Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-02-14


oconvege and bring the products of the soil
wealth OF this particular city, whilst all Others may
ior want OF such support as is necessary
them the elements Of prosperity. Some Of the Richmond
papers speak OF their city If the whole of Virginia be-
ionged to Il. Why should Richmond be fed while other
cities sarve! II is certain that the Of the Wing
and s compeer is runous to the prosperity OF the State
Our people will not be forced trade any particular
market IL Richmond offer sufficient Inducements the
trade WIN concentrate there, otherwise citizens will
60 where they can do best for themselves We contend
mat our cities can compete with Baltimore, aud IL why
should they fear that city? The course that nov being
pursued on tho part OF some, will create distrust the
part OF Others which will be injurious the prosperity Of
our state We repeat it, this forcing principle will do
Tor 'irginans They be led but they cannot be |
uriven.-Stdunton Jfessenger.
Ours is rather hard lot-while we are CHARGED |
here with trying to ruin Richmond-and the resi- |
dence OF the Editor of the Wing" on the canal ad.
duced rs evidence that we wish to ruin the canal
also here comes Staunton paper, charging MS with
seeking to destroy all the rest Of the State for the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of Richmond. Both accusations can
not be uue-and If we understand ourselves neither
IS As to that OF our Staunton Contemporary: We do
desire to converge all the improvements Of the State
from the periphery TO the centre and we desire tina,
that centre should be the metropolis But we do not
believe that this desirable result would tend to iniure
any portion of the State. We think it possible by
Judicous system of improvements make the inter.
ess oil every section Of the State identical-to bring
about oneness of feeling and interest in all the parts
ana 10 make each and every improvement contrib
ute to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of the whole Such an
object strikes us worthy of the best efforts of every
frginan IL is the only means by which thorough
virginia ieelng can be created in all the borders Of
the commonwealth. This object cannot be effected |
except by the conveyance of the improvements to
some common centre. That conveyance. we con- |
tend, will not njure the interior AXE for instance
this Central Road and Staunton: That road CON- |
structed on wide gauge would he in itself nc us
iul TO Staunton-as it would be if of narrow ,,u
and IT would be still more beneficial TO IL if Il throw
oil northwest branch from Staunton n Wboo,;r,
anu thus connect the centre with the extreme north
dependent upon and feeding the commerce Of
city beyond our limits. Certainly such -.
feeder emptying into the Central Improvement,
at Staunton, could not injure that aour;sh;ra
town, while it and similar feeders from evc,y
district Of the State would contribute TO increase a.,
general prosperity of the Commonwealth and mail.
as one people. Would that not be plorious ron.
Summation. What possible objection couId S,,r,
on nave 10 IL! IL would force her to trade to Rich
'ohul "eN' what oil that, if by so doing her own |
ana thr general welfare OF the State were advanced
Is there no patriotism among us: Should we not
a'fNe hrS o all 10 bnlid up our own Stateg Should
we not be willing to make some sacrifices fr an o,
so ueSiraoe! but our cities can compete with Bal
umorei NO count oil it-but that is no reason II n
we shouiu spehu our money to afford facilities to RI,
tihore 10 compete with us. Let her spend her own
money Tor That purpose. We have at present ne |
much as We can do to provide for ourselves Irsbe
connects with our road, it is nothing bpt f,r
and right-Inothing but just to the State and ,ba
people who pay taxes-that the break Of hill,
in every case, should be against her and il, our
fayor. That is all ask Stanton exrects
road down the valley. Doubtless she will,
get IT in time; but change of gauge within bcr
own corporate limits, will probably nh;ct no ser;ous
injury upon her!
Why then the opposition to gauge nm tho
Central and Covington Road, which will moto that
improvement Virginia improvement and ror,ior
to the Entertainments Of northern citiess Is ,boro
sense or patriotism in it A road of ,b,, oo,;,,-
cannot injurc this side of the mouth or rr.
while 1t will aid the canal, in which the State has On
great an interest, and harmoze and consolidate the
interests OF the whole Commonwealth
EB The w ashington Sentinel. in piv;n, or- ;o,,.
OF the Nebraska Bill. would seem TO have b.or :;
some doubt with respect to our opinions on tho srh
Ject IL Is little strange, that we who have r.,
had the slightest connection with Free Sellers nj homo
or abroad-and never given to them or to their doc
tnnes The least cOIntenance should come under enc
picion in any quarter We suppose it is owing to tho
TACT, that while have always upheld the ms, h,
OF the South, we have not been narticparI,, o;s,
about il, and have not at all times had f,;,h :, M
nf,k h.
ieSsed themselves better friends to the sove.bnder
than the STAKEHOLDER was to himself As,o.r,o ~,
under consideration, never had any hesitation wi n
respect 70 us leading feature and suppose there is
not a Wing in all the South who had Our on,v m.
prehension was that direct issue might not he made
onit-or if there was that the Administration and ,
'o'u'"eFh advocates OF its policy Of rewardng Free
Soiers might dodge. We wished them first IN com.
INIT themselves beyond the power Of retreat
III a paragraph few days ago. we expressed or
impned doubt touching the motives which nov
have actuated Mr.. Douglas in this matter We ore
persuaded we did that gentleman injustice, and we
"''" frankly 70 reparit. We are satisfied, he has bv
' conduct on TINS occasion, exhibited disnteres,c
'e'eSsness more and more rare, every day. in min
TIC men, ana therefore more to lie commended So,oo
latent ambition may have exerted an influence u,or
hi'h-ont 1t was nm cxcusablc, laudable ambition
that sort fnmbon, without which patriotism would
become extinct, and great and noble deeds gould
cease 70 be achieved. IF he hoped to win the pres.
oency, lac at the time must have been conscious
o. ,no RISK nc ran of compromising himself at home.
ana sacrhcing all his future prospects He wos tho
only man oil his party or his section who had ,bo
nerve tue manness, the curtain spirit To bravo ,bo
crisis. His conduct forms an enyiab,c cor,,.., -
that 0, our great man, Mr.. Eycrett-wbo. with
exalted worth and brilliant requirements ,brongh
want OF moral courage dread of Harvard CIV.
and Faneuil Hal-thc bug bears or struhIi,,,,
blocks OF all the later great men of Mossochn'
sets shrunk from the destiny which fortune
iressed upon him. Nothing was wanting 10 round
aud perfect the charhctcro Of Mr. Everoe-to n olo
IN perhaps the foremost man Of tile times. but tho
''uvhce that he possessed moral couragc-tlnt he
was not afraid to assert the just and the right against
AZ Oaes and without regard to consequences But
p""'ed by The shallow Of Cambridge University. bo
wasno equal to the occasion Mr. Douglas. with
possibly tot hnlfhs substantial worth. certainly with