The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-05
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come point insBotetourt county to sonae point
in Tennessee. We have not seen the bill,
and cannot state the points aimed to be
reached By the new line. The Whig, Of
course, opposes it, as it has always been the
policy Of that paper and those it represents
- force all trade to Richmond. whether the
benefits Of the people were interested in it
tsno.. Everything must be MADE tributary
10 Gen. Mahones wishes. and any scheme
whose tendency might be to develop interests
Let Immediately under his control must be
regarded as against the true policy Of tho
State: ~ ~. -
We do not know uha. are the objects Of
che President Of the Valley railroad. We
can only infer from the entire history Of the
Baltimore o. R. R, and the enterprises
ia which it is interested, as it is in the VAL
Isy road, that they are comprehensive. We
Lave 10 idea, however, that it is coutempla.
tsd to change any of the plans Of the Valley
foadsas now understood. In tapping the
Virginia & Tent essee road at salem, i. was
n5t expected that its commerce and travel
WOULD be confined to the country intermediate
Between Salem aud Staunton, but that it
should, have 'unembarrassed opportunities to
participate Ia. the business Of the entire
Southwest. So long as reasonable under-
7'e.andiug, can be maintained with the lines
extending to the Southwest from Salem, Of
!. course it would not be to the interest of the
Valley road to undertake Independent en-.
terprises, and assume enlarged expenditures.
Butt would not be consistent with the dig
! nifty, character or usefulness Of any great
e improvement, to be go entirely dependent
upon another corporation as to be at the
mercy Of its possibly changing fortunes, Or
she prejudiced whins of its managers. SO
long as the management Of the Virginia &
Tennessee line would keep within the bounds
of legitimate competition, aud offer to i'm
pose no onerous aud degrading restrictions
upon the Valley road, there could be NJ ne.
csssity or disposition to continue an indie
pendent line into the producing regions Of
The Southwest and open route to the Mis-
s;ssippi Valley. But the present mansge-
= Iuens of the Southwestern connections may
change mght arrive which
would greatly embarrass the rightfnl business
Ct the Valley road, and it would be mbecil-
: isy for tie Valley road not to ask to be plac-
- Al
which nigh. arise. 's,3 @e'
1'te valley road asks nothing in this char
tsr, we are sure, that comp, ehe1sive w.
Outstanding Of the interests Ct that road DO
lot justify. It desires to place itself in a
position Of use!nlness, and therefore OF H.
dependence. and no secti1n of the State, and
10 inteTes: should snterpose objection to it.
Z Ihs samepolicy will be observed 10 its cou-
struetion to this city. il we are to make a
legitimate inference from recest trans
setions. We have 90 doubt it will place IL.
relf 10 position to be entirely independent
ct the Chesapeake and Ohio road. aud it
.was With reference to taa5, that the company
contemplate the purchase Of the property ~
ing between the Chesapeake and Ohio road,
and Lewis creek, within the corporate i'm
its, running east'fron New street. Equals
xressalTays in better mood 60 co1oede Jus
.stfcs, than dependents. The sVsiiey road
asks nothing but what is legitimate and fair
and consistent with its important character.
II viii GO operate with all ether corpora
slsionssin attaining this ); but at. the same time
IT. desires to be 10 . position to protect its
rights and interests, should any unforeseen
circumstances be developed whose tendency
would be to impinga them.
ia Tho Wing might as we'll be informed first
e as last, that the material interests Of this
segreat Valley do not intend to be made sub.
sidiary to any section. They must be de-
veloped, and if it follows that Richmond and
Petersburg and Norfolk will be benefited by
such development, nobody will object. It
anust not be forced business, however. The
huge debt that Virginia is now grooming uu-
Ger, was contracted to subserve the very
policy that the Whig is now more than hint
siasiat. The people of tho Valley are now
being taxed to meet tie interest on that
. debt, when, they have never received their
proportion of the benefits resulting from the
expenditures. II will not do to agitate the
npuestion Of these benefits, BY interposing OBJ
factions to the progress of enterprises de-
..saigned to develop Valley Interests. The
temper of the people is bot such as to toler-
ate dog-in-the manager policy, nor to allow
any unjust discrimination against their plain
rights.
The Whig's promised war upon the char
ter presented by Senator Cochran, will doubt
less be fruitful Of wide field of discussion
and if made 10 the interest Of one portion Of
The State against these Of another, will stim-
,slate and iuaame feeling that had better
for all sections, be keps auder the surveil-
lance and contrel Of calm and deliberate
Judgment.
Since the above was written, the WAig of
fhe 81, has reached US containing the FIRST