Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-11-24


The patronage ot car town aud country friends is
. respectfully solicited
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bic feelings Of England. aud their noble
struggle for liberty may now be consider.
cd successfully settled. With these Re-
publics we have, and are about 70 enter
into very valuable commercial engage
mcnts. by which the products Of our soil
and manufactures will find valuable mar
kct. Our Navy is regularly increasing
and useiuly employed That in the Med.
iterranesn is engaged TO protect our com.
merce from the dcprcdations Of the Alge.
rnes-whilst on the African coast it is Wig.
lan,ly employed to SUPPRESS the inhuman
traffic in slavery. The fur trade and com.
merce along the Pacific Ocean, as well as
the protection ufthe West India trade. ha.
also claimed and received our undated at.
tention.
The Army Is reduced to the lowest al.
miss'ble number considering the cxten, Of
our maritime coast, and frontier borders,
it is ia an admirable state of eiIicicn, organ.
iza,ion, as to skin and discipline--rigiJ
economy and accountability in cxpendi.
turc.
Our coast and borders have been ex-
plored and surveyed by the most skilliui
ngineers--iortifcatio and all the means
Of defensive war, are erecting. so that We
are, lud,ciously. IN time OF peace, prcpar-
ing for the eSigencics Of war; knowing that
nations. however correct, mild and peace
able their policy, cannot at all times escape
from its ravagcs.
Post Roads and Post.O Offices hive been
established all over the Union, wherever
wanted; by which facilities are afforded ev-
cry citizen to communicate, receive intelh.
gencc and be Enlightened upon the subjects
of the day. aud the manner in which tho
public funciionarcs are discharging tho
solemn trusts of their officers.
/, The Indians are educated and instructed
in the great truths Of tho Christian Reli.
gion-in the practices OF farming and Of
, the mechanic arts; and many are thereby
enticed from savage to that OF civilized life.
Our territory has been enlarged by
pcaceable and fair purchases of them. and
they are in the true spirit Of philanthropy
invited to cmgraic to the west Of the Mis-.
sissippi, ard establish themselves into so.
cial communities and governments; by
which. with our assistance. their condition
. will be improved aud their race perpctua.
ted.
The purchase money Of the Floridas
has been paid We are extending our ter
ritorial boundaries, and surveying our pub.
. lie lauds-the prices are reduccd--land
offices are opened and the emigration Of
the surplus population of the East, and tho
oppressed Of the Old World, encouraged.
The great constitutional question, as TO
the poner Of tie government IN relation to
! INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS has
, been settled.
The appropriations have been made. di.
recting surveys to be made OF all the prom.
nent routes connecting the Eastern and
Western waters. Ia the location Of militia
: ry and post roads, LARGE SUMS HAVE BEEN
I AUTHORIZED TO EXTEND the CuMBERIAED
ROAD FROM WHEELING TO IANEsvILLE,to to
, improve the navigation of the Ohio river by
removing snags, sawyers, Ne, in which nll
the district is concerned but more especial
ly the counties Of Tyler, OHIO and Brooke.
STocK HAS BEEN SUBSCRIBED TO TuE
DELAWARE AND CHrsArEAkE CANAL.
The connection the Eastern aud Yves.
tern waters by the way Of the Potomac
and the Monongahela. has been pronounce
ed on examination to be practicable. at an
expense not exceeding FIVE and hall mil
! lions Of dollars. The celebrity Of this con.
Il ueclion us n lignmcnt to bind the Union. to
. increase commerce and trade. promote so.
.tal ,,fas ,.nIa .t
ment-t will be all important to this dis
trict, indeed the making of it is easily com
pretended. 1t is due to myself to say.
{ that have interested and acquainted my
a self with this subject, have had full and
free conversation with the principal men
OF the Government, and have agreed to ac-
company the Engineers next Summer in
exploring the Cheat Route, whicl, | AM
: fricndy TO, and shall use all proper mean.
consistent with national good to have tho
r location made Oh that Route.
have by conversation and explanation
gotten the thing in such a train that as
soon as the people residing IN the South
part Of the district will ngrce on route,
there is fair prospect Of obtaining tho
: patronage Of the Government in the con
strucrion Of A GREAT ROAD through
this quarter off the Ohio" Important ronds
have been authorized 10 be opened through
the several Territories, one Of which will
extend through the Arkansas to the con-
fines of New Mexico. which will open to
, the cuterprising citizens Of the West u
valuable inland trade with the rich country
, Of the Santa Fc.
am pleased to be able TO Inform you
that the site on the Valley river was among
the number the commissioners named as
eligible for the location ofthe National Ar
: mory, for the manufacture Of Arms. The
c next nearest to US arc those on the Tough-
, iogany and Beaver rivers, the latter Of
which i, opposite The North end of Brooke
county. ! am decidedly in favor Of that
on the Valley river, which viii be deter
mined on, the next Congress. md although
some objections were urged by the com
, missioners against that site, ] think they
can be removed by proper explanations.
Due and mutual protection has been af-
forded TO Commerce, Agriculture and
Manufactures. Believing il right 10 en-
courage home industry. 10 be independent
OF foreign nations TO encourage an AMER
ICAN SYSTEM, ifby 20 doing the reve-
nue. would not lie impaired, ! gnvc my
support to THE TARIFF; or in other
words 10 infant struggling manufactures,
and am happy to say, the result is pro-
wing the correctness Of the measure. for
the revenue has, aud will increase. Manu-