Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-03-23
Esnlral Ilfans. tElegianY.

act, II all portions of Cis- Al!eghany, We
ind railroads and turapikes running in
every direction, embarrassing eacIsoth-
IL. All parts of Cis Allsghany are well
with:the means of communica-
ton and iater9comlnunication With each
other. Furthermore. certain portions Of
Trans Allegheny Virginia, have their
tull share Of internal improvements. III
tie Northwest, we find rail rroadssand MAJ
roads intersectihg4 each other
every where, I'm The Southwest, We find
railroads and turnPikes in abundance. ~
But when we cometo this portion ofIthe
State-to Central Trans-A lleghany we
end no railroad, no Macadanized roads
nothing, 10. fact. but mad turnpikes.- -
Why is this3 Why is it That this por-
tion Of Virginia has b1en 90 much over
looked !? why is Il that centrdl Trans
aneghany hasno Internal Inapfo yeraents?
Why IS i that'w are cut off, and isola-
ted from other portions sdf the State. and
the rrest Of mankind "a Why is i.
that this portion Of tie siateslis not tlc
grest tlioroughfaire for tlieirade and trav
el between tie East and the West? We
will ventures To- suggest one er two reasons
why this section Of Virginia is 50 fat be-
hind the rest Of the STATE in Ilternal I'M
pfoysments.
First Of al iii is because Central Trans
Alleghapy has not sent 70 tie Legislature
her best and ablest men. During the
last twenty years, every other portion q
the State has taken greater pains to be
ally represented inthe Legislature, than
Central Trans egbany has, other por-
tons Of the State have spared neither
money nor pains, to be ally ePresented,
both outside as we'll as inside the Legis-
lature, whenever they desired the pas
sage Of particular Bill If Wheeling
was anxious d procure the passage IF The
Baltimore q Ohio Rail Road, it sent 70
its1ablest3mcn. aud q host Of
lobby members to do tie outside wdrk.
If Alexandra was DESTROYS To procure al
appropriation to the Manassas Gap Rails
Road, ftdid liEewisc. IffLyncAbairg was
anxious. for n appropriation 70 DE South
Side Road, Il sent able delegates, add
lobby members tIf South
western Virginia wanted q LIBERAL 'appro-
pnation made TO tire Virginia q Tennes-
see Road, it. sent to Richmond Its best
md ablast representatives, backed bY iue
IIential outsiders. If Norfolk wanted
my Bill passed, affecting, directlysits in
erests and future welfare, i would like
wise have an OUTSIDE and inside influence
sxerted III It's behalf, upoa tile Legisla
lure. And sowith an Other sections Of
lie State, excepting Central Trans-Alle-
ghany.
We therefore allege, tha!tilis section Of
Virginia las not taken that interest in the.
legislation Of the State, that other sections
have, and that It has not elected to the,
itsablest men that it hasnot
sent Influential men, as lobby members,
to Richmond, u aid and assist in procur-
ing the passage 81 Bills. Of great impor-
lance to the Development Of this portion
Of Virginia aAis & why Central Trans
Allegheny is So much worse off, for in.
ternal Improvements, than any other part
Of the State.
But Tiers IS another very important
reason, why Central Trans. Allegheny is
80 far behind the times, inrail-roads &e.,
&c. It is because the politics of. This
part Of Virginia have, u years pash been
in direct opposition and hostility to the
dominant party Of the State, and 70 the
fundamental principles Of Democracy.
The old Kauewha Dynasty and
the Ha'admaa Rsbu5ziicqa, have given. Il
this section Of tie Safe. a political toni
that has very Seriously injured is pros
perity and development The l RspuJEi-
cqs, as tie organ Of the Dynasty" Can
-etfete Set ofpolitieeiians, has been, for some
fifteen years regarded as the fepresen.
tstise Of die public opinion Of Kanawhs
Valley and the adjacent Country. And
what has been its course during that long
period II has disparaged Southern
States and Southern Institutions it las
made copious extracts from free soil pa
pers. tending to belittle Virginia, and
Virginia democracy !; it has taken sides
with the North, and againstth South; /
has abused Eastern Virginia, and en-.
deavored 70 create a hostility bdFeen TIL
two sections Of the State; It has mani
tested much more sympathy for Ohio
aud forsfree nigser States, than. il has
fol Virginia, and for slave States, Sucf
has been the course pursued. foryeart
and years, BY theorgan Of the~eid !" Ka
nawha Dynasty, and its effect has been
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