Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-03-17
Tie PanhnBdIe r n. aHd the clay Of vince.
ling. from n Rfehmond POInt Of view.
fpfoz a.e gssAu.aa4 gsesslser q Isl.Iay.I ]

ssEeeiy - DiU 70 prevent INC UNLAWFUL Di}9ElhE
81 TEE Ohio river HsaT SteuDsnyIe, ard for that
purpose n define and punish such offences" has
served to lay before the public all the principal
facts connected With matter Of vital interest %
those Of oar counties which lie closely wsdgcd
between the boundaries OF Pennsylvania and
OHIO.
The adjustment Of our State boundaries con-
Quoted under the supervision Of the great au-
thor Of the Bill Of Rigiits, Was the result Of q
most sa2aciouE adaptation applied to the natu-
raj advantages afforded by our original terrific
,iaI compass TIO counties in the Southeast
although entirely separated from the rest Of the
State we're appreciated at such a yalHc that no
Offer could b. entertained for their transfer to
Maryland, 50 important was j. deemed, and
Justly, % secure for the State Il Jurisdiction on
both sides 81 the Chesapeake and the exclusive
command % its entrance Moreover, during the
Revolution it gas discovered that this Peninsu-
Ia afforded the most direct line Of Northern ard
Southern traYeI, connecting Norfolk With Phila
delphih and New YORK. So apparent IS thIs
latter advantage that The selfish jealousy Of tine
Baltimore interest which has induced the CON
slant refusal Of the Maryland Legislature to give
II charter for North and South railroad through
the Atlantic counties Of tie State has alone pre-.
vented enterprise which otherwise you'll
have been long since cOmpleted-that Of an air
line railroad from New Jersey TO the vicinity Of
Cape Charles.
| Analogous considerations justified a similar
| reservation Of Territory in the Northwest
| While the South Eastern arrangement gave MS
command Of the Chesapeake, aOd afforded IA
ciIities for Northern communication which,
sooner or later, must be made available IN spite
Of local jcalousies, it was attempted, by terri
! t0rial arrangement in the North West, to secure
| for Pirginia an Atlantic monopoly oil the trade
| Of thc Mississippi Valley. The counties of Han
cock, Brooke, Ohio and Marshall we're inter
| posed to prevent competition on the part Of
| Pennsylvania, to make Virginia cities ON the
! Ohio the only etrcIJ0ts Of hn immense trade to
be led by concentrating lines Of roads and canals,
! to our own Atlantic cities. Recent legislation
hns entirely defeated THU scheme, which must
otherwise ultimately have resulted in an meal
| culrblL dcvclOpcment Of the Importance oil orr
| territorial situation, securing for Virginia,
| commercial and political supremacy almost II
not entirely, commensurate with that which
| might have been commanded by tue retention
of all her original Northwestern Territory
| Baltimore has been permitted to extend her
railroads 10 Wheeling and Pnrkcrsburg, and
| Philadelphia is about To be connected with the
| former by two routes scarcely less Important
| Thus tw0 Atlantic cities North Of the Potomac,
have been permitted TO nouopoliZe the trade OF
| Wheeling, and Maryland has been allowed to
compete with, il not TO supcrsedc Virginia, in
| all the tradc which strikes the Ohio between
| PnrkcrSburg and Wheeling. The only undls-
putcd portion OF the Ohio trade reserved for
| our Atanic country from Alexandria to Eor-
IN" ~, '",'bS' ''N'" q - -: - -
VIC 40 not propose !" uiscSs .lle "'1l"'' Ta
genera elect OF ms EXCESSIVE 'Derall'y toM"l's
our Nor'hern h'iGhnoTs' u ~ eui''e'o.l ~, our
present purpose l" "HEert 10 lne lact 'I'at u ms
now hrc0'ne Impossible Tor Ouro%h EaSterl n''u
McS'elh mes 70 compete NJ al lor VIC lr'uc "
Tint rarl OF our own territory Wuirn eNle.'u ~
from the southern boundary 81 iennSylV"''It 70
the Norlhmost bend OF the ONO l''y .ei ~ Is
under these circumstances INIT inc cI''"ei,s OF
Brook ana Hancock cou"'eS arc how letltll9on,-
ing the Legislature l1r naked eharter' WINCH VINO.
cannot possibly involve any iGture expense 20
the commonwealth. ana w'ch WIN hoI ut'y
enhance The value o. properly IN nose COUNTESS
ana %iIora tner eltl"ehs INC iac'ty o.
ana western c"hihnhiG"toh oy a ra,!F on t'us.
sing over tnelr own SOL, pnI WIN ".lor9 V'e'n
tne shortest poSsio'e INC oil 'F"'e' 10 h''S'e'i'
Virginia ..,o-o
~ every session OF the legislature S'hre Ieoo'
the Pitlsonrg ana steunenViI'e ran ho"a . G.
pany ms nppheI Tor certain rINnes:s az XI ts'
only the risnt oi way across the territory OF ,m,
gina was "skeui "''t SnnSequeht'y my NV NV
SolciLea +" ehnrter pethltuns 'heun w. "''"so
nS'oh'1 I.lver at oIeuocnyle, As t,iv,o 20 4
@ Lonu aIrS' ,I IaHS between ,%n s,1,i u