Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-22

n"re .strn - ~ IL object. hi- stab i.r, -
aiuns with Nrw iaik. In Janeiso, and Ne
Orleans Embracing hll Interests. II innre g. rs.
eiailv r.rte.tf,t- tn cuumerce # Lyon. h..i.,
destined 10 evp'rf her pfodGct--it. etiic,.i=
withheld un .nf,:arts. md. now they ar i-pa=
~cd II #nre.nak. fsbrrh inc If Steamer. ul. Al
the chr.hpeake lat. winch viii toaoh at S,uta-
ampinn. II aiauJ. AMI thus .aii.fY all Interest.
\ proposition I" thu intent has brrn lsfl I'll -.
~ - ill., hand- ot Mr. Mn>on. United Si,r.
Minister. and renewed 10y mud handed oyer To
the 6oEc.nd1 90 virginia. All eyes are to day
fixed upon the port oi the Chesapeake Bay tlr.if
future destiny IL certain, they will necessarily
br considered tho natural outlet for the com
merce 81 the West. tho interior nnd southern
States Of the Iniun. when all the railroads shnil
be Completed In advance of these results "A man
OF cenid~ hus conceived the gigantic ldea If Gre
atlng steamers with reference to their future de-
-tny. We are compelled. with our present rGls
ting maieriais, To- occupy more humble posi-
tion. Whilst we applaud the generous concep
tlogs of The bold innnyAtor, who a-pires high
aud looks into the distance. we wish TO be tho
pioneers If this line. Our vessels are con.
rtrncted-they ure Oh the seas, they can at once
commence their trans Atlantic service. In less
than two months, the French and American flag
united, may wave together in the port of Nor
folk, and definitely solve tho problem 81 long
doubted, whether Nirgnn could create for her
~
iainty. We must look 10 present realities. Com
mercial relations do not yet exist; they have fol
lowed ON IN the established lines Of communion
ton: New York Inns monopolzed all. Years
must yet elapse before n direct trade can be cs-
tablished at Norfolk. Great mercantile houses
do not exist: all is to be created doubtless all
will be created. Until this time, individual com
panles cannot without injnry-without compro-
missing capital, which has been confded to them.
49, unon onprnt which wuul1 oven
momenlarily eau .e disturbance of their inter.
est4. Governments. alone, to whom the future
belongs, who are certain of prof,ing by the
suits can make saorfces-ihey sow IL rcap and
enrich coming generations.
We have asked subsidy Of tho Government
Of NIrginia 10 secure Us IN the absence of freight.
Ii the actual rcsorces of the county wero suf
Client h ensure IA our cargoes, would need
no assistance, being fully persuaded of success
now we cannot run these risks. In exchange
for this momentnry sacrifice, which she can risk
ut tho hands Of the Federal Government, what
will be the compensation aud the advantage TINT
Virginia will real1rl They will be mnensr!-
Her commerce will be developed; she will be
come whnt France is for the continent, the great
American route for Europe. I he necessary
''trunsit' Of all the products of the West and
South. which will arrive, by all the railroads
niug through the coptre of the United States,
like great arteries will form vast CONNER cinl
"eutrepots" in her t, WINS aud ports: her agricu-
,urc, her mines, her f. -gss, will b" dev.oprd,her
land, will be pe"pled, hId III place OF n olshear
erred population, who u,e daily abandoning their
homes To- SEEK new countries, she will recr ~" IN
exchange vigorous population. whose activity
viii reaninAte her exhausted energies, and will
restore I" her the ptrp"udcrnoy which she for
mrtly had aud should never have lost. She will
introduce safrr navieuIion she will suppress
The dangers Of that Northern line. mdrked 10y ~