The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-01-09
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
MONDAY MORNING. JANUARY q tsss,
DIRECT TRADE WITH EUROPE.

DIRECT TRADE WITH EUROPE.
The project of line of ocean steamers
Win perceived again this winter, and under
auspices whichwe hope will insure it success.
This object should never be lost sight of by
those who desire thst the full development of
the resources of Virginia, by internal inn
provcments, shall ehuro to her own benefit,
end lay the foundations Of her prosperity and
independence. Il is obvious that, without q
direct foreign trade, cur various public
works win only render us more provincial
and tributary to northern cities than we were
before their establishment. II is true that,
even in that event, our prosperity will be in
creased but, If that is to be the only result,
i would have been better policy, instead of
building our railroads with Virginia money,
to have called upon those States which are to
receive the chief benefits to bear the chief ex-
pense of their construction. In fact, if some of
the railroad connections now proposed shall
prevail, our whole railway system win render
n directly and undeniably tributary TO Bal
tmore and other northern cities. The true
policy of Virginia is to build up commerce
of her own, based on the public works which
win connect her with the valley of the Ohio
and Mississippi, and pour into her seaports
the western trade. She enjoys advantages
in her central position in the confederacy,
and fine harbors, which ought to make her
the FIRST commercial State in the Union.
REpR VIII MOT DpOVIgn
The Nebraska question, it is expected, will
come up in few days, and may bring with
it renewal of the agitation upon the slavery
subject 1t is predicted that dishonest and
treacherous attempt will be made by the emo
mics of the Constitution and the Union TO dis
own the binding character of the late com
promise and insist upon the application of the
Wilmot Proviso to the new territory. As we
stated on Saturday, the report in regard to
the territorial government of Nebraska, sub
mitted to the Senate by Mr.. Douglas, plants
itself upon the Compromise Of 1850 az a final
settlement-not final merely as to the ter
ritories then in dispute, but as to all future
legislation for territorial governments. This
rs the true ground, and will be sustained by
all honorable and patriotic men in the coun-
try.
Any effort to apply the Wilmot Proviso or,
what is substantially the same, the Missouri
Compromise, to the territory of Nebraska,
will, if supported by any considerable party
in Congress, re-awaken in that body and
throughout the land the fercest fires of sec
Eonal strife and discord In the minds ofthe
most moderate and rejecting men OF the
South, it will produce settled conviction that
The Northern parties to the national compact.
are utterly incapable of good faith, and that
the South must look to itself alone for the
preservation of its most vital interests We
feel confident, however, that the patriotism
and good sense of the nation, both in and out
sfthe Halls of Congress, viii rally to the sup
port ofthe Compromise of 1850, and thorough
~ crush every reasonable and treacherous
effort to repudiate its binding force.