Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-18
IuE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
RICHMOND WING.
no CoRRnPoNDkNTs.
In the absence Of ali PROBABILITY Of the Legislator

In the absence Of all probability Of the Legislature
meeting this winter We consider revival Of the dis.
cussion upon the question of guage, At this time, to
be entirely profitcss. It would be mere waste of
powder. and We, for onedo not propose to enter upon
It In what may say, therefore, or hereafter,
in respect to the resolutions of the Norfolk Conven
ton, We shall restrict ourselves to simple defence
Of the action Of that body, and vindcation Of the
wise and liberal policy It recommended.
We have already distinctly announced, over and
over again, that We belong to no clique, faction
secton,-that VIC arc the partizans of no particular
line Of mprov emcn but the uncompromising friends
and advocates Of them all. Least Of all are VIC the
enemies Of tho Central Railroad. We have had, and
can have hostility to that great work. considering
it We do, an important link in that lcngthening
chain Of improvements which is to make Virginia the
empire State Of tho South and Of the Union. Thus
believing, why should we feel any enmy to the Cen
trail Railroad manifest the slightest indifference to
its prosperity and SUGGEST In all truth and sincerity
We wish it every measure Of success not inconsistent
with the interests Of other lines Of improvement
and not incompatible with what believe to be for
tho welfare of all Virginia Less we would not wish
it-more, We could not.
We fear, however If it has enemies, that some of
its friends may succeed in nicting upon it greater
injury than even they could do, though they might
msdly attempt their worst spirit has evinced itself
in some quarters which threatens not only defeat
forever, the Covington and Ohio railroad, and thus
render the Central railroad local and compare.
lively unimporsnt Improvement but also to retard the
progress and jeopardize the interests Of the whole
State unless it is permitted to consult its own obstinacy
and havcits own way despite these and all other con-
sderatons combined We grieved that it is so and
sorrier still that that spirit should have been
manifested by portion of the peculiar friends Of
the Central railroad For if they, in this crisis of
Vrginias fate would only be true to themselves and
true to the interests of the State at obstacle
in the way Of our advancement and prosperity would
be conquered, and nothing would be left us but to
indulge in mutual congratulations and general re-
jocings. AS it ia, elimination has commenced and
what is more natural or more inevitable, than that
recrimnation will follow, We want no conflict of
factions Of rival interests no strife or conten.
ton between the various portions or sections of this
Commonwealth. We want peace, harmony, bro
thory love, united counses and united efforts But
We must be permitted to say, that if war is to be
declared in earnest. there must necessarily be two
parties to it and that it will be war TO the knife l.
is not for to determine but for others to choose
whether they will have peace or whether we shall
oil fall into the stitch" together
We regret that our neighbor, Of tho Post, whom
we know to DO both just and patriotic should evince
20 unyielding and incorporating spirit in refer
ence to the policy proposed by the Norfolk Convea-
ton. We See nothing in that policy to excite the re-
sentiment of any one if it does not command the
approval Of his judgment Still less can we discover
any reason, in view of the liberal resolutions they
unanimously adopted, for charging or insinuating
upon the friends Of the South.Sidc Improvement a
purpose to defeat tho Covington and Ohio railroad
We know the fact, that that great Improvement has
no stauncher friends than they, within the
broad limits Of tho State. And We here tell tho
Covlngton and Ohio railroad men, who live in the
West and who naturally feel the most interest in its
speedy construction, that if their road is defeated il
will not be becau the advocates of the wide guage
areits enemies IL will be because there is enough
OF spirit of compromise, and enough of lberality
on the part of some Of tho peculiar friends Of the
Central improvement.
AS to Richmond, we have never been ablo to un
derstand why she should make herself the par,iz,n OF
any particular line Of improvement /. is certainly
to her interest to be on good terms with all. And,
rs we have stated before, We believe it will apuear
she was grossly misrepresented before the Norfolk
Convention. AT least, there are some facts in our
possession which warrant the conclusion that she has
oeen, II she IS not how in favor of the compronse
winch the Norfolk resolutions propose And il il
notat'gether certain that the Central railroad and
even some OF its high officials were not also in favor
Of It We shall recur to this subject again In the
meantime, we assure our neighbor of the Post that
lt would rejoice US exceedingly tv see him Fighting
himself upon this great State question.
Speaking Of the adoption Of the two,ihird, rul. bv
the Democratic Stsic Convention, the Charlotte willie
JsersOnian says: "For our part we do MT see the ne
csssy of it, adoption and SHALL if we attend the Con
ven!ion, as at present advised vote for the maori,v
rule" The Winchester yiginisn. ,uo,be, s,srncI
Democratic paper, says, on the other hand
"W We 60 for the two.thrds plan, mos, deeidcd, W.
want TO have candidate nomn4ted not only nv hare
majority, or rstbsra nominal msjoriy, bu. BY m.iorty
ths character and completeness Of which there con he
no doubt We desire ths democrats OF yirrin. IN
thsr candidate for Governor on tho same princos
have accepted and supported in tho selection OF e,ndi
date Tor President OF the United Sstes aud which thsy
nave oiteu followed in nominating for Congrs,s That
prnopn we believe to be sustained both by reason and
results aud We are aware Of nothing 10 the shape Of
espionaI circumstances or Of special pi ecedent rbct
ought 70 cause lie abandonment"
Vo nave gwen VARIOUS extracts from the Dpnnocr, ali,
papers OF this State. TO show the sentiment Of tho p,r
y.or rather, the diversity of sentiment among them
on The mode by which the nominees of the S,aun,o,
Convention shall receive their nomination. Ne DIV,
other extracts for the same purpose, and that On
readers may be posted on the probable chance, e,be
rule stands of adoption. This is the first ono.uo,
among those with which the Virginia Democracy ar
surely perpleTed that will come up in the Convention
The party appears to be pretty equally divided on i,
and there mus; necessarily be some warm work in se,
Ting i-unless tho side or the other make c,,
backout The indications are by no means such "a (,
warrant tho concu ion that either those IN favor or ,b
two thirds rule, those in favor of The na,ri,y rule
will b,at retreat in the opening Of the Conventio,
and hence we conclude that The subject will elicit ,
lively snd interesting debate.
Ia our opinion, 1t involves tbs whole gis. of the
lion Of the Convention. There 10 strong problbil,y
that Mr. Wise will 20 into the Convention with ma
'ony OF the delegates in hi, favor and the adoption Of
Inc majority RULES. In that event. equivalent to HE no.
IMITATION. Bat, with the two third, role, a mino, itv
OF 'he Convention can defeat HE nomination. and force
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