The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-07

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LIME wss said, II The Conyeutfon, sbout sarze.
Thero uas soma li1ls sy1psom a diviStou 1nscpk
the kanawha defaGation on this point; but 5naljy
the invention, the Kananha delegation included,
and deal exclusively with the practical ssue Of tho
occasion-the extension Of the Central road to the
Ohio. Tho gauge II LEFT where, BY compact at the
gnion Convention, 4 was agreed 70 be lcft-f0 the
ies1safnys There let the question be determined.
Les the wisdcn Of our law sivers rnllehfencd BY
me experiences OF Intelligent and disinteresfcd En-
sneels decide what gauge il h best to adopf and
,nen ~ Al assent and unite, consummafinR what
,,,, M most wants. and without which her doom
uss oe perpetual iusisnii sances direct eonnsc-
uon petween her navieablo tide wafcrs ana fha
greaf Valley Of the Wes - - =.
me question of an extra session Of The Leriais-
ssr,s, Mss Oso9gn. up and considered bur found
scaIceiy any iavor. IL was urged, and very pro-
perry, tnat the seal Of popular disspproys wss
too plainly Impressed upen the ue.sre - ;.. ..,ss
,h =. lsconlmsnoslon, and that u recommended by
to advance would be connected 10 the nrts;e Sd
with the odiun1 of an extra session '-''.'>-
Al tne same tune, the propriety Of a called ses
. ,,on lmmeoisely siter the election Of new Lseis
lsiu,e, was strongly enforced By Mr. Riyes f!en
Gord0n, and others twas said and riohslv il,
we nave no time to lose that important Wyassarn
connexions were waiting on us that eresf III
srsss and ts any q the work
called together at tranquil season Of the year Ia
special reference to great question of public no
ncy, would be almost sure to arrive at beneficial
The people ought to. and doubtless win concur
Ia the suggestion Their interests as Ia K uayars
as citizens OF q great aad proud Commonweaith
tneir agricultural, MISUNDERSTANDING commercial and
auanelal ma; prosperity all demand the measure At
In the meantime, as Mr. Bolts and Gen Gordon
so streogy advised let theissue be distinctly raise
OF Cooington and Ohio Road, or, no Copingtom and
ONO Road let federal politics be for once at least
q 6rzf AZ
our Riyeses, our Gordons, Wises, our Prestons.
our Floyds, our Stuarts our Prices, our acknowl.
edged Statesmen throughout the State, be sent to
tne new Legislature, and Virginia will be re-
oeemed-redeemed to a certainty. Let the neople
take the subject In their own hands, Iffhey doia'f
they are ruined. They must summon their 6rss
men to their service, or take consequences awful
to template-insigniican in All ifs forms snd
hard and enduring taxation = -" - -
Otthe latter and OF the former too their s.stes
will ''f' e'o' sah VI
There being ON the last day of the session sor,a
appearance Of division proposition was submittei
oy Mr. Rives, BY way of peace Offering, for gene.
raj Internal Improvement Con vention for the whole
State but this, too, found little favor with the Con.
vention, notwithstanding the very respectable
source from which 1t proceeded.
IL was feared by many that such Convention
would rather aggregate than allay sectional ieaI
ousies and striies, and furnish occasion for hug.
iog,roiiing scheme far beyond the financial means
OF the State.
There is much wisdom in these views. The time
for conventions and resolutions ID over 1t ia bia
time we were acting, earnestly, vigorously acting.
Enough has been done to REQUIRE now concen-
tration of views and concentration of action ana
means. For the more local and neiphborhood Ia.
teress, all has been done tina the State can well do
What we want now, and what the remaining means
the State ought to be concentrated on the great
connexion between the East and the West Diffu,
siveness In our policy no longer admissible Con-
centration has become Indispensable The alferna.
tives are-either an abandonment of the western
connexion and of all the power and the elories pro-
missed by 1t, or heavy aud long continuing taxa
ton. aks
The Convention was addressed by Mr. Riyes-
OF bis effort there il of course no occasion for me
to speak Since the passing away OF the great Anne.
rican trio coniessedly the most ed mind
In the country, he could take none but the states.
mans view OF the great subject before the Conven.
ton. His appeals for harmony and union were
thrillingly eloquent and rejoice to say efectual
His lament over the surrender of OF the cardi-
nal principles of Anglo Saxon liberty-annual con-
vocation OF the peoples representatives
chord which vibrated through the whole heart OF
the Convention, aud his exhibition OF the CONNER.
cial and political degradation OF Virginia, hope
and believe brought every hearer To the conviction
that 1t was high time for us all 10 stop quarrelling
over petty things, to cease all local and sectional
jealouses, and unite, heart and hand upon soma
grand scheme of State redemption. May bis sound
and patriotic views prevail
Just before the adjournment, the Convention was
addressed by Mr.. Botts. His address was BRIEF but
1t to the purpose, and, like all his Efforts ex-
ceedingly pointed and strong Two points in his
brief remarks deserve to be noted and remembered.
He showed that the faith of the State was not only
pighted Tor the completion of the Central road, to
cur own people, but TO our brethren of the West,
who, on faith In u.s. have adapted tho gauge OF the
Central Road az the means of connecting with our
improvements; and secondly, he took the ground
that 10 the next State elections the issue OF the com
pletion OF tine Central Road to the Ohio ought to bs
distinctly raised.
In this connexion he declared he would give his
vote to NO man, whig or democrat, who Is not
warm advocate of the Covington and Ohio Railroad,
and that even democrat, who was sound on this
question, should receive his support In preference
a whig who was unsound upon II. So we ought all
TO think and to act
There were some interesting incidents 10 the
!. course of the proceedings which had designed TO
sketch but have already protracted this comma-
nication to tedious length
Repeating the hope and the opinion with which
/ commenced, that the Convention has done great
good. am, Yours, very truly.