Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-02-05
PUBLIC MEETING IN PRESTON.

A respectable number OF The Democfas
Preston county convened a, the Hotel Il
Hurshman, in the Evansville precinct. u
meeting was organized BY appointing Jan
Percel!e President and p. WcoIing Secret
On motion Of DIR. kemble, Col. Hooion .
allied upon lo explain the ohlec, 81 the NEE Z
Having assented, he proceeded 10 Inform 7.
meeting that they had convened Tor The pure
disappointing delegates 10 represent This precl'.
in a convention 10 be holden in Evansville on .
81 Monday in February, Tor the purpose q noe.
mating an available man 10 be run IN .h.s !.
ricl 10 represent US in he Senate Of Virginia
After which he concluded with some neat Il
appropriate appeals % The Dem 'cracy Of me
lfict.
On motion Of Nathan Cozad, CO.. Boo'olG
DR.. Kemble were appointed the delegates.
On motion al Col. Hooion, DR.. kemble I
B. Anderson and S. B. Wheeler, we're app
red committee TO prepare room ami nj
other necessary arrangements Tor The accom-.
iation OF the convention.
The business for which the meeting was Z.
prtssly called ha"ing been gone through V 4
on motion oil DR.. Kemble, the following /;
amble and resolutions were adopted by aecla-
ton:
Whereas, We portion OF the people O (,
Western Virginia, feeling deeply our ericgar 3
and being conscious that we have been unsl' Z
treated ami unfairly dealt by in regard 70 cur I
cuIiar local rights, look forward 10 the prs :
session ot our Legislature with degree q! a. (
ety mingled With hoIe that we would hdn 4
least 10 some extent our rights restored unto q i
Rui how sadly did isel and see these n q
poets darkened when We had The annual me"
Of The Executive placed in our hands 4
ment which, We had supposed, would have "a
entirely without sectional principles or fee
Bur, 10 our establishment and deep esrei, a
principle is most bare lacedy exhibited AMI 4
IS commended for and this not ignofanuy-e'
III >ay>, in submitting his recommsniaiI1Is r
an very sensible that | NAV he liable ID -
animanverson-lhai NAV Gisappaint some j
offend Others )" and, after Groppin. This exrs4
sion he, silk-worm like, spins around himH n
eaIb OF Stale love, hoping thereby, no c9u' q
shield himself from those anticipated a;ac,F;
"animadversion. Then comes his beau.s Z;
plans Tor building up and clarifying The "0d IA
minion," in those great internal improveata
which he wishes built al Stale eIreLse, AM IS
cficc's vi which he describes in a manner "a
would better become one Of the romantic 81 81
OF The age lnanthe Executive Of \ sovereign ; ~
one would conclude from the manner 10 WI
he wrote, that, while he VAS writing, The 81
were being laid down by some superhulnan 70
er, and against he had finished The semitic, 81
roads from Buchanan 10 The city OF New CfffS
was compile, and Virginias lap was alreat IA
ed with The golden iiuits And Likewise u g:
road from Gorionsville 10 The Kanawha q
Ohio rivers, though not quite SO faueIine 81
about The time Of lis completion and w. Sf
was holding her lap for The rich rewards, "A
those avalanches of earth came tumbing s.
from The heishis OF The Giecnbrer mour y
and reminded him that there were great rtl-s3
difficulties in The way. q
And these great Improvements not 70 9, y -
by individuals and upon Individual respots q
tres, bul the people Of The State are TO have 81
levied directly upon them 10 raise the mean A4
their construction, and this at the myt ~
late OF halt million per annum. And -
built, CT practicable in he least,) they coa n
enrich and build up certain portion ~
State, whilst other sections would 20 NJ bell IA
And Tor his We contend upon the adniiu'f III
npon all sides, that is, that trade and conn n
How in channels as natural almost a. the SD IA
which supply The great ocean," and tom pr ~
mited principle we in The Northwest cel -
that from The natural barrier WnicD ne M
architect OF The universe has place N ,hs 81
TX
il is impossible Tor The trade AMI connie ~
our section OF The STATE 10 be AIKEN % Ricta "a
or Other OF our Southeastern pors There VI
"Resoircd. That We will continue 10 60 III
and 10 suppicale until we shall obaln our -sX
in the poor and lille privilege ot making ia
our own soil, al our own expense, ssnt'S ~
roughtare, upon which We can trans?o ~
stock and produce 10 that market whoa y
convenient and natural. -
"R, soired, That we most earnestly feql, -
the members OF The presen, Legislature n $sSt
Northwest (and especially oufsl mace Ell
effort 10 obtain the incorporation Of coai, ~
construct railroad from some point on x ; S2sSj
Branch oi the Potomac 10 some poia ss4
Ohio not farther South than the mouth or
tie kanawha. And, further, ~
"Rcsoivea, That the argument whc .s3E3
nsighbors Of Wheeling city use agar : 81
above named mprovem-h,-tha, is, j. sla.
be built, il vii seriously inlure heir pfc.a
is in our opinion incorrect, from the .sc ~&l
"age is ulllitarian," and business. Of eT'7 "a
CT plion and character is upon the ns
ward, and in very short time PEI q
business OF which but juslines turnpike
quirc railroad; consequently, with ne "a -
vanlages which Wheeling now pcsses''' l!
McAdamizsd road-the great OHIO al 3
teiprising citizens, she must ever ies
present business, and iikrwis: her Trois
part OF the increase against any comp -
" Resslrcd, Tha. any member c! VOC
Legislature who shall prove rec'eao' y =
rest Of bi' section Of The Stale II ms he ~
greatest need, deserves al The HANDS q -
s!ituent. political decapi:allon. -. -
"R,soived, That Tie proceeding y .
~. .G IL. and r
Scion of Democracy; and ina; Al 1s
The Moth Wesi be requested 10 Fet'-r
likewise the Richmond Enquirer q 'ns
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