Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1853-12-15

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Tse s5prebsn3icn kereiofdrs Ri 81 - .f.fss cA
/ lie1an1ria. FsfdzEirksopEs RirAnoad ,Peierss
bar and fori0if Tia, the lilniie@ tfnle Sltnsse
p each nfehl hs diverted 10 some cl{tt fiTa5
frsa,c3 iealdusles and prevented thar ufs3 Ct scz
lion "a 4 uak necessary for he Success Il - ezesf
! an enI1fprist. These arpTehEnsicns fnlea nrz b
disclosed. isr caeh and 81 are cealned Sse<eiFe
a0d ceD1nei he Virginia and Slnlli 81 tsielEi
i11ds; and uroa lhe colnpietioa Of cur i1eeBa
ttchcmc o. improvements. each viii sh1Asfn The
divitend ola trade that N ss snr3ss al expens.
o. Ie.npefsry los they may iteuf. Sn'E ifAt seek
The rivalry which al Efst appe1 Ted e<;ak3a thent
should cease, they having connfn II sSiest. 5el
I. cause comulcn trnnk bears fronthe hrt and
Sonih he lTarel And trade tst ~ e1ifkh each.
Thus i IS thztiAe construction IL Tie FfleFieksi
A1rg and Gofdoasvilie road viii maze lls Prosei
||tn Or ihe AISzsndria and Orange ri s6ad ID
c15uIgas iInPoElani 10 PFedsfiSksstTg IS !.
Alexandriz- IN the sane way lAs cffiipleti0D
- CeftTpl road. the eonslraefict osshe ccv-
insaQh md oAi1 rail road, ard she eStasion Of
re TlIri1ia srd Tennessee rad, win Hike eoai
Lii y be laieresis Of Alerzndrid ffH1eriek%
bur4 and kichriold The toei e1nnttiaDn nes|
Nofiolk and Petersburg and the PeiereAHrg and.
Lynrhb7Ig roads, will ccnnecE the citf ffsof Ncrf
folk and Petersburg with tie YnaikiaIflnd Ten.
lessee road and the James river canal. he oiher
aEoads 10 the system answer ike pnrfo 81 a1d as
a eonmcn outlet 70 accommodate sh9Etnghensf
wade and travel that these sisDis viii hfSt 70 0rc
bore, would cortrbrie greatly fofeLkfkcs Ia
tfafe and iIaTel.Y il must lie 10 kae sserest Of
1rh and all II these cities 10 secure kuSN an ont.
et lhaagh il should Be the mems az EN4kisr %
n eae q oar potts city thar would dsttsdit ia
Virginia, and bsl the. pride or the Ssaae sAaturs
s. been % hoasieous that more .fsbntid i,to ~
appfeAended in stleeiiug betwee lhe eitfseEr To-
Cations han in fading suit able pohtlAa snck a
civ. Let this he done v An a 'ptoke t{tTsrd IL
the best interested The stsie and y - Il literal
sPi,'e -, ,souia elsr cserife Yirgyf .opies
Independent n desc consideTat5dhS ssss export
and import mar cf Virginia IS now liked wi,h
iae - peAse q tee coasi-wise trade ana lie exPoF,
tfn0n ITofA Netihern Giles; il is tuSs;kaed win
tae Prof.ss ihe Northern merchants Whist the
tee to be derived IRON lfeighis e3esfIges and
M sale q goods taken il exchange Snas3s to the
senelit Of Northern capitalists. This Il IA tribnle
bumiialing 10 Us and II is lime il shpGll5 cee Sc
Othef insfdesatis rs, however, equaliy5$nfrbate
! I 10 establish The TACT thar we shgnA 4b i1Bger
transact cur business through NoFharn45 gies but
lbatour export apd import trade With hhS Principal
ports ol the word should be done ia tesss sowned
and manned b. bur own citizens. ! III
In former mfssage, | remarked, I'M r4srsuce 10
This subject I'll Is gratifying howeF5s *asee that
: some ot our people, aroused b. Chef Ie4ciliDg
r causes, are a%a%ins TO The imRefiance ftihe sns-
! jectr1 These causes may have tempdfatcg passed
i away, or the more recent case of thes 5.emmon
( slaves may have partially loFkotsen, beiAuse par
; tally aiUned fpr3 but like causes, ifntslguardea
: against may pF41ree similar Tesullst lis neees-
sary. for he preservation of her ri5Al4 ihat the
: South should te Independent Of The INStth. She
| has the elements within hetsetf: why nfe employ
: them? no ether Stale could 80 wei ie5u ii the
enterprise Virginia, mgr Wculd any os AZ derive
! such great benefits. 5tE
, Doubts, perhabg~welr founded, have aaretofor.
been elleEIaneds whether ris made V.ftsh was
: brought iosour seshoard would su1p4re a line OF
! steamers. il one were established. Tnss doubts
can no longer be,reas6nably cneriaiRbds IA care
ful estimate Of Tie amount and value ie5fke trade
, which was brought to the Chesapeake Gazing The
last year hE the various railroads ati cisl1s aud
thar carried by them into the inieror VS. show an
. amount that would give ample empl4sntlE sosach
: a line as has beea cdutempla Ell. lfthisteIsa (and
! lheretnrns show i what taay we esbet 10 Few
/ years when our system of iEnproyemeits1 hll have
been eompleied3 when the AtexanHIiaI noudoun
aud Hampshire TailFoad shall have Irea9aF The in
exhaustible coal fields of HampsliiJR talen the
: ManasSa shall Have reached its tsf6lii(j In the
) productive Valley and the Alexandria adj Ores ge
road shall have been carried to Lynx ,hisd WHEN
/ tidewaler sheil1tare Seen united waatlilGhio hy
e mSa1s Of tae CEair.. and Coginslog ksid Ohio
roads, or by the James yer Canal and .he Gov
: fagion and OhioHailroads and,when lie Ffa feed
: erol his canal Che Virginia and Tennj lie road)
shall have stretched out its and Il sped The
+ wealth Of Tennessee and The far SOuiialI These
1 lines will eopAnaud The tFade.of c5ubJtvasl in
extent, rich in1mfRerals and Of unsufpais feili-
iy which in its transit VIII enrich The eili through
4 which it will Taks, and find its way 1hIefgh the
z Cdlts al the Ohesapeake. couleI{lcf FlaY he
formed OF the extent Of the trade these Improve
mepis viii bringllhroueh Virginia ifiwi ipnsder
atF h saf FISH a s Wish d a2T Us M o 55s
canals from the western part OF ohib lid states II
: Indiana, Illinois Rnd Missouri will had eia cheap
S est and shortest ras:e 10 re alanle ses15ard 10
: e by orc q lhsse liSes. Tine coTiletofatd Ohio
Eall!oag iril unite, 81 the meth of NE MgJSandy,
I with the I.exng ibnand Big sandrroa9 lkah ira.
f verses the very gdfGcn spot of Kehilcdgf whose
fertility has growB into proverb 4 Fotiitas al
: ready been cuns,butled rom Lexington bilious
vile, and another is soon 10 Be conslfhditt ID en-
E phis, ia Tennessee whilst one is NOW bfsE made
from point Opposite TO Louisville thrnts4 India
: na, which viii cross TIE Cincinnati and 81 Louis
road al Indianapolis, thus iofmiag RI ksT5 con-
neeon with ST Iioais and Lille Rock adishrongh
one or the other, WIKI the great Pacitcirc.h The
: DanYille and HE Ssaboard and RaanhRe lads will
, intercept the iiads Of the Southern S4s& which.
passing through Richmond and Nor4slk esises will
+ reach a common depot on the seaboatig 1yAea all
these Streams Shall pour ihsir trade ittn sehesa-
peake i viii not oaly support Int or EA1m -
s between this and some enc c! the Elropf.n ports
but With the principal maTIs Of The wgT.d,
+ The firm when we should embark Iin lIisenier-
prise, Gil Is net Hone by private indiyidrSE will
be when eur system Of iatefaai imprJyemt ds Shall
have been sufficiently a4yanced 10 mss Fe i sf col-
pleIion.~Wh ethsr thai time has arrived th not |
will not undertake TO say. Regarding 3ihS Subject
as one 81 the FIRST Enagnilude, reccinfn4A il 10
I. your serious confederation, assured lhSisst The
proper time II VIII receive thai enligAteusR alien
Sion lis merits so Justly demand. Il
10 my message u the General ASS! MI 81 81 the
commencement 81 lbe fast session, + cajfss their
attention 70 the fat, that short lime eFfy fiiss Mr.
Lennon, citizes Of Virginia. had Ms slsycs Ia
ken from him and set al ibetty- iii The cilfef NV
Yerk, at watch peri The vessel touched ~ xhfch
he and his family including his slaves, ~ taken
passage III Texas The facts, as unaefs EJtd are
iamiiarlo the country, and need not bssgeiaiisd
haze. Since thenl understand that Mf. stmulon
has been paid for his slaves BY private spbSiplion
from the nDge orderly aud patriotic cifzen6st New
York. This may Indemnify Mr.. LenmoRis gatasi
the individual loss he sustained, but L is M se4ife-
ment OF The delicate aEd.imponant principle in
volved in The case, have thought pfopeE lhsae-
lore, 70 cause appeal % be taken from - folrt
II below io.the sS0Pseme Court" D. theStat4d New
I YORK Since the qOesloa has been TaiseE il lad
better be setled hyl the highest ifisalal kfowa 10
our laws. That nothing may be omitted Bon Eur
Part g seeare lhatjusliee 10 which we areknli{ed
under The federal cpnsliiulon able and as kguith-
ed counsel should BE employed. advise, Itelelire
thai provision be made FOR vigorous pc zeDtton
OF the case, and that the means be appfdp3aseS
delray the necessary expenses that may be arnrtd
hive received communication Hon 81 SLe-
rstary OF the Treasury Of the United STATE xsaifng
that IN The act Of Congress refroeedng n tsodsty
OF Alexandria, in The Disifits of Colombo to the
state OF Virginia, there isa reservation t. BE UAi-
Ted States Of The property in The elsioin-Aokse nd
post olee 10 the city q Alexandria BIZ. TO tseita-
uon OF The jurisdiction over The same, as ksnis5n-
P aied by the eighteen section Of the Efstiak41:of
/ the Constitution 81 the United States aHt asi is
usual In the purchase Of lands 81 ths Gene 5Sv-
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