The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-03-25

who think thus to barter away their own trne
interests and their country's honor which
thou did st die to defend There is a lurkine
Demon in this opposition to the completion Of.
the Chesapeake l. Ohio Railroad, which | am
sure the people Of this Valley have not do.
tected would touch the squat toad With
the spear Of lthuriel, and but expose his hid.
eousness and diabolical desires and designs to
TINS proud, patriotic people of Anguish, to
nave every man without exception rise in arms
against the monster, as they rose and rallied
at my call In the John Brown Raid. as Siam.
ton rose under the immortal Kentop H,rner
to rescue the arms for defence at H.rIas,.
Ferry, and as the people rallied round Stone
wall to defend the Gods and the affairs Of nj.
Valley, and of this State And, alas e.
this glad Valley had been connected with the
Kanawha alone before this war commenced
our armies could have been fed. and never
could have been defeated there could have
been no disaster at Rich Mountain, no retreat
from Gauley Give this Valley and the Ka-
nawha to the Nerth and we can never again
raise an army u
l implore you, then, to stand BY YOUR
State, and rely upon your own selves and
your own means. Send your own Hercules
to the West and send Atlas along with him
and they shall harness more iron engine steam
steeds to the cars of olnage than the Bait. &
u. Co., can array in competition against you.
and by the time they shall have piled nm ali
the pork and -four and whiskey and corn and
iron at hand for them in the Valley of
the Ohio by the time they shall have taken
all the coal and salt and iron and wheat md
corn and wine and oil and all the fat Cattle
and hogs, and sheep and horses of tn, Ka.
nawha Valley and the whole blue grass
region of the Trans Allegheny, and dropned
their parcels here and all along the line. and
passed on with the superabundant Surplus to
some mart on Hampton Roads; by the time
they shall have set a thousand furnaces in
blast in these mountains by the time thew
shall have set a thousand anvils ringing with
Vulcan strokes of power and of art in your
own midst by the time they shall have paid
you back all subscriptions of cost, and brought
to you from East and West the shcaves Of
science as well as Of industry and art; by
the time they shall have built up your towns
into cities Of consumption of your own do
nestle supplies; by the time they shall have
made every village school hum with music
and erected churches and aims houses and
charities from our flowing wealth by the
time they shall have completed this work and
enabled you to undertake other enterprises
equally great; by the time they too shall
have bridged the Ohio at the terminus West,
and haye built tens Of thousands of square
feet of covered piers tor lines of Bremai apd
Liverpool Steamers to take and bring your
trade direct to and from Europe to the mouth
of the Chesapeake, and to replenish your
population by white Immigrants from every
foreign Country and cline, of every tongue
and of training to every work ; by the time
your "road operated" of 500 miles shall
be of mileage run by locomotive trains, in
proport on to the l 100 miles toperated" BIZ
the Bait. & Ohio, theirs 3,799, 32a, yours
6,640,425 miles; by the time you realize in
proportion Is millions gross, and u millions
nett earnings per annum; by the time you
declare from 8 to 10 per cent dividends. and
your stock as that of the Bait. & Ohio Co.,
shall rise in the market to 100 per share -
then. say, by all these means, your land,
shall be enhanced $40 pr acre S4,aOO0i0
your 100000 bonds shall be a gain of ST.
100000 your live stock shall be increased
100000 your additional wealth and arts md
population be s4,000,00Q nett and your profit
on subscription of 100000 shall be S1OO OO,.
0O0.- And this is not abby that time too,
you shall have acquired the only foreign I'm
port trade which any part of the Chesapeake
can acquire against New York-thc cx-
change OF Flour FOR Cofee-the monopoly
Of the trade with Brazil and the Banda ORR
entail and Buenos Ayres-Why? IF these
result shall follow in 20 years from 30O,OOa
subscribed now, where can such an interest
be found for labor, risk, or cost or cash ,
where is not man among you who would
not invest, or risk, or expend his private
money and means in any individual enterprise.
for a guarantee or prospect Of even half their
gains Of profit and of power. But this is a
Sordid and selfish calculation Of pare pelf;
and. though you are wise TO count the cost
and estimate.the probable profit befoarss YOU
begin or undertake your part Of WORK Ike
this, yet there is in it something more than
money, far more precious and priceless, In
point Of prof: it is no
''bragment of rainbow fair,
"a hooking promise, ne'er to be fulfilled,
BASED en- the wirds and broken in mid
air.
But it is policy with a voice Of an .4yenger
"a sweet Ayenger. 70 the wise il is 'wise
as serpent; )" to the peaceful and polite it
is s'harmless as dove. It will gain vantage
ground apd Power without Slaughter, it
will give Liberty and tho means OF defending
rights without other arms than those of In
|dustry, Enterprise and Self-rehance. Is this
too mystical ?-To be plain, then, it will
join you to Your own Comrades of your own
yonr Native Land. 1t will defend you from
intolerabc Taxation byyielding you profit land
by populating your country 1t will mako
you strong, Moses among your people to
deliver them from curses worse than chains
This Central r.. 3. through Va, from. the
mouth Of the Chesapeake to the centre Of
Ohio Valley: shall redeem US ill from Egyp.
tain Bondage. 1t SHALL be our Common De-
liverer and our Common righteous AveDger
Virgilia gave up her vast N W. territory to
the Union and, mainly BY the power Of the
N. W. Territory, the Union swept away the
wealth Of Virginia in African slaves This
Railroad shall, in turn, bring back to the lap
Of Va, the Treasures of the Trade Of the
~ West, aEd'shall Gil up our land with
numerous, bold, brave and independent Yeo-'