Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-12-19

'astsasS "licll 10 Ie4utteu 70 piotect her
..onor ana maintain ~ tallh, ANA vi t..e
same time euable Ler ps prosecute 10 COM
PISTON those works Ms.S.. ale essel.i..l
" her prosperity IN 1 exalul ion. Size d,
a1ie " and slle by Eide with her sister
sues 10 equality, auS ner SONS will be
-. lsncl wl.A no.hih4 less. I.li fEts t4yt5
1lmy irst communication TO the lie 4.
islI .u.e in 1851, / ,oJE The ilDersy 40 h. ! :.
se.it 70 tlIeir eohsI lea .lu.Ia liz 'ske.e.o.,
u II sys .em o. iatarnll improvement.
lori the State, somesiias gvilsral IN its
cnarac.er, but which it was contident-
~ believed would, wien ca RED Out in
Ietlil, reaoanl alike VI the adyan aye vi
every portion 81 the Cemmo wealth., rem.
der .er the great therous .ta.e for tie
commerce. Of the teenlins West. occupy
III, Us She does 4 commercial position
e4aal to any part OF the con .inent, ana
secure for ner the elevali1n Designed BY
nialites. destiny. Tie system thus ~,
commended, lam happy 70 sac, met tie
APPRECIATION D. that Le ,lshture. aud was
" y sreas ex .ent adoplsi. appropriations
haylns been ma tc ,Ior The construction oil
all THE Improvements recommended, 80
Tar q il was deemed pru lent % apply tne
public means aS that time. Among ne
INST thus recommended, and prooapfy tie
Hlos impor am, was tk,.t OF the /Covihs-
toni aal Oiio Railroad, au en.el prise
which, ia oift Of MA snifeence, z an
4cuf an prospective recuniary prolt, is
squal il not superior q any that las ever
been presented for the consi lera ion OF
he Legislature The liberal ar propria-
lions ma lie 10 this road at the succeeding
session, watch met The hear J approval
ot'the en- ire SAFE, wis an earnest o. the
ixeY purpose of the Representatives OF the
people % cons .iuct, without further de-
fhy, this important work. The amount
| lppl op3ia:el having been juLleiously OK:
penEleJ chicnNon Heavy portions vi the
work, and much Of tic residue being un-
der contraca, ii might BIZ deemed an acs
Of snperoga.iotliiill ms 10 attempt an ar-
surhrnt TO p>oye tie great benefit which
must inevitably ressA. u the Sa.e from
the speedy compile ion of this enterprise,
I,anlEye: ! rf greet to ,saf3 there are rumors
Of ah orsaizel opposition, calcuia ed to
prein lice the pablo mind, and probably
en- laagcr tie colsumhlasiou Of t.e scheme
The necessity for some such work pas
sing throu Oh tile ceii1re Of the Sac, and
coaaec.ins the east 6iid westT together,
has attrac ed the attention of the sages
an statesmen Of Virginia for more than
three quarters p n ten.ury. Washing
ton, Jefferson .aai Marshall pa4iated vi
the alvansa ses D. result from it in e6n-
nee Jon with other improvements further
westward. and, scanning the vistaIof the
failure, foretoll with prophetic accuracy
is accomplish cnt, BY this/ identical
rou'f, a no distant day; l. istrue they
saw j. dimly, as belonging % the future,
yet they saw hid immeasuTb length and
breadth Of the proIuc iye and almost in
terminable west. Tnes saw the bosom
Of her maj"stic riversah ! expanded lakes
covered with the rich pro luct Of her fer
tile spil. seeking a'loutlet ana transit to
deficient msrts q the wprl1. They meas
urei4and compared dis; stances. and found
harbor on the Chesapeake Bay nearer
the great western garner THAI any other
point on the AtlaFic. They saw: and
compared tie gcniA climate and depres-
sell mountains Of Virginia with the tow
ering heights Of the leo bound Alleghe-
mics upon the more Northern routes, and
doubtless perceiyef, in anticipation, the
portsEon the Chesapeake Bay become the
ppin.s Of departure across The Atlantic,
our slips The vehicles Of transportation.
an our citizens the recipients OF tie large
profits derived from freights, duties, ton
mage &c. All these brilliant prospects
were In the imagination of these far-see-
ing ssa.esmem- true fathers OF the
country-anl formsa part Of the rich Leg
acy and valuable counsel bequeathed to
us by them, which, if observed and car
riei ihto practical operation, cannot fail
to conduct us in the path that leads to
tprospfris y and happiness. aELIa II.
Ifit be frne that the interestsof Win GIN
/ ia called for the construction of his thor
Ioughfare halfa, century ago. and the dis
tin pushed statesmen osthat day recon-
menled the appropriation Of adequate
means for is Accomplishment az that
early day.a glance at the map proved be-
yoni controversy that this route was de-
| signed BY nature to become the channel
| through which Tie traieana the travel 81
the South an West would necessarily be
force i-what reason can be assigned, Or
apology offered, afera delay Of fit y years
for the objections hobs 'acles thrownin
the way at the present DAY. 1.-THE inter-
est Of our people required il 1900,
when the combined population Of Norfolk,
Richmond and, Petersburg, the larges.
cities in the State was less than II, GOO,
and revenue Of the Safe WIS less than
halfa million, how must the demand have
augmented now, when the population Of
those cities have increased to &C, 900 and
the revenue to tHtrand halfmillions. II
called for when Mississippi, Illinois, In
diana Louisiana Missouri, Arkansas,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa hal
scarcely emerged from their pi,imeyal
state, what must be the comparative de-
mand now. when the above named States
hare become the most productive in the
| Union. In six Of those States. Including
the Western portions Of Virginia and
| Pennsylvania. there was raised in i849
within a. fraction Of three hundred and
ff, y millions Of bushels |of corn. And.
according to the ratio of increase during