The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-06-17
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
The DnnviIle CelcbrafIon.

: .sa. The Dnnvflfe Ceiebsat'o".
v IMPROVEMENTS IN yIRa
g ON Thursday next, our DanviIle friends ee,ep'a'e
that great triumph, the extension OF 'no I'LL
and Danville Railroad to Dsnvaes ~ -" "
grand occasion Ills one In wnlen .ae p'sp~'e'
feelsa peculiar Interest, for The panviue Na"to.a
has always had the earnest friehdsnp anu eoUpe
ration Of This paper. We have heiredtn our na"
HE wav. TO keep IL moving; we nave symPash'eeu
With n, re~rses and reioieed 10 It's victories ana,
when unexpected difficulties arose, ana "hosas'
oh.,ruotiops were thrown before it, our motto mas
been still that of the gallant and tndomsiao'c
Sras.-"La her rip" Hence, whether present OF
.bsen, a. the approaching festivity, We shall qnah
full goblet of health, prosperity aud happiness
to the town of Danviile, and to the Danvhie hait
road and of immortal honor to the memory 0,
Whit TunstaII Would that his bright ana
buoy ant spirit might hover over all our virgins
improvements, aud pervade them all WIN ms
. electric energy aud unconquerabie VIII
In Msrryatts excellent novel; Peter s'npie' IS
famous oddly, Boatswsin Chucks, who has tne.
DRY that the world and all that is in it, 60 round
like horse in a cider mill doing over, every 70
$50 years. the same things, so that, after ALL mere
Ia. as Solomon says nothing new under the sun
If this theory be true we trust that 10000 years
ago, the friends of the Danvle Railroad had
Jolly good time at their celebration, and that, with
in few years afterwa ards, their railroad was ex
,tsfded to the counties of Henry and Patrick
Thus far, they have done nobly. What country
that railroad penetrates What lands of inexhaus
tibie fertility, and whstmines of boundless wealth
What a people 1t brings ont and introduces to the
world, The old time Virginians, with hearts as
big as their wide acres, and doors with the latch
string always out These are, after ali, the best
of Virgnia's treasures, and we would not exchange
them for all the wealth which the North has ever
sucked from the South, especially If we were COM
PEELED to take with 1t the peculiar vices and mean
nesses of Free Soil Society. ..-,- ..--
We trust that at this celebration something will
be done to complete the monument to Tunstali
Ne doubt many eloquent tributes will be paid to
his memory, and many bumpers drunk. 1t is
easy to drink bumpers, especially in hot weather
But, whilst the lion is hot, let practical and sub
stantial blow or two be struck in the shape OF sub
scribng and shelling out the dollars necessary to
complete that monument But for Tunstall, the
Danvilie Railroad would still be regarded the wild
dream Of a visionary: He was himself pronounced
An enthusiast, a charge to which he never replied
In words He let his deeds answer. The smooth
and solid rails and the heavy trains of the Danvle
Railroad that come loaded with the riches of that
garden spot of Virginia every puff Of, the loco
motive and every scream Of the steam whistle, an
swer the charge that Tunstall was an enthusiast
more eloquently than even he could have answered
it with his own clarion voice.
Would to Heaven that just such enthusiasm
could light up every hill and every valley in vir.
ginia Would to Heaven that this enthusiasm
which is but the electricity of fiery spirit and an
energetic will, could flash and reverberate through
the atmosphere of our public sentiment till Rip
Van Wrinkle should be woke by the thunder claps
and come down from the lofty mountain Of alb
stractions, and take his place in this living NOV.
ing, onward world! We see how much one man
can accomplishment master spirit, sagacious, per
sistent, hopeful aud ardent,-in the Danyille Rail
road But what Virginia needs is, net one good
road here and there, some ending in the woods,
and half dozen parrellel and competing, but
system of improvements, such as was recommend
ed in the able and patriotic message of Gov Wise
last winter, improvements harmanizing with each
other and commensurate with the wants of the
whole State. And, while on this subject we
must express the earnest hope that the enlighten
ed and liberal recommendations of that message
may secure the universal approval and co-opera-
sembIe in the Capitol. Time flies; Virginia is
standing still, whilst all the rest of the country.
North, South and Test, is going ahead Even the
old world in its most ancient and anediluvianre re-
cesses feels the impetus of modern progress The
dry bones are standing up, and the pre-Adamite
formations showing signs of vitality and youth -
The Mediterranean and the Red Sea are about TO
be connected by a canal, and locomotive will ere
A. L.. H. s L.
Yankees, English French, Germans. Russians,
bit the very Turks and Egyptians threaten
to distance Virginia in the of enter
prise Let us hope that she will rise from her
couch of inglorious repose like giant refreshed
with wine, seize again her old sceptre of power
and prosperity and thus fill the hearts of her
once more with pride aud joy, and cause her enc
mics to hang their heads in shame and confusion.