Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-03-26

lion NAV by or under lis tiile mske and use 4 COZ
porate SEAL and be sued, plead and De impesded'
borrow and lend money upon such securities az nave
BEEN or may be isaued by States, Cities towns, coui-
tes, or companies and to have, and to ENJOY al pro-
per remedies law in equitv to secure and pro
tect it 10 the free and exercise OF the rights anu
| privileges herein granted ,
It. And be il further enacted, That upon The iull
payment of subscription for stock the said corpora
ton is authorised and empowered 10 grant certihcaca
the holder thereof which shall be transferable oy
| delivery.
| H. And be il further enacted, That at least one
steamship or ship propelled by other motive power,
owned by said corporation, shall commence running
between d port in Virginia and a port in Europe be
fore the first day Of December one Thousand e'ght
| hundred aud sIty.two.
49, And be il further enacted, That the said corpo'
ration is authorised and empowered to manage us
concerns unless it sha conflict with the provisions OF
this act in such manner as may appear 10 most 'oi
| the advancement of its interests.
49, And be il further enacted, That II the SAID cor
poration shall fail to comply with the obligations here.
10 imposed upon It, the provisions OF this aot snail Dc
null and void to all intents and purposes.
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SPEECH OF DANIEL c. DEJARNETTE, ESQ,
On Me bill to amend tie charter Of The Winchester
and Potomac Rail Road Company, 50 "a 10 f1f'"a
| said road IL .Straus6urg.
| is HOUSE, OF DELEGATES. TUESDAY, MARCH %. 1858.
| MIR. SpEAEER:-Before proceed to state my Oh:
1 "a
shall be INDUCED in few remarks explanatory OF my
| posiriop az regards the internal Improvement policy
of the State and the aud motives which have
governed and controlled my aciion on Ills SUBJECT,
! since frat had the honor OF q seat here.
NV position here ia peculiar one. represent con
s,iturncy who are remote from e various lines oil pup
lie improvements which have bs en- constructed or even
in contemplation, in the last twenty years, and asking
nothing themselves they before the time Of my SER
vice. required Of their representatives oppostion 10
| oil CONCENTRATIONS that DurDO16,
l thought such opposition unwise liberal and un.
worthy OF them, and before consented 10 represent
them required, a condition OF my service the e1'
erc;se of nv own discretion in voting Tor SUCH I'm.
nroyelnens as. in my opinion the best interest Of
! Virginia demanded, holding myself responsible TO
| them for all such votes here
believed cir that the prosperity and the credit OF
yirginis yea sir her destiny, for veal or woe, were
wrapped in and indissolubly connected with the e1'
tension Of the Lynchburg and Tennessee road to the
Mississippi and also the extension Of the James river
canal to the Ohio River and a. this great work was
likely to be discontinued for the reason or It's great cost
1.-THE representatives Of the people here not seeming
to appreciate tbs stupendous results which 1t must
| have, inevitably accomplished, l early advocated
the exclusion of the Central Road TO the Ohio, TO vim
dictate the necessity of the completion OF the water
| line.
have voted for appropriations for those works in
eysry constitutional form in which they have asked
it. have been sustained in those votes by gener
Qua and enlightened constituency, who regard II to
u
and maintain the credit and honor Of his State, and
then promote the local interest Of thcse whose imne
date representative he is. Though have remained
silent, when those great schemes tgreater In concep'
ton than i'll cost were presented TO this House. II WAS
not because did not take and feel deep ineres; IN
| their success but because was unwilling to seem
boastful of doing that which ] regarded to be the
duty of every member on this floor and also because
they were advocated by faithful and experienced re-
pre.ept atives whose ability commensurate with
Oh i,pDo n advocated,
who left nothing for others to do.
tits becsuse appreciate the Importance OF those Two
great State works that this day ask the indulgence
of the House, fear their usefulness, and, indeed
the design for which they to be constructed Tlll
be endangered. if not entirely defeated by the bill
now before the House.
ASH have no local interest to protecand my opposl.
finn to tb. BILL proceeding alone from what conceive
the prosperity of Virginia demands have supposed
that objections sprnging from such sourceand WIN
such motives, might induce thus House 10 give ths
subject that consideration which lis Importance 90,
mands. Ii was Mr.. Speaker, with feelings OF mingled
hone and fear that saw that Virginia had reDved
to avail herself of her superior geographical pos'on
to command the trade OF the Ohio and MssRsippl
valleys by the extension Of the Central Road 10 the
Ohio and the extension Of the Lynchburg and Ten
nessee to Memphs-of the hope air, because !
plainly that Virginia could never recover Tue pc
siton she had lost derive bot little benefit from the
vast sums che had already expended in her improve.
ments, hch tapped national channel of commerce.
recovery of her former commercial prosperity, until
she could command the inexhaustbe trade OF the
bOundless West-brought over her own roadsinto
her cities and docks, and transported to the
consumers abroad by her own commercial marie
of fear, sir, because | knew that Baltimore. With
all her mighty energy directed long since to The ac-
compishment OF the same object, might, HIih her
superior attractions draw that accumulated trade from
our roads TO her ducks, and thus all our improve
ments, West Of the Blue Ridge be made sutser
Went to the interest OF rival city. at war with US and
our institutions This bill, cir, goes great way, and
perhaps, before arm done, will be able to show hat
il ia the last link necessary over which you have any
control, TO enable Baltimore TO accomplish her i1ng
cherished object When this lie done, and you are
cut off from all participation in the trade OF the mighty
West, which you, with patriotic devotion, at almost
ruinous expense, have attracted, and brought almost
to your own door. the last hope OF Virginia for
mercial power, il gone and with it that moral power
ard influence which che has always eIered, and Sor
which her people cherish stronger attachment than
for life itself.
This, Mr.. SPEAKER. is the ground Of my objection
to The bill Of the gentleman from Winchester. Pass
his bill, and the which have Induced me 10
support the extension Of the Central Road to the Ohio
exist no longer
Once connect Winchester with Salem, and the iu-
huepce Of Baltimore will enable her to monopolize
all the priceless benefits which we justly anticipate
from our connections With the Mississippi and Ohio
vslleys; you not only lose this trade which Of itself,
will be enough to repay Virginia, hundred fold. for
all she has spent to obtain II; but you will loose all
the trade of the Valley and the trans. Allegheny Dor
ton of your State. You convert pour Blue Ridge
your roads in the Valley will become tributary TO
Baltimore, and oil our efforts to unite our Western
brethren into closer intimacy With us, by developing
the mineral and agricultural wealth, by giving them
ample facilities Of reaching our cities, will not only
be lost and unsvaing, but will be The means OF &C.
completing that which !, has been or- constant aim
to defeat,
What, then, cir, will become of our rosds this side
Of the mountains, designed tc accommodate the trade
of the Well They must drag along a miserable
sterce. The silence of your Blue Ridge Tunnel will
be only broken by the owl and the bat. Your
James River Canal will dry up your splendid docks
will be converted into 6sh ponds; your cilies will be
deserted by their over taxed citizens; and we, whose
object it was TO revive the dropping energies Of Vr
giIia, and make her what shs should be. the pride
and boast Of her people, will be doomed to see the
last star of hope grow PALE and fade and disappear,
leaving light TO guide, and no hope to revive ne,
This is a melancholy picture, but not the less true,
Virginia, approaching her commanding geographical
position. with energy worthy Of her, has deter
mined TO extend her arms to the trade OF the Ohio
and Mississippi Valleys. She arrests the current of
those national channels Of commerce. brings it TO
her bosom; but before che is permitted to enjoy The
smallest portion Of it, i Is wrested from her by the su
perior power of Baltimore, and che left with nothing
but crushing indebtedness, with utter inability to
pay.
Then sir this subisct assumes this form, whether
or not we will connect Baltimore, with her superior
attractions with entire system of Rail Roads West
of the Blue Ridge, thus affordng Baltimore all The
facilities che has 60 long sought and which hereto
tore have rejected without hesitation. In order, Mr.
SPEAKER to view this matter in its true light, it will
be necessary first 10 determine what would Baltimore
gain by this connection and in determining, that We
will find what we lose; all the tonnage she attracts
in the Absence Of this Strausburg connection, must in
evitably come this side of the mountain, and seek
tide water, either a: Alexandria or Richmond
In ORDER sir fully 10 appreciate the vast importance
"fthis Western trade which Baltimore seeks 10 obtain
through our agency, lot us turn back twenty years in
our history and what inducements 1t has held out
your Atlantic cities To obtain il, and whst efforts
they have made 10 it, and when arrested in part
what results it haa accomplished
irust sir, the House will bear with me- "a rarely
occupy it's time, and il / should wander apparently |
from the subject indulge me, as the subject i'self is
mnat nhanaiya one: involving as | verify halaVa