Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-10-06
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FL EENTM|Ee8 sHEF# YF4w#H#Aa Gss
TUESDAY 0gTOBER ei 1857
The absence Of iii hditar win account
Isl Gle laek BE editorial matter iii ills Il
--wo e4
Dlsteg Fnadala.
Read The arlidle eplthe first Iage, coii-
c@egnsag I~nternal Improvements aud the
oyster funGum. I'VE Very mach loPs g
zee alef Legislature tIiB eanaing winter,
i this > IAN Of raising rneafs for ma
ktag Rad eonpetihg our ran by
ay5ag i tax on oysters ea BY
Governor Wt
IattTasl iaRro sleAt anf THTstRH.
M j doay following article from the
sndflbura iatea. We ars glad e
sadsfl lat nifty ofouf Y iFsi Rehanges
he d dass;n thi8 question. And
nay add. tFat tlefe considerable.
ia now oxi ibifed il its faayor, by
9el II ID frmerly ofEoaed ke sreat
CehgH l aiIr8ad. NJ regret HoweFef,
to SEA the Richmond i9uFpasils NJ qaiet
npop tfak snbe and 1reggtet a see the
Zaq b tres, allow i thaI lous atsaFhs upon
Impeachment tosbe copi4d into its col
anns. NJ thoa one word 4 fIdefeiife
4F III #@f
The Ikpil aPproayh lof The n5e f5ritlte
n4aaEjaE of tie nex Legislature of ifsin-
ID has sst mqnyH q The good linens of
Hid COMMONWEALTH to speenlstlFlg upon
a pfosabilieY 81. appropriations being
na.s EN- the IRgistaturee p t~heHYariou5
hndai bed worms Of atefaial Improvement & i i
M fhe State. By sonng itiis Declared
tlas tle4 can he no. sncA thing 81 R3ar4
tion-stias tofstaud stfll Isl in point Of
46t, to IteacaBde-that true economy die
tates chat improvements already e91-
menced muatb b prosecuted, without des7
station, No. conclusion. On the other
Hand, III Is asserted tltat VIE bave already
axed a people Of the g9mnnl9n1ealti g
Tile utmost ~fmit--aHd that these internal
inpfoYemeHts must either be prosecuted
t4Y ind dual enterprise, or wait Until
Tie ~iidianEkees oftAe State Justify Fheinrs
shet applFfeautiio h5of State aid. zIl
The ssAn Of internal improvements
III r4iua-f System i may beE call
eA-was d wise Eone i'll its Incepti4n, but
hts been much abused in+its prqgre y
Mo sDoffldf was tile James River and has
uiewisa Canal, The great master infpfoKes
Iaene Of the state, IN luIl RrpgfessPf e9qp-
s5ruetiio than tlis LesSislature I. Nas5 5l
iegea with applications from aIlp2ftiens
IN Tie CommoniWealh f6rE appropriations
NJ. ali Infinite variety ofkinilar Obj
fiji Il If i aately, the Legislature aid net
adt Mithsa sufficiently wise forecast
tiqueh doubles with the most PATRIOTIC
sioa5 Appropriations w made
alBh6st. adiserimiipately, ands as / were
aa han sllaszard. until The peoHlepf the
State found themselves atf LAS sladled
W8al 4 debt IF twanty millions of1 d9llafs
wRth but few ofltheir Improvements COM
pl led, and these few, thaugh I'll great
value to tie people Of the State in 4 com
mrcial QintoTyiew not rslprni1g into
ths Treasury q single dollar ofdiifidend
uaon she stock.
Erh has been, and 1s5tle Ieason p
tiS oppJsibisn to tie hAher apnropria.
tii05gls Of MOI iii from TIE State Treasury
la works oil internal Improvement Did
these improvements retuqn directly 70
.sthe Treasury the interest sdpbn the cost
aftheir.coastrpetion there would be do
eeaplaiat. But the oppQsitiou affirm
tlalat as i more iRaestpeat, hooking AZ i'll. a
purely SPECULATIVE ppin \ view, the
twenty miller II hapeexpehdedh ad asl
as well have been thrown into tlfe Chesa-
pealke Bay. 40 actual diYidRndsf n mon
yl they saE have ever eenreaIiEea, and
il win Be aftet many long YEARS. Hat ALL
that such Will be the case. The lqnes.
ton then rRcars whether We can afford
togo still ar therin dabt fqr the purpose
of5 aeyelo1i to a vet greater degree
the exhanktess resources of tle Com
m5Fnw ealth
His tui4, uEdeniablE TINT nq aetna
Dividends hatNe been received by the
State--oF, At best. a mere tribe from
l4er stock III public works. Butit eannp
be DISPUTED that, Indirectly. The Stated
seakiyad alfeIurn. Thus, the recent as
sessmela shows an unpreeedenRd i
crease u. lille value of real estateIaH alonl!
Incline of dur internal Improvements
EBy bull aAm Of adgalorh taxation. thi
Eincrease of value is Represented nth
taxes which are paid into Che stsfe Treas
ury. II d country which. before 4 pub
HE Improvement was made Through il
paid five thousand dollars ANNUALLY int
the Golfers of State, pays twenty theRssanli
qlier such improvement IS mades it !
clear that the State has a diyiasadpffI
teen thousand dollars fol. THIS count,
alone. without selecting particular ID
stances-which might be easily DON'T
ILLUSTRATE andyeEify this aun III, e ]
sufficient to present il 70 Tile cenfna
salse Of every practical msn4of bushes
Is who will examine it,
The eg9ai1y Of The burden ofl taxatlp
is thus made inanifest. besides. And IL
iaegQalay o. TIE burden, IL Will be rece'
Iected, is one Of the strongest and Fa9i
speeious of the arg.umhntf that arenad