Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-10-22
vsrsiata And Tennessee Rail road

Vsrgiuta and Tenn essce Rail lsOad.
The Commiftee, appointed BY The Christiansbapi
Convention, submit the foNoping address 4
taeir feltoae-eifizeas Of Puginia.
ADDRESS.
Thai Virgins hiss besn declining In relative impar
iancs in the Union Cor many years. Is a Fact well know
AID aeepiy drnlarpi by hr citizens. She was once tn
frs, Stsie ,a The Union aud occupied The foremost rani
In or CREST struggle for Independence. She has seel
gradually Using rawet and iufuence until she is NJ.
The 9TH, Instead OF the ssst in o. rrrssntsHiu i'm. She inc
pussssed vne fifth nf i've v hole posrr Of the cansders
CIV, she now has pne fifteenth. u IS q matter II he Ut
INST irnpsiaucs TO ascertain The causes Which have pro
dured this STATE of things. NJ ps~pis on earth PassesS'
higher ~.niowmeuis. physical and inieH.c ual- In tsefy
JepsTtneat IN which figinians have ifi-d their strength,
they hsve been fufiv eqnsi N Ihcts-k. HE lamp shd
tn Cabinet. the Ssasi~ and Tie Executive chsif- haFe
given aud ON Il them cua'inne 10 furnish, hlhsifhn>
exanpirs 81 iie mental and nsssl greatness uf Virginia $
ans Ard II hrr political glory i n the NAM, II
rs ~ Is ih.f hr puwer having tfi h.I. that siinlhsHs,
WHICH is necessfy to hriag oat great minis. Is wanting
We se nj sap-,ng those sba b,liese that The pepl- OF
he Ola Dsaiiara have eegenetatrd. The decline OF
her iufu-ncs nssi lie ~sitribuied Ia oiher causes. Nor
!. there any hing in he natural If,ainfes 81 the country Ia
scrouni fs the scknnw ieds.J wan, Il prosperity. She has
q hsrpily temp red climate favorable To a greater variety
If pfsduciia han any part u the favored Union. "
Saas can Command 81 gtsai a variety ei he lnsntrs as
Wi % the nsceSssri-s uflfe. Natafe has bcen IA less
t.naufal - n. IN tie pts1ac isen~ss ofthe sal than IT,
the ietnperataie II the climate. l e mlnersl r"snress al
he >,4l- ste reh in character and iasshau t5le IA a
ntsalt. In aIi tiIrs- RESPECTS. No NJ" f.n1iA"d sac
car c4r,lsre with ihis. Al, 10 sddtfaH 10 Ties atsaa
ns.s. the Fa.3rfh rari Il the Sale las been u pltd
with uaiufai highways IA her n.tle fyefs, no las II
HarksbIe ff theli banfy Than tot Ihsif 1aHiv.
In sho t. 10 land was exrf more blfsssd by nainfe-
nm. ever fossessei greater fesiufces -nute abundant
means q pr sFeniy. 4 Size has not pro f-ffd, ihre, II Is
nj becsuss she J.fs not poses. the msaps II becoming
al hat heart c4nid wish; bat. becau~e. while nature has
been SO h,urifful, ivan has dore nothing. IN iully thre
fnnhsnf the Sac. these matniaclent rs uIcrs, c~spsbleul
~rnoitfyinr h. co,nme zee nf the void. are wholly Bnir-
velar-d. Her Uosesl mlueas snd ief must ifftiln sll
are locked mp IN natural barriers and excluded from a..
participation IA ihuss markets. wltrre. under d httentef
cunis'ancc>. they might defy competition.
The variety 4 c innate aud sol, aud pniiuson 4 min
e,ai wealth. creating snch great disefsihes # interest tn
The four gtand divisions oi The STATE, might hay. leen
made n bond II union. INSTEAD uf becoming a source II Ia
ternsl dissrnston. Ne whef" 10 the world could llai
,nst impuit1ni principle Of tic division of labor. 50 ne
cassary +, he prosperity al a people. have been mpre suc-
eessinily catfied uuI. The contndng Interests, which
have filed our legislative ais with w%fstgllng. night
have been made Ia C %ntlhnte. in the liahcsl degree, 10
The Prosperity oi all-each distinct initfrst might have
co ii uied Ia lhr support al every oiifr in'ef,s'. II lie
lninrial, az ienilural. manufacturing. and cunmetcial u
sources nf the State, had been iuUy c,eluped aud care
fully fs,erei. each one would have swellrd the growth
of fall the uthefs. Thus ~ould Virginia have possessed
an internal co pmerce uflncalcnlahle value; and the re-
wards ut industry would have been Sufficient ~ keep our
wandering population NJ home. INSTEAD al %propling new
States aud filing prominent posts IN every 'parlnent II
human eHter1i>e thtouglHnl The south and " esl, her
saus might have found a field al home demanding ali
ih.r enerpi.s.
Pe,haps many causes have combined 10 retari the
growil, uf the State, but certainly no one cause has had 81
large n share ~ the general result, as The want Of suti
bic means Of communication bel tween Tie Fast aud Wesl.
II the State had been thus bound together by Rail Roads,
Nil differences of interest would have dlsa ppeaied and her
internal policy would have been settled aud UNIFORM
The Staie would then have acted as a unit in regard to
her pseil ion In the cunipderacy.
The NIrgin,s and Tennessee Rail Road " i'll % az far
towards accomplishing This object rs any tina, could be
projected. ! his chain Of communication between the
1,ooesss line and the seabnard. will combine as many
varied Interests as could possibly be- found IN the same
distance. 1t touches. a d frrent points, regions mos, ia
yorshle To tie great supple productions uf com, What. IT,
bscco and hemp il passes through dislrirts peculiarly A.
dapfed 10 grazing and growing Of wool il taycfsrs n
c,antry rich in salt. plaster, cual, inn, lad and copper.
and sh'uuding ia sites here any amount Of water pow
ef can be commanded Tor manufacturing pnfis,srs and
las ly. 1t rests on The Atlantic at n pnri equal 10 any on
the continent. This country has within itself The means
ii a prosperity greater tnsn the most sarguine friends II
improvement have vet dieamed Of. The variety oi par
SUI 5 NIGH be so great as 10 support a very Ia ge p pnla
iion, even ri hou' foreign cuminetcc. Thus would all
The Iarts OF this great line fud themselves possessing one
cnnm"n interest. aud the energies oi the whoi" would he
rquifrd Ia supply the wants of The diff rem, parts.
One Of Ihe earliest Developments Of the gen. raj pms.
peuiy Of the country, sulld he IN The enlargement uf ex.
lslng cities. towns and villages, ard the rise oi new
~.nes.~1hefe must always be u certainly uniform rela-
lion between the lown and country population ot a state
The various industrial pursuits Of The country crralt
Commerce ard cumnrIre cIeaes Inv ns-so that III,
iowns must guw with tn increase Of Wealll, aud pnpula
iion of The county al large. Ii the domestic and f,re,g,
commerce Of he State OF New York has Mt only cn.
larged her gtea. city, but bull, up hr Albroy. Frey
Schenectady. Utica. Syracuse, Auburn. Rochester A.,
Buffalo as surely will he domestic and FOREIGN com.
m.rce Of Virginia enlarge Lynchburg. Richmond. Pc
tersburg and Norfolk, and build up oiher towns. Like
causes will produce like effects every where--only appl,
the same means and you will produce similar, ii mol Ih
fane ends.
There is another point of view ir which he polilira
hearing Of this work Is important. II viii complete
citcie passing through LyncIbnrg, Knoxville, Dal'nn
Aiiania Augusta, Charleston, WIlmingion, Weldon, Pc
%teIsburs, Norfolk and Richmond inning in one CON
m"n interest. and unlting wih bands IT iron. Nrginil
Tennessee, Georgia. Suulh Carolina aud Nurh Carol
Ia. These five States vii be completely united IN iniel
est, and will act together with a moral force which mu,
make Itself respected IN The councils OF The nation.
But, perhaps, the must i~nptriant rela l. n which th
work bears To lie general welfare, is, as a conntctin
line between the Mississippi Valley and the Atlantic q
cean. Efficient steps have already been taken To secut
a Rad from lie Tennessee line 10 kBo> Vile, a dlslanc
Of l2O miles. The Grargia aud East Tennessee ma,
between Knoxville and Dalton, a distance Of Is miles
Is IrtgrfsslIg Iapldly IN completion. From Dalton /
Cbsftann e.. about 40 miles, will be in operation IN iii
curse Of few months. FINN Chattanooga, the tu,
wonld be by The Nash lille and ChstIanooqa Rail Il al
now IN progress of cons 'ruc,ion. for a distance If l0