Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-02-19
From the Rockingham Register. by Request
A WORD FOR MANASSAS

What will the Legislature do for the Manassas Gap
Raoad Tho people Of county feel deep interest
In this question Our people made conditional subscrp.
ton Of extend the Central Road to the base
the Blue Ridge at Powes Gap. and pledged tbsmseves
for 100000 certain from that point to We
disappointed In that; and whether Richmond and
the Central Company have Jared better By going farther
SOUTH is not purpose 10 discuss. Our rext best
chance for Railroad to Alexandria Our county in
good tsith subscribed sl5o00 to that scheme and our
STOCK and about 600 worth OF work done on south
Of that point besides the amount Of money paid Tor land
damages and engineering. Thirteen miles Of road arc
ready tor the rails and the croes provided Shall
this work step and people, who have subscribed more
literally than any county In the State, lose their
viii not enlightened policy of Internal lmprov ement
urge our Legislature to ni,h what they have besuni
Shall we go backward forward That the question
The Senate Com mit;ee thinks the State two and
half millions to works Of Internal Improvement and
We concu. In that report We lssrn also, that the Com
ittsc Of Finance In the House will make report In &C.
cordance wiki that Of the Senate. We. therefore, urge
upon members to exert themselves in behalf Of their
constituents and to pursue no nlggardy policy. We are
willing to help all works Of merit. We wish TO have old
Firgnias resources developed fast 1t can be
done consistent with her credit. But we have one
word to shy Eastern friends. They talk Of our
road being the way to Baltimore Our eastern friends
are considered and justly So highly intelligent; bu, we
vii! here the assertion, and challenge adc
Western portion OF our State. Our -four goes 70
Alexandria, Richmond and Georgetown and our
cattle to the Eastern Cities generally Our merchants
here buy more in Richmond Phadolphia and
New York tam they do In Baltimore But cur Eastern
friends ss say wapt to build up Baltimore Now the
truth Is to build up ourselves. and it. in doing
We help Others why, agreed TO It. People like 10
trade where it DO done TO the best advantage All
bacon lard and grass seeds 30 East Of tho Blue Ridge
and wheat would 60 Richmond il II could be go
there; Blu. when you talk Of connection between THU
point and staunton, Eastern will sing out YOU
Baltimore The Eastern people themselves
look North for almost ev6ry thing. even for bob.tsj
horses Many hundreds of horses have been tsker
from the mountains Baltimore and Philadelphia snc
trained up and sold for Northern horses The name itse
adds to their value at once and they pirate Us abou
the North Our people want to get their produce To mar
ket cheap possible, and allow Eastern friend
the same privilege.
The wheat annually shipped from the James, Kappa
hammock and York Rivers to the north, would sum up
Jorge amount In the Of year. to say nothing
tobacco FOUR &C. Then away with this cant about Ira
ding north when the eastern section OF the State has BEEF
engaged for years in building up the North Finish on
roads and let have lire of .mers from Norfo
to Europe and do our own importatons The people Q
this will stand by their brethren In all pus Of tn
State In developing the of the State and estat
li.hins direct trade TO Europe. Our works when com
pleed will justify liz but left In their imperfect and ir
complete state shall be where we have been for wear
past, tributary to the north-( RoekinsAaa Re9ister