Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-03-01
RICHMOND ENQUIRER.


IDENTIFY declared BY the friends CT the system thai no u"
crease Of taxation will The chief portion o. w
appropriations has been made in shape OF oahs' u "
purpose of completing al the main IoaaS u ''I
These advances by the Stale take pEeceue"' " "
expenditures upon the works. and creale sc p ~
charge upon their earnings. before any o'"e r.
lis can be made The works in favor Q. "'''e' 'e
ces have Neon m,, although but PARTIALLY compeea are
heyond doubt their caparly 10 pay
remuneatinp profits upon their cost lhe'f speeo,
ton bv means of iicse advances WIZ, a' o"ee' P~ e
&c.. = ,rosu,rous condition; will secure the seven per
.nurao !, favor of the State, beyond all pcladvenuFc
d viii my 10 their stockholders bcsdes olac ana 'huV
,,, handsome income u'on their shares OF slock
IA these Aaering and encouraging observa'lons the a
n,i,,ion :, milol Of dulas TO the Covngton anc Ohio
Rail Road is an exception; and yet that aw Is generally re-
oorded as one of the important and popous OF the
present session. II gives Of Fir2 fixed purpose 10
enter the great field of enterprise which has been SO long
occupied BY others of her purpose 10 construct The nshn
link OF chain Of roads, leading from 'he A"ah''c
at her port due west across hall he coh''hh 70
ST. Louis When the stapendous Importance ot ms aS me
of railway 10 the OF our State ana OF NJ ""o
recoected-a line interrupted only oy the absence O me
very link which Virginia has no" made ncplcn' provision
fora road which make her territory al once INC srea'
thoroughfare of The worlds commerce-wfch must make
her commercial position superior any other portion
1 ~
or nonax payer will complain of the liberal action of the
eoisIaure In order that this million Of dollars, auho
r;.ed for the of this great work, may be ren
,red efficient and productive, at the earliest moment, and
,ba, the in upon it may fall briefly possible as
charge upon the treasury bill in the nature of supplement
is before the Legislature, authorizing the appropriation 10
the work a, early periods, OF the four millions OF additional
capital requisite It's completion, upon condition tina! nh
vduals shall first pay into the treasury TO the credit Oh me
sinking fund.- equivalent TO the 'ntsrt upon S
four millions which shall while the road under
construction The vigorous prosecution of the work uncer
tho provisions This BILL will insure It's comp!eon as spec
div as all the labor that be commanded perform H.
Assuming thai the road will be productive from the day oi
ia comueon matter which the scepiica opponents
OF railroads DO doubt this great enterprise VIII be ac
compshed without any possible charge upon the treasury
other than the upon the million acady appropriated
that shall accrue while the work is in progress
Those appropriations the session which have been made
the form of teeflths subscriptions are also io INC
most part such will prevent the public debt heretofore
created from falling charge upon the revenues to be
raised By taxation They have be, made in part I" works
that are nearly completed and which only require me ne"
appropriations place them in complete and profitable ope
ration Where they been made TO new worss IL has
been 10 works which but proongaons ana eaIen-
sions into remote regions Of The West, o The great incs
now nearly finished and which are Intended 10 feach OUT
after trade for these main works that wiz s"ei 'ei
business and augment in geometfcS 'atio iae productive
ness. Where they have been made 10 eastern
these main works il has been Tor the purpose Vi carrying
down 10 the very shores OF the ocean, the accunuiilns
volume OF trade brought down by every road leading iIor
the Wcs-a Of bulk and magnitude sufficient 10 MAKE
stocks Of ,hse extension rail roads me most pro-
iuc,iye OF all others 10 The STATE
The most intelligent investigators Of the subject are con-
hen In the they give that The greater part OF
these three hs appropriations, 50 tar from requiring
an augmentation of axallon will have the eitec-oy HE
impetus they will give the public works. by the speedy
COMPLETION OF them which they will ensure and by making
the dead capra already expended upon Iem active avert
from rhe people large portion OF the taxation which form
er appropriations would inevitably have enlaed upon them
Itis plain therefore, that rational ground Of app %
sion exists on account Of the liberal action ot the pr'
Legislature; aud that is alloy 10 that Just exua-
ton which every citizen should feel the brilliant prospect
which now last dawns upon the Stnc-oi an over1o"
ing commerce prnccly wealth. substantial ard enda
ring basis of social prosperity and political power.
Ii there is any reality in the prophecies OF Washington,
Marshall and Jefferson and all that has been said and writ.
ten for fifty years. concerning the desnes and lornes OF
Virginia resulting from her geographical position on Inc
continents magnifcen. harbors her un'ivaled climates
ner uufahomabl. deposlores of mineral wealth; her varied
oparraphy her unequaed native SOIL her admirable posi-.
ton upon the ocean, from which reach the nations and the
chandse beyond her proximity 10 the bosom o Inc great
West, her hold upon the affections and confidence oil Tue
new States and above all these the high standard OF char
acter and sterling qualities OF her peope-if there Is an:
reality these brilliant anticputions the action oil the pre-
sent Legislature will speedily demonstrate It, The maghh
cent promises which all these circumstances have 50 long
held out 10 State grander stake to real
| iz. them than the rccen, legislation has hazarded
The bold policy SHOULD no; stop half way 1t should not
\ of kIuo rrpina
The transit OF Western and Southern trade there 10 STOP
only 10 allow northern factors and northern carriers 10 reap
the ", ah and prosperity which that trade conrs aica
sure should be taken once TO make our people Tie lac
of that trade ports its points o departure across e
our ships III. vehicle It's and our
merchants the rccpens n the heavy eghis and charges
which II pays necessary part OF the policy no" M
nenced is the immediate establishment OF direct trade VII"
Europe that may have time 10 strengthen, grow up ana
spread out its branches by The comp!s.i o our great IN
land routes
The Virginia people deserve TO be the mercantile agents OF
the West and South Their high of character s eml
,v 10 co,nmund the confidence Of Western and
Southern producers and peculiarly qualities them Tor the Oh
Geo of f,etors and confidential dgents. They have IL h
es elemens OF the mercantile Character and possess 'e
enlarged vie and enlightened Seray when !nVarao}
claacerze successful and respectable merchant lhey
are in lhese essential respects, as entirely heo 10
and TO command The great business Of commerce. asho Peo
DIE OF England that nation o merchants and managers io
centuries Of the business OF two hemsphefes.
There every thing invite Virginia 10 perfect oy me-
OF steamers the enlarged commercial policy sue mas
commenced The breadth Of the ocean between her capes
d the European continent day by day narrowing before
'"c triumph of The great steamers whch "aVctsc
inc ocean longer the narruwcs passages from ana
!" h oG' boldly strike upon those routes wide or mar
row. which their rail connections establish as Ihe most
elis'olc hgh"ay' over the face OF the globe
moreover, nc" agent Vi orououn is introduced,
which, oy It's economy ami speed promises annhiute dis
upon the suprcede sails as we'll as steam
and 10 give 10 Pos upon The widest nassagcs The
ocean, and 10 communities without ssanen ccGs facilities
for navigation with communities which have ncnopoiz,
that pursui, for ages
FOR LIBERfATh SecEe'.ry OF Tho A,,.,.n Col ,oiza.
lion Society tina; preparations uasr Il, sar,
vessel from Norfolk Va, The first ef MIy with cmignn,s
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