The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-12-24
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| ton, and thus TO increase the conpepsa,;op
| OF The producer. When this has been done.
| the merchant, the mechanic and eyerv civ
interest receive a distribution of the common
| proceeds Their profit consists of a legitimate
aothI ensation Tor capital and enterprise in.
vested, not IN exactions restrictions, and oh.
| ductons. f'o P"
IL a cargo of flour should go through Rich.
| mond, or a ship load of cotton should 90
tnrough Augusta, without breaking bulk. or
oeing seen or handled by citizen of either
city, 1t IS better for those cities. The car
goes Will be valued, examined, and drawn
'or ~ these cities, or the local markets Of the
PRODUCER and the proceeds will gladden. these
| ihe,cnahts. Ii, upon their arrival, the,drayman.
| ana 'he commission merchant, and the inspec-
| tor' impose these destructive exactions, il is a
| common loss 10 the communities 10 which thew
| belong. ranshipment, with its accomnany-
my cnargeS' IS as bad as a natural obstruction;
ana the great tails OF the Ohio, or OF the James
| or OF any other avigable rivers, occasion bur
| the same tax upon the planter farmer or con.
sumner, that any railroad running into an in,e
another. '''
=, Does any one suppose that Liverpool, New
| IoTh or London, must have IN inspectors au-
ger, or stick cotton hook into everv barrel of
Hour or bale of cotton that they controll
| hey freight millions Of each over the AT.
| iantlc which they never see, but the proceeds
are controlled bv them, and the values are
| negotiated in these cities, because thew are tn,
commercial centres of the world; their COM
| merclal freedom has made them so. If other
ciues would become their competitors, thew
must offer cheap, rapid and free course 10
tne lntenor commerce of the country. know
tlat these views are counter to he Scotch the
DRY which was bequeathed to the Virginia
bat
Tue properly OF the merchant. She was to buy
OIL ana 10 sell 10 but one factor; one half of the
planter crop was taken in profit upon its re-
SAFE ana the other in the profit upon the mer-
chahoISe gwen IN exchange for it. The plan
ter was annually picked like goose, aud bare
~ IeatherS enough left to encourage him to re
plume himself for the annual Ticking.
.3Hence the hereditary jealousies against free
transportation, and the fears lest some Others
should offer Superior inducements tn ,hoss
whose labor may be regarded as the proper
" ot commercial localities. But LEI me urge
upon you to use the influence of your press
10 dlsabuse the mercantile mind of these an
uquated errors, so far as they may exist
Let the cities of Virginia speed the trade of the
interior TO deep water, and let them not fear
; each other. have often said that if they were
| ait erumhied together, they would not make a
, respectable suburb to such seaport as they
, ought to have at the foot of the Chesapeake.
Alexandra, Richmond and Norfolk are farther
t from each other, than Baltimore, Philadelphia,
view YORK, or Boston; if there is enough in
the interior for one, there is enough for all.
, Let nj not be supposed that these views are
founded IN narrow hostility to Baltimore
They are intended to forward the great object
, OF regaining for Virginia the materials of that
foreIgn and domestic trade TO which she is enti
tied.
If the length of this letter is in bad taste, or
It's method subject TO criticism, these are con.
} sequences to which every friend of the pro-
! gress OF his country Enust expose himself. 1t
ls an honest contribution for a common cause,
and ii may be fairly censured, or respected, il
{ unworthy appreciation or adoption.