Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-08-31

have asked permission at their own eXpenseSto
! construct n Railroad from Anderson to Ham
|. burg or Augusta. We invite an examination OF OF
: the map. The Savannah River, Valley Railroad
4 will give Augusta and Savannah, the shortest,
the straidhtest, and { the best connexion Eih
all;respects that they could possibly obtain
with the Blue Ridge Road. ltsis no objection
TO auy tha. tho terr,i"asnf thu load Aylll he IN
Hamburg. If we refuse to admit, when applied
TO ourselves. the wei ight of the arguments 'd-
vanced By the State of South Carolina herself TO
overcome similar policy on the part OF, Angus
ia, even this inconsistency would avail but lit,
sslss; the Bridge is free, and It would aoye the
StSgse o2 2dragageso 1ly.Fs ,S5s s.
tnsSt advantage of ihissr sroad to: a augusta
nisssIlss consist IFS connesi with the
blue sRidgsS alone. Trace its copr rsesoa
y Ses ssera direct communication
as.a : !
= her mn eqaar SHARE with olumbia, e set
hanent coutt6 trade OF thewloie u,
5backs country wing north and west o f aIder-
SON; it brings GreenvilIe within mile or two
as near to Augusta as she is to Columbia, and
Anderson. ten miles nearer 1t would be waste
Of time to diate upon the effect of such COM
petition upon the trade of Columbia.
Eet us examine now its bearing upon the
Greenville Road. We do not yet know the ex-
s act distances involved, but Charleston will GER
tainly be from fifteen to twenty miles nearer
Anderson by the Savannah River Valley Road
than bv the Greenville Road This, then, is de-
cisiye of ali the trade from the West whose ul-
innate destination Shall be Charleston; the
Greenville Road will get none of that. Let Us
sum up all its effects. Columbia will not get
the transit through the town, of the Charleston
trade. The rival towns of Augusta and Savan-
nah will be furnished with better connection
with the Blne Ridge Road than Charleston,
not only depriving Columbia Of the spectacle OF
trains passing through the town, but despolllng
Charleston and the State of SO much Of th.
Western trade, together with all Gifts direct and
incidental advantages Columbia will lose a
LARGE part of its domestic t..Ge with the interior
transferring it to the city ofAngusta.
The merchants of tie latter place will supply
Anderson, Pendleton, and ,Grecnville, and all
that region of country, with Salt, Iron, Coffee,
Sugar,: Molasses,. &c, land receive its produce
lions in return; and the Greenviile Railroad
will by consequence lose, nearly as much OF
) the TRANSFORMATION of his trade, retaining only
A sinrle glance at the map will show how In
fsllibly, these results will follow. Here, then,
is an atrocious scheme. Here are Vaccinations
to excitethe selfshncss Of Columbian Git she
possesses ANY, to rouse the vigilance of the
E Greenville Railroad, and thrill with patriotic
horror the good people of Anderson. How have
these interests conducted themselves in this
emergency? Have they sounded the tocSin
and raised the flag of opposition ?" Far, very
from this. The Greenville Railroad and the
Columbia South Carolinian are silent. The
people of Anderson are actually engaged in ma
king speeches through the country in support of
the Savannah River Valley Railroad, and have
even subscribed 4 very large sum in aid Of the
enterprise To this subscription they have at
fixed condition. What is it! That the Rail
road shall come to Anderson. They insist (and
Columbia and the Greenrille Railroad unite in
support of the measure) they insist that the
Blue Ridge Road shall fix its eastern terminus
at Anderson and that the Savannah River VAL
lev Road shall GO there and meet it. Had they
been debating terms for Augusta and Savannah
they could have done no more. Had the Green
Vile RAILROAD and the town Of Columbia been
courting their own destruction they could not
have done more.
If the Savannah Valley Road is:o be built,
and its western terminusto be fixed at Ander-
son, what is the true policy Of Columbia and the
: sGreenyille Railroad Why, that the Blue Ridge
Road jshould connect with the Greenville Road
AT ean be more intensely con:
spicuous than this. Yon thus tx the head We
tars Of f!ie Savannah River Road Mt Anderson
and make the pregnant; stream of the Blue
Ridge llipast it alta distance often miles,, and
withouteventbe danger of a confluence Of their
streams. This is the policy ofthese two inter-
ests, according to their own views of the matter.
But the policy ofthe Blue Ridge Company is
founded in principles more broad, deep and en-
during. tits laid ina deep affection for the State
/. as a whole, a profound and ardent desire to
build up her commercial, supremacy, pene-
tratpg sense of the vgor, enterprise and skill of
the age in which we live, and of the utter hope
slessness of2a connection with our rivals bound
hand and foot by the petty contrivances of local
interests and with the internal avenues of trade
twisted into clumsy, circuitous and inefficient
contrivances that. defeat instead of promoting
Sihe ends for which itheylwere built
The policy of the Company will be in keep,
ing with the enlightenment of the age in which
we live; in obedience to the immutable laws of
trade that now command the homage and obedi-
ence alike of monarchs and menials, States and
individuals; it will be to make the straightest
and shortest line possible between thesralleys
onthe other side of themountains and broad
expanse of ocean >to which Z their productions
naturally tend. This viii be insaccordaDce with
the best interests of the State, because it will
secure to her all The commercial advantages she
contemplates; ;5ir,- accordance with. thosesof the
Road, By controlling al. the trafic which its,lo-
cation admits of: for no commerce is secure that
may find the same markets by n shorterroute;
and the shortest and straightest line OILY can
bapeto peirjnryfr from new Roads construct.
ed on shorter lines. Ours shortest line is from
Anderson by way Of Abbeville C. H. and Edge
field G. H.'to Aiken. How will this comport
with the interests Of Anderson, Columbia, and
the Greenyille Railroad? We have shown what
will resnlt from the construction Of the Savannah
River Valley Railroad This cannot be half rs
bad for either of these interests. The trade of
Columbia with the interior region tributary to |
the Greenvillc Road will remain undisturbcd. |
Nearly all the local traffic on this Road will con-
tjnue unmolested. Hamburg and Augusta will |
not be brought nearer to Anderson and as near
to Greenvile rs Columbia, causing the loss of
trade 10 one and traffic to the other Columbia |
will receive MI the goods intended for distribu-
tion in the Middle Districts, coming by the Blue
Ridge, and the Greenville Railroad will get the
transportation. What is destined for Charleston
and the Atlantic ocean will take the straight
road to Aiken. 1t has been suggested that
compromise might be effected. That the Blue
Ridge Railroad should come to Anderson, then
,bn Crcerri,!- n.:'-a,s' - G This would ]