The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-19
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EATURDAY MOANING. MAY 10. lseo'


RtchMsnA and LynchbarG Rasireecs
IL is hishly eratisrins to observe with what
zeal the people aaong Tie route OF taisimpoE-
tant improvemeu, are addrssstng themssivss
70 tn consideration. A needing was nero ~
Ruckinsham Cosrt.H ouse. on Monday, 1t
which Maj. JAMRs NJ. PArrHsoN presided,
ana To. +. PRnxrHs acted a. Secretary
atv.s nAdrssssd By Col. T. N. oNDURAnT,
x,ol =. W. HrnA1n, PRlLrr McKiNNEY, Rev.
.Jro. G. Bl AcxwRLL, Col. w. w. FoRBBs, and
CRsxD d. CoLRNAx.
Tne meeting dstsrminsd 70 hold Conven.
ton Of the friends Of the Improvement At
buckingham Oourt.H House, on the Ath Of July
next, and by resolution they most earnestly
invited the citizens Of Richmond and Lynch
burg, and the counties Of Chesterfield, Pow
hatan, Cumberland and Appomattcx, and all
Others interested" 10 send delegates. Fifty
delegates were appointed on behalf Of the
county Of Buckingham, consisting Of Its most
influential citizens, at the bead OF which stand
Coils. +. w. HupARp and THos. NJ. BoxDu-
RANT, Mai. JNo. J. GILLIAN, CHAs. l.. CHRIS
rIAN WV. HoousR, WIN. II. PERKINS, &c.
A free barbecue is TO BE- given ON the occa-
sion and committee was appointed to make
the necessary preparations for it. and also
committee Of invitation, of which Col. HU.
The meeting rendered the thanks of the peo-
ple of Buckingham to PHILIP W. MCKINNEY,
their delegate in the last Legislature, and to
X. A. Co6alLL, their State Senator, for their
eflcient and successful efforts in securing the
passage Of the Richmond and Ly nchburg Rail-
road bll.
Nov, then, tho question arises, whether
Richmond, who 10 really m UGH more deeply
interested In this impro vement than any other
community in the State, will respond 10 the
people of the country, who have expressed
themselves 90 warmly In the cause, and who
have 50 cordially and earnestly invited her to
cooperate with them In pressing it forward
to accomplishment Is she prepared to turn
a cold shoulder to these generous and friend.
~ demonstrattonsl-nay, is she ready to sur
render and cease 70 struggle for the trade OF
Southwestern Virginia and the Southwestern
Safest That is the question. What is the
wheat-what is the tobacco Of all the South
side aud South west put together, unless
we have the chance Of supplying the producers
of those staples with the goods and groceries
they consumed There is no making great
city without this reciprocal trade. Richmond
has been the great tobacco market OF Virginia
and the Union for near fifty years yet she
was not entitled TO even the name of city
until recently, aud then only through her
manufactures and the rather limi ted
wholesale trade hat she made out to es.
tablish. more through the force Of circum-
stances and natural advantages than through
any effort or enterprise of her own; for
OF these she has really shewn very little.
Now, If we are to lose the chance of supply.
ing the goods and groceries for the Southwes,
by system Of railways which completely ig-
nores and pretermits our city, then is it to be
curtaiIed Of nearly one half of the proportion
of population and wealth to which 1t is en-.
titled BY position and natural advantages
Nothing can protect Richmond and secure tc
her the proper results of these advantages blu,
a direct connection with the Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad, which communicates with
the vast population Of the great Southwest
and through which alone can our intercourse
commercial and social, be made intimate and
beneficial,
Let us by all means unite with our country
friends in this import ant work. We urge the
subject upon the consideration Of our citizens
as one of vital importance TO them