Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-04-25
4 From the Richmond EHquirer.
II: Mt. Wise In EanaIlla,
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- HE LaHDTS " INC LHyFFGTsI. tEl i: l.
. CHAnLEsroN, March 2flh, 1888. I
Gcatcmcn:-In this place ION Mon
day last, the 10th Of Mardh, the Hon.
Henry A. Wise, in pursuance of)ap,
pointInent, addressed thh people /oi
Kanawha; and long will II be re.
membered by all who heard \ that
great and gifted son Of Virginia on
thatoccasion. ||\ H
lie spoke In the Methodist Church
to a large and crowded audience.
some 500 or 800 persons, TO whom
he was introduced byJ. II. Fry, Esq4
in few appropriate retnarka, and
though his speech was four nnd \
quarter hours long, il Was listened
to without interruption and with
marked attention. During Tub first
two hours, he set forth, III eloquent
and soul-stirring language, the plat.
form Of State policy upon which he
stood. He spoke as q Nirginian, q
wholrrs3uled Virginian, In his own
words, "a Virsinian from centre 70
circumference, and from circuinf,'r-
ence to centre lie graphically de-
scribed what Virgininia now was in
agriculture, in commerce, in inter
nal improvements, in manufactures
and in education, and what slie might
be, oug ht to be, and rould be, i'm these
elements Of, greatness, if aHpfopel
course State policy weEe pursued
And what was that poHcy2 l'ht
connecting together Of the NOW se.
paratc, and discovered sections o.
Virginia BY the completion Iof llel
great leading lines'of Internal I'm
provcment.'. The acknowledgement
er of Eastern Virgipia aid Western
Virginia, Of Ohio river and Cheaa'
pcake Bay, BY railroad, through iht
very heart and centre Of The State
thereby furnishing to WertcFn Vir
ginia a market tor its conl, It's salt
it, iron, its wheat ia corn, anl it.
cattle, and makingth Eide Watcl
cities Of EASTERN Yirgtnia{ the rccipi
ent Of The produce OF Western Nilt
ginia, and also ofthr yast trade Innt
traffic of the great Mississippi WI
ley. lie also demonstrated clcarl,
thatit wasof paramount importanc,
No. Eastern Virginia anl Wesicrl
| Virginia, to Northern Virginia ant
Southern Virginia, thati her chic
lines oGmprosement should be spec
Oily coinpleted;that they we're neccs
saryto advance the prosperity q
each and every part Of hesitate, anc
Of the entire State; that they were
necessary TO afford the farmer, me
Ichanic and manufactprerio of the diff
fferent sections of the Stale. d mar
kct for trade and produce that The.
were necessary to build up cities II
tide water Virginia--to make nnt
create b foreign commerce. for It'd,
water cities md foreign Icommefci
are made blythe trade and traffic .
the Great West, Such al policy 3
neutrality-suspicious. he had aiwny,
advocated, not alone, though, be
cause he thought il would promot
the prosperity ofWestern Virginia
but because he knew it would AID
vance the interest ofaN Virginia. L
On State policy, on thclnoral in
telIeciual, and physical development
of the State, he spoke for hbout tw,
hours, md with an earnestness| 3
manner that convinced every on
that heIhad deeply at heart ihe well
being and welfare Of the old Com
monwealth, and with an indfpen
I dencc and boldncss Of thought tia
ELECTED the admiration of the entir
audience. Indeed the first twI
hours Of HE speech was character
! scd by In ability and power rarelI
/ eouaiIed. Ills liberal and enlarge
4 views III yirginia's wants, and Vii
II cintasu Aaafinv met with tho heart