Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-03-05
For the Enquirer.
Tor ne FHTHtTtT'
TO JOHN B. FLOYD, Esq, GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA

TO JOHN B. FLOYD, ESQ, GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA
(No. III.) ,
Every thing that have said of Richmond applies E %a,
slqht modification TO Alexandria, TO Wheeling 10 teu
ericksburg and Petersburg; and much OF H. win SUI!
greater force certain parts Of our mountain REGION anu "
none more than the county OF Rockbridge CT.
ALEXANDRIA is 10 tho ocean than BALTIMORE. oh1
has NOT forgotten when fonrs lay IN her M
needs not be told that that arm OF the chesapeake
bears the name of Potomac, affords easy ana as sae I'D
vqaton as the other which holds it's Northward course ~
Baltimore Both have, in great measure the same oaGA
country which nature gave an hpproacn 10 eAail
nv noble river while could only reach Baltimore oy lau
Now she has n cana-Baltmore railroad nny mas a sue
dwnded while other has grown and tiourlshed! Inc
answer is full before her eyes, in that City OF Palaces wch
rs s ,eetricious head on the other side of the Potomac
that forced unnatural hot house growth whch
her while its aengrossing roots suck away he
The waters Of the little Patapsco in the rear OF bamor
are asked the full extent of their power IN all me '
features which make the staple of trade in that cit
waters the magnificent Potomac, just IN TIE rear ol az
andria waste their gigantic might IN WIG gampos Us sy
lean from rock TO rock and playfuy speed their Laughing
way TO the ocean, ,,,,;, =, h
Cnon1 The falls of the Potomac would presently 90 lot AZ
e1andra all that the falls Of Patapsco have done ior ba
more The port of great Inanuac turing es'aoiseh se
would receive influx of capital sufficient TO ABSORB he
produce Of the adjacent region She would contenu on
equal TERMS with Baltimore for the trade OF tna Pl u m
back country which TO BOTH and secure 10
all that of the rich counties Of Loudoun FauQuer au
Prince William and all the fertile valley OF the Shenandoah
WHEELING What ia Pittsburg that but Tor fltlsonre
Wheeling might not be. and would not become as soon Us
the Southern and larger half the country now supplied oy
the manufactures of both should be set apart MS the market or
Wheeling alone We know that the capital and
Philadelphia gave the start TO Pitlsburg ana a men po"
the advantage of start in ouch acompeon But lei rus
burg be restricted the three States on the Norm Dank
Ohio while all the Southern shore and both shores OF me MIS-
ssppi 10 New Orleans are lett 10 LOOK 10 eehs
alone for productions which she already exces and which
she only supply without STINT and no man need put pen
TO paper figure out the results They defy calculation
OF fredericksburg and Petersburg there is no need 10 say
word OF the mountain region which is now about 10 DC
penetrated by the James River canal will say no more
of the along whose banks il conducted ana 10
the inexhausbe mineral wealth OF the region II a'efses
THERE'S certainly much reason to believe mat Il pu 10
calculate the ralue Of the Union this is something Ike the re-
suit 10 be reached by the inhabitants of those very sections
of Virginia which have heretofore been most reluctant ~
the rights of the South lest the Union might be enta
cered They may still heretofore be willing to sacrlhce
much 10 preserve H. But when the rights and the safely OF
other parts the State assaulted when BY wrong and
insults the inhabitants of the planting region are excited 10
insist all their rights even 10 the manifest zafa OF te
Union is there 10 expect that THIS Clear view o.
their own peculiar will decide the people OF our man.
uacuring districts 10 surrender the Union ana aolae TIC
destiny OF the Southl
would TO God that my words could reach those TO whom
this question addressed For il the men of the North
that address I is for them 10 calculate the conseq len
ces what they propose 10 do Let them consider wna
their own condition will be- when losing the protection OF
even tariff Southern market they shall have
10 contend here elsewhere equal terms with tho cap
tai and skill Of Great Britain, France and Germany Lei
them consider farther, whether outrages which may pro-
woke the South dissolve Union 80 loved ~ the oou
and cherished the expense of many sacrifices NOT
tempt US give the commerce and navigation Of othcr
nations advantages denied them Let them be assured
that pearl great price which they wantony throw
ing away which others will be eager 10 purchase o
whatever cost The trade the South under moderate
Tariff Of Revenue will be worth 10 any nation that
shall secure il 10 herself than all her trade besides The
Northern States shut out from Southern porsproducing
nothing that Europe wants and needing little that Europe
can supply will fall with suddenness OF which the history
of the world affords example
Calculate the rdue oftte Union :. have never done il
until now and now know why have been 80 often anx-
Inn
of treason The caution came from those who had caa
cd carefully and who loved IT, as they love every thing
else for what rorh 10 them dlars and cents For
10 them every thing and the reversed Were
the advantages be equal those which they ENJOY and
their burdens and slcices equal Il say nothing OF
nsuha they don't mind they would dissolve The mon
tomorrow.
They Judge us by themselves II is quite natural And
90 they saw 10 US 'nrcr calculate the rdle Of the Union
| Well sir we took them their word. We had gimncr
ing the truth. But il was unwelcome truth II wounded
our best affections and we shut eyes against H. We
even tried 10 reconcile ourselves the unequal bargain by
harboug unjust suspicious Of the loyalty of our slaves
The kind atectionae grateful Joyous gadhearted negro
God bless himJnot only did the Yankee wrong nm by
supposing him be such another hmsef-we wronget
him too We silly enough 10 look upon the Union
our only security against this imaginary danger, until w
found our Northern brethren trying, and rainy trying 10
tempt our slaves hroats Both decisions
dispced. We now know our enemies, and We know our
friends; and tell these gentlemen that fear nothing
from either We slave rejoicing in bondage which
has raised him from barbarsm 10 civilization from Paganlsm
To Christianity; such enjoyment of this life falls not
to the lot Of the aborng class in any other country under
the SUM- and hope in Heaven which sends him ever!
night his bed with fervent prayer that he may meet
there the master he has loved on Garth.
Let the Yankee beware how he drives US any farther into
calculation Of the ralue Of the Union. There
poets of the subject with which may trouble You In anohe
letter. sun VI VIRGINIA.