men. if"tn Tine 70 TING
- scar testimony 10 he importance, The pecc>.t,
and feasibility at this Improvement. II a; IN
furr day experience Will justify IT, Inc Ra!!Ga1
mich, be continued 10 Richmond; bu, 4; present
rs The Canal is thus far made i mar continue 70
be used in connection with the Road. might say
much more on his sub)ect; bul 50 much has al
ready been said aud written, will iJrbcaI-lny
main uhec, being 10 make my acknowledgment:
10 the gentleman from Page ior his independent
upright course and expansive views. Lynch
burg should succeed in her wishes, and stop Al
improvements at her doors, with lie view OF mo
nopolising the trade ol The mountains while she
NAV secure The trade ofsomc few OF The circumJa
cent counties; yet lie il remembered, that the rio!
and growing counties OF Monroe and Greenhricr
with many others around them, can find lte
wav 10 Charleston and the kanawha Saline!
,yh he same ease and facility, without any al
dional travel, where they will find as good mar
;e for their produce, and obtain their aii and a
other neccssarics upon equal, if not better Terms
In conclusion would remark, that there is no di
rersi,y OF opinion on this subject in The West
| All partv feeling is merged in il. While Boic
lourl and Monroe are infexibiy and nnchaneab!l
fixed in their political opinions, as vii! be shown
this Spring, in order 10 unbow the Archer, WIZ
NJ bcs can bul shoot at frog; YET The counties Q
Kanawha and GIeenbrier still adhere (how Ion.
will mol saw 10 their favorite FAIRY Of tit
West, notwithstanding he and his dcct:ines hav
been 50 often rejected and rerudia'ed by The pco
bic al his Union. But on this aii-imporan
subject Of Internal improvement. we are all unite
brethren. "al FcderaIisis, all Republicans and
until i, be accomplished, there vii! bc nnpeacc .
rest with The mother Of The Gracchi.
MONIICOLA.