Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-03-21
NUMBER 90.

Ihe proposition Is monstrouS that b"raus,. ~ xrsh
naked right OF way Tor six miles ior A raii r,.l:t
We must ;hereupon require those receyin, rt ~.
to make and work - additional miles of r,I % ! -
Has Virginia grown poor, since she refused ,ha
SAL 900 ot the land fund offered by federal Gunnry
that she now EFFORTS over S5;n, merely t.cgu4J
she thinks she has the power coupled wi'h ih" cpur
tunity No--never' Too honorable 10 rrc-ivs hat
federal bribe she is too majestic IN that same h5urr
10 stoop the Reproduced means OF ex,"rv;i in any
sense. The whole origins! bill seemi 6, entirely
monstrous, that but TO real il 70 insk" t--f
visible. To what end shall THE company nr
quired to construct this road to Wheeling Itc,n 10
no sense advance her commercial mportsncs OF tar
significance as a city in the commercial world
wherefore 7 The answer is short and pain. Ih3
city OF Wheellng has already two rail road conUgc
tons with the city OF Ptsburg--one ON the We: :a
OF the Ohlo river, longer than this. and b" IA
hemphed and Charters Valley raj! road. shorter
than this. Can her interest, then, be enhanced by
railroad between those two that already pI -:e
and nearly in running orderl M nnu is loo! eua,. 3,
10 aver the affirmative. Since SteuheuvIs and tbs
Steubenville and Indiana rail road company srs
greatly Interested in the OF ;hi measure, r
us enquire they are not entitled 10 considerable
favor from Wheeling The master +prt- of H." 'gu.
benvie and Indiana rail road company live IN S;vG.
oenVe, and they, as well as the city Of SiruGe1vit'
have as much, II not more interest in the .ucCcs- ~
this IN asure than the Pitsburg and Scuhcuvli!. r..
road company. Wheeling subscribed 5000 90 - :!s
Wheeling branch OF the Ptsburg and Cleveland rs;
roadi and yet that road could never have reached
Wheeling, but for the comfy, yea iiberaty. of a.,
city Of SteubenviIle. BY HI ordinance Of hist ,Iy.
the Wheeling branch of the Cleveland rail :oGA
was permitted to pass through their incuryOrJ.-
ted limits, and but for that ordnance :Cua!.
erlng the mountainous nature Of the al ming
country, that road, ii it Possessed almost TIA
wealth OF the world, could never have rssc!.-
ed tue City of Wheeling. Yet this ordinance wts
passed while Wheeling was here, exer,ins hrr r,v.
er 10 defeat this project. This is true I'C'Ig:.
and, ask III the name of all that is Just tar.
any thing like reciprocal deangs But the rrri!esi
uniaIrness Is only halt seon when you consi.r gu'v
the opposition of Wheeling to our PRAYER for hidg.
to see II all You must consider that, the motion 80
Wheeling, the right 10 bridge the river Is ,eE'ei.
while, al the same time, the company rtqUreG -
build the road clear TO that city. And the ,noroC.E
heartlessness can only be entirely by c"nsdeT-
ing that If the road was entirely completed %
Wheeling it would not, in any commercial s2Use b;
worth cent TO that ambitious ami energetic city
She having already two rail rosd connections win
Ptsburg, il cannot by possibility be supposed to ts
Of any commercial service that there should he :.
third. II this road is ever continued from Wo',-
burg to Wheeling, that city should subscribe
portion OF the stock with which !: e
made for she already having stock in ;w0 lsi.
roads, each running to Pttsburg, without s,ocs IL
this road, she would naturally discriminate in ilwAf
OF her own stock But to force this rail road coETa
ny to furnish all the stock necessary to make the X
tension to Wheeling, is to put the company ~ Us:
power, and to compel them TO spend half "A UIii.uG
dollars in constructing road of vain" T3s,
either 10 the company 10 Wheeling. The cay
people that can, will be benefited by the
TO Wheeling, is the people Of Wrllsburg sud ,hs:
only in thereby etfecting rail read connection wit.
Baltimore. Nevertheless We ark no such exteasIgr.
al least as a matter of compulsion.
| have said enough to explain tha merits Ci o.!
cause and TO explain the difference between the ori
nal bill and the substitute, well to show the
cessty of the adoption of the latter.
MIR. LASGFITT here proceeded TO anticipate: Ili
answer certain objections to the substitute offered W
Wheeling in committee, but that part Of his speech Is
omitted.