Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-03-18
VOL. XXv.--N 0. %


tha, tho nearcs, route the European which
pn.luce IS destined, Is 10 W ty the northern c.
ties Then sir IL is great fallaey 10 affirm that. lrAuss
lido water in Virginia nearer Porimouh in Ohso sAaa
any other on, on tide water that "a thercre the iess
es rnie 10 market although further 10 Boston y<
Boston is pon, 400 miles nearer Liverpool than Not
folk. Sir time and distance will regulate ffeights aOd
exchanges. Low ireighs aud high exchange viii ds'es-
mine trade 10 thosc points where these I'd sanages are "
iered. all other advantages being equal Butsf wosd
in ro.aJ To State compctton have tabular statessas
" the works q internal Improvement q the three gvest
northwestern Statcs Let exatnne them An the order
which they present themselves.
The State Of Ohio has The Portsmouth and Clc~cend
ami, 80 mice long; the Iaehhocking, the Marietta
Canal. She Las the Miami Canal 10 Cincinnati, the
Iuedu and Cincinnati Rail Road and she has proe ,tel
Railway Her dett and investmen, ia internal nn
provcmcns lar 90 AMI oil her works u
puvemont directed 10 The Likes and y the lenst u
her Lake city. Cleveland.
Indiana has The Wnbasa and The Ohio rivcrs-sl.e has
the Wabash and EIo cenal $50 miles In length. o by
GO feet has branches terminating a, Evansville u
Ohio commanding an intercourse beiwceo tho lAkos
and river sl.has the White water Canal to CINCINNATI
and small .sTn, II Railway. She owes q debt u
kl2 10000.
Illinois Is State mss, favored ~ nature Lr io,ernal
transportation, washed by throe greet rivers drahd BY
llcse tributaries which vein hof whole territory Shs
has tho Illinois and Michigan cana 60 by 6, ncarly Gun
peied and intended 10 ctnne, the Mississippi with tho
Lakes Her debt is sb,ut 100000, up n 10 o( which
she Is unable 10 pay the interest The bond holders he
large alnoun, have taken the Canal and conplet,y
it 10 Ler debt, These hroe States have recently
pNied in disappearing Rsilwa, from ST, Louis pa,s-
ing through the country Of each 10 pin. ~ he
! Lakes
Sr the debt aud nyesn.u, N S,a,es owe for i'm
prlsemenu aen the aggregate ajo,ooo0 O T. they rely
upon the transportation al then pr.tuce psy the
lu,etest Their Debt Would they consent IL surrender
the trade 10 another and rival uiewould tleir cities
spunGng into cxsfcncc llLo those which the of
Russia d,cnod. and which without intermsxioa u
night .casunwill they give up their lies Iood u
animaie the eAhaus, frame OF 1,;na. Sir You would
have one combined stnggehe cities and States If The
East with their ilUo0OuOO0 o Internal improv ornen,
and lhnlr valuable inse tmcnt depending up,n tho pa
SESSION OF this commerce. Tho States Of tie North
West. paned with the sting OF population sseklng inds
lcndencr and prosperity The cities u Chicago Glove
land. Toledo, Milwaukee. Michigan cly. Sir YOU wou!L
have combination Of existing interests not competing
Tor dividends upon eds aud cunas YOU propose do
not Jr the unproalc honor Il under carrying ohers L,
teetltc lranspofiaien, no, trade but depending ~
much upn that r-mmtfso lr theif u senec a. yuu do
af, upan The at.nosp here
WI, sir You have another competition that TN 40;
Wei Us och 10 anuthei aeaus inc, quits, the Lakes
Of the North Noa these magnificent seas IL which the
Baltic the Mediterranean. with ts classic ronan~ and ns
modern glpros, from Actium 10 ITaiarar the Euxiue
are but puddlts Sir, these Lakes are covered with 4
commerce which vies with the Auantc-ub ne half tho
whoeonnagr OF the United States upon these Lakes
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