The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-03-15
~. There was one thing in the procsea

-. There was ono thing in the procee"'
80. a. she present session of the Leg's'a'.'e
wb;ch we did not at oil like, and 'ha' "a. -.
r.,,.a, Of the Lower House to adopt 40 s"'sAs
lar, to the Central Railroad bill vo'''s o.e
~, of dollars per annum for SIX years ~
.a The bill from the House oh'y ap-
-:.,.5 ane million of dollars. Inc gen
20. .,en ament would have taken tnat '"'
n, xork out OF the great tog-roafng
-, -. ira friends in future Legislatures
-a,,,d M, nave been compelled 10 oar'ef
-. v,,es far other schemes TO secure further
concentrations to theirs. We trust we are not
.nssk;ns 100 fast, and that nobody may feel
.s,,sd moon to call us TO account for this art
less remark. We have made it all unknow-
ing tina there is any danger Of such conse-
ouence if there be any; for we imagine that
log rolling and swapping ofvotes are now too
CANNON. too openly acknowledged, TO make
il dangerous for any body to speak OF them.
We imagine that the reason OF our regret at
the defeat of the amendment was the @hy it
was defeated. The log.rollers could not al
low so great a lever TO be taken from their
reach. 1t will be used with effect in time to
come-we f,ar with effect to the injury OF the
State; already seriously prejudiced in her To-
cal interests and Commercial! prospects by the
advancement of schemes altogether at war
with them.
There are uninsured improvement plans,
hostile to Virginia, which receive the support
Of many prominent men, who were, strange 10
saw, born in the State and owe 10 The people
of Virginia all that they are. These plans
have vet to be advocated and opposed ana II
is important that those who desire 10 force
the Stale TO contribute the means TO accom-
plish her own degradation in the scale OF pow
er should have the numerous supporters of
long line of improvement. such as that OF the
Central Railroad, to operate upon.
Our apprehensions of the extent OF the pre-
judicial lie gislation of Virginia-that kind OF
Legislation which is TO impair the greatness
and dwarf the commerce of the State-have
been very much increased by the dsmonstra-
tons of the present session. We consider the
main strength Of Virginia broken, and the
charm of the integrity other commercial lnte-
rests dissolved. If the James River Valley
had all been true TO the Southside and the Sea
beard, they would have been invincib'e; but
they were not. Lynchburg, backed by the
Southwest, lent all its power towards the
changing of the direction OF the Virginia sys-
tenn of Improvements. The object was accom-
pIished /; and that was the moment, in oui
opinion, when the power of the State to pro-
tect her true interests was broken up, we feal
not to be recovered.
Lynchburg hopes, and we fear vainly, thai
the Northeastern line, which IS to pass through
that place, is to preclude any line with SINH
lar tendency West Of that place. The Lynch
burg Virginian reasons so-anj Charlottes
willie, which will get little dust of the wheels
of the cars as they pass through to Alexandra
nothing more-also reasons so. But we
see not the force of the argument. If there il
not enough of magnitude 10 Norfolk, I s:ersburg
and Richmond, to prevent that direction, are
we to find ii in Lyuchburg and Charlottes
willie I
These are the grounds of orebodirg s which
we feel. We hope our apprehensions may no
be borne out by future events.