Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1849-02-05

ye' to hear Of the city, town, which Ia, srH-.I
10 p"ohc Improvements intended for the bene6, y
Their city or town. Did Richmond subscribe ,I VI a"o-
turnpike, or the Portsmouth and Roanoke Rail D
or Norfolk to the Petersburg and Roanoke Ri; 'aui
ht cling to our Canal? iii be intended ID i - "
that her Delegates in the Legislature have baeo.,.
TO Internal Improvement we have bat to refer a ~
nas q blth Houses to show that The accus,ti,r .
qaalltiedly false. Lyrchburg has been the s,a,
ter OF The commonwealth. The fifth town in pnrl,,;'
and the the third, if MT second in wealth. Sic h.
celved 'fuely nothing the hands &c tie S,,,o
il VIII not he pretended that the money voted 10 bo r.
nal was for her benefit. But, on this head we find 49,.
views 50 cogeny set forth BY article in The Pa,rio,
Friday, that We beg leave to adopt it,
"lyncEburg has been the pensioner Of The MIR,
bounty. and while almost all The other towns n Wv
STATE have drawn largely from the common fund ..1
year after year Knocking The door If tbs
sury, with the cry Of P,lyphemus in the play-amn,a
give me more" I.ynrhburg has relied upon her n.y.
nnaIded energies, aud created her prosperity Ih
for moment at the other towns ofrhe State Nus,s
and Portsmouth have Naval station; WnIiamsbnG
the seat Of a richly endowed college Richmond a. J
The CaDol. the Pentenlarv, the Armory the Anrs,
ederal ana General courts; Charlottesville has The Ia,
verslty; S'auntnn the Asylum; Lexington the Ins,,
flarper's Ferry an Aunury; Lewsburg Cour NJ
peaS; Wheeling, Alexandria, Petersburg ana FAIL
lrksbnrg. all Rail ads, completed or under cms,rnc
non, with State assistance but what has ynchbr,
BY what act Of the Leg~la IRE has she drawn Ihe e.,
dollar from the Treasury Net when She brtUs i
tore The , ate the claims of great work in which IN
are interested, which intimately involves the prsperr
the glory. the safety of the entire commonwealth all I
ancient almonerS Of the public charity all the ppps
Hes Of Legislative bounty, all the atiings On the S,
garbage, must sheer at her as Selfish Was she sp6h
when she surrendered her former charter of rail road -
Difference t.; the general desire for canal Was she sell
fish when she sunk her capital in the stock Of that cana,
Is she selfish now, when with population of less Al,
eight thousand she has taken than hundred b,r
sand dollars If capital ST ck the South western Rail
road and pledged herself to make good the n'nres, NM,
tue hundred thousand dollars? The people Of Ivncbbr
are as generous enlightened ana public spirited asan
within the limits Of The STATE oad they repe with sco,
and contempt the nSinuation that they are Influenced L
nercenary considerations and are asking aims for then
selves when they urge tile Importance If the Southwest
ern Improvement"
One word more. The "Wa,er line man. believes vro
wrote crack article because we SET forh tbe rrd,o
tveness # the New York Canals and expresses he \
plnion that. when the central improvement, i finished i
will be not less remuneralive We beg leave ia dssen,
y
that such consummatan is not ID be expected When
the Canal is finished to Burh4nan-a distance yf some
200 mes will havecost rs much as the Enc and IIud
son, and Hudson and Champaign Canals, embraenu to.
gether, some 430 miles. That is, mile lr nile. our
Canal cost more than twice as much IS tie New York
Canals Wesay nothing Of hat.it will cist to cary
the Cana acrss the Allegheny, but as the ou is more
difficult we may fairly infer the proportion If expense
will not be varied
Lynchburg is now engaged in a great enterprise She
has embarked in it with zal and energy She asks lib
raj Stale subscription 10 a work which more than auy
oiherye projected will develop the wealth an resou E,
ot large portion Of the Commonwealth and attract to
Virginia an amount Of trade and travel from the South
western portion Of tile Union which We can scarcely ex
aggerate 1t she selfish as charged She would in
the event of securing this road throw her influence a.
ganst rs extension 10 the seahoad. The ptfu amour.
ot commissions tie ranstrence Of produce and mer
chandZe from improvement to the other constituted
the basis Of the charge that sef~hness was at the bot.
ION Of her oprosltuns The extension of the Canal II
might Just as well be alleged that the same commissions
would constitute motive for opposing the extension
OF the Raj road IN he opposite direction. Now We ask
Il there be man in this community who will not hail
with d'light ally movement made with view to give
US Rail road conneXhn with tide water? Whether
that connexion be made by Road 80 Charlottesville, for
survey of the route IF hch bill has been reported
BY branch Of the D,nvile Road or BY direct road to
Richmond. or to Norfolk the proposition will wit
The cordial appreciation of people Such extension
hey know t. be but The complement of their great work
and 50 far from regarding with jealousy they believe
that 1t is al once indispensable and certain.