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November 22, 1858
Lynchburg Daily Virginian
Lynchburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
An 1858 article from the Lynchburg Virginian advocates completing the James River and Kanawha Canal to the Ohio, drawing parallels to New York's initial opposition to De Witt Clinton's Erie Canal, which ultimately made it the nation's commercial center.
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Lynchburg Virginian.
Monday Morning, Nov'r 24, 1858.
The James River Canal.
The Fincastle Whig concludes an article upon the Canal, with the following sensible reflections:
De Witt Clinton found in Eastern New York the same opposition to his canal that the James River and Kanawha Improvement has long found in Eastern Virginia. The city of New York fought lustily against her own destinies, and anticipated only a destructive tempest from the clouds that came laden with refreshing showers, and which have since caused her sterile places to blossom like the rose. What New York now is we all know, and we also know how the Erie Canal, the "ditch" as its opponents in the New York Legislature styled it, became the chief instrument in making that city the commercial and financial centre of the country.
With all this instructive teaching of experience before their eyes, will Virginians refuse to push forward the James River and Kanawha Canal to the Ohio, a work which would make Virginia the New York of the South?
Monday Morning, Nov'r 24, 1858.
The James River Canal.
The Fincastle Whig concludes an article upon the Canal, with the following sensible reflections:
De Witt Clinton found in Eastern New York the same opposition to his canal that the James River and Kanawha Improvement has long found in Eastern Virginia. The city of New York fought lustily against her own destinies, and anticipated only a destructive tempest from the clouds that came laden with refreshing showers, and which have since caused her sterile places to blossom like the rose. What New York now is we all know, and we also know how the Erie Canal, the "ditch" as its opponents in the New York Legislature styled it, became the chief instrument in making that city the commercial and financial centre of the country.
With all this instructive teaching of experience before their eyes, will Virginians refuse to push forward the James River and Kanawha Canal to the Ohio, a work which would make Virginia the New York of the South?
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Fortune Reversal
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
James River Canal
Erie Canal
De Witt Clinton
Virginia Improvement
New York Opposition
What entities or persons were involved?
De Witt Clinton
Where did it happen?
Eastern New York, Eastern Virginia, James River And Kanawha Canal To The Ohio
Story Details
Key Persons
De Witt Clinton
Location
Eastern New York, Eastern Virginia, James River And Kanawha Canal To The Ohio
Event Date
Nov'r 24, 1858
Story Details
The article reflects on opposition to De Witt Clinton's Erie Canal in New York, similar to resistance against the James River and Kanawha Improvement in Virginia, urging Virginians to complete the canal to make Virginia the South's commercial center like New York.