The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-06

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10 the committees IN all that had been done, and be
WAS certain thsre eould mot be . dissentine voice
to the resolutions In shs convention: unless that
vas the case no feared that this work, begun
sMwensy - use years ago. would mot be completed -
Tue internal Improvement party Of the State must
% act as an unit aud disenthral tbs State
.na sue oouin, from the position Of vassalsge 70
,ne North, which Il had occupied since the war Of
ioll We must 60 before our country and the
world, declaring IL TO be our arm and unalterable
plfpose to perfect work which wc have success-
the tongus of ridicule may say, Virginia has pro.
gressed with her internal improvements and since
their resumption In lS46. has accomplished more
soan any State 10 the Uaiou with her own resources
que nas ouiis line from the Chesapeake Bay to
the Tennessee State line with the exception Of =
Snort gap on the Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad:
connected her capitol with the old North State bv
.ns Danviie Railroad; built great line Of i'm.
virginia Central RAilroad-whfch presenta A.
many natural difficulties In Its construction as any
completed line 10 the country and built line from
country
Let gentlemen lock over the whole hi.torv of
our internal improvements, and refisct vhefher
mere Is any state that has done ~ much a. Viz
gina Sne is no longer to be taunted with supiue-
ness, ana inability to accomplish any work abe
may undertake; for she has, by her improvements.
Duiit with her own capital increased the yalue OF
ner real estate one-third. We possess trade suf
neient " employ seven such steamers as the
dreat Eastern and this statement is not an ex.
aggerated one, for, when the cooperation of our
sister States is obtained, will possess copnec1
ton with country which will give US An amount
OF trade not to be concentrated any port in the
country save New York. We have the position
and need only carry our lnes onward into the
mighty y est Immediately on the completion of
the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad the
Cumberland Gap Rafr DAD, and the Covington and
ONO Railroad, we viii have the commerce of
o0000 600 of people. There seems to ba an idea
that the Great Eastern" cannot be filled. She
takes So 600 barrels of -four $500 bales of cot
ton and 0O0 hhds of tobacco, while the James
River and Kanawha Canal alone carries 1856 0OO
tons of freight per annum. With regard to the
necessity of appointing = commissioner to 20 to
England the speaker said that if the convention
adjourned without doing so, it had better never
have assembled. The policy of the North-de-
preciating Virginia-has been the means of mis-
directing foreign capitalists; and every day we
hear the cry that Virginia 10 over head and ears In
debt. We must correct this false impresson-no
by commercial correspondence-but by sending
some gentleman of standing abroad, whose word
will not be questioned and who will come in cons
tact there with those who bold the purse strings of
Europe, and show them the true state of affairs
Send him with such instructions rs are found in
the resolutions, and you will find on his return that
be will be followed by capital and trade, which
will open q new era for Virginia, With regard to
say that the time had at length come when, If Vir-
ginia will not put forth all her strength, We ate
doomed perpetualy to the bondage under which
we have been living for the last forty years.
The convention agreed that the repre- esentatives
of each interest present should vote unit in
the deliberations
Hon VIM Ballard Preston being called upon
took the stand, and delivered most eloquent and
impre ssive speech He said he was proud to ad
dress them that OCCASION for he saw about to be
realized scheme which was the dearest to his
heart. Twenty five years ago, small convention
assembled at Abingdon, having 10 view the con.
nection ofthe waters of Virginia with those of the
Mississippi, and he now saw that hope rapidly ap
preaching realization, snd preparing still farther
to extend itself This scheme begun 81 years ago
in Georgia, was followed up in South Carolina
end then agitased 10 Memphis, yet not one dollar
had been spent, aught done, save the passing of
resolutions, until Virginia put her shoulder to the
Wheel He alluded to the Virginia and Tennessee
and South-side roads, the construction of which
was commenced without . capital worthy of mem
ton, audyet before five years have passed-before
the click of the hammers in their building was
ceased to be heard-we see the practical result In
the addition of $l000 900 900 to the value of real
estate In Virginia Where has anything been seen
like thisa He did not, however, consider our
railroads completed until they could carry our pro
duce to the best market, direct, and not let it go
through the hands Of our enemies, thus placing The
steel Ia their bands with which to pierce our own
bosoms. He alluded to the example of the State
VI No" DuudluS up LEX AoEcleu hsuc.-
She did not wait uDti produce was piled upon her
wharves before getting steamers to carry 1t of ;
butt ipStea3, encouraged commerce rs an incentive
to the agrsul urist, and her success Is proof Of
the wisdom of her policy
He commept, upon the causes which had ope-
rated against Virginia, in the foreign markets; one
of them bad been removed The English had
DOUBTED the stability CT slavery under the govern
ment of the U Uuited States If the free soilers OBJ
the of pow err that recent decision of
he Eourt of the cOuntrV had settled that
point, and we could now 60 to them with the YER
dict of the jury in our favor. Another point we
yet have to remove: the English see us only
through New York capitalists; they are never in
contact with the true exponents of her resources
This, we propose to obviate, by going to them
ourselves, and showing them what we are and
what we can do.
The Speaker addressed the Convention for an
hour with An elcquence of oratory and profundi-
ty cf Thought, which at the close, drew forth
burst of applause from his hearers.
At the conclusion of the address Mr. Deane
nominated the speaker As the commission r to
Europe; the nomination being seconded by Messrs
Campbell and Fontaine, he was unanimously
elected to the position
On motion Of Mr. Campbell 1t was resolved that
copies of the resolutions be forwarded to Ihe Pes
dents of the Railroad companies in the State, and
the lines come cting with their roads
A resolution offered by Mr. Fon.aine, was adopt.
ed, fl king Richmond as the place, and the Tues
day after the first Monday in December next as
the time for this Convention TO re assemble 2fser
Its adjournment, and inviting the Presidents of all
railroad companies not now represented to attend
The Presidents Of the several railroad repre~
sented, pledged themselves to pay the due proper
tion of their respective companies to defray the
expenses of the commissioner.
Mr. Deane read letter excusng the absence OF
Thomas Ellis Esq, President of the James Ri
yer and Kanawha Canal on account of break in
the canal.
Messrs Deane Archer of Petersburg, and
Worrell of Norfolk, were appointed q COMMITTEES
to notify Hon VIM Preston of his selection As
commissioner to Europe The committee per-
formed their duty, and Mr. made an eloquent
reply, accepting the trust and expressing the nope
that Tennessee and Kentucky would appoint sim
liar commissions g.
On motion Of Mr. Deane, 1t was resolved that the
proceeding of the convention be published Ia fun
In the papers of Virginia, and st Louisville, knox-
vile and Nashville.
John Mcdaniel, Esq, was chosen as the trea
surer of the fund to be collected for senoing out he
commission. .
On motion of Mr. Thos L Preston, resolution
was adopted fxiug on Norfolk rs the place Tor the
meeting of the convention, should II be convoked
by the President before December next
Appropriate resolutions were adopted on tne an
nouncemeut of the death of Nm Maghee, OF re
tersburg, one of the delegates 70 the convention,
who was killed At Liberty, Bedford, "Wednesday
morning
A vote of thanks to the President and seereta-
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