The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-21

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MONDAY ID2%'NT ,FFEHUARN ", 'Sg {
Nc:~ on the Keysviiie extension
The vote on sssurdsy last resulted In the defeat
Of tho Richmond party. Various reasons hieht
be assigned for this rcsult. bot the great knock
down argument the powerful and unauswersb'e
Argument, the argument that killed the hichmond
nartv. was sympathy with Petersburg. There
was no answering sach argument as that: 1T
appealed to the best feelings Of human nature:
sympathy, disiuseres,cduess, unseifshncss--when-
ever these are Invoked, every bosom feels re-
s2onsve tari!l, for all men are sympathzing, dis"
Interested, unselnsh-ail love their neghbors, not
oa's a. we'll, bat better than themselves. As soon
a. 1t was ascertaincd that tho keysville coouec.
ton would eaure TO the benefs of rival city, II
Vas dropped Ike no; potato. Such an exhibition
on pure and sublime unset lshuess, no other town
In America, nor IN the ancient er.mo6eru world,
ever before exhibited. IL Richmond were wealthy
and powerful as New York, the exhibition of such
inagnsnimity would not be So asioundit s: bat, 10
her present condition, beset on all sides by fierce
competition; her motives misunderstood, her cha
raeter traduced without q single straight rail-
road, save Danvilie, to her own borders. With
nall dozen hungry towns hanging en- like
iseehes TO every iron veia that poprs its depleted
tide Into her heart: with finances 80 reduced that
che may be obliged to sell out TO Manchester,
Chester, or Ashland; in euch a condition to refuse
an opportunity to improve her fortunes, because
II may thereby prevent her neighboring city
from advancing more rapidly than herseli-this
csps the climax of earthly generosity, and ap-
proaches the celestial and divine The conscion s
ness Of possessing such virtue is more than q con-
ISOLATION for the absence of material wealth. The
city which negiects TO provide for its households
and lays up for its children Inheritance Of rags
aud starvation, must feel sublime satisfaction in
rejecting that it has forgiven its enemies and
riched its rivals. The dying hero, who reltn.
pushed TO q wounded cOmrsde the cup Of water
which he was about to place to his own psrched
lips, exolsiming, Thy necessities are greater
than mine, cannot vie in disuterested virtue
with the unselfshness which delights in refresh.
ing at its own expense, not comrsde, but an adj
ysrsary-which, lying on the fat of its back,
bruised aud checked by half dozen lusty foes, de
clines cup Of water placed at its lips, because its
enemies, from their vehement Efforts in threshing
IL, might be thirstier than itself.
We trust that hereafter we shall hear no more
taunts about big Richmond, bloated Richmo nd,
swell.head Richmond about monopolizing and
gormandizirg RichHopd; about Richmond that
fanciee herself London, and calls the rest of the
world outside barbariaus. What a heavenly TEN.
per she shows under all these proyocations! Let
Us hope that this is not the last it certainly is
not the frst Of her dsin.erosted and patriotic
deeds. Almost every avenue of trade which she
possesses has been tapped by other towns; she
cannot move in any direction without half doz en-
Iamprey cells fastening upon her jug uar, and if she
tries TO shake them of, or if she makes effJIt
to ind some quiet nook where there. are no LAM
prey cells, she is at arrested by the cry OF
sympathy: My dear friend, will you not give other
fish chance to liye,-and instantly, in a glow Of
disintereeted virtue, she turns many colors IS
sdying dolphin, and procaims to all the lam
prsys that, in they can't lad better dinner,
Ehe hrs one honest sleeps head at their service.
We confess, however, that We have more admi-
ration Of the enlightened sense of its own inter
eats manifested by other cities tbaa we have OF
the syDpathizipg policy which has defeated the
keysvilIe connection in Richmond. There axe
people in private life more hospitabie, generous,
refined and social than the people OF Peters
burg, but they do not stu.ify themselves a
community by reglectiDg any legitimate means
Of advancing their prosperous town; they do not
spare themselves, their money, their time, their
labor, whom great public object ia in view they
do not divide, wrangle, nor indulge in maudlin
sympathy With hard handed and heavy striking
competitors. They do not recosnize any right to
victory in tho battle field Of trade but superior
euterpr!ze, aud they never yet have made an ap-
peal for sympathy, which thing they do not need
and would be too proud under any circumstances
TO demand.
We suppose that, hereafter, when Richmond
contemplates q railroad improvement, fif indeed
che does not give up the ghost altogether and call
in Manchester. Choster and Ashland aforesaid 20
administer upon her "a scts,) che will frst send
circulars to every other city, town and neighbor.
hood in the Commonwealth to ascertain if her
project will in any way conflict with their interests,
and lit will be entirely agreeable TO the that she
should carry out her purposes. She ought also 20
adopt the plan with refer to i'm provement
within her own bCTders her water works. gas
works, pavemsuts, and the erection of her public
and private ediices, we'll the planting of Or
nameptai trees aud shrubbery, because all these
advantages and allurements have an effect 10 at.
tracing people to place of residence, and may
In this way diminish the population and arrest
tho growth of other towns,
As 70 the outcry about heavy taxation
We have shown over and over again that the
taxation Of Richmond for railroad improve.
ments Is light in comparison with that of other
cities, and we inteLd hereafter to produce some
statistics upon this subject, which will open the
eyes even CT the wiifuiy blind. Four hundred
freeholders who signed the late petition 10 the
Council, among them Joseph Alien, our wealthies
citizen, aud warm friend of the KevsyiIle cons
pectitn, showed that this bug. bear Ct heavy tax.
alton had no terrors tn the eyes Of those on whose
shoulders the burtheus must principally fall
However, we are not willing to give up a question
20 vital TO the interests of Richmond. We have
as much sympathy with the rest of Virginia as
any man, but we 60 for our own home first
aud foremost, Rnd We intend to DO BEETLE for the
Keysviile connection while there's shot in the
locker. The improvement party Of Richmond are
not to be disheartened by one reverse and thew do
net intend that the interests of Richmond SD All
suffer either from apathy in her cause, or sympa.
thy with other towns.
Reigning Families.
Paris letter states that Notwithstanding the
rupture Of diplomatic relations between Piedmont
aud Austria, the reisning families OF the two
countries, who related, have mai tanned AMIGA
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