The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-07

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Ought TO give fsssh impalse y The growth OF
Manchester. Bat Manchester wants ons thing
to secure her rapid incssass and prosperity.
That one thing q Fres Bridge. Until hat is
es,ablished she must creep along slowly. Ills
TO as unaccountable that q population like
that Ia Manchester and the netghboring coun.
try, which could derive such immediate and
incalculable advantage from fro BRIDGE
sAeuld 90 long remain quiet without one.
Such bridge 10 one Of those things whose ei'
1ects are 20 sudden and certain that tnefeis no
room for doubt and not the sltgntes' nazAEe
In IL establishment. The cost, too. - amsre
hasatells compared with the benefits IL wouio
confer. That cost would have been At one
time not very long ago. very small indeed
aad though It would be now good deal more,
Il IN still trifie to stand In the way OF most
important object. The persons who have re-
Gently acquired interest In Manchester and
.uburbs should take the subject into consider
alton. and endeavor to induce the citizens TO
undertake the i'm porta n I enterprise atan early
day. thought not to be postponed. Postpone
ment will increase the difficulties in their
way.
While a free bridge would be. thus valuable
to Manchester, it would contribute very Qucb
to the wealth and prosperity Of Richmond. IL
would give to the conductors of manufactur-
ing enterprises and operatives engaged III
Richmond convenient and cheap residences
Manufactures could be conducted cheaply ana
theoretically in Manchester, while Richmond
would afford a ready market for all their IA
brics Richmond would derive the advantage
of the industry and skill thus to be encour-
aged It would be the depository OF the capi-
tai, and the agent for the sale of the products
Of the labor of the mechanics of Manchester
1t is by energy, enterprise and forecaste tha'
cities are built Aprosperous commerce never
comes TO those who sit with folded arms. "A
single movement initiated by sagacious and
en- terprising men sometimes controls an extern
siye commerce. A single effort by men OF re-
solution and judgment may settle the fate OF
city, The establishment of a free bridge across
lanes River would be a controlling measure
that would exert q powerful influence upon
the ind ustry and prosperity of both Richmond
and Manchester.
Sound Northern Sentiment.
We have before us the Standard, printed in
Concord, New Hampshire, which expresses,
| in the boldest and most independent manner,
sen timents and opinions which should cover
the cheeks of some people in Virginia with the
blush of shame to see that the South has bet
ter friends than they in the extreme NORTH
In its leading editorial, headed show Long
will the Union Last p the STANDARD, after de-
scribing the course and character of the crusade
against the Southern States at the North,
says
Having sufficient cause for war against the
North, Of we are different and foreign political
sovere,gnty,) according to the law OF nations and
a1A nj ia Mont la
resort to that extreme measure Of redress, she has
hitherto confined herself to remonstrances against
the az gressIons committed upon her rights: and to
warnings of tine inevitable catastrophe which will
follow, If the North persists in its warfare upon
patient under those wrongs-that she has for borne
10 a degree exciting ones surprise and wonder, to
tled-a separation from all political connection
| with her aggressors-that she wishes peace in the
cessons to attain It, 1t cannot he denied that the
South has done all this. at the same time warnins
tions ana peace, of which she complains. does no,
fhe SEPT SF TH f Is t;
"But how have these complaints: remonstrance,
wssnngs been met BY the pss1Ps of the North
the rights OF the South still continued. The pesiif
erous and traitnrous demagognes OF the North, the
the H. Minis. Preston Kings etc. tel their deadee
and de mented followers, that there is no danger
South a ssxs .hs tie ee t and t
danger. and this rock the Union is about to split
The political Os ues are the arch traitors con
spiring against the Union"
| The Standard declares that "within 81,
weeks the sentiment Of disunion has mad'
more rapid strides in this country, than during
| quarter of a century before" 1t adds:
| I've regard disunlon imminent Nay, it i
certain to take place if the people of the North d.
not cease their aggressive warfare upon the InstI
| buttons and ri gifts OF the South
We find also in the Standard the following
very decided resolutions, adopted at Demo
cratic Convention held in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire:
Reso,red, That AS the Territories of the Unite
| States have been obtained by war or purchase, an
| ali the States having shared alike in their acqusi
| ton and the citizens OF all the States North an
| South have the right of equal privileges in then
| while they remain Territories.
Resolred, That we ag rec in the final settlement
| by the supreme judicial tribunal of the nation O
the question of slavery in the Territories, estab
fishing the right of every citizen to take his proper
ty of any kind into the Terrtorl.s and have it pro
tected there under the Federal Constitution.