Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-04-06

,st;. ii,sc, sa. slc.et Ts!c! ius to fiorpsfs hae
1,,c ~ ~ i1,s.~s,apd tte cau cs ,nais aud cotn'
psrn,iyey small amour: u labor would now make
~, c,,nsc,;,ns, Il Pennsylvania refuge the right
Of WAY, Virginia owns the Pan Handle, and can re-
,aate in an irresistible manner.
The railroads of Baltimore are even now pushed
to the far West, crossing Virginia territory into thn
great valley OF the Ohio developing great part Oh
our State. few miles Of railroad give Alexandra ai'
the advantages which Baltimore possesses through
those lines, and ensure her future greatness
Norfolk, that might have swayed the wand OF com
MERGE, and regned in queenly splendor with the Id
vies OF the world st her feettha pride and power OF
Virginia and the mistress Of the Ahantic-s scarcely
yet awake to the shame Of her position or Inc ne.
elect she has sustained. For however desraole ahu
advantageous may be the situation of Baltimore OF
Alexandria, no ons will deny to Norfolk aud fofts.
mouth tho superiority of location in every poiii1 Oh
view; whether in regard TO availability for shipping
or ia prospective power and means TO draw support
and trade from an unlimited interior.
A short canal pours the traffic oil the rivers anu
waters of North Carolina it's whsrves,and the James
river (amost connected by the grsndest wafer route
aver desicued, with the great West and it's mlgh'y
cbonnels of trade will be the carrier for endless re-
o;ons NJ fsrms and Mines and mills and merchants
tba u,avs Of millions. Ten thousands OF miles OIL
railroad will bring up the trade and the people from
the far.of sunny South will penetrate to the produc
tive INTERIOR to the golden regions of the Pacific, and
bring down the industrious sons Of the less genia
North.
Tbis ia not fancul sketoh il is strictly true, ant
ali .ho, ia NOW reouirsd TO make Norfolk the frs
cty of the State, and Virginia the fret State In thu
Union, is the GROWING aud glorious completion O.
what has been 80 wisely designed and begun one de
ternined and united effort for the speedy accomplish
ment of the long hopsdfor aud much desired end.
To realize which, we should sacrifice, If necessary
all the present enjoyment and wealth that patriol
people would yield to preserve our rights and our IN
dependenoe. 1t is no local or party interest whic
we seek, but the general good Of ALTO arouse Al
enterprising spirit, worthy of the object and awake
national feeling of pride and emulation, before whic
roountains would appear like mole hills, and the diff
| cplt;es which are now nagntied, hundred fold
wou,d then be diminished in the same proportion
The red men named the Chesapeake Bay-"Mothe
of Rivers" and as appropriately too as their bre
thren of the West, hailed the mighty Mississippi
. the "Father of Waters" Between them Natur
however, raised her barrier forbiddipg mountains
assigning to esoh separate sphere; but their proea
ofsprinss, rambie together over the same mountain
and the echo of ther;musc mngles in unison.
twill be glorious marriage when the noble oil
river weds our queenly Chesapeake at the altars o
} Virginia, and Hampton Roads become The "GATIs o.
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