Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-02-01

the whole Valley will bs greatly hen, d,. d 3.
this proposed extension of the Winchester, 4:
Potomac Railroad. X will be the rncGjr,
transporting coal all through it, as.rJi,~"
an abundant supply Of fue! 10 the day Labor
,b. mechanic and the farmer. it will h,;n,
in close proximity, tine coal fields Of lI,,,.5
! shire. and the iron iorgeS and furnaces Of p.Es
and Shenandoah: thus removing the grea, tr
,icuttr in the way of establishing m.nuhc,,
RIGS .: iron wares and Implements. Sir, yi,s
the coal. iron and water which the clean 81;
beautiful Shenandoah furnishes in grca, ai,n,
dance. with climate, position, soil and 9TH,
n,trr,I advantages. suited as well IT, s.,,,,
n nnpula,ion of mechanics, manufacturers A..
ortizans, as Of ugriculturnlist<, The va,,y
i. destined 20 be the garden S2o. ::
the State. The banks Of her heau.;I
river will be lined with factories and ttH,.
! ing villages, AMI their teetnlns pouul.'ia7
Fer past, res clothed with lncks. Her VI.
; lcys also covered over with corn.
SIR, it was said recently, by n m:cliIri;; .
Vermont, Of great experience and sk'H, ~: Ct
The want Of coal. there was no part o Il.
! United States so inviting to manufacturers; II;
he:;rc,!,cted. looking to the ccinpctlt'"l o: /.
roads referred IL, that the Valley OF |:::.
n: no vvrr distant day, would he drvrt": :,
producing bread 20 Iced her own mc@hiri;
and ar,izlrs. wh0 would be occupied IL WI.
in. 10 her own products, aud supply tie i.
South and West with her own wares sal n.
dement's. which,, new, are only TO be had e,
Of the Hudson river.
This s,uc gentleman, who has had c%'np!j-..
more than one hundred men for the last tal:ry
wears, remarked, that they were occs>i9"lny
occupied in working up large quantities % ~.
riuia iron with Pennsylvania coal. and The,
returning the iron wares TO a Virginia or $ou.s.
eln market; freight and per ccntum acclu,H2
o! course. to the Northern pocket.
Again. sir, when il is found, tina, BY Tin.
road, coal. MS an article Of fuel, can be supple:
IN great abundance, and with litle expense. the
rich and fertile timber lands o! the VALLEY, Tow
reserved for fire wood, and as such. SO ,aucl
unproductivc capital 10 the land holder, VII! b..
, cleared, and the fire timber converted lilo
money, and the fertile land brought 10 30 pro.
duc,ire cultivation. thus enriching the 'Sracr,
md through him the State. 5y adding 10 tie
number OF acres y! his arabic land, and 10 he
; multiplied products Of his golden harvest. Il
! This way. through the instrnm"nIniity o! III.
road, the products and trade OF the Valley Wi.
! b.. greatly Increased. which increase viii more
than treble the amount diverted from A!ry!n.
| dria to Winchester. or any foreign city. and
! VIII amu!v com1cnsa,c he. for ali loss Of trade
which She may sustain BIS this proposed eyicn.
sion.
. Mr.. Speaker, will Alexandria then, Is i; /.
| alleged. 10 injured by this road: Ia M huia.
bic Judgment she Will not. Sir. II she has Ihs
; CAPITAL TO buv our trade, it will certainly %
. there. II she cannot buy it, the Legislature. By
. refusing .his charter, ought not TO force Ii.
! farmer, tie prvJucsr, to send his sufplu; pro.
ducts llcre against his wishes, and TO his gsra!
Injury ar wrons.
/ am in favor, sir, 0: building uf our con.
%Inarcial cities, bu. not a! the expense q. Il.
great agricultural interest of the State. i YOU
wish 10 promote ami advance the one, you mlst
foster and encourage the other.
repest, sir, in my opinion, THIS propo<e!el.
tension vii! not iijnru Alexandra. It wi.
make her q better market. She wants a Tvs.
to excite her pcopIc to activity and enterprise
She needs some stimulus to arouse her dora au:
energies. She wants, like 4 wayward youth
long permitted TO rely upon The ample Resource:
Of an indulsent parent. to he made 10 dy :tni
anon herself, and not to lonk 10 the Stale f.!
MD ana her helping hand any longer. Sir, il
Alexandria is ever Ia become u great commerce.,
emporium, something must be done 10 quicken
into life and animation her sleeping resources,
and To bring into active operation her O"r
meaus and capital. She must nv long"r be tie
mere agent" i u great foreign city. She must 10
longer bc 4 rne,c depot or .iG liHe. Il great COT.
mission house 10" the ciiie> OF Baltimore aw:
New York. She must no longer be a iIcre de.
tendency Of the city Of Washington.
Bot, Sir. Speaker, it is said by the opponents
of this extension. that it will divert the trade
ri tie Valley to Baltimore and thus deprive,
Virginia CITY OF II valuable trade. II il does.
WHY not! The trade Of the Valley might as
well 80 through Winchester to Baltimore, !
Southern city, AS through Alexandria to New
York, u Northern city. Admit Sir, that some
trade will he diverted BY this road from Alex !
an,irIa. her trade nevertheless will no. be
diminished, because .! the increased trade End
products OF tho Valley produced, us | have ;
shown, BY the making o! tbs road. II it wi! /
iny:lc scmc Of Inc trade to - foreign city, il; |
wilt. IN tiIrn, secure to Virginia roads, lhoa, I
sarris If dollars in travel, which now enures 70 !
the tcnci; ni foreign road, 10 say n"thin. Of |
the great public convenience secured By il. (
Bur, sir, will this trade go to Baltimore = !
II II wall, it will do 10 more than Il grcs. I
d:ai OF II does now. tannCt AieXandria, vita !
IN advantage of more than forty mics in dis I
taTc., and two trapshiprncnts in her favor, con. !
p::c successfully with Baltinio,c Tor The sur. !
plus produce Of the middle Valley: II sM, 7
wi'!: sucI advantage, aud besides, with al our |
sy,npathics enlisted in her be!,aiG. .AleAandr. (
cannot hold ont sufficient Inducements 10 10. 4
wife our trade TO her market, il ought nc, 70 {
be forced to 70 there. If she has The capi,a! (. /
l1V IL and -. r.ilIirr %, pi,.. a. J,,r ,,;, a.. d. Il
the expense Of transportation alone, in her g. 4
3"r, will bring it there. II ste has no;, il will l
go u = .ltimore, and ought to 20 there. +
aG"w the TACT that now, one Of The largest rEl. I
lers in the Valley il driven 10 The ~nccrssi,v q B
sending at isast ,hrec-fpurths o. his tcu; I
through Alexandria 10 Baltimore a; the ex. /
pense OF breaking bulk, re inspection &C., b. :
cause be can get there Tor his flour from TWEEN. !
,y.tive TO htty Cents per barrel more than 10 (
Alexandria. +
Il. then, Mr. Speaker, wiki nj these adr.n. !
tags III favor OF Alexandria, Baltimore cal =
'nanagc 10 c"nrnltrd our trade. l. not tbs fac. !
the most powerful argument wli:h can be W.. I
cl III ia'or OF the propriety al making ,ti :
roa1: Is It n"t too unjust. tia: Inc grc4. a.. {
r'cu''nral interest Of the VALLEY should be-! B
Injured and :cSsla.cd against VII. ro; 1t L
S'' h.- I1NNS !iN''i D.t! IHis. u. .IsiL' tIt. y
they may get the highest prlrv= IL! !Yc.r III. +
Plus products: "n' not let t:,"ip i,a:c :l.yi +
roais-ahd especially m.ea hey p'opo.e % d
make them with their nHn mnnry-ln or1.r h
that they uay carry 10 these markets wla 4
they have 10 sell at the least cost z
Suppose, Mr.. Speaker, that BY this riva.shp Is
iii markets urrl roads, the farmer vii! g., lie b
cents per oush-l more for his Wheat AMI rora, Z.
land doubtless he will get ten,) it will >e.ew y
the farmers Of Frederick, Warren, Pasr, Sh~ +
nandoah aud Rockingham counties the a..r: +
gate sum Of ihoTc than S9O, 600 Annually. ! d
have arrived 4! this fact from staii >lics ~iirnisi' e
ed by The last CENSUS -lS5u. ! .ind from tha: p
oilc'al document ll:e gross annual number Of y
bushels Of wheat and CORN. produced by the y
Above liaurrI counti,s. T.. ~. IT, round ~ .GIeTt e
wheat, i,1sJ. or0; aid Corn. logo rQ hia'c: 81
i! have deiIc.-,! icr sccG AID hone cyys.E, "a