Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1853-01-12


of which is yet in force. This is highly
important road to the people of UPshur,
especially those living on French Greek
or Kanawha. It would be the nearest
route from Braxton and Nicholas count
ties to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ut
sclarksburg, and. besa great feeder to the
Buckhannon and Clarksburg road. We
ry much fear, however, that the people
will delay in this matter until the charte r
expires. and the road, and States sub
scription is lostyod ssGi. s. REpoRTER.oi
10 Gosssi ia--4---- : ----------- iCiiisbri saF
Eg The following communication, was
written for the Weston Sentinel, but as
that establishment has been destroyed by
fire. we Gare requested by its author to
give it place in the columns of the Re
ister-which request we cheerfully COM
ply; with: irle- s.iH a.5-i=3
Mr.. EDrroR AN article appeared a
few weeks since in the "Parkersburg
News, noticing former article written by
myself, recommending CHAs- S. LEWIS.
ESQ.,, to the voters of our Congressional
District, in which the writer proposes the
name of another gentleman, and the edi-
tor of the News suggests that the candi-
date should be taken from the county of
Wood. .a s~ .ar.-at SSH.
Now, Mr.. Editor. the gentleman pro-
posed by !" Tiger. in the columns of the
News, is one whom 1 highly respect, and
under other circumstances, would gladly
give him my support, if he should wish to
give up lucrative practice for seat in
Congress. But it does seem to me that
if my nominee is to have opposition it
should not come from the county of Wood.
Indeed, the voters of that county, Wing,
as we'll as Democratic, ought to give Mr..
Lewis an undivided and unanimous vote
if he should manifest willingness TO en-
ter the field next spring for Congress /;
and I am sure that when give my rea-
sons for this opinion, even "Tiger" HIM
self will agree with me.
When Mr.. Lewis went into the House
of Delegates. the people of the Northwest
had been for many long years petitioning
in vain for the Right Of Way. Their petit
tions, year after year. had been rejected
until all had dispaired of success. During
his first session he succeeded in passing a
bill through the House of Delegates for a
Railroad from Three Fork to Clarksburg.
This was the first success the Right of
Way had ever met with in our State Lee
gislature. In the support of this bill he
was backed by Mr.. Cook, the late Presi-
dent of the Northwestern Virginia Rail
road Company, and opposed by every
other Delegate from his own section of the
State. But this bill was defeated in the
Senate. At the next session, the friends
of the Right of Way, inspirited by the
success of the previous winter, determined
to make another effort. And early in the
session bill for the present charter of the
Northwestern Railroad Company was in
troduced, under the patronage of Chas. S.
Lewis, Hon. Samuel L. Hays and VIM. L.
Jackson, Esq. This bill was passed-the
company was organized, and the road is
now being constructed. And this charter
secured to Parkers6urg tie ine,timaJze com
naercial advantage of the actual terminus OF
this greatimproYement; and recent events
have fully shown that if the town of Par
kersburg had not been fixed by the char
ter as the western terminus, it would have
went at least 19 miles to the north of that
town. We do not claim for Mr. Lewis the
entire credit for the passage of this bill
Col. Hays, VIM. L. Jackson, and others,
were its warm and ardent friends but lei
every friend of the Right of Way read the
speech of Mr.. Lewis, which he delivered
in the House of Delegates, in favor of its
passage-let every citizen of the county
of Wood, and of Parkersburg. do so-and
he will then agree with me when say
that if Chas. S. Lewis, Esq, is to have op-
position in Congressional canvass, il
ought not to come from that quarter. And
when it is remembered that even at the
last session, when the enemies of this i'm.
provement introduced the Manningtor
scheme to defeat the construction of the
n. w. Va. Road, Mr.. Lewis gave, in the
committee over which he presided in the
House, the casting vote las 1 have beer
informed by those who were in Richmond
at that time) against reporting the Man,
nington bill-when it is remembered thai
he was one of the fathers of this charter
so favorable to Parkersburg, and now