Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-02-28
slauNt0p It's Prosnects and Desliiy.

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Many persons apprehend that the contius>
uatlon of. the Central Railroad, Westwartlly
from Staunton, will injure the prospects of
the town. There could not be a greater
error. In our opinion, its progress West
Is fully as, important to the interests of
Staunton, as its construction ssastwardly to
Richmond, and reference to the interests
to be affected by it will, VIC think, demon
strate the soundness of.our conclusions.
What are now the great sources of orr
prosperity?
First. The wealth and population Of the
surrounding country, As the county of
Augusta fourishes and becomes filled with
population, so must the business, and
wealth. and population Of Stanton increase
Cur work shops, and stores, and public
houses, and schools, and professional men,
are all noarished by the surrounding coun-
try, whose prosperity or adversely must be
visited on US as surely as the health and
vigor Of the body gives life and energy to
the heart. No one will deny that the COM
pletion Of the Railroad, Westward, will ben
eft the country in various ways.
Second. Our schools are filled with pu-
Pills from FAR beyond the limits of the ooan-
", and furnish an immense source of reve-
nue. to the town; very many of them come
from the rich West, and more will come as
the facilities Of travel fronl that quarter are
increased. That interest inperiously re-
4uires the extension Of railroads IL every
direction from tie town.
Third. Our State Institutions. It is
very true that they would be filed under
any circumstances, and their unfortunate
inmates would be dragged to them over any
roads. Bat with the help Of railroads APP
proacling from every direction, what num-
bers Of their friends, aud of TIE parents and
friends of the inmates Of our schools will
become sajourners among US, who otherwise
would never visit us at all
Fourth. Our Hotels 1t is true that a
vast travel viii pass by-only taking a meal
or nights lodging. But that is a travel
that without the railroad we should not see
at all. The neal, or the nights lodging.
then. is SO much clear gain. let it be ever
SO small. But ii such host Of travel very
many who, as things were, would not come
among US, will remain in our hotels for days,
and weeks, and months This, we think,
rs already our experience to great extent.
and i'll the future rush TO the mountains of
a multitude that cannot for years, ind ac-
comiaodation at the watering places, the
benefits derived by the town, from this in
creased travel will become more important
Fifth. The Mercantile Community. If
they were 20 be injured. it would be by the
road frcm the East enabling the people to
deal in the large eities-not by the West
ern extension. But we think experience
has alreadv quinrcd the fears of the mer-
chants. and satisfied them that the money
carried to the large cities by customers and
laid ont there for family supplies, is small
in amount, and vastly more than compen-
stated by the increased wealth and popula-
ton the railroad has brought with it.
Sixth. The Mechanical and Professional
interests are benefited because they rely
entirely on the surrounding country, and on
the other interests Of the town, which have
all been shown to be stimulated by the
Western extension of the road. 1t may be
insisted, however, that less country produce
will be brought here than formerly. That
our back country is not so good as it was
before the road proceeded West. But we
are satisfied this is an error The Parkers-
burg road must always deposit its rich and
increasing products here, if the enterprise
of our people deserve it, and the small a.
mount which was brought here from what
is now the Western line of the railroad, will
be more than compensated by the increased
products of the surrounding country, and
the increased market which will be afforded
here for all sorts of provisions.
We have thus shown that all the existing
interests of the town are fostered by the
Western extension of the railroad But
there are other interests which have been,
and will be, brought into life by that cause,
and which could not exist without it, vastly
more important than any that have been
noticed, the consideration of which we must
reserve for future numbers.
The "Corruption Committee" and The
"iaiffr Day Saiuts."
The Committee appointed by the House
of Representatives, to investigate the cor
ruptions charged upon members of Congress
of the Lobby, have made reports recon-
mending the expulsion from the House of
four of those precious scoundrels, whose ten
der conseienees teach them TO look upon the +