Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-03-23

States in return the largest liberty III virginia lhis.
il striker ma, il n.w way "i IMPROVING upon the
W sdoru AMI txpcl"nr- "i olEer o'a'es, or o' hh'h
| ,.;r;n, ,vb.; ,n u,s or ii reganiLg wha. oaG has
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| And may | not say. that YOU p"rpeira'e Il Ms
| un,n.r whrn Won call iii. P-nn-y lrahia road inut
miles across the Panhandle, Virgins road l5nt what
i. stiI more -inguar-you admit, and 1t yo no. II
must be 80 admitted-hat loo much has BEEN already
given AWAY by Virginia to other S.tsr, and yet you
contend that ehe ought now Civ. away more.
| IA to the observation, that Philadelphia, has already
secured route Ia thu Ohio ut Wheeling, by the
tIelnpiied road would remark, that were TIN, true
and that rand whs in the main. not mere paper un"
bu, in actual use, il would, 10 my mind afford bad
reason fnr giving tn au adversary and rival, another
road. And again, liempheld, at Wheeling, opens and
Datrunises no new rOuts through ONO and Indiana,
which is wholly and certainly, adverse TO every Viz.
| oinia Dterest-but only enables Philadelphia, TO
compete with Baltimore for what the existing GEN.
trail road in Ohio brings to the river at Wheeling -
but does not open up new and ado'ilona compsti'
ton tG our Virginia central roads-wheTehs th' Stel-
benviIle and Putsburg Road, across the Panhandle,
gives effect and efficiency TO another aud additional
great Northern railroad rival
But the truth is Uempf-d has been abandoned
by PHILADELPHIA and the Pennsylvania Central road
and il is not made and without tnelE pecnhiary hep'
there il no ability to make il. 1t ia, to homey
but expressive phrase, dead horse! 1t liz, aso, a
mistake 10 suppose, that there ia road on the Ohio
aide of IN. river from Pittsburg to Marietta There
ia none below Wheeling, except about two miles.
There ia no more, AIN sure, in this Hempield sug.
oeston than there ia in your notion that the bridging
the Ohio river above Wheeling "nus make il great
CITY and the head Of navigation, and arrest ~ her
wharys.s the immense trade which goes up the Ohio
river to P,.burg. Prove this TO the Wheeling peo
pie and they will give you fortune But, my friend
il is mere deueon. to suppose there Is now all I'm.
mense trade up the Ohio river TO Ptsburg
Tn. truth H. that the Illinois, Indiana and OH"
Kali Roads have greatly reduced thss river trade up
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lont;c Bslrimore take at Parkersburg. but il ia mis-.
take 10 SUPPOSE that the proposed bridge at Steuben
will. will materially affect the ascending trade. The
very boys on the Ohio will tell you better. But II
Wheeling should in this way gam someihIng what
il il compared to the great question Of Virginia.
maintaining her own vital schemes OF Improvement,
her own great central schemes. and in which eight
tenhs of her people are deeply Interested Thess ia
yorite schemes will not be remuneraive, and capital
will no, cunfde 10 them. il VT continue giving away
wha, we have and building up aud patronisng these
rival roads and cities OF Pennsylvania and Maryland.
| doubt not your hearty devotion to Virginia, but
our past experience proves that II 10 necessary o US
to be vigilsn for rivals are powerful aud untlrlng
You NAV rely on il, that YOU are wholly mis-
taken. when you suppose the proposed bridge
will Lu;ld I'D Wheeling; and it is equally Ger
tain that the grant of this right of way and
bridge will raise up almost as formidable a
look TO the trade of Indiana and Ohio. And after it
il all done, not village is by it raised up in
Virginia aud no accommodated except for four
or five miles. Brooke aud Hancock counties
sre now better accommodated with rail road facilities
than the great body of our State Immediately on
the border of both counties. there ia now capital
Rail Road, giving the people. and their produce an
outlet East ahd West, North and South, and road
which will continue the exclusive outlet, OF the great
body of the people of both counties, il the pro
posed road across the Panhandle wers made. An
inspection Of the map of these counties show the
truth Of what | say, the Cleveland and Pittsburg
road--being located and made immediately on the
Wes. branch of the Ohio river.
YORK Tows.