Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-07-15
RICHMOND wHIG.

/ ioobie hhbtlND IN BUChINGHBM
Ar public meeting held in Buckingham Court House
'uy court daJ, the lOii inst, agreeably public no
ice, To take in IN consideration the condition az ~ m
ECU commerce anu domestic interests on motion C,I
Ihu' VI Bon1urant elected President and n ( Iru
ana John =. Meredith Secretaries. ~
The object Of the meeting having been ..n,,;,.d >,
iiuoard, hc then moved that the President .noo;n
committee OF ten persons TO consider tb- snbiac,s
u'"uSht before the meetog and report such .con a.
thsy might deem advisable.
Ine President thereupou appointed Z W Hubarj G. A
Lancaster. Coi Jos Fuqua. Geo w Kyle. DR. Wm p Nose
sy, Jas fatsescn, X Pattesoa, Robert SHAW W,,
Shepard, Col w A Ford TO act on said Committed WV"
was moved by DR. WIN MoseIey and seconded. ,ba,
e PRESIDENT and Secretaries OF the ing be ndd.i m
the committee e 'dued u
opon moion, the meeting adjourned for a shor,
In the evening the President called the meeting n, ~
der, and Hubird. a. chairman of the Committees or
'eIed the following report and resolutions which unon
motion oeing made were sever.y read by the S.cre,,
res ana adopted by the meeting.
"nerea, this Stie has uiiertakea, aud plr,ly per-
ieeed the greater portion OF her extensive system in
'eria Improvement. In 1883 we had in operation 6oI
m les of Railroad, aud SO miles in course of con
Our canals though unfinished are Of grea, value and ct
tent lhese improvements projected with wi. w
" a"'rons faculties IN getting productions
10 MARKET or OF inviting within borders the produc
ions o neighboring States But the great coptro;rg
motives "ere 10 develop the Of the State 10
eaarge our commerce, aud Increase our sbinnip
auemeotpg onr exports and Imports Thus our system
Of improvements designed TO advance all the qreat
OF Tue state Toe development Of argrIcul-
ra anu mineral wealth has heretofore been our chief
CONSIDERATION But our commercial aud shioping inter
ests are OF equal importance and our inproyeme
50 lar ADVANCED that 1t becomes US TO use our best
efforts 70 give an impulse to them. Tae inerna improy.
ents o' the State, when completed even If they attract
he III share OF trade aud travel lhit we bay. hea, in
uuceo to expect yet without commercial and p,vig,
uns Glasses promptly avail themselves these ant.ioat
ai'ahtases, and speedily augment trading and shin
tle lDrna tanfarn a
pa oi our ciuzens ard dverng large portion of each
o commercial enterprise, We will, in TACT have gained
' o'!! oi the benefits that ought to fl ~ from our
"ea! expenditures IN constructing railroads and ca
nai' Shoud We fail TO eulirge drect trade with E
tope We continue TO 90 North for Imported merchan
U.S. We VIII doom the safe to Inferior position by
ieF'n To distant localities what legitiAa belong
virginia To pierce Virginia with 50 many great line,
VI Improvement, to make her a condut through
which the trace aud productions OF neighboring States
pass 10 speHn some twenty thirty millions OF dollars To
facilitate productions rs well a. tbo.a from, son 80
the Southern aud Western States iu going ,br,n,b n,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston ia ia fact
nothing more than converting the State into mspnfi
cent cullender through which to strain the IA, of ,b @
io the lap OF those cities e:ervng the crackngs ony
share. 10y
Whenever circums:auces will permit each State bo,
carry on its own foreign trade Nothing exert, moro
powerful! iutuence upon the destiny of communities than
commerce ticA STATE, as a member OF our Federal
Inon shoal encourage an eIchange of productions be-
tween her SISTER States Our utern, trade exets bannv
influences. and should be fostered by ALL BUT as an in
dependent Sate II Is equally proper aud wise whenever
We have local other advantages fIyoug direct cam
merce with foreign nations that should exert ourselves
20 turn them TO good The slave States have
oeen relying too ong upon agriculture alone The north
rn Siates on the contrary, wisely threw yary large
proportion OF their energy, capit, and enterprise upo
commerce. Oar lands Protective than their.
out they at an early period turned their attention To
trade and manufactures. They possessed no more loc.l
'aEaniESes, iIVOriag commerce, than We enioy The
slave States producing the staples oferport had NOT
only equal but superior, because substantial elements of
commerce IN their fIVor But the action of the Federal
Government III locating the Bank of the United Sta in
Philadelphia and Subsequently the passage of several
protective tafhs 5T Congress- combined with our nepli
sence and apathy regards ali great commercial enie-
pses soon gave the Northern States the control of the
commerce OF the Union. The slave States il, con,,ri
on with tue Northern, have fallen by the fore. of the
causes just enumerated into the position of yh,. We
armers call quarter plantations; while the Norther,
nave risen 20 the wealth aud dgnity OF homss.sads
lhas Ne have been aSong for years faly as much 70
iggrandze the Northern States as to advance our in
erests. We till the earth and encounter oil their ,bu..
about slavery, and furnish h staples for item TO
and then deficient in what is due to our ov
ARE and dignity as 10 go North n quest OF our supplies
Thus making our State tributary to Others and nlscpo
! her IN the condition of dependant proviEce
As Illustrative OF the euTicbing tendency OF commerce
sc need not pout abroad and hold view me history
o' all great commr emporiums but invite attention IN
the following facts taken from the last census returns The
average cash value per Of the farming lands ipclnd
ing both improved and unimproved in niue leading
MEReIAL States Ia estimated as fJllows:
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