The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-02-16

SHORT ROAD FROM LYNCHBuRa no
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~PowhatAn,' CORE pondsnt d ihe Ricl=|
mond Enquirer fsseHlt some forufbls Coz
siderations inafaSos of fhis rosa. Ne invokS -
Richmond, to whom share Of the South
western trade i 30 important. 70 cuusider
Up tsssibihty sof the proposed road. We
fully coincide with the correspondents of ths'
Enquirer, in reference 10 this subject, and
have some time ago and repeatedly urged ii
upon the attention of our community. The
movement for the road. however, did not on.
ginate in Richmond, but in the fertile coun-
ties Of Buckingham. Cumberland and Pow
hatan, which, in the language Of the CORES
pondent of the Enqs.irev, task for charter
for the purpose of expending their own mo.
ney in the construction Of the proposed road
from Lynchburg to Richmond" We can
scarcely suppose that the Legislature Of vir-
ginia, which, with such liberal hand, ex-
ponds millions upon public works, some Of
them of questionable advantage, win deny
the reasonable request of the people Of these
counties for naked charter. sass
We don't know what is to damage this
movement Of our country friends, but the
fact that one end of their railroad will be in
this city. That circumstance win be argu-
ment enough against it, with the enemies of
big Richmond If anything more were
necessary, it would be the fact that Rich
mond, having subscribed 100000 to the
Lynchburg and Tennessee Railroad is left
without any direct connection with that road.
Of course. it is perfectly monstrous that big
Richmond, the principal city of the State,
| should desire to be connected with one of
the most important of the public works of
Virginia, and one which she has aided by 6
large contribution in money; insteadof being
left, as she now is, in the forks of two great
improvements, one railroad starting off from
Lynchburg to Alexandra, and another from
Lynchburg to Petersburg and Norfolk. We
call upon our country friends to come to the
rescue, and try and persuade the Legislature
that they, at least, ought not to suffer from the
want of railroad, because Richmond may
derive some benefit from it. Our city has
committed no fault, except paying an i'm
| mensely large proportion of the taxes and
making large private subscriptions to public
works, than the same number of people in
| any other part of the State. Notwithstand-
ing this crime, she has the audacity to be
fourisbing and prosperous. We have no
doubt the proposed short road to Lynchburg
would make her still more so, and the cutlery
which has been raised by our enemies at the
prospect of constructing the road, will slim
ulate the friends of the work to new vigor
and to a perseverance which will permit
nothing to dishearten or discourage them till
its object is accomplished. s., IN
SLAVE TRADE.-The New York Herald
learns that seven vessels have sailed within
six or eight weeks from Baltimore, Boston,
and New York, with the direct, intention of
being employed as slavers. e a
Boston and New York have always been
the headquarters of slayers. Most Of the
vessels employed in that trade are from the
North. Many of the founders of New Eng
land amassed fortunes by it. When the U.
S. Congress, through Southern influence,
commenced legislating against theslave trade,
then, for the first time, Abolition began to
show its head at the North. We have little
doubt that, if Congress should legalize the
slave trade again, Northern abolition would
expire as suddenly as it was born ..