Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-03-12

Sir, presume not to interfere between the gen.
tenan and his constituents, and | certainly shall
not venture the officions task. But will under
take to tell him what interest The people Of Eliza
beth City, York, Warwick, and the city of
Williamsburg have in it; and as his constituents
and NINE are but few miles apart, presume what
IS tile interest OF the one, may be safely put down
as the interest of the other.
l say to him, then, that my constituents have, in
the adoption of this loan principle, deep Interest,"
They have, an interest, as axpayers, in the ear
lest completion OF our public works, because the
sooner they are completed, the sooner their taxes
are leSsened. They take this common sense view:
lhat our improvements will not be profitable until
finished, and that until they profitable, they
must be taxed to pay tie interest on their cost.
They are interested in this, that the Speediest
completion of our great lines of transit will, by
Inc concentration of large quantities OF varied
products, build up our eastern cities into import
ant market towns, the effect of which will be to
give them cheaper freights, better markets, and
HANGED value of their lands al
They are interested in regaining a direct foreign
commerce, as the means of cheapening to them
The millions worth of foreign merchandise which
they annually consume, and they know Of no in
strumenta.ity Tor the re.posSession of direct
iorelgn trade, but that OF internal Improvements.
They are interested in the equalization of taxa
ton between the eastern and western sections of
the State, and they aware of no mode of effect
ing TINS end, save the liberal grant Of internal i'm
provements to our brethren OF the west.
As citizens of Southern State it is their inter-
est that this, their State, have more power in
the councils of the nation; more members there as
the best defence of our peculiar institutions;
numbers at home, as the best means of procuring
numbers in the national representation; and for
this increase in numbers, they look to the happy
agency of internal improvements in keeping our
people in the land of their fathers, and attracting
the stranger to it. ,ar. - :
And, lastly, sir, my constituents have an interest
in the adoption of the loan principle of this BILL
because, as VirginianS, they have interest with
which they will newI part-an interest which is
more precious than gold-whch mere money can
never measure-an interest in the common p1os-
perty and common renown, in the honor and glory
! of ''the good old mother of ALL" Sir, inquire
not how it is with the constituents of the worthy
and able delegate from Northampton, but .ell
him how ii is with mine. They do not desire me
to bounl my vision by Il narrow confines of the
small district have the honor to represent. They
allow me-they expect me 10 catch occasionally
at least glimpse of the grandeur and glory of the
State, AMI look 10 the advancement of Virginia
not of section of Virginia, but of all Virginia
of Virginia, zone, indivisible, and insepafable'-
Virginia in all her broad domain and all her diver
sifed and ramiied interests. To-.
Sir, regard the loan principle OF the bill as in
expresslbly important 1t will fix on stable foun.
datIons the only policy that can redeem Virginia
and "bring the light of other days around her.
and trust it will pass without amendment.