Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-02-18

the !or; spa,? Of years The South. Side Uau,!l
t.sia ard Tennessee, tic Central nr covnGi tt
Grange and Alexandria, and The Manassas Gap RAT Evats
nc". Al! considerably advanced rertain!y be ib
ltd within that period. The they are, the debt
The state viii t" reduced by equal 10 lie al2!c.a',
ccSt OF all of ihcn au! taXss far hGs@ iipfro.
are II question: viii be al al end
II these views bc sound-anI | !ciisous!y believe
hey afst s the interest Of you and Of end ol
axayeF IN the Commonwealth, that appropriations b
made ~ the scss!on q tie Lessla u complete
Ou! isid,ng lines ~ inil ovrmcnt.
n1i aly believe tha TIE great lines w! ai Of them maze
"'nn 0f per cent but do mpra N. ual incoa,
10 the treasury and materially reduce hJ o!d!nsry
!at railway eX1EdiGg i:pn lic u The OU and
@"hsuinE rclcr for heavy tonnage 10 Tie canal a. Cow
"Eoh VII DC The source 0. n:ac1icen rescnue no
iyuo' tan do thcexlseIcc OF the sean o9Gc nd that
u" clztns who shalt Ike DOZEN Yeas ECnce will see
me 'aHes o. lc people reduced son. oy the opera
s"n shlreS or the wind whistles
nay present the subject you In another aspect2
Al III" "os now IN progress Su arrested We snk the four
i' i' aHnua ihttres; On thag sum- aud large additional
sam ny way Of sinking fund Until tie whole debt is exn-
suSe; Hlh'l We be spIy Of this folly throwing 10 the
"hds tils vas, outlay sG we BY furlncr
lake l!io "hGe lnYcstu' NJ available and rfohlabic
II we abandon the works il their present unfinished stat"
we not only totally sacrifice fourteen m,.op hu, give
~ once ami forever the thousand blessings m have every
"cfe followed the track OF the cana! and The rail rned We
give u IN. enhances values the chca pensi transport the
'i''d t'at, the cErchns commerce. thu ourshng
i;clHf's, ihc augmented wealth and power. which have
never YET !Ici H. flow from .ivg policy o ner.
nal improvement Worse than ALL by abandoning the
h"hv 'n-trumcnaIity wrch has advanced OF
SISTER states: we abandon Virginia perpetual inrlioy-
revolt a, the thoneht and ST., know, do you.
hoi Il 10 nc the especial interest uf the East
TO nr" our Improvements completed. When the great lines
'''aiI connect the a.ea West with eabOars when Nor
'iS shall he joined Memphis hy continuous railway and
when the head OF irwa shall be connected Win the
Ohio by through lnc (Which ought 10 be had every
hazard and nj whatever I'VE Of uc tide III como
ia among the first for share Of the accrung benefits
r magnificent Trade which must and viii be poured Gown
of its through lines ol transit upon The tide cities
"' hc state, Will build lem into important market
towns and we that are them will pro-
ed in ,ssend heights, better markets. and enhanced
iI-S al our land.
On another should we tide. water peupc uss, on
lie completion Of public works Heretofore has been
complained that The lax for internal Improvement was an
unsiua' "ne-tia The East has paid much the larger share
"i Tie taxes. both fox Internal Improvements ani the civil
Is For tins inequality, il il be SUCH there is
az c :e:n grant Of interim! Improvements 10 our btch
en .! The West The Increased value of their lands and
HE accumulation ct other taxable property among theu
resulting, NJ always from The sron. stimulus OF internal
improvements, viii make them large contributors the
treasury rs Ourselves and even larger Then taxation, as
between he East dni the West Will be equazed and then
y" shall get baCk something OF the larger amounts h:ret0
tore contrib ed by usuncqaay il said-to the Internal
Improvements o! the State.
And "i Virginia. Soucn State II Is the heh interest
10 avail hrr" 10 the utmost degree OF the agency of inter
nal improvements The South wrnk in the national
ciIs She numbers there hc best Of defence
~ c peculiar institutions every day the object Of assault
To eyre ic numbers hcrss:Tcne'h hriGe and power
.JrnaH"c have only properly cultivate the elements of
rowe which The bounty Of omnpoience has shet Gpon
II wc wan! numbers in the halls Of federal legislation
wc mast have numbers home. If numbers at
nnrnc we must encourage stay al home" policy. We
must turn the Of The native citizen from ancled ely
Sums in lie West by making his natal land valuable 10 him
ana is sc do By placing MIN within easy reach ol The mar
kcs q: The world. We must not only arrest emigration
oni but promote emigration 10 sunny lnd. We mast
have SHuih III commerce. We must have Southern manu-
iCGirs. We must have The mcchnnc arts in the South
y" must have commercial Independence which OF itself is
power al lhcsc attain by that uRrIvalle! rStrn
mentality, internal Improvements md when realise them,
", shalt tc strong Tor defence, not before.
These views haze furnished the basis Of public action
since haze been yoEr representative In sncndcng The
trust with which you have hon0red ne haze deemed il not
out n place 10 render 10 yUn this account of my steward
snip that y"u may know the present condition ot the State
regard her internal that may haze
ni ic d. deciding whether ynn "Il hereafter as
have noy dome heretofore stand by hls plraont
interest Of The Commonwealth. JOSEPH SEGAR