The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-10


m,. n.rx,,t. and North CaroitE n
Central X ai ,roads.
The Raleigh ktgtstsf "a, gses earnestly agsihas
t,e br, now before the North Carolina Lfg'sls'o
Or connection of these roads. Among iss prin'' .
ma, obi actions ia the idea that If Richmond Ia p
sn connection BY railway with Western North Car
,un. nathan Of the scaboard towns OF that State
s.n comne,s with her. "RiehmoDd," says the
Rsy,s,e, sis. perhap., the largest tobacco market
a.. .s. untan There, the order of the French
government. which 10 a monopoly a. far as tobacco
q, ,.n,or,ea il held and there vast capital Is en-
-. ,n Tho manufacture of tobacco. ls there
80, On This State which will, Ia this staple,
.,,nr.,e with Richmond Take another staple
80, In Richmond are the largest Touring
viii. In the world-miIls turning out o Thousand
barrels OF -four q day, and mills whose branes
,ommsod the South American market. what
Narth Carolina market can compete, 10 tais artis
ele. with Richmond! We wish the advocates OF
connection 20 answer these questions, and tell rs
vh.t produce, after the connection 10 made, VIII
nss, oreensborough TO seek a market Ia "iimirk'
ton, Nswbernc, Beaufort, or any other place on
our scaboard."
Admitting that the result OF this connectlcn
would be what the Register anticipates, We asf,
are the tobacco planters aud the wheat growers 10
be deprived OF the advantages OF market when
IN acknowledge to be the best In the world, IN
ordsr tha, the towns upon the North Carolina
seaboara may be built upi Why, We ask, ah0a'd
not the tobacco planters OF western north ta'o-
lima he permitted to obtain the beat prices toa'
they can for their great staple, even II the mare
Ret which offers those prices Is In SISTER e'u'n
ern State, instead of within their own limits AUG
II no North Carolina market, as the Register dt.
an ,eb rnnuA in wheat, WHY
dspv the wheat growers the privilege of sentinsh
49,. ,bev can obtain the best price 10 the
coup,ry for it, and compel them to send u 10 H.
80, no,,. there to be ultimately ground into an
,r,.,,o, eour. not having the reputation tha' the
a - - richmond has IN the commercial world!
an. p,oi.,,, declares that the most direct route
-. 80, he,ueen the South and Northern sec
,ton. NJ the Union will be over the chain OF faii-
IL n which the one from Greensoorcugo 10
nrv;IIa will be a link. whilst only The local ira
"a, will be left to the Raleigh anu osst0D, VIZ
mineton and Weldon, Wilmington ana Mahohes
%. and the Atlantic aud Nerth Carolina raiir's1s.
The through travel, however, IS aireaoS oee'"''
10 take another route and y hen hhishea " ~ M"
bprg. the Orange aud Aie&aIdfia ha'i'o"'' a'
IN. Virginia and TeHnesse Railroad VIII @osoio
ALL unless the Dsnyille Railroad Is eA'epoeu N'u'N'
m which case the North Carolina ROAD VIII con''
naud its share Of the travel, ana this 'ou'e pio-
III ~. n,et.rred by the travelling community,
especially in the winter on account Vi 'he
miIdpess of the region through winch IL Pa''e'-
A, ALI events j: il difficult to perceive NJ" ANY Vi
On. with Carolina roads are TO be injured by Ids
eonnexiou. in view OF the straight shoot from ne"
orleans, via Lynchburg, to New 1oth'
Ths truth it, that railroads are oa III now
for the public convenience, without fe'e'e"Ho ~
lceal sectional or even State interests ipe en"h
nsls orieinsliy marked out by the tide Oh a'ei ~
and from, the great marts OF the county, ei0 ''''
which the railroad still follows. be'oie' he iH''0
dnct,on Of railways, the old wagon ioau' WI
constructed with view OF carrying peopie "h'ie
,hev wanted TO go, and among them all, there pio
b,blv WAS not one more travelled thah 'he eAee''
leut natural road from Dauvil r, shroush "teehs
borough, Salisbury, aud othet points vi Not'h
Carolina, to the Soutn.
No State has struggled harder than virginia
against the inevitable law that railroads VIII be
built, as mud roads and turnpkes formerly were,
with a view of carrying people where they "aut
10 90. She has resisted as every State should re.
s.t sacrifice of the interests OF her own people,
I'm, sbe has been compelled to succumb TO The
great laws Of travel and trade, although tLey
seemed TO tighten about her neck the chains Of
with lines of railroad, forced upon her against her
stsaisst and persistent resistance, ~ no oae
knows better than our contemporary OF the he9'S'
ter who has often stood up in her councils to VIM
dictate her rights aud Independence But the irie-
eissibe rule has prevailed that the railroads must
carry the people where they want to go, ana 81 We
have taxed cur own citizens to build highways
communicating with Baltimore, Philadelphia, Ne"
York. ard all other parts of creation, where the'r
interests may lead them. Tho public convenience
10 the controlling consideration, and no little local
advantages can be permitted to sta0d in It's way
Without designing for moment TO interfere II tue
concerns of North Carolina, it seems to Us that IN
deciding upon the proposed connection with TIE
Dauviile Railroad, she cannot err III adopting
measure which will permit her farmers and plant
ers to 20 where their interests dictate and obtain
the beet prices they can for their products