Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-01-21
tFrom the Daily Petersburg New. n Tuesdayl
NEN A-PETERSRIIR1 AND IrS DID

PECTs
II would that until late years the people of Virginia
had estimated rightly The advantages of tho position OF
this good old commonwealth TO command The trade Of the
Gfe; West Indeed prlvats convictions are that the
lime has been limited within which people have
hs knowledge cf he treasures which arc hidden within our
Jwn soil But now we admit that Efforts
making 10 command the and develops the other IL
IS better dune late than never.
In almost oil CAGES the people of Virginia. though hard
move when they sa't opt TO carry things r They
deliberate in forming plan; but lhey 100 often hastily
Execute Il. There is no portion of the world in which
social intercourse s less restrained than In Virginia. and
although they said be reading people, yet
frequent eetiag Of neigh5or with ncgh5or the per-
feet confidence existing between and another
information to travel speedily here in other portions
d The country where every rside has lis newspaper Thus
everything that la OF interest becomes known the whole
community II than probable therefore, every
man i'll virginia has been made acquainted with the advan
tagcs bs deprived by connection with The West and
cry sec;ion has its plan 10 obtain II.
As we have said they slow Another pecul-
ar,y Of the Virginia people is ;heir pride of consistency
Next I, being called Fcde.ais (nd few VrgiaJns will
let that term be applied 10 then the charge Of nconsssen
cy harshiy gstss ncr eclings In this section
u the State the feeling has been internal Improve.
The unfortunate policy pursued by the Legislature,
in wasting the energies and Of The Common wealth,
by making appropriations build works not calculated
confer general benefit has strengthened opposition
that the hearts uf c the peupe fully In them
90 against NIL enterprises notwithstanding some Be de-
cdeay metorious This is the case in many counties
tho South siLe vi james Ri;r.
should not &c SO ae Is al hand when choice Is 10
DC made Inc nie ls come when the Virginia people must
say whe'ner they vi" lend their aid assist Themselves
~her oy indifference oPpoion they will help s.ron-
gers mat Is tho irue question. Whether the, tor
themselves their hoince the:r friends; whether they
Ter Inc nteTes5 Vt their enemies The the Great
West Is the Prize for which Boston New York phs,
baltimore and Charleston and haro been contendins-
no drawing is now going and The lucky lcse: Is YET
within the wheel No tnd',ded boy stands BY take eu,
ou plainly - be scen with open syts and ar arm hiss
ha 10 be stretched forth BY Virginia and untold wealth is
here Ancient phif und modern Cafpln. combined coud
nae but as dus; in the balance compared with mighty
riches which accrue 10 those who shall obtain the
trade Of ths Great West
The Almighty designed that Virginia shouI lave this
trade but he has ordained that she should Tic TO
obianit 1c has formed on the coast hartor the
best In tie world To that point, whc.s nil the ships OF all
the nations OF the earth could lay anchor sa and
curey there the best und shortest ca river
on which 20 osnr The produce Of the Mississippi valley.
When Kind Providence as thus bounfuy d,pensed his
gratuit;e: has sven Virginia hesu advantages the
rest Of the world Is sacrrge say He w held her
people responsible il they bury these "a'cnts' May We
hope that those WHO have hitherto ,r-stcd With ini-r
opposition all measures o Internal Improvement wi"
aas stop long enough 10 consider The 10 De
derived BY Improving tho advantages bestowed upon them
bv Naure 7-Look 1T the map1 Trace line from Tis
and Petersburg 10 the Tennessee line anoxvi where
the Western road taps ths Tennessee Improvements
and thence 10 The Mississippi hyer Compare The distance
of this roate with lhs, OF any other which Inns been project
eJ While this Ioue s hundre5s of miles than ans
other II likewise passes through territory better ndaPed
for ilwuy Improvements than any other, of thing We
It's lengh IN ,Sholo world. Those grea, barriers which
mark tss div,diIg Aas bstwsea The West and East