The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-03-23

this production; but your proposed er,.,s;,,,.
of its line TO the mountains and hevcrd IN
stimulate the cultivation Of the plant 4, ,he
fullest extent mp to the very basis Of the morn-
tains. The advantages Of this result 10 H.
State are obvious. The trade Of the Roanoks
valley alone, il properly developed, would
maintain city as large as all the cities AZ VIZ
ginia combined. The tobacco trads. frcs,
causes now at work, will continue to ausms.r
u extent and value. The use and consumn-
uon q the plant are daily becoming more re-
"o'al over the earth, and the demand can ueSsr
cease 70 exceed the supply. Free trade and
:eneea commercial intercourse with all na-
uons VIII promote its consumption. and br;n~
ln.o ,equlsition every foot Of your great VALLEY.
capable OF its production. 5 -.
- neIe gould DC other great sources Of reve-
raS sni eSuiiaf 70 sne proposed road. 1 need not
finances Of the Danville Railroad. ~, ss1o sIa
not prove pro6iable ITSELF its immense ss.e .ns,l
buttons 81 trade to that Road would maEe ~.
wnoie Investment one Of the best in The S,s,s
l speak, however, Of other sources of re.sr,.s
for the work ITSELF The live ssocL ~ K1as' Ka'
lucky intended for the Southern ms,Lss.
would pass over this line from CumherIsr5
Gap to Danville, there to be distributed n r.
various points Of destination. The soil Of
your country, excellenily adapted to thu
CROWN OF tobacco, and the cereals, have hers.
a0fore lacked the ingredients favorable to erass.
This Ingredient will be supplied to II from is ,hs
inexhaustible gypsum beds Of w ashipeton and .r
Smyta counties, over this proposed road. ar =
price scarcely one half its present cost in Rich
mond; and OF aquality superior to that of the
best Nova Scotia plaister. Your road wouId
also be OF immense service to Southwestern
Virginia in opening an immense market To our
plaster, salt, lead and iron, in sffordine our
farmers the benefit of two lines of railway
transit TO market and in preventing the mono
poly which too often arises where one corpo-
ration has the exclusive regulation of the busi-
ness OF q country.
1t is obvious from these hastily expressed
views, that all the local and agricultural in
terests of the great country, stretching from
Cumberland Gap to Norfolk, would be RAPIDLY
developed, and powerfully stimulated by your
line OF road, and it is equally clear that its ef.
iect would be 10 force into existence a city Of
large commercial importance at Norfolk and
Por.s mouth. ~ ~. =
To rescue our Commonwealth, however. from
ner present commercial subsection to the North Il
u aso essential TO establish direct trade and com
munication with the ports of Europe. The adyan
tages resulting would be incalculable. The nro.
oucu OF our country would bring to IN an iucreas-
co remuneration equal to the. commission and
,rsign; wnlcn sorthen factors and carriers now
1 lOf6lR0
| tlons. The wealth which Virginia com mercs now
confers upon Northern cities, would be Retained Ia
augment our capital and population, to increase
our tax paying property, to diversify the occupa-
tons OF our people, ana to add to the wealth, re-
hnement and political strength Of our Comnon-
wealth. The time ID propiu0us for embarkine ia
this vital undertaking, money is more abundsns
than It ever was before known to be- Our Stata
credit has raised to an exalted sminenco and II
planted upon firm basis. Her facilities for bor.
rowing moaey upon easy terms are greater than ct
any previous period of our history.
bold, wise and liberal policy now adopted bv
the Legislature, would enhance the value Of prop.
erty In the State In ratio fer beyond any possible
increase In the ratio of taxation that could be In.
duced BY the most lavish appropriation. The visa
economy OF large expenditures upon important
works is lesson difficult to be learned by those en-
trusted with the destinies of the Common wealth
Our rulers would be bolder and their rule far more
efficient, venture to assert, If they would re-
member that popular condemnation is of much
rarer oceurreace than popular contempt; and that
neither is ever v.ited upon those whose action has
been manly and honest, even though experiencs
prove 1t to have been mistaken. f
have the honor to be, gentlemen,
Very resp6ca.ay,
four obedient servant
JOHN B FLOYD.