Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-06-11
The City Baltimore aad the Internal m-
proyemcnss o virginia

that tue city OF DhitiinoFe - Oh ihe
advance which Virginia is making towards the
completion of her State lines Of internal improve
ments. Aud not without reason, Ia past times
Baltimore was the market for a large number
perhaps We would not 60 too far in saying one
balf-of the people of Virginia. Al Of the Nor
thern aud Northwestern part Of the State, the
fertile and nexhaustihle Valley, and the ooun-
ties bordering on the Bay and its trbu,aries,had
in fact no other market which could be reached
al 30 small COS, as Baltimore.
Much of the commerce Of these portions Of
our State is still transacted with that city. But
our internal improvements, penetrating into the
interior. have afforded facilities for reaching our
own markets which the people have eheerfully
awaited themselves of.
II might be supposed that the CITY of Baltimore
which, for 30 many years. has derived a largo
measure of its prosperity from it's trade with the
Old Dominion, would now be content with what
il yet retains, and what it must necessarily
tain for all time to cby reason Of its position
and its natural advantages. But such is not the
case. The productive and fertile counties Of the
State penetrated by the Bait. and Ohio, and tho
Parkersburg railroads,-as well us the counties
bordering upon the Bay shore, all Of which are
tributary to that citydo not yet suffice to lessen
the oupidity Of our neighbors Of the Monumental
city. They propose even To intercept the trade
of the Southwest, which Virginia has been seek
ing TO secure by her continuous line of internal
Improvement between the Tonnes see border and
Norfolk. and to divert il to Baltimore by means
of the Parkersburg road. Thus, the Baltimore
&c, Al b.ll q. Eli, L..
guage in reference TO the prospective completion
of the East Tenn and Va. Il. X, to the borders
of Virginia:
Among other railroad lines destined to exercise an
important influence on the prosperity Of the South is
the East Tennessee aud Virginia road, now rapidly
pressing completion. This road is to connect the
town OF BRISTOL situated the line Of the two States
Of Tennessee aud Virginia, with the city Of Knoxville
in the former State, distance of ! 50 miles. Forty,
if not sixty, miles Of the track completed.
and in three weeks Il is confidently believed, the
stage travel between the two points Will be reduced to
80 miles. This, added to the fact TINT the Norfolk aud
Petersburg road is expected TO he completed in few
months, will place the seaboard in connection with
the heart OF Tennessee; via the lines already stretch
ing through the State OF virginia from Petersburg to
Bristol THESE various connections gain join others
which stretch away Through Tennessee 10 Memphis
on the Mississippi river. The whole connection sai TO
require as stated but Few months for sentirc
peilou.
When this is done, there will be three great rivals
for the trade Of the Mississippi valley the line just emu
merated, the Charleston connection also extending
Memphis, and our great arteral lines whose tri
umphant completion IS now the subject Of a gigantic
Jubilee. Then let where the enterprise 10 do
and the energy 10 dare are to he found We trust
our friends hereaboGt will not slumber upon their
past laurels They must be up aud daingl Their
iron arms already grasp the great virgin West about
the heart. We grow jub'jant, and shout T. Prm ut
and Vnvl,f a.,
Bristol convention, make the best YOU ran the de
viathan line at your Atlantic terminus bat the Bal.
tmore clippers are lying all along shore mud there
are coal capital, shipwrghis and steam engine bull
ders here upon the spot
We publish the above article from the
American mainly for the purpose of calling atten-
ton to tho sentiments expressed in tho conclu
ding paragraph. The city Of Baltimore is by far
the most vigant enterprising and farsceng Of
any Of the cities of the South. If Baltimore can
secure tho Western trade which Virginia expects
to getupon the ,mpletion of her public improve
ments, it will most assuredly DO done. If that
city can defeat our proposed foreign trade from
Norfolk, by monopolising the business itself, it
will do it without the slightest compunc,ion. The
extract we have above qu ted from the American
which is the organ of the commercial aud business
men of that city, abundantly demonstrates the
feeling in Baltimore with reference to the trade
OF the great West-and the determination to use
every effort to secure monopoly Of the export
ing business of tn, Southern States Of the At
lan.ic seaboard.
We trust that the semi concealed sheer Of tn,
American at the "leviathan line" together will
ifsJubilant allusion to the clippers which lie a
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long It's shores, will have the effect of giving
fresh impulse to our exertions. Baltimore ha
made up her mind to contest. inch by inch, am
with desperate resistance, every effort whicl
Virginia will make for both home and foreg
trade. While city of such vast resources
indomitable energy. and untiring vigilance
threatens vs with competition in the field G
commercial adventure. it would be well for u
to be prepared at every point. Baliimor
is the only rival that Virginia need fear in tn
struggle for the trade of the West-snd will b
q formidable rival, unless checkmated in tho out
set.
WE invite attention to the letter of our col
respondent from Texas When the gap in tn
East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad shall
finished, we have no doubt the fact will be dul
advertised-and the great bulk of the travel be
tween North and South will take that direction