The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-06-11
Valley Railroad Convention.

At theslate session of the General Assembly
a'meeting of members OF the Senate and House
Of Delegates favorable to. the proposed extern
son of tie Valley Railroad to the Tennessee
line, was held in the city Of Richmond, and i'll
-seeordanee. with the action OF that meeting, we.
fine srmderSigf7ed,a committee appointed forthe
purpose. give notice that on the Second we'd
Hestfay III September, slSa4 a convention on the
: friends of the proposed improvement VIII pc
held in Stallnton We suggest the holding -of
,il.ss meetings, and the appointment OF Dele
=. ates to the convention, in order that the wish
of those interested in this grand trunk line,
may be fully represented and such action taken
:. as will secure the proposed amendment to the
Charter of the Valley Railroad Company.
STATE SENATORS. L. Eubank, 9th
Dist; A. L. Prdemoro, 10Th Dist; Gilbert 5.
Noem 18th Dist; VIM. NJ. Lakeland, l1th
dist; Sam'l II. Newbelry, 39th dist; John H.
A..SmitI, goth dist; Alex. b. Cochran, 10Th
dist
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF DEIEGATEs.-
Marshall Hanger. Augusta, J. A. |. Lee, Allie
rr!any and Craig w. P. Cecil. Tazwe1. Seldom
-Iionglv Washington, S. E. Lybrook, Giles, J.
b. Richmond. Scott, Jack Carter, Russell, e.
.Arlnentrout and J. D. Morrison Rockbrldge'
NJ. T. I.prs. Buchanan and Wise, A. }. GRAY
son. Bland, Thos. S. Gibson, Lee. Robeft W..
Hunter. Frederick Alex. RI. I'll. Stuart, Angus
IN. A. Konor. Augusta, E. n. Sellers, Rock
ingham, J. w. H. Moore, Shenandoah.
The following named newspapers are res
peetfuly req lested to copy and call attention
to the above call :
Winchester News. Winchester Times, shen-
andoah Herald, Shenandoah Democrat. Silen-
andoah Valley, Page Courier Rockingham
Register Old Commonwealth, Staunton Spec
tator Staunton Vindicator Valley Virgplan,
Lexington Gazette & Citizen, Fincastle Her.
aid, Roanoke Times, Salem Register. Mont
gomery Messenger, Wythevlle Enterprise,
Wytheville Dispatch, Pulaski Virginia People,
Go1 40 Vast Vir-
gilman. Bland Co. Religious Herald, Marion
Herald & Patriot, Abingdon Yirginian, Bris-
- tol News, Russell Progress, Lee County Sent-
: mel.
The call issued by the members of the Leg
islature from the Valley and Southwest cotll-
ties, for Il Convention to assemble III Stauh-
ton in September next, to consider the question:
of the Valley railroad extension to the Tennes-
see line, is appropriate and opportslle me
suggestion was first made in these columns for
a convention of this character. 1t was deemed
. better to have formal and dignifed express
.:sion Of the popular wish this subject through
/; delegates selected by tie people, Who Will be
Authorized to speak for them. rather than to
barflv epithets with the east, RI press. It has
been represented that the people Of the Valley
d d. not desire the extension asked for in the
= charter that was so ,lnceree- isusly kicked out
OF the Committee to which it halb referred.
It has been stated that no interest is nantes
ted anywhere throughout the section to be ben
Gifted by it, and that the agitation OF the mat
ter is tfaeeable solely to Baltimore and those
who are interested i'll building up that city at
the expense of Richmond.
. It'll; not necessary to reply to this allegation.
aai.-iac itc aorrno+i0;, ifs focn The
people of the Valley Of Virginia have no inter-
est in seeing Richmond crippled. On theicon-
y trary they desire to see her advance to that po-
sition OF wealth and Importance that her natural
Advantages entitle her; and they believe By
constructing railroads through the tindeveloped
territory Of the State, the general prosperity OF
all will be secured. The proposed charter will
not.be a competing line with any now running.
It will pass from 20 to 40 miles from the Viz
ginia and Tennessee road, and through conn
try full of mineral wealth and capable OF a
high Site of agricultural prodllctiveness, and
which is at this time entirely cut off from mar
ket. 1t will thus create new taxable resources
TO- the State, open up new country fof the
competition of enterprise, and while it will alb
stract nothing from Richmond that she now
receives, it will present new field for the ac-
tive energies OF that people to contend for. {.
1t is unreasonable to suppose that the people
of the Valley of Virginia will quietly submit to
any other policy than that which will afford
them ample opportunities to better their own
-, condition, when it can be done free from all
cost to the State. They will not consent to be
sacrificed to crafty the excited fancy Of the
people of any section. Nature has highly fl
,vored this section, and the people would be false
~ to every motive that govern men and conmu-
II ties, did they not avail themselves OF the
present opportunity of accomplishing that
which should have been secured to them thirty
years ago. $3.50
The proposed convention will calmly and
j. firmly state the wants of the people, and the
infiexible purpose to have them respected
There will be no menace, no nervous appeals,
nothing to excite the apprehensions of the dis
peptic politicians of eastern Virginia, but a
! plain unvarnished statement Of facts and con-
illusions which must command respect.
1t is to be hoped that prompt action will be
taken in every county interested i'll the great
improvement-tha sensible, discreet and eX-
perienced men will be chosen as delegates
that they will meet and deliberate without
froth or fury, bat as men entertaining high
sense Of duty to themselves and the entire peo-
pie Of this long neglected., patriotic and desery-
ing section.
The Decisions Of alle Chief Justice.
We give elsewhere the opinions Of Chief JUS
tce Waite OH the bankrupt act and the home
stead waiver questions. 1t will be seen that he
has decided the amendatory bankrupt law of
1853, unconstitutional, and that waiver of the
homestead in asnote or instrument of writing is
good. It is entirely probable the first question
will be taken before full benchof the supreme
court, as the country will not be satisfied with
lass than an adjudication Of this important mat
ter by the highest court OF the nation. Its rI-
nous effect upon a large number of Unfortunate
men, makes it a subject Of deep concern to the
people of Virginia, who have been lead to avail
themselves of the Offer Of the bankrupt law of
1873 to secure to their families a shelter from
tle d ,structlon of the war. 1t seems almost
past comprehension, that the Senate and House
judiciary Committees, the Congress and the
Attorney General, should coneur in the rec