Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1848-12-20

berless prodscts of the fertile west? Shall we suf-
fer the bouudles, inexhausti5le and varied treas.
urcs of our own loved Virginia TO lie forever buried
in her bosom2 Shall we, by our inexcusable IN.
difference. suffer kind hearted, hospitable aud
generous brethren of the east to be any longer cs
tranged fron ms by not breaking down the only bar
rief that separates us--the Blue Ridgcf Shall we
not awake to our best interests, and emulate each
other in efforts to create deep and all absorbing
feeling on this subject that will not be stiled any
longer by the ''Syfen Song" of All's We'll! Shall
we be So wanting in respect as To submit to the
jeers and jibes of those who are ou'sr'ppng us IN
the race of improvement; in haunting us with being
satisfied live the reputation of the past with
having had the honor OF giving TO our country her
Presidents and Statesmen Alas! an empty hon
or, If content with that, to surrender advantages
such other portion Of our glorious coniederacy
can boast Of Shall we set with our arms folded
and see best population, the energy, the talent,
the wealth, despairng to enjoy at home the advan-
sages they see others possessing, leaving our Dor
ders to populate other siates2 Have we not alrea-
dy done enough towards peoping the west and the
south, to enjoy, in old age, all that is left us 2
We should not desert good old mother in her
extremity, but rather aid her in recovering that
proud position which at one time her boast and
our pride. Shall we not bury all those miserable
feelings of local. sectional jealousy, that have
long distracted our legislation and made it power
less for any substantial good to the Commonwealth
will not the east and the west unite with cordial
good will in effecng the result SD ardcntly desired
by tho "Father Of his country" the union of the
waters of tho James and the Ohio? Shall our
sister states outstrip in their laudabc emulation
to secure the western trade and travel2 Can they,
with difficulties ten fold greater than any
subject to- overcome them, and reap the harvest be-
fure satisfy ourselves it is prize worth strug
CLING for 2
Will not some Of our intelligent men who are
fully informed the subject, bring TO the notice of
our people all the advantages to accrue tO them by
prosecuting vigorously certain lines of improve
Inent2 Do many Of them know what immense
wealth lies buried in the earth over which they
have been walking from their infancy? Have they
ever dreamed of the millions Of dollars worth Of
coal, iron, gypsum, lead, SALT manganese, and
might almost say thousands of other things buried
in the mountains and hills around them, that gre a
waiting the ''Steam Horse" to carry them TO our
seaboard Have they reflected on the numberless
articles Of production that are not worth the trans
port to market, situated we now are, that would
Yield them larger profits than the principal staples
of flour, corn, pork, Sci Let emulate our
friends who interested in this 'South- western
improvement, ~ and inform ourselves of the immense
interests we have at stake in connecting Norfolk
with Gyandotte. How many advantages,
as it regards manufactures, water power and the
raw materiel of all kinds to be manufactured
Whilst write, the roaring waters of our own
lovely James Gliding us for moi having built up
here city that would throw twenty LOwells in
the shade.
Poor Old Virginia God grant you may soon be
what the beginning of the present century ought
to have found you METROPOLITAN