Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-03-18
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,,.b. unjust action of our Easter"
.ue T;rans has been most unioit"nt. - of view
ss ;unrovenent efforts in almost ever iult have not
"a La. spert much money. but the La h. ;nrested
ne ha. With tho outlay. 0es has II, .s..u
..;,sl that Yields little or no inter- - AL, and ye
in,art exhausted her means Inu :-an. rs
we. as the result but petty ,h unfinished fragments
sonrara,iye u.igncance or Tue .har ors nn ,,o
'o"Pala'ss OF these facts and OF their eSis no Peo
:" can be more conscious or can more aePiore
ie o. .ha neope Of the West And IL bnt poor con,
,a.;on or literally consolation a. a'' :" '' II
.ht i uas the blindness or opsiha'y' aye u.
mo" va. sss &c the East which has caused H. ior 10
nv. aIoa ros the abortiveness OF TINS giea.
..;hntMe nv every true thinker. II IS true .na
10 NJ, 90 body has been in faTor OF Improvements
!, shonld be their highest prde-the best H';a.nvs "
tba;r intelligence that thcy have psen .. - ~, asooJ
oarta;n extent that she has voted tor the Tue suoN
eSi A taotbcr Int it was Eastern folly that mas
'.'a ~. .h1 70 II The East have been at al tlmes
~ nu ond complete majority. with the power !" navy
controlled these efforts for good nut ths' nv
al h..aves to their interests ana the interests
of the whole State They have closed 'ie sa.s ~
xo;oe of reason and application lhey nave oes ae'
20 ths teaehnes of experience and practical demohs.ra
-; They have ,corned the spirit OF their times lnoy
nave airegarded the mighty and progressive -
movements and necessities OF their country, n"o
she very madness Of opposition nave thrown ;stless
18th ACCOMMODATING front across the almost s.S,s'ess
Ida &C events and necessities into the very snos al
avid. of the oreat current OF their race " i'a. I
- IN. resnltt Ii is written IN the history " w W
clna-of our Disgrace Their almost III, mn 81, fa,o
Ml;tv and ob,tinacy of resistance nave s"' ,o.
being borne down by the might. Tsau hive 5efca;
nave Deen -. Ynrnose They have deranged ITS
ca d;.erted il from its legitimate channel while
I s. hsvs hssn borne back, still fighting bn, powder
marked and bleeding at every pore ine t .s;S h
not ston this movement, nor should she nave u"' ~.
iha had tha mower and could and should nave usss
rue nay = - noble and useful results should have Kept
:, In, hounds and pressed it to consumnhtio"' A.,
y MI. 10 been the attitude and the views oi inc
na. rbat her action during this struggle between
80 Fastsrn brethren and the necessares vi
and tho physical impulses OF TIE age ho s,I. ri
n u ,rvst they may contnus-oh .he s'ue :"
"ntie I'd ;ynnroyement the friend oi great mo
aud tracks Of commerce through 'he ehlr'
~ psnt nm within their native hills, WIN Exhaust
~ rssonrces for wealth and greatness tee'n"e M
them. with medium climate ie,'ns su G.it their
;chs,t and most useful minerais-thss '"'. ,rhn,,
aotness. they have longed for the 'i'e "'e'
.pnnn r. harvest which nature had s""h ioi .'i,.
'ns sou' .arad. they have long looked WIN WY 'a
~ h,nafnl ayes upon the 'ncaicu"eiI s. yro,er.
,.oncs from Inc broad valleys oil the ia'i,'
and the millions of entsrrran an dN putting by
~ ue ny g the Atlantic the great mart "l 'e ,in
nc I L". oan them as they have came p'in' NJ
.htv nower Of steam from the great ho' ne and
,he Ohio gathering fresh supplies rom e'. =; r,nr,
r.
Asenu - Idnn ,howers III the very eSubeiauee " -.
r>.A' W. SSova seen them coming thus heaui's VI
cses. 80 With MI ewes upon the great highway u 10,
,;nns nm IN the great southern Dena VI For i.
shorss II Virginia. direct line 7" 'he oe' sar,ad :"
moment and but for moment my Ia &c our beloved
PAu'0 s no,b of transit. II Is N VAN ihe en- VI
~ ,h;r( scattering their golden sh'"t'a .a' ,,
W Lnnd,ed miles along shores men tney 'oos
S,eyer, We hear but the scream VI S.a. n.o w..
W. of the cars that bear them nos'hSm" mo scream
~ =. had time 10 breathe or think, that io.h "a ,ha
Iso a ~ oao;n "a 81 bnt the echo OF the oler anu
M. of enterprlng mea come again IN - ,.rr
millions - orcm;tous track bensng back the l,e, pr"
10. If the sunny south, OF the fof4ss " ;;, oboyc
SIC looms of Birmingham anc Marseias :. hro upon
their heads the herald OF 'n'" 'Ff
Inc nv onsa1we breathe! We too turn our Sss.
"e .o,n. blue hills-with look oil e"ls'io .I
ash, If hope OF duplication 1t mas os.i , Jss,i
,-snbline look that, for it has Deeh VIA answer
tfs"plus ,suts our hopes of the future ha nls"s
ny-uPon - ~ that look OF supplicson ana nope
nas 49, 20 chill the tongue Of supp!lcatioh anu s
an "ane almost unbroken Sea OF angry i nee I'm.
r. has ~ Of the Blue Ridge to the ohesaIeaS ,hrnn,b
me uIs - them through their love OF selnfousn
aPPeaaa.s nrde-threugh their love of political power
Eheu s.a ;, ar generosity But it has been an IN VAN
MN. vs. We N do We know that We are rSn''
,rnow that their own resIscta'," any ~. w oImost o.
1s,snds upon it Wo know AID feel tha' our 1' ,r.b s
a.r hone as men and as Nrglnia!s 10 y. ,av. No
ly.;niss We are in hopeless minority we 40 WI,
oest .-.onnot eyer of taxing Ourselves. !" ha'
.gs do1 What should haye been expected y, "a
:.h .b;s lfaconyicton written upon 9ui n'" ~
saie5 With every experience OF our ass a''n c
No wise man could for one mome. NV STRUGGLED
corrae however painful. We have strue2ieu' ;.S No
-;.h tha strength Of agony and sometimes M'l ~,
L,sssnass of despair We have strugSieu 'oi e.ea'
as.an,snts and We have been bought oil OF mo m
.v d;vded or Quoted by local appropriations nui
III. HE result of all temporzing We nave n...
bat to return with redouoieo ,'9o'
,.in-ths disease repisins uncuied. 49,.
w. h.v. at,,mpt.d tn d. that by stratagem ~h'ch
.ola not la done otherwise, owing TO the opPoS'on u
ths Eastern majority 10 all lmproyeE'hn's soo " W. W.
i ,hch they were not immediately h'sses~.
- 80 compelled TO adopt the system o lacu.s III
H.. "a h that famed and classical word log r''iinS
baen compelled for the sake OF one good mn
rovsment to bug the support oil Eastern M, AZ "'
70. and knowing our weaknes4' every o'a' .
snt in the West as wo - the ia; nus iIaus
at &c sunport 10 get she million oil dolluis ~"
recaPo3 20 rseful ends We have been compelled 10
p oFiat wo We have known aad know sun tn m
anoxnq dear for our WHISTLE pu' we squA''.
sno that they raust be bought at any prse sr
,hst sooe improvements will never pay wei. ~, ny
cost It saPessa as and hoped Of none
.hev viii do 40 until they arc finished Eno oernihe
.hororybfarss We know that you may SPehu ''.''
- ronsy more on the best ot them ana !. VIII ou' oe
orooaa tho dividend upon the h'esai!''.' ~ - :,
- san,s time that another million III addition II II
~ III il will quntnple your profits aud CHE s"i
s ,ass We have been alive To all tue consequence =,
gre ha~s and must continue TO follow our acton n
,- ahscts and a,as will more than Justly 'ns s"s
W. uay.t in the end triumph The costs oil ''a' trump
Nil be- in proportion to the reSi-lAnfe,
ha mon Of the West stimulated by ,,s deep eon
.,on TINT they are operating for the good o. the
So Fyan more for the Fast than themselves me.
~. believe in this antageni.m OF interests y, ui'
-. aiyisions Of the State They honestly oe'eH'
auo interest Of their own is superlatveiy The III
.aas ss ~ ;bs East They know tina, they can mover a
ss.. hs more thar producing perhaps manuer@a IN
.ss;nn ub;,e the East mus. become pfouuc''s .la
sessNrnr and above ALL commercial region We o. e
n.ss ths; nature instead of-vidag a" gtended us L"
that Virginia as she is, was designed 70 De as gae
"a ,Dwsrful "a he ha- basn glorious and IS now i"Se
= That with one arm resting upon the mRu,y ""er
t.ha west and the other upon the st"sineiau oteaa
- sSSnh.s prded with those double Pafds Of aoaha'
&c ro;Dhtv heart to stay its bursting
"e1 MOTTO Of the west is "eq"allt UNITY ana pro
me c' We know no conac, of feelings or nteres
,h"s. which have been forced upon us BY the inlu,
PAN ~ snsnieons Of our brethren This 50 much aIk
~ y.rsty has never been pecGsyed by u.s. or our US
n.srested fellow eouptrymen. Its discovery mas Doc,
10 20 ths cairyoyance Of those whose po'ea ns''n
lcncy ean alone be supported fS alleh sup"'n,o'
srhat the interests, other than the interests 0
Al .rAtAart