The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-11-29
RICHMOND, VAT
THE SCHEME OF MR.. AMBROSE
THOMSON.

Our eontem,oraries of the Wing and En-
ourer, both speak in high terms OF mr. "o"
son. and we learn, indirectly, thai Juoge MA
.ou co;nc;des perfectly with them IN OPINION
Az Mr.. r. has had much to do with Inc govern,
..n, :. his line, the good opinion OF the last
,.n.d gentleman, so long Secretary OF the Ma
Nv il Of very considerable importance. Mr..
TIA letter to Judge NJ, on the subject OF ms
trade, is a document of great value IL was
very generally published at the time il came
out, in May last. We are happy to learn
that there is every prospect of obtaining what
he asks for.
We have not yet seen the bill but we I'M
dsrs,and tina, il proposes to build two steamers
10 run between James river and certain points
in Europe, Hamburg being probably their ul-
innate destination. The advantages Of the d.
rect trade are so palpable, and have so often
been enlarged upon, by US, that it would oe
matter of sheer supererogaton to introduce
them here. The sum required is only one
million of dollars, a triHe in comparison win
the results which the establishment oil the line
would undoubtedly achieve. The mail SER
vice which il would render, would alone, so
we learn, amount to $4,000 per annum. This,
though but small item comparatively, is liza"
BILE to increase with the increase of trade, and
is not 80 insignificant that it ought to be alto
gether overlooked.
We have everything, then, for the beginning
Of our independence-an energetic man al 'ne
hsln-a " illing Legislature-an6 trade am
ply sufficient to compensate the stockholders.
q ne Yes, depends on Virg inia herself. Enan-
.;aa,;on from our somewhat colonial bondage
10 tho North, must be the work OF time, but
that time we'll employed will enable US, not
probably, to work miracles, but to produce
very material change in our condition.. Our
~apacity to furnish back trade is enlarging
every day, and every moment OF each day. 1t
our Legislature will only pursue the line so
clearly marked out by common-ssnse, to say
nothing of duty, and enable the great lines OF
Improvement TO reach their termini, we shall
be able, in very few years, TO send out such
sargoes as few States can supply. A line to
Texas, to secure the vast and growing trade
of the Brazos, its tributaries, and the country
destined to be dependent on ii, is still wanting
Now, it seems to US. is the very time to engage
in such an enterprise. The feelings OF the
whole South are much excited by the slave
ease in New York, and the people of Texas, a
large proportion Of whom are from the South,
would greatly prefer encouraging the infant
trade Of a slave-holding seaport, to feeding the
overgrown wealth of city in which their pro-
perry is not recognised as property, and they
are Liable 10 be robbed of it whenever they en-
Ter it for the purpose of finding conveyance to
taeir homes. The cotton that would come
from Texas, would Of itself be sufficient, per.
nanently to establish 4 trade with Europe
even now. Yet the resources Of Texas are
very imperfectly developed, and there is ne
means of estimating the magnitude of tina,
wealth, which may one day, under proper en-
couragement, find its way to Virginia. on its
way to Europe.