Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-07-20
For TIE XIRaINIAN

stitute for the Editor Of the Penny Post. VIII
many weeks since commenced a review Of tho
articles signed =" An Eastern Nirgnan,n bat
! from sumr oause or other. not KIN 'wn 10 me. hft-
tailed 10 enghten the public with oontinuefit n
/ of his " Plain Facts ! have no objection Ia
tins arrangement, with the understanding that be
permitted to pay my respects 10 &" Pain Enc is
No. l. before am Ia encounter " Trans Al To-
gbany.h As presume there ean be no rcasoi IN
BILE objection to this plan of conducting the lis
cussion, | shall adopt it.
If the Editor of the Penny Post would cnla rgo
his horizon, 50 that he could perceive objects be
yond the corporate limits of Richmond, he w onld
SEQ the utter folly of his differences in rcgnr To
the designs of an Eastern Nirgnan. lfhc Guild
read the whole series Of articles he would find
that they embrace within their scope the tahole
state, and that the design of them is 10 call iublic
attention Ia the general interest of the con mon
wealth. The contracted views which ca N see
only rivalry of the Central Railroad III the adyo.
eacy of her improvement lines, are not f. und in
those articles. Plain facts No. ! still retains
the idea long prevalent AT the Metropoi s. that
Richmond Is the Statcand is determine l. If he
cannot bring Ocean Ships 10 Rockets, ne must
carry Richmond by railway 10 York Rh or. He
has doubtless heard of ST Petersburg and her
cronstadf. of Paris and llavre. OF Dcmf lscus and
Sdon and he would. in the spirit Of o 1 len times.
add to the list Richmond and her Elthf M But,
however classical the idea, it is behind the pro
gressive IN 1vcmenis of the nineterittI century.
But | will not stop to discuss the En- IN scheme,
because am fully persuaded That itt.peds moth
ing more than the statement of fe " | lain Facts
Ia put il at rest forever Frst ! ORR River is
mol good harbour. Mohjacl Bay into which the
York emptics is regarded as 81 unsafe in bad
weather, that vessels navigating it run out into
Hampton roads for protection rom a gale of
wind. VII, because tae bottt lm il not good
holding ground,and there IL no I 'afety for ships
ut chor for 81 10 40 miles From the entrance
In other words, lower York River is destitute of
aharhor-the vessels navigating il seek rpflgc
in Hampton roads in gales III g navigation is
dangerous. Broad rock, 81 call, ID, runs from the
mouth TO Back River point, distance of H.
miles and then there i. the fan York Spit. a
dangerous shoal, hid from yieW,a With soundnps of
10 uthoms one moment,and tn e next Jump YOU
are on hard sand bar some di stance from the
shore and exposed to the fury o I the Seas that
come rolling mountains high fir, nm the Ocenn.-
II Is the terror OF Mariners, an Ships striking
here are always Lost. Steam owing would be
dangerous and of uncertain app licnion from the
ronghnes of the Sea. In n. w. wind Vessels
could not enter the River, and in n \. +. wind
they cant get TO Sen; it Is str night arm of the
bny which to the eye looks well, but the mp
pearanoes are deceptive. The British tried il rs
the port for the then colony .an6I abandoned t-as
they did also as Naval Station n.
Eltham is said to be very ely, and Foreign
Vessels arriving ihpre would loSe thtlr crews
The ] Guilty would be fatal Ia the n-iaiing
sailor
Ii mny scrveasa place of deposit for Baltimore
and New York, hut mart for F""e.1pn trp#,
the thing is delasion AZ fast ,,,,,,,, ,',,.
be delivered iroa ;no cars it wg.ud he shipped
North,and your railroads would be mere uppen-
dage of these cities built at he expense OF "A.
IL is incapable Of being DEF ended against an
il poti Ia,
town intended rs the Depot oi the products OF the
West It's oyer 20 miles across the mouth Of
Mohjack Bay into which the York nmpdes. The
Mouth OF the York is two wide Il, be protected
by Forts, nor could the Federal government be
induced 10 undertake il, la ing fllished her svs-
tenn; aud having already prdtr cted Hampton
Roads in the immediate vicinity.
So much for York River and | ,ichmond's FL
than. will now proceed To m tiers of more
practical Importance,
An Eastern Nhginian did SPREAD some stats
lies before the public 10 how In, amazing amount
OF business IN transim IN the west, II vast por-
ton of which il pressing upon the borders of
Virginia for transit 10 tide wal er. Now, then,
the great question for Virginia, nt for Richmond
or Norfolk to decide is, how shall that immense
business be facilitated most in it's transit 10 II
SAFE and ,apdcioas harbor, Suitabte for foreign
commerce
The writer of Plain Faets No. undertakes to
show that the Central Raroadrit Richmond t.
ElhHm,allords the bt ST facilities or conducting
this immense business betwcenth East and the
Nestand that the roads advocated lily AN Eastern
Nrginian are the worst of all pos sble plans foi
this obi, ct. In this assertion he L. sustained 10y
Trans Aleghuny;" butaccordir, 7 to my view
not 10y the ia Is of the ease nor tn great law
which govern the external and inter nal c"mmerc,
of this country and all other countr es. That orb
cannot be regarded safe and capac ions harbour
has already been shown, that Eth am the Cron
stadt of Richmond, will not answ the pnr
poses for which it is designed by the Editor
of the Penny Post and =" 'hans-A leghany. r.
Arnrt from the fact that York river is not sat,
aud capacious llarbor, | think it woulc
require all the tnlentnot 10 ray >ophi stry Of Tho
editor of the Penny Post and Trans Allegheny
together IL convince the people of VI lgna,that
the great ends sought 10 be obtained ! ~ expend
ing millions to establish line of Raj lway from
the Ohio river to the Chesapeak Bay will he ac
complished hv terminating ii at Rich mond, an,
then extending il 40 miles behind its to rminus.-
Such plan - all of peice with what Is said by
the Penny Post about the distance frot NorfoIl
to Hampton Roads in estim Ting the di stance
! over the two routes in question. Suel sophls
! tries will not suit practical men. They viii no
| unlade their ships in the midst of Han nptol
Roads. They will require good whary,es aud
| safe land locked harbour, as near and rs ace essi
! BILE to the open sea rs possible.
Demonstrate that Ethan is as good ha rhou
for all commercial purposes as Norfolk, and tina
| it is as accessible, and AN Eastern Nirgi ninn'
will confess his errors at once But sc,me thing
more than mere assertion will he require oll th
point, both by An Eastern Nirgnan and til,
great body OF the people of Virginia. will nov
proceed to notice what Plain Facts No. say
about distances Before doing SOL vii pretnis,
that shall not take conjrctural distanc es by All