Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-02-08

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scription by Philadelphia to the Hempfeld Rail-
road. 1t will lie seen that Pittsburgh's "feeEnqs
Of permanent unkindn ess'' has not annihilated
Philadelphia, entirely.
Pit sburg and the Hempfeld Railroad,
LnsGniUinsus ornnes-we have all been ont of orr
senses at some period or other
At meeting of the City Council of Pittsburgh
ON Friday last, find by the proceedings re-
corded in Mondays Gazette, the following pream
Die and resolution were adopted, and the commit
tee referred to in them Immediately appointed:
WHEREAS, information has been convened tn tbe
council OF this city, that application has been
made to the Councils of the city of Philadelnb;n
ior a subscription 10 the Hempfeld Railroad: and
whereas, the carrying out of that work is calcnIa
lea 10 nave p!eIudlcal influence upon the trade
anu travel OF this CITY, AMI that such an appropr
auon OF the credit of the city of PHILADELPHIA can
De looked upon in no other ligh! than a most nm
I:iendly act tending 10 promote the prosperity of
city in another State, tohe great iniury and at The
expense of the welfare of sister citv of tb;s Con,
monwealth therefore be ii
RESOLVED That Committee consisting of the
residents, and enc member from the Select Coun-
Gil, ana TWO tDom the Common Council he an
pointed committee to correspond with the Conn
ellis OF the city of Philadelphia, deprecatinp anv
appropriation oil money Credit to the contemnla
eu WORK. setting toEh ;heir reasons for asking the
sala Councils OF the city Of Philadelphia to abstain
trom a movement so well calculated to eneender
feelings IN this community of permanent unkind
We present these resolutions to our readers and
commend them 10 the attention Of all the citizens
= of Philadelphia, being DESTROYS that the whole
town should know what Pittsburgh has to saw
on The subject of the Hempfeld Railroad and opr
contemplated City subscription, and the more mar
tlcularly DESTROYS since the matter will be before
the Select Council for It's final decision this even
ing The Common Council voted the subscrnt;on
ny an overwhelming majority two weeks ago and
1t is most probable the Select branch will do the
same thing in the same way tonight There is
nothing N the resolutions of the Pittsburgh fathers
to deter action; perhaps there is something in
them to stimulate il.
in the early days of the Roman and Cartha gini
an worlds, as we learn from some curious old dozen
ments of that kind which have come down to ne
atreaty of alliance between two States was soma.
thing more than ordinary engagement of friendship
It was. IN reality, league offensive and defensive
bond of brotherhood, contract of union and
. partnership, by which the parties were bopnd to
espouse each others controversies and fight each
others battles, matter at what expense of in
dIvldnal wish or interest If Rome negotiated
with Saguntum, Rome was bound to go-as ONE
did go-to war with Carthage, with which she was
on friendly enough terms, to defend Saguntum from
its attack Such treaty united the contracting
parties in sort of slavery, from which there was
no Other release than which great Power alwa VIC
hnds 1t easy to obtain, when it chooses by viola
ting its engagements with weak one It would
seem that our friends in Pittsburgh believe there
Is some such alliance as this between their civ
anu our clty-or one of Still more stringent and
peculiar KIND, by which, while Pittsburgh is left |
Nr.atftrNp
pretty much IN freedom, to do she pleases Phil |
adciphla Is KINDER an obligation to fight her bat
lies with no right to do anything at all which TIL
latter happens to disapprove OF. tits not enough
tnat we are connected by the general ties which |
should atlach Two cities OF the State, having
no many objects and purposes in common; it is held
10 be something monstrous that we should think of
pursuing an interest, or even avertimg mischief,
nany other quarter in the West than that of Pitts
burgh Pittsburgh has great dread or detestation
OF the poor little town of Wheeling. She thinks
Philadelphia shoudSuffer the loss of half her trade.
or give up al. hope of increasing that trade, rather
than be willing to go to Wheeling to look after it.
Pittsburgh revives the project of her Connellsyie
route to Baltimore, and she is straining every
nerve TO open connection, by means of the Allie
ghany Valley undertaking, with the New York
and Erie Railroad; yet she is astonished and indig-
d
look with favor oil the Hempfeld enterprise
Pittsburgh has right TO seek the Atlantic at Bal
timore and New York, well as at Philadelphia;
while Philadelphia has no right to seek the great
West except through the one single portal of Pitts
burgh.
There is something, we must say, exceedingly
preposterous in the action of the Pittsburgh Coun-
Councils; and the language and purpose oil the res
TN he Ioho &c
cy and improperly. committee is appoxted 10
come here to teach the Councils of Philadelphia
their duty, or to perform that task by correspon-
dence. We really think our city fathers do not
need such assistance. The committee is to inform
Co~nc:ls," ds the resolutions themselves do, that
subscription to the Hempfeld road. ''can be look
ed upon in no other light than a most tnfriendly
act tending 10 promote the prosperity ola city in
another State, to the great injury, and at the ex-
rense OF ths welfaIe of sister city of this Com
mDnweatlis" and TO ask Council 'sto abstain from
movement calculated to engender feelings in the
Pittsburgh community of permanent lnkimd,ess"
Nethink our own community might have been
spared the accusation, and the threat. The Coun-
CHS OF Pittsburgh are, in this matter, alive to the
interest Of their city. There is reference to the
interest OF ours. There would have been more
cnarsy as well as more justice, in supposing mo-
tive of interest than charging one of unfriendli-
ness. Philadelphia would be very sony to learn
that any thing had engendsFed "teelngs of perma-
nent unkindness'' against her in the Pittsburgh
community; but she cannot agree that such feel
ings should be INDUCED and justification sought
TO be plncedon movement to which Philadel-
phia resorts with the sole. honest, honorable, and
. in no wiee nnfrendly, purpose of defending her
trade and commerce from the rivalry of a COMPETE
tor from whom Pittsburgh has nothing-unless in
directly. through Philadelpha-to dread.