Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1857-11-10

auLunu AOoh ~ ueEl MN1t pCt1SDa14uts
Der navy running the 0csans, her NOR.
chantmen whitening every Isea--her
steamers blowing the Wasersof die Globe.
Then. consider tIatis was tAe co6I and
fr0n IF England that SaJs ksr Ill these,
and sesmay fern sonss iaed df SEs sassti-
utu6ls safus IF Mot loon phisk ia sssm to
neghsef, gfaOt dsspiss Mia III ~ msqlfy
p6mer achirA IS ,qiven lido otr Aandsl-
EItisthe iron and cal 9f Enrland alops
that has hadeh her the mhnulaclory ofthe
world itis that notwithstanding uiat has
given her Tie trdds Of tlse waFld and 5oM,
that have given her TIE adlLd offhc world
EIt is that which has supported her gov
eIpmeut kept up. her Armies built and,
Sustained her navy. and pushed her con-
quests in every part of The earth.-
Every thing which England en or Of
which she can boast-heF man 6lactpres,
her commerce, her navy het phssessfons.
her wealth, glory and power not even
her existense AS m Independent nation
lis all all. founded upon her coal and
iron! ii was but This moment that our
eye fell upon a brief qaotaiidp .iE the
Richmond Dispaleb, from The London
Times, which acknowledges HAT The
coal and iron mines IF England, are Tie
rude foundation of the fair Corihtlian
pile-that ID them England oFeseyery
thing great in her position and history I;
that the failure. pf her coal fields would
Ebe the FINAL and UTTER catastrophe Of
of that country n Yet the coal and iron
fields Of England havebRot ONE FIrrH the
t~extent of those OF NirgaLiaH-are less
AVAILABLE, aud LESS vAIrABLEi ii EyERr
poIST or COMPARISON Consider III addi.
ton to this, the score sef miuefsls which
Virginia has. and England III EoT and
keep down, il you can, The images ol
greatness that must follow the Heyelope-
nant of the mineral wsa!th four State
Where we absurd, Or were W hot, in
mstitnting the comparison Witls England
at the commencement af ttis cliapter ?
Butlhow is this deYelopemept 10 be
brought about Z The ansWerais plain
sBE PERFEcrISG THE MA4tR LIKE
THRouan rAE HEART oh ouRSEATE thus
giving these mineral treasures aIsimple
opening to the markets u tle Atlantic,
tile great interior. UstocK BIZ rms SIN.
PIE PRockss. these vast tTca lrss, ana
their ineomparuMs ralue and etGRa5ait,
wiU wofk lie balance aadd ciapaeace
trgde. fghicA though small II rs pcipieuey
ciH eventually Be he theme oegy ,4tader!! y
trade, aOhicA, brings tens fRHlEPns anna
ally into Virginia Jw Me ssPfdEues ssa
peg1orm an eqQat sersicei Ia osbiss ag 3 Pusl
be mdaatacturing, eonasa srsFpl saa ogri
eultural resorces Of Trgiaiqs al hsy Jula
est deueiopement. Can any ODE believe
that ten years would elapse, after the
Water Line IS perfected, befSre Tile re-
ceipts into Virginia, from these sources
~oflwealth, would amount each gear t.
fge fold the entire cost oftlie work, be
/ sides the vast commercial adYaA tages At.
luded to IN other chapters Can they
believe that any thing ike tlieiF ultimate
Development would not ba atepAed bJ
results, OF whose magnituAe W. can bav.
no conception ! Can any one aiI to- Sc,
the vast influence the WArEEs Ll9SE woult
have in bringing out these abs utely in
calculable resources Of Iie ON Domin
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