Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-02-28
NUMBER 81.

Way in Disguise and that It's advocates and friends c,,
ana native CITIZENS ot Virginia. ui Ii
biit'oe company. seeking clandcstlne!y elect what
mat Company failed 10 accomplish in open warfare 81
look at our geographical position and If am other ,
oVeineh can be made that will tho our peo-
PIE LOOK 10 our saubrious climate ie1 soil our H.
ehiauStaoe mineral rssousces ore coal ami
"es sn' on! mountain streams, Inviting the manuiact tu
~ ou .os: 80 visit this knoun tn ;ror,r
season OF the year and our fields of corn whsa ami
oa's ionnS Tor The harvest and then look 10 ,le t,tsc;
ana nnmner o those who are 10 buv and co,s,r, !. ,
poht your St2te Leoiogsi and let him 20 aony on noun
tains aud report 20 yon that in the county OF Harrison h
af eiss OF Inc Efst quality OF b,amnods coal tom ss o
fourteen i.e IN depi.i and OF bouadles, extent unanu,
cd, save ior domestic purposes Let him socah t v,
lot the quality and quantity OF our iron ore and ,tcr
mineral wealth, unemployed and vaucless ior The wan
i"i 9ich M improvement a. am asking al voag
hands. Hear him spe1k OF mounlin streams ,s IN,
coEe clear as The crystal winding their way through val
lies capable o! producing in profusiun all the
produce OF The temperate zone, and through forests ol
ta popaFs and majestic OAKS whose branches re ~
tonced save by The brcezcs OF Heaven inviting thc r-
cins and manufacturer ard wondering their long afrv
'oek 10 our uidcyeopcd ana hidden wealth. ana then,
before will You be- able 10 determine whether c ask f.s
Improvement Tor our own cr The benefit o.: foreigners 81
inc nsnuation that the friends of this bin secret e,ss
res ol foreign city, fo.n what Quarter come
II listened 10 by ;h House is adding insult ior,:cr IN
!ies we have received Il ynur hands. Bat co:irn - IL
does rom the city of Wheeling, such charge wl.pse
about The caves OF ts Capitol coming from such 4 sal-c,
manifesto spirit OF unbrid!cd and ,,tn-h.n~ ;n,,,
hat ls not 10 DC longer endured Sir stand here a. The
iTc and feed Of foreign city or corporation Bu
oy he grace OF God and the free and unanimous srtag
y, snfd hee tue advocate OF their interest srd the
c2p3nen; OF their wishes Ny credentials is the chart q:
s county, bnusht with the common treasure ana sealed
WIZ: the blood OF ancestry And am askin.
}ct your hirds that equal justice which neryei the arm -
ae patriot IN the dahcSt period OF our coGn.fys history
ana Whlc.i in ths the day Of prosperity, should 5c Gle
rishcd and treasured up boon of priceless value.
one more thought, sir, and will yield the floor. lhis Is
cmphaucaly an age OF Pogmss-lrogress in the ant
sciences by which the natural Clements with tho
chinery moulded tho will and made perform H.
Dor OF mankind And the invention OF Railroads as meats
~ Of (r.eb
achievements. The teoeits resulting from this achieve
ncnt Is not The exclusive possession of iniY!
or section OF country Science in dispensing her .avor
knows no hyore section, and makes no invidous disnc
lions among her votacs On the contrary like tie clouds
she showers her blessings upon hc evil ana good ani
IKE c sun her genial rays fall alike the ust and The
UNJUST And the politician who will attempt monopoz,
for himself or his immediate section Of State
benefits resulting from her achievements moh as vel. at
tempt with his nod cosc The windows Of Heaven on
essay with his puny arm 10 strike that bright from the
centre of our system.
Al this tins have but few Railroads in our countrv
But rom the Improvements that have recently been mad
and aro now being made, in the perfection of the machn
ry in the decrease OF the cost Of construction and in toe
crease OF OF Their general utility 1t il hu reasonable
ciGde that at no distant day the "nWi tuIHpsS of ~
west and The graded roads u tie East will ami all ris
their voice against the cart and the sled and The
dvidlal enterprise lie accommodated with rails
cars What then will become OF the oxcluy. system, Is
which attempting Ia force adc and travel into Al,
unnatural channeil What then will be spd ot the wsu
say nothing o the justice oi those Virginia legislators
year after year struggled with zeal appropriate them
,'''o vi y "l4fHls
competition rom the borders Of the State What lhonas
ilnk You, will pass through the minds Of The anGun
IAN ol other tiales While amusing himself With the FOL
les and Inconsistencies Of past ages, when ac hams,
rom your GEraa! or otherwise that year after t c3
Die ot tho Northwest pctione 10 be permitted maze
aioad their soil with their money and that
he. petition vas year after rejected upon the foHut
iat the city of Wheeling wanted road North, AMI
hc State contemplated the construction an improve
nen terminating 100 miles 10 the Snnth9 Sir he might
io dscIedit the fact but he would deny that occurred
ne middle o the 18Th century, i'll the golden Of so.cnc
md literature; and among people the idol Of whose
hip vas justice and equaiity