The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-10-01

tina vhole Ece Of Texas with rahfOaas. -
h.r;nr their terminus in abe valley OF tne Ds.-
eos. for yelasco Il the only port IN Texas
vb;ch Affords decent outlet Tor the prooucss
NJ ,hs eountry. That velasco might De mace
sr,, rate mort. there can be no doubt, provid-
"A the government would expeudupon II some
of the enormous amounts il annually bestows
upou the North RIVER. The people Of New
York have already seen the growing impor.
lance of this ,rade--,hey see that all the cotton
and all the sugar of Texas must come through
yelasco--they know that when the resources
ofTexas shall have been fully developed, her
trade will be one of the most valuable in the
world-and they ara already stretching out
their arms eagerly in the direction Of Velaseo.
1t is time for Norfolk to strike, if she means
to strike at all. Why should not she secure
this trade as well as New York That city, it
is true, has the wealth and the power, but
every city must have a beginning. The time
was, when N. York was as small a town as Nor
folk. Her situation for commerce is no better
her back country, at the time she began to
grow, was not half so good-her climate is SO
cold that her rivers and lakes, long the great
channels of her trade, were frozen up more
than half the winter. Yet by the indomitable
energy of her people, she has become the third
city in the world, and by the next census, she
will probably be the second. Norfolk may not
hope to catch up with her. but there is no rea-
son, having as fine harbor and a better cli-
mate, why she may not at least follow as close
ly as she can, in the footsteps of her gigantic
predecessor. 9aes saw 7ss:e- aa af.asr z
We have had paragraph upon paragraph.
and convention upon convention with regard
to direct tradew Europe. and yet nothing
has been done. lfthose gentlemen, who shout
and write, and call conventions, are really in
earnest-if they mean any thing more than TO
attract attention to them-now is their time to
show it. Let them come forward like men, and
pat down their money for the proposed line Of
steamers. The have now the finest opporluni
ty they ever had for carrying their favorite pro-
ject into effect. Let them get the cotton and
sugar of Texas to Norfolk, and direct trade
must follow as a matter Of course. Merchants
of wealth and standing engaged in the cotton
trade will settle at Norfolk-the city will be
built ur-and with great seaport town on hel
coast, and another growing town like Rich
mond above her, the fortune of the lower part
of Virginia will have been made.
II there is any enterprise or energy in Nor
folk, this thing will be done, for we learn from
DR.. Archer that there is powerful party al
ready in favor of it in Veiasco. Indeed, there
are an immense number Of Virginans scatter
ed all over Texas, who all retain an affection
for their native land, and would greatly prefer
esta blishing close connection with her, to
forming such connection with others. Those
who are not Virginians, are shareholders, and
their sympathies are all with US.
We hope that no jealousy on the part Of
other cities will interfere with this scheme. We
for our part. are Virginians, and though we re-
gard the prosperity of Richmond as para
mount consideration, yet not seeing how the
success of Norfolk, in this particular, can in.
terfere with us, and feeling by no means dis.
posed to play the! dog in the manger, we give
it our hearty concurrence.