The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-01-06

THE DIS P ATC II. !
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s tAlsuseessA apps,istiop. ere rap'" ~. she. |
rom the stags Of hansn affairs. -. "a and
neasea a&tsndink their origin - .,,,,o.onhie
semissauy worthy the sts.'noa -. .nn,c.s,or
wsads. The name itself !" r-sa' a. la.
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- ~...-..' .srr.,sive Of 9olxotha, . place Of
,.s-ss, :. N. s,sss shus designatsd 70 steadily
--..s.-s h>sore the march OF civilization and TIE
-. .,sttou Of railroads. II NAV be we'll to state
sshst by . dssdhead was formerly meant editors OF
rawsoapers aud others to whom WAS accorded
the privilege Of visiting places Of amusement ape
srsysiliog on railroads aud stsambosm Tree OF
charge. They we're DsADHsAps. because they paid
uoshlne,aud might ~ we'll have been 60 many sse'-
ssons for asy return they brought to the treasury
4 Nv u sAem eth linger about the theatres sho
operns and are stiii known ~ DEspnsAhs, iof sh~
additional rsasca that they arc expected 10 %
dead to Gil the bad acting and singing, ana only
70 give ghost,y smile Of approval, Ike the s"-
yeotypsd grin Of skull at oil that passes aroand
them. The miracle Of DssDasap doing any thing
else wss lately with ,scd At the Academy Of hus'e
IN Nsv York. when the DsspHsaps OF the Cosr'~
ss esass Cnis ven,ured er,icss tho perfoE nance
of Madame Rcco,smint, and to take the name OF
Manager UlIman tu vain. That functionary at
euce sued bull OF decentralization which shet
che doors OF the musical Paradise forever upon
the .thrse hungry Freuchmen" Who were doomed
10 howl 10 vaia outside the golden gate.
There are those who condemn the railroads Tor
excluding from the oars the editorial DsApHEAps
Bat the world IL aud there are two sides
70 this question. 1t is true that, 10 the early
stage Of internal improvements, the DEADREAns
were the living heads to whom every railroad and
canal Ia the United States owed their existence
and support. Every one knows the prejudice ana
opposition which always manifested TO new
acd expensive schemes of improvement. Every
one remembers that 10 Virginia our principal lines
were compelled TO q zht their way, inch by inch,
against legions of adversaries, and In this fierce
warfare, the DE.DHEAps led the way, bore the
brunt Of the battle, charged or the enemy's col
unns and carried en their a .gs and cannon
They were generously per NIT ted to refresh them
selves during the cones.. at the cost OF the VIC
serious army, 20 as to be able to pursue the adj
vaatsges they had gained with undated energy.
We suppose that no enc can over-tstimate tGs
performed tor the various public improvements.
Railroad. cost money-miiions--and people gem
orally could not forosee the benefits they were 10
c,nfsr. The advantages appeared probisma,ical,
o: any rate remote, whilst the disadvantage Of
, heavy taxation AMI taking money from their
pockets. was direo. and obvious. 1t 10 not easy
matter 10 persuade people to lend money, with
doubtful prospect of dividends, but this was the
tax that the euterprising DEApHEAp vas ex-
pscted 70 accomplish Every morning he visited
ten thousand people, or more, talked with them,
o gued, invoked, importuned: showed the mer.
chant and the manufacturer Of the towns, and
the agricultursts OF the country, how their inter-
ests would be advanced by the improvements, uu.
I'll at length he persuaded them to part with their
beloved dollars, and place them in the hands Of
railroad ofdcials Thou the DEADHEAp beset the
legislative bodies, and undertook the rnidable
task Of fEdueing sensitive representatives to Tote
away the money OF their constituency, and gave
them no peace Of their lives till they had piled
ND millions spon millions for the Improvement
ol the State. For DEApHEAp, notwithstanding his
name, was man Ct Information, of al active rain
, sud an iutsnse public spirit. He knew the wants
of the State better than its legislators; he saw
with prophetic vision the wonders of material
wealth and development which railroads would
produce, and he worked and battied with an en-.
ergy correspon ding to the cIesrness of his con-
yictions aud the magni1cence Of the results which
he beheld In the future. He furnished facts, ar
gumeuts, and eloquence to the few legislative ad.
vocates Of these schemes; their powder, shot,
kAyonste, pixies and guns cams from his armory
the newspaper was the flying artillery of the iua.
provement party in every campaign. DEADHEAD
achieved miracles; the mountains became plains,
the wilderness blossomeJ, the remote ends Of the
land were brought together at his word. What
railroad In America ever begun without the
aid Of DEADHEADs What railroad ever continued
without his pc wertul assistauees When the first
outlay did not answer, DgADHEAD was called
upon 10 ask for more; when fresh subscribe
lions Of hundreds of thousands of dollars from
the cities aud millions from the State were
needed, who was expected - get it but DAD.
HR.p, Aud who but he toied, Iabored, racked
his brain, expended money for printing, and
devoted himself body and soul, to the work,
till the grand object was accomplished, DEAD
HEAD was great man in those days with railroad
oficislsi. They overwhelmed him.wiah civlities,
and even permitted him to ride 10 their cars free
of expense, saving him, in some instances, an ex
pense Of twenty dollars year, as an acknowledge
Inent Of the millions he had brought into their
/.
tude, not 80 much for the princely munificence Of
the railroads the kind and disinterested motive
which prompted IL. For DEADHEAD knows that, OF
the whole, this 10 unthankful world, and when
hs sees unseihsh generosity, he knows how te
appreciate it, and is delighted accordingly.
Bot a railroad completed 10 q different thing
from railroad beginning or In progress. Whe,
railroad 10 done, DsApHEAD, as general thing, il
done also. There is no more need of any appeal
to the people aud the legislature. The RAILROAD
conducts Its own argument, aud proves its owl
propositions. Whom faithful horse has becom,
old and useless, aud oan no longer carry his mas
ter, 1t is not the custom 10 feed him high, or Ia
him cost much. He must be turned ont on tn,
common TO shHt for himself The railroads ar.
NOS destitute of worldly wisdom. They hsy,
given DEADHEAD ticket of leave, an honorabI.
discharge, and he must now rattle bis bones eve,
the stones" 1t his own proper cost aud CHARGE
Moreover, the railroads make deadheads enough
So the legitimate prosecution of their bushes,
without gratuitous benefcence Of this character
We have no patience with tho d4nuuciation O
railroads becanse they have discarded their forme
policy. On The contrary. they act 10 accordance
with the principle Of hHman nature, whose graf
ttude, generally, has been correctly defaed b,
Voltsre, a. "a KEEN SENSE or FAV0RSTO COME
ia. -----o.-
The FtIiibusters.
Tho fate of the Fillibus,ers on the Susan va
indeed humiliatipg. They went out as gay as ,
cock on bright morning, and they came hom.
like the Geek aforesaid after being half drowned
70 40 anexpected summer shower. They Ief
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