Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-08-30
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The Legislature. at It's last session. readers are
,.afe. auth ,rizcd the Louisa Raj Road Company
IN extend lis road from lis present terminus at Gudons
VILE to the base Of the Blue Ridge, leaving the rou,e
oren for he future determination Of the Company. The
citizens If Charlottesville promptly took steps, by lib
,rol conditional sebscp ton to the newly created stock
Il, secure the lenfs Of THIS road Notwithstanding they
have already easy y the Rivanna To The Canal
which, we are so orn sured can transport produce
market at a cost greatly less Than Rlr ud The
neople Of The cuuntiesof II chnaham, Greene. Sc Sc
an the other hand contend that theirs Is the better route
and that they are entitled toll. we'll because of their
,emoteress from any great line Of improvement. as be
c,us, in authorizing The extension Of the road the Legs
atue had an especial eve 10 the mmodaton Of thai
rorton Of The State. This rivalry 81 micro has given
rise 10 an angry controversy letWeen the opposing par
ties in whi,h there has teen aieady Infused more OF
bitterness and acrmonv than We're exhibited at any pc
rod Of The proraced struggle, between Ne respective
friends OF the Railroad and the Caml extension above
Iynchburg hich finally terminated by the action
Of the last General Assrmbly-unWisfy. as We believe
the will demonstrate, in iaver Of the water com
municalion. The g"d people Of Charlottesville are
quite as Violently atsailtd t her sci LnGs' as egel
the people Of ynchburg have been, y the large class
ut il divduals who u" always exceedingly dSnt'1ost-
ed themselves, when Hey have nothing n s;ahe Why
have not cur Charlottesville lrields taken warning by
our fate and avoided the odium that have incurred.
and the indignation that we have provoked, by at once
yielding the wize 10 their asslta' eomparors! Have
they ilearnel,hy the cphes o1epoaeh avi,hly ap
piled to this community, the lnroey moi Ia say the ornl
lnality. of resrling 10 The means deemed by themselves
essential 10 the promotion II their common prosperity.
and Of advocating views and sustaining measures upon
Which that pr s. Gritty depends?
Again Richmond is al, rdilg within its b)s, IN,
another striking illuslra ion q the pnrle # !scSs,
by which individuals and communities always more
OF less influenced and for which the eepe of lynchLurg
have been 50 unnsy & sogcneraily denounced. Parties
are already arlaytd against each ether in that CITY, in
reference 10 the terminus Of tie Ddnv.Ie Rail
Road even beforerhc CcmIan, has been oreaizcJ-cac
of hem,d ubcss. sim, rely ced Hat c tbHc IN
tercst is id, nifty cd with is t'st-ard co.'s, queull '
natnainrg that HE oily rta lo=nt # tomuatj,n lor
the lead is precisely al tal spot til s,l,ct,n If Which
will in parl additional waite 10 lis ,Wn lr,Iuty!
Ii seems, iLel,Gre HAT Ih,r o,nnuites as well as
that e Lyn'hlrg.keu eiau.ese ufeo thcl Interests
ard do no hesitate 10 Ilttl.. in ihtr ,wn cases. III,
scneious sacrifice e those Interests he pol oral ged
which they are naiy 10 ur4e rren othors. smilar,
situated We do not. 1t seen s. f1i.l. solitary cAanl-
pie d the eel like rice Ct WIZ Ing wh,u the knife a-
lad oour etitemis We oIr. lhcrtlcrc. that W,
shall hear more Of Tie clanor. absurd il is in
snrg al out the sc-hncss # Iyl ehlurg. which, in all
rs movements upon tn subject Of internal rrrov, incni
has exhibited quite as little OF thai quality any oiher
Town er city iii he Commonwealth. while il has dis
rlayednot ltss public sI than Others in lis oll1rs t.
promote he eental veal. me- II e GREAT Interpreter
Is yet 10 show whether the policy advocated by her and
which has been discarded by the LEGISLATURE which final
y yielded 10 the pertluacus Efforts Of these hostile to her
views of public policy (1u whb OF curse not at
all selfish themselves } MT really the wsest and
best for The State well for herself We do not think
We err whenwe say nuw-what was frequently said by our
respected predecessor aud when can be repeated
with less OF suspicion in gard t5the motive that prompts
H. than when the opinion was advanced Ivy him
that even the interests o the Valley conntes which were
so decidedly for the canal enterprise and for ''nohng
else would have been greatly promoted had they co
operated wnh Iyp,hburg (inslead Of denuunciug her }
IN urging the Substitution OF K iroad from this place to
the western terminus If the Ii4e 1t Will not be LONG
hcre The accuracy cf this opinion laus lie tested by re
suits.