The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-02-18
,COVINGTON ROAD

are cast upon our commons $500 !; !. &. i
3. suC CONVECTION ROAD. a a1s a 3 4
/ ! The papers from Western. Virginia e ONE
to us laxlen With iexpressions Of deep re eret
at the al feat or this road Its loss is ca
lamity to the whole Of Virgins. Il is 9 viz
stual SUR, sndsr to, rival States of the rich
trade Of tie Ohio valley. That trade VIA
soon beco me fixed in the channels " hich
the Northei n States have provided fl 4 It,
and the gold en- prize ct which we have aim
ed SO long win then be lost Gpps fcrev er;4-
Most Of the ot her improvements which iyirs
ginia has con. structed at such heavy cost
viii suffer from the want of this great artsl
~ of commerce, and be confined to . mere
local business. All the seaports Of Virginia
win be deprived of that great field of com
merce which the trade of,the West would
have supplied Tn ehercalean labor and ims
msnse expense of t, ,nneling the Blue Ridge
and constructing TIE other tunnels IN its
will hswe been thrown away
The million of dollars appropr iated last win,
ter to the Covington 70 ad, might swell have
been sunk to the bottom of the oce an The
mineral and agriciltursl treasures Of Wess
tern Virginia will orema in undeveioped, its
people viii never hear the whistle Of the
railroad train; but be forced to content them.
selves with turnpikes, and even for them ap.l
preparations are. given with. q grudging
handi The sums already appropriated for
our leading public works will remain I'M
profitable, and hopeless taxation be the heri.
fageof our people. Such are some gof the
deplorable consequences which must ineyi-
table follow the refusal Of Virgins to push.
the oovington road to the Ohio, ami unite
herself with the great network Of railroads
mi Ohio, Kentucky and other Western and
Southwestern States. 44as3 oh 90 s84aa
r Repinings are useless, but we cannot re-
press the emotions of sorrow and humiliation
with which we view this utter blasting Of the
brightest hopes and expectations Of the
friends of the regeneration and progress Of
Virginia. .YaK56
L, NEBRASKA. General Houston's speech
against the Nebraska bill has drawn forth
severe censures from the Southern journals.
The only hope.w which tho South possesses of,
successful resistance to Northern aggres-
sion is in the unity of her representatives !.
The posit;on Of Cen Houston ii mn ac coaunf /.
he won Nv Soutberr v.,o,. o,, .r.,.
secrated by Southern blood, ought to be the
foremost among the yindieyaters Of Southern
rights sdl5 ssss oase j. rosi j 80. - &
q In this scoupexion, we would again urpe
the importance of Z Legislative exnreasio n a
Southern a4lA sentiment on th;s snbiect ~ vi.
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Legislatures have defined their position
and, unless Sonthsrsi lspiis,a tzres smear opt
their silence will he m;scnn.tr.ed, -
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