Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-08-30
.l 0-enso for tbe next LEGISLATURE II Il faiI 10


MAN for 4 magnificent system of public works'
! "a ,hcn hermit the chief one of them oil 10
bo rni;n;shed-that one of them that Will INK
~ With the mighty West, and fulfill the grand
ond of our ;nprovement systematic acqiiSi,
t;on of our share Of the Western trade! An"
why FIR system of internal improvements
create = large public debt. heavily taxing the
people by its creation. and then leave 10 i.is -
and linger still that bright particular o'c VI
them all, that will. when consn'niliateu' Him
all the rest productive, pour into the ire''T r,
rushing stream of revenue, aud knock OF! iioh'
our people the shackleS of heavy taNallol,:-
Why, oh. why should the la"' :ivcrS o. II,
cnia persist in so absurd ana lihpoii'''
course:
There is but one danger, and that is the nc"
move originating in this quarter OF the STAT
to let alone the railroad, and substitute VIC
canal as the present mode of transit between
the East and the West. If this idea siiouiu
obtain to any extent, if it should take oil even
half a dozen votes from the C0yln2toii anu
Ohio railroad, it might be fatally ml>c.lc'o,iS;
for the internal improvement party III the I'c-
cislaturc has not an advocate TO spare. and can
ONLY succeed in any measure by compact array
and united counsclS But ! trust. and 10 not
SUPPOSE, there is much reason for Apprehension
here. for cannot think that there are 4 dozen
practical men in all the State who would adr0-
cate now the substitution Of the James river
canal for the Covington and Ohio railroad, as
the avenue of Eastern and Western connection
knew no one in the last Legislature holding
such an opinion, and it is TO he hoped there
will be few such in the next; for division IN
Sc sentiment and action. rs 10 the m"fs oil reach
ing the Ohio, might put every thing at hazard.
trust that those who have started this MS
chieyo,ls idea will at once abandon 1t IN favor
of the only feasible plan Of connecting the
Great West with the scaboar,l Of the State the
t'oyinyton and Ohio railroad. which. connect.
ing with both the canal and Central railroad
nj Coyington, will give H. Il 'l"'!blc line ot
transit -onc. compounded Of water line ana
railroad, which will give It's Il LARGE amount OF
heavy trade: and the other y continuous ralI-
way which will take To us the lighter trade
and the travel.
God knows am no enemy of the Canal. ]
was among lis earliest friends. stood by 1t
until it had not i "corporaFS guard LETT IN
the Legislature But The idea of extending 1t
HOW to the Ohio river, is the rcric>t ltopIah
dream. Its neck is undc; the heel of an mex
orable public opinion, and 1t would be just a.
practicable to roll the housekeeping current
of the Mississippi back from the Gull TO inc
Falls of st. anthony, as so TO reverse pubic
sentiment rs to command Il dozen votes Tor the
immediate extension of the Canal to the eS-
tern waters The true policy of the trne friends
Of the Internal Improvement policy, is TO take
practical views. to follow. not 10 Sciy. we'll
formed and earnest public opinion. and to Tx Slea-
div on that form of commercial transit between
our seaboard and the West, that commands the
public Judgment and choice in tie State, and
the spirit Of the aye We live in. In that judy
mcnt and choice, the Railroad has the upper
hand, and we must first reach the West by The
railroad, or not at all.
With your invitation to make 4 visit to your
country. ! shall cndcavOr 10 comply. have
never seen, in person. the rich western region
of which it has fallen to my lot 80 often To
speak and to write, hut design, if my private
affairs will possibly allow, 10 make before the
next session, personal reconnaissance ol the
entire line ofthe Covin.ton and Ohio Railroad,
and if so. shall not fail to call on my generous
friends in Putnam Then they shall see and
hear the man" who has ever done his best tor
that nobleimproyemcnt, and who will aSsuredly
bring TO its support at the next meeting oil the
Legislature, whatever little ability lac possesses
and Il zeal far hcyond lis ability.
With great respect,
Your friend and fellow citizen.
JOS. SEGAR.
DR.. SAMUEL WILLIAMS,
Putnam county, Va.
From The pensiero "a A1ionr, MazElnan r,,r
TIE DANGEROUS SIGNIFICANCE OF TIE
PEACE-A REPUBLICAN, VIEW.
In 1919, when a Republican Assembly, mcin-
orablc for its Importance and the high laws OF
morality which should govern political affairs,
permitted the expedition against Rome.
wrote, answering the calumnicS Of Count Mon
talcmhcrt: l'0H stat hare. FrfnchmGH. II" tr-
D.difioH dgatast Rome IN YoGr OrR midSf
The 2nd of December verified my prediction.
France is now cXpiating in her shame and OPP
preston the crime then committed.
Europe, il she persists in the cowardy and
culpable indifference with which she regards
now the progress ard acts Of Comparison, will
herself suffer an inevitable and severe cNpi-
alton. As the expedition against Rome WAS
the prelude Of the French roHp T,tnt, 50 the
Crimcan and Italian wars are but two steps
towards the European camp Ttt6i. The next
step will be the diSnembcrncnt OF Turkey and
II the Roman expedition had been arrested
If Lord PalmerSton, instead of declaring through
Lord Normandy that the Protestant Govern
mcnt of Her Majesty approved the restoration
Of Catholicism in Rome, had then said to Louis
Napoleon, "EHgland wW not Permd .lortlgm
interrentioA IN the ntfrmi GH"iFs 81 other
Sto,ex," Imperialism would have been checked
in the opening OF It's career, and the wars Of
the Crmea and Lombardy would probably not
have occurred: only this weakness oi England
has kept Louis Napoleon audarions and power
FIJI.
The expedition to Rome had the triple oh
icct of pleasing the French clergy, diSrrcdIting
the Republican Assembly, and preparing the
French soldiers to combat against the Rcpuhll-
can standard at home But il was, besides, Tor
LOUIS Napoleon. 4 means Of learning the ten.
denotes and existing power Of the European
Governments. 1t waS for him that which feel
ine the pulse is TO the physician. The pulse oi
Europe, a tolerant and indifferent spectator Of
the noble defence of Rome showed to him that
he had no need to fear Of encounterlns in the
Governments either political iirInness or faith
in ruling principle, or :hc pride of moral indie
pcndcnce. The people commenced to feel 1t
lvcS-Honaparti>.n or the blind adora-
ton of Force, commenced to sprout vigorously
among the rains Of Roman liberty.
Then came the carp Ttt"t of the I'd Of
December. \ shudderIng Of rage and eXecra.
ton ran through all Europa gulf surrounded
the usurpcr 1t was enough To maintain this
isolation about him, 50 that. without footing
in France, without other arms besides terror,
he should quickly fall. The English Govern,
mcnt, in an unhappy moment of weakness and
political short-sightclne>S, extended its hand to
the guilty one. The .Anglo-Frcnch alliance
saved Louis Napoleon, and gave him power
and prestige in Europe. Other people. seeing
the proud. free aud powerful England en-
braclng him, began To roncc'le to him an ability
that he really did not possess.
Was it n political conccit that expected the
alliance to limit the action OF the allied: Was
il believed that ii was necessary at every step
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