Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-30
RICHMOND wHIG.
THE PROPOSED RAILROAD CONNECTION FROM
DAN1ILLG VA, TO GHEESSBoRoUGH, N. O..
OR,SgE CocSTY EoRru Ca RoIIsA

! DAN7ILLG VA, TO GREESSB0RoUGH, N. O..
! ORAxsE CocSTY, EoRTH Ca RolIsA
10 the Editor Of Is FAig:
Ia itess times Of very great present ard prospective
troubles sentm nj Or suggestion shoull appear in
public and Important document, which will prevent the
operation Of any consider 5le portion OF fow-
citE.ns, or make them do4heir work grudgingy. 10
Pesi.ert Davis las mes age, admirable az l. IS in the
most Of its sentiments and suggestions proposition
is made that is 20 say the least ub,msy allade to
lis remarks abou; the i, Rold from Dinville, Virgin.
H. to Grscnsborough North Carolina. One Of the hopes
that inspire u.s. ill these eAamitcs bo oyeipast is that
oar country Will be rid of the ooTrnpcn which attends
governmental enterprse0 in lateral improvements =
L'su'. Maury, ia his letter TO Admiral Rzeoy clearly
is forth how much, under our late government, our
part Of The eauary was Wrongcd In the distribution o
these ayors aId the incentives they sord TO dshoHes
~ are too nun, roas for US lightly begin them again.
however necessary they may appear. The military
any other necessity NUT bc overwhelming to cause
at this Stage OF our existence to bsgia sneh enterprises
Besides the general view Of this question, there are
sptei views which shoa that President D in bis pat
riOe zeal for the welfare of country has not consd
cred all the bearings OF bis own suggestion. new mil
nav be v rs dssisabe Ia. this link between DAuviIe
and Grsensboroush does not furnish L. Al Greertbo
ougt il oics the Moth Carolina Railroad, and It's ouly
possible effect viii be- TO divert travel aud transportation
fom ita part of ills latter road which lies between
Gsesus5oIough and Rslegh-some seventy tive niles
The rolling stock which tie North Csroira Rliircai
would haze keep up for s service from Charlotte to
Geensborough, will very nearly frot que answer for
the sane far Raleigh. Had the suggestion tccn
70 connect DauSlls dIecly With Salisbury, Cr Sales.
ve iD North Carolina, AID then push on ihs Western
road In North Carolina, through Asbeve 10 ChaitanGo
ga il would have 80, forth aud very drsci route
from Richmond to tho soulhwss Ifit be necessary to
relieve the road through Petersburg Of s5me Of the in
m5nse b. .uCss thrown on il by the two roads that
converge a. Weldon there is an incomplete road from
Ciark,ws, Vrgigil to EeysVile. on the Dlnvls road
which be quickly finished and viii vcnta,o the ot
=, route very promptly and very decidedly. The routes
that converge a! Weldon itysTgeat Bnnchvle In South
Caroline. If the road thence TO Angus a, be too nueh
crowded, and the military, any oter noccs1iy bs Or.
gent enough and gel The iron new route might
he opened from Columbia from Chester in South Car
olna directly to Atlanta in Georgia. Bat af.er all, the
cLl7 really neW route from Richmond to New 0.lsars
will lead from Danvle directly TO Statcsye North Oar
olia, thence ora Aorgan.own and Asheyi,c, North Car
clpa 20 Chattanooga, Tennessee and thence By the ~
and 4 ". r..li- Ai.i---- = q '='- -
This connection Of tie Dlpville road with ths North
CNoira road 10 20 new enterprise For several years
has been most earnestly essed the favorable eousl
Grafton Of the Legislature Of North Carolina aad hher
TO il has failed to that favor Why ought to 50
FIJI b very apparent to tho mos Of those who I've E,s:
Of C.ecn8borough. However well it may suit property
osrers in Rebmond-Or advance the interests Ci the
n,sy.ls roador eahancs mil! property on the rivers
above Dluvle vet North Carolina and the most of those
Ao have adventursd their capital With her. hardly
boar si,h patience to an enterprise which the State
rsrusee TO sanction, aud capitalists unwilling 10 Regin
and ghich must drain the lieblood of tho gorh Carroll
n, Railroad, carried through under the plea Of military
necessity, which can lssi only or whie and that By
Government which to be The especial guardian ofsstc
Sovereignty. q