The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-03-15
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TRUTH
We surrender much editorial space this morning
&, ,ba saiIowiug eogent. out spoken, truthful arti
~. NJ The Richmond Ssuss. We ask for II the pro-
fsuud attention Of our readers. 1t speaks their
facIipcs. II speaks the convictions of every man
who observ yes and thinks. upon the subject which
ii Treats L, gives expression. vigorous and salts
! factory expression to sentiments which are peut
nm IN muIttudes Of breasts, but for which most
men are unable to fnd suitable language, possibly
because their tongues parayzed by excess of
Indignation. Everything In this article lay not
agree 10 all respects with all tastes in one or two
points II does not exactly jump with our own ideas.
hat in the main II has our most cordial. our most
hearty assent. Three lines In it, We may not agree
to; IL all the rest of it is not true then there is
snch thing as truth under the wide canopy of
Heaven Read it, ye tsxburtheped people Of
Richmond and of Virginia read this picture Of
doomed TO destruction. We trust that this appeal
Is not yet too late. But, for one, we say, better
that another mile OF rail should be laid in YiI
ginia, than that one inch shoad be put down by
tue aids Of that infamous logrelling system which
has dragged the State TO the precipics of rap and
holds her now aghast and shivering over bot
tomless pit OF reputation aud despair The great
Covington road We do not want and would not
have, if we must take with il 'aIi the bcggarly
schemes which hang like barnaclcs to it's side. -
Better that the noble barque should go down in
the battle or the storm, than to be made Penn,
sylvania receiving ship rotting at its moorngs and
of benefit only to the "barnacles which cling to its
side"@ ri
tbs INTERNAL IarRovEIESr SYSTEM OF VIRGINIA
LoGR0LLIsG COMBINATIONS.
We observed with great pleasure the movement
made on Wednesday by the Senator from " EST
s1noreIaud. in favor OF such an amendment OF the
syUoviugton and Ohio Railroad Bill, as would appro
pirate one million annually TO that work after the
ssnaxt two years, until the total expenditure
amounted to ten millions OF dollars.
- The aim of Mr.. BsaLss proposition is sufficient
ly obyious,--Intrinsicaily the CovDgton and Ohio
road possesses strength superior to that of any
other enterprise in the State. If, then, other
schemes of doubtful desert or undeniable folly,
can bring that improvement into their combna-
ton, they may eaiplny it as the pack-mule upon
o which they may all mount, and so ride, rough
shod over the neck of a tax-oppressed people,
But they must subdue 1t TO their purpose. They
must keep 1t ia state OF destitute dependence.-
they must compel it TO enter the coalition in
der 10 procure the means of present support and
future advancement. Above all, they must never
let it escape from their control and assume an in
dependent position. Now, Mr. BEALE would take
this trump out of the hands of the Logrollers.-
lie would obige them to stand or fall according
- 10 their own Intrinsic abilities. lie Is ayerse to
the use they make of an Improvement which 30
vitality affects the interests of the Commonwealth;
Il la aai IN "a al ~ N
which Expresses Its energies and employs 1t as
cars-paw for the plumber Of the Treasury. The
, reader need not be told that the proposition en-
counters the furious opposition OF the patrons OF
all the beggarly schemes which hang like barna-
Giles to the sides of the Coyington and Ohio Bill -
That, he has been already taught by The recocd of
the vote in the Senate. ss ..t=g.. Hs .re.
Mr.. BEaLEs movement has very naturally crea-
ted fiutter among the Voscaus Of the Internal
Improvement Policy of Virginia or, in other
words of the constituent schemes in the conbin-
alton now applying for legislative aid. We shall
EXPECT any aaie1ut OF grevious lament the in-
yasion of 1.-The Great Internal improvement policy
of Virginia. OF which so much has been said and
written during the last decade, and to bear the
proposition decried as the entering wedge of 1.
movement calculated to break up the Internal In
provement system OF the State. ....
"The Internal improvement system OF Virgin
ia:n Is thsre any such thing in existence. Is the
tnharmonjous combination that every session pre-
sents itself with importuDate demands for money,
money, money, anything like a system. Has 1t
of the features winch entltle IL TO so imposing
a titlef' On the contrary, instead of system, Is
IL not rather au accidental congomeration of di-
verse influences and conflicting objects! Do its
Individual interests harmonic! Do they not, on
the contrary, war each upon the other and would
not the completion of one be often the source of
irjury, if not destruction, to another, of
those combining in the present demand for sub
sidyl
principles They never vary. The system OF one
year would be, at most, only an exte6son OF the
system of the last. How 10 1t with 'the Virginia
syetemf" The coiors of the chameleon are not
more variable than the complexion of this yaunt-
ed system. One session, Tor instance, the Dan-
vile Railroad, wanting money, combines with
the Southsde, the Orange, &C., &c, aud by their
aid gets tue contribution necessary for its compile
ton. The next session the Danvi!le gerged to
safety, retires from the "system, and the system
nuds necessary to supply the votes formerly got
FROM that interest," by projecting a new line from
Danvite to Lynchburg, which, so tar as the
chance of dividend Is concerned. kills the Dau
vile road dead az an Egyptian mummy. So too
this Suuthside, once staiwart prop of the system
has now become one of the terrible disturb
ers of the peace aud comfort of its former assoc-
ates. Again, the President OF the Norfolk aud
Petersburg Road, which has been built to accom-
date the Immense rush Of travel to come over the
Virginia and Tennessee railway, wanting money
for his enterprise, is now part of the System,
and lends his vote for further state aid to the Or
angs and Alexandria extension,-a scheme which,
il Completed, will take away every Passenger the
Norfolk road might expect from the Virginia and
Tennessee line, and 80 extDguish its Iast bort OF
q dividend. suppose the Norfolk and Petersburg
Railroad should by some strange dispeusatiou of
Providence, complete itself this year. while the
Orange and Alexandra is still in the yocative:
would not the Dssl he more likely to wash his
breakfast down with holy water than the preei-
dent of the Norfolk road TO vote dollar to the
Orange and Alexandria extension? OF the COM
poheats OF the SYSTEM now before the Legislature,
enehaif are directly antagonistic to the balance.
III the entire System tor the nouce) be carried
out, 1t will be to the ruin OF the individual enter
priaes which loomed before our fascinated vision
session or two ago in all the glorious magnff
cence of perfect system ~
What would We say of system OF individual
action, which should induce the right arm Of a
man 10 pull the left FROM the socket, his left knee
To shatter his right, or tue heel OF ore foot to
smash mp the toes OF the otherf Yet why would
not that system be reasonable as the 'GREar
VIRGINIA system" which not ouy demands the last
drop OF the Hfebood the States credit, but de-
10 for thei injury rain Of sister pora io
and which most impuduntly stgmatises Its oppo-
nents as ttges, aud attempts TO brand them rs
traitors TO the Interests of Virginia? "Systemr'
1t reminds Of the system wolves a,opt Ia |
herdng together to hunt down the bison only to
howl and fight its caecase. Delightiully
sweet To each ether the constituents OF the
"system ofto-day, Peace reigns in it's councils
and harmony in its action. But let the ends of
the unboly combination be served and the cries
of menagerie will be concord in comparison
with the mutual reproaches aud curses OF the as
sociates In the system
We ayow, then, the sipcerest Measure In So
cohqing Inc movement of the Senator from West,
inoreiand, AS the only expedient left whetewit to
oroek up tho combination which has already
wfung 81 much money from the people for unwise
anu Improbable purposes Unless the Covpgton
ana OHIO Improvement be put out OF the way. 1t
VIII De coming back to US every session in league
with horde OF hungry corporations, ravenons for
the cash or credit Of the Common wealth. and whose
fapaeity, growing with what IL feeds upon will only
cease its insatiate demands after uater exhaus
ton OF the State credit, aBe distinct vision OF
repndiation as the only escape from the embarass
Intnt.
Ahe sabjecti 10 rich in fact aud suggestion. We
m neh Ia $500 IL