Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-03-31

land dist,i,utios BID frestsoiIism. ado,
Eitioaism, "ot orne asaass" must bay,
State wealth. Smte commerce, population,
railroads. turnpikes, and canals. To sc
them we must adopt State policy thai
will attract 10 Virginia manufacturers,
trade, and commerce. Railroads, canals
turnpikes, wealth, and power will follow
as naturally as the buds and bloom o
forest and plain follow the warm and prsg
naht breathing of spring. (
Virginiais- in de6t-tRere is "a means
TO pay i, ! Her people are heavily taxed
there is anieans to relieve them. Hell
commerce has disappeared, the silenceo
death reignsih her noble ports and ex
panding placid bays-there is means {
restore the oless % give life and activit.
tethe other: ameans, an honorable means
Not the coward bringing of unmanly de
spair, begging from the general govern
ment portion of the PUBLIC lands, which
that government has no constitutions
right to give: notify means so humilia
ting to the mother Of States and States
men, SO derogatory to the constitutional
pledge and good faith of her proud PEG.
pie. disrobing. her sacred form of hel
comely habiliments Of honor. Mel
by wrestling from the. North the trade,
commerce, and manufactures carried,
forced and fostered there by Federal leg
islation, in palpable violation Of the Con-
'stitution: ~.
Why should not Norfolk be made the
great commercial mart of the South and
Great West? Why should not vast
portion Of the capital, ships, and cons
merce of the great Northern cities be
transferred to Norfolk? We propose a
plan to effect ia plan that will draw
commerce and direct foreign trade to the
harbors of Virginia. The South, and
West will at once come to the ports Of
Virginia for their goods and merchandise,
and export through them. The Virginia
and Tennessee, the Richmond and Dan
Vile, the South-Side Railroads are ready
for the transit. and when the commercial
motion is once under way. capital viii
seize hold OF the Central, Railroad and
canal, and in a few years bind the Gre al
West and the South to Virginia. pouring
into her lap the millions that flow in the
wake Of commerce. Il
let US see how this can be effected. -
Imports consumed in the United States
in 1856, $500, 600. oOo,1 ! Of which
Virginia consumed, in proper ton to hel
population, allowing the slavepopulatior
toeonsume one-six as much as the whites
$4,000. OoO;: or suppostng the masters
to consume in ratio as much greater thar
the whites in tho free States; as the slaves
add to their wealth. masters, the
consumption would be about $50, O0O,,
600. or this fourteen millions, Virgins
does not import FIVE hundred thousand
I See United States census. So, then,
Virginia consumes sl3, 800, 900 per an.
mum of foreign imports imported into
Northern cities. + 4 49,
. The ocean carriage and freight on this
amount of imports is S per cent. The
per centage profits to the importers is lQ
per cent, at the very least transporta-
lions to Virginia 5 per cent. In all 90
per cent. cit is nearer % per cent, but
say 20 per cent, or 50, 1000 per an
mum paid by Virginia to the North. 1--WE
will here make remark. About SO pei
cent, at the least, on this sl4,Ooo,Ooo
of imports is duties, paid by, Virginia in,
to the treasurY5of the federal governmen mt,
or 81, $3.50, OOo-a tax paid by Virginia
for the great and glorious Union:) Why
is this ? How is this per annum sum O
s2.7oo. 600 to be kept in Virginia ?
How tean the people of Virginia derelope
the State and construct their improve.
ments under the. burden Of 81, csc, O0C
per annum to the Federal Government,
and SO, 100, 900 to the Northern cities
But, We say, the Union continuing, how
is Virginia to keep this sum Of S2,7oo,
900 per annum, in her. own borders, in
the.pockets Of her own people. In this
wise. Lay a tax of topper cent. on all
foreign imports IN tie hands of our mer.
chants, bought in Northern cities, and
You at once relieve the people of diree1
taxes and raise a revenue of 81, $50, ooC
per annum, and in a few years make
Virginia her own importer. AS these
imports are brought ihto our ports, d
course this revenue will decrease, and
when our foreign imports shall be, under
the influence Of this tax,tall imported into
Virginia direct This $4,000, 600 pei
annum- will be retained in Virginia.
And This IL NOT all This policv ,vo,IJ