Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-01-24

| quivolent 10 6 per cent. OIL nins millions
Of dollats,
II appears from tho First AuditeTb es.
timates that the deficiency Of the revenue
a, The end OF this fiscal year will bs $685.
slI 93, II seven per cent. on the debtcen'
ttacted and to be contracted prior 10 the
lst day Of July next be sci apart out Of
the revenue Of this fiscal year: this def
cheney will have TO be thrown upon the
revenues Of future years. II the General
Assembly, howsvcr-and think il Will
be wise and constitutional 10 90 so--pay
only the current interest Of the year. as
heretofore, md satisfy the further requisi.
/ tion Of tho constitution as 10 n sinking fund
on, OF the revenues Of 1883, which will
come into the treasury in December next,
( then the deficiency at the treasury on the
la day Of October next, will be only
S32i, $50 So; and tax, which will bring
in a revenue 10 The wants Of the govern
ment, under the new Constitution, cen be
devised Al this session Of the General As.
semhly.
The subject Of internal improvement,
which for many years has engagedlhe anx.
ious attention Of our people, is rapidly in.
creasirg in interest and importance, and
will require your NEST serious aud careful
consideration. Whether we look 10 the
vas, amount Of rspiial already invested
By the State in the enterprise, or the up.
propriatious yet required 10 carry out sue.
cessluIly the schemes already begun, and,
thereby make them available for revenue
and State purposcs-or consider the mag.
nitude Of The objects sought to be obtained,
and the Importance Of the results anlici.
pated from their completion in the ahl
they will give in developing the mineral
ard agricultural resources. and the manu-.
fhriuring aud commercial advantages Of
our Siatc-all will SEQ and be forced 10
acknowledge the importance Of the sub.
lsct, and the great and growing necessity
Tor energetic aud yet judicisus ae'isn on
yeur part in relation TO II, Indesd The
works Of internal improvement already
commenced and in course Of construction,
and upon which large sums Of both public
and private means have been expended, are
60 intimately connected with the leading
interests Of the Commonwealth, that every
years delay in the completion will neces-
sarily postpone, a, n common loss 10 the
whole people, great and incalculabls bless.
ings. and for an equal period Of time defer
10 The State treasury that repletisn which
the heavy appropriations heretofors made
| for internal Improvement purposes so ear.
nestly demand, and which their tinal com.
pIetion cannst fail to effect. Many Of cur
sister States, with less capacity for such
enterprises, and possessing natural rescur'
ces and advantages far inierier 10 our own
have, under circumstances Of gres eribar.
,.smentl, executed works Of internal In.
provement which would 10 honor to the
enterprises Of independant nations. Nor
have they been disappointed in the indi.
vidual or State benefit which thsir works
were expected to impart. The citizens Of
those States ieelths suTsriority Of this i'm.
proved condition Of their country, and du-
| II appreciate the increased comforts de.
rived from Il.
II our generous and noble old Common.
wealth has been tanly in the execution Of
those improvements most clearly iIdics-
ted BY the geological structure Of the coun-
try, anil in a proper devsIopement Of her
great physical resources, il Is gratifying TO
consider. ,ha, profiting by the example Of
others, she may gain much Of the less in
time, BY wise, prompt and energetic mea-
sures hereafter.
! Whilst the financial condition and credit
. OF the State. OF home and abrosd, must be
mos, carefully guarded, feel il duty in
all frankness 10 suggest for your consider.
alton, the speedy completion Of such Of the
great leading Improvements % appear
most deeply involved with the general in.
tersst, Of the Commonwealth, An en-.
Iisbtened policy would dictate, and stern
necessity demands, that these improve.
menls should be completed as speedily as
possible, and that no new projects reQuir.
ling extensive aid from The State should
be commenced until this great obiec, ,haIl
have been accomplished. Virginia has
entered the lists with her sister States for
tho bcneli, Of the trade with the grca,
West anil the Valley OF the Mississippi.
The prize for which we contend is worthy
Of an exrrtion Of oil our energies. Let
some wall digested system be adopted and
success will crown Gnr efforts. II 10 con.
fiden,ly believed, however, that indiscrim.
mate appropriations at this time for works
OF any l1cal advun,age would be fraughi
with most mischevcus and dangerous re.
suits.
Al the threshold Of tho subject We arc met
with the difficulties which surround the affairs
Of the long delayed central improyGment-un
improvement contemplated prior to the Amer.
lean revolution; and one so strongly indicated
by the geographical position Of the State, as
well as tho geological structure Of the country,
that il has never ceased 10 be IN object Ofdeep
Solieituje to the Whole Commonwealth. II
would be an act nf Surcrcro8ution 10 argue At
this time the merits or the importance to the
State OF the great line from tide water on James
river to the Ohio. II, indeed, II were original
" withont merit, the expenditure Of ton millions
Of dollars In the last thirty years for its i'm.
provement, would fG an interest there, which
we could not disregard. but the extent and
value Of tho works completed, the original mer.
it Of the scheme, and the sums for which the
State is already responsible on account oftho
improvement, give II an importance in our de-
liherationA which We cannot disguise IL we
would. nut how iaf II j. prppnrto continue the
water line, IL question upon which an honest
difference Of opinion may wOll exist among tho
most enlightened and patriotic statesmen.--
While ! have m disposition to disparaTo the
benefits nf a canal, am not insonsihle to tho
many advantages whiGh vol constructed
railroad possesses over any artificial water im'
provemont; nor do ! feel Il necessary to discuss
the relative advantages or disadvantages OF tho
two species adapted to this llnei other than in