The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-02-23


OF New York 10 soon 70 resign her sceptre
| either to the enterprisinC and populous vil-
lage Of Philadelphia, or 70 some more South
srn emporium, and the efforts which are now
making in the South to carry ON It's own ex-
portation and importation, philadelphia
press says, the wonder Is that the Soutn
should have waited for an excitement 80 spas
modic and 70 transient ~ that occasioned ~
the Harper's Ferry affair to arouse II rom INC
strange lstharey in regard to those matersas l"-
terests about which all other people entertain
the Nyeliest concern, and the development OF
which constitutes the very life and soul OF
,h.,r ,.o,iticaI action The concentration OF
40 much wealth in the Northern States, and
their more rapid progress in the arts, Is not
attributable to the superiority OF free over
.,.xe labor. 1.-THE criminal negligence OF our
southern friends in extending their commerce,
building up their manufactures, and their
lavish expenditures Of money for the sole
profit Of the North, will largely account for
the disparity between the two sections in
wealth and power"
The paper in question then goes ON to show,
what is but too we'll known, how the North
exports all the rice, sugar, and tobacco OF the
South, realizing thereby handsome profit,
and supplying us in return with manufactures
at their own prices. The literary and scien-
tific institutions, the watering places and
mountain retreats of the North, are in great
measure supported by Southern patrons
Suppose tins profitable intercourse discon-
tinued what then asks our contemporary
why the New England fanatics would pale
with terror and the North would appreciate
the folly, not TO say the criminality, OF inter-
meddling with other peoples business And
,bis IL u;x.,y ,,;ols i no ;,rnoss;h,a .h;,u
indeed far more probable, because far more
henefcial IN tho Son,b IN tho ons hand and
disastrous to the North on the other. than a
dissolu,ion of IN. U,,o, Than oomas ,vh.,
NAS"o'"''oi "a 'Ae on'o" .0" WINS "N"'
we deem the gist of the article
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ton N sI"u aot . .iEw Wroaa sco ; S Us
ton' !SorIotk, anu Da,imoIe oecoHe !tvais on DOS
Ton, view oIk ano IhiaueiEn.a,h tnG So9'h sv
patronase SHOULD oe transisiIed TN. tmther: we
would nave no rlsht 10 complain AZ tnis' Vur peO-
pie have wantonly provoked the south. we tote-
rate men IN our midst who are ever warning on the
South, stealing negroes, ana counseling lnsurrec-
ven. squeamish sentimentalism about slavery
0the prevailing type OF Northern idlosy ncracy.1 IL
Many OF our people disreg ara the constitution, anu
are ready 70 trampe u IN tne DUST Iainel tnam Ina
the negro snoua remain III tna' Sonu'tion ~ MHioi'
Ne appears 10 thrive sefS VEL s i"f s1 With
| the question of emancipation IS involved. And
these people totay iorset tnat .iey nT.e no 'as'
pared to pay for the negro's freedom, and his
tor Is wiling TO sell MN. !hey tooshy eXpecs 70
slavery. and under the promptings of an awakened
conscience, to upIoot their socia Iaprlc, ana ior
so long as these views are freely expressed in
private and pucc ny the press ana from Owl pai-
or that her people should dete to deal else
| where and depend more upon their own re-
49, D.,,;ro ..;,n ouo,i,c rho .boxe
|
| CT, Ill l.. ,...uoa thu. .,,ho, nv, .oo,dor+ or
design the CITY of Richmond is left out Of the list
OF Southern cities which, by proper enterprise' can
tnr Cnareston. Mobile and New Orleans we OF
Baltimore have nothing t. fear from them. stu
,"@ , ,Is unrIvalled advantages rs seaport the
poverty OF its back country and the prevalence OF
ciss :" ITS Growth and PROSPERITY. Nor have we at
present much to dread IN the competition with
at;nn ~ n, c1,x v.stix mora canital superior
| enterprise, easier access to the sea. commerce
out vi an bnhp oa NM nv" nmr warehouses
/ and upon our wharves the myriad products of the
teeming est. Aad 10 tatS our pa" ntr ~ he
| Norih and to the Federal metropolis well. and
WIZ ne seen tnat nncnona s ~ Sy.ntarss
| secondary position
We can assure our contemporaries OF Phila-
| delphia and Baltimore that Richmond takes
| no umbrage at not being catalogued in the
| above list We are sure that wish to ignore
| Richmond could not have been father TO that
| omission. We desire to get along in the most
amicable manner with our sister cities, mind
| ing our own business, after the spirit and tenn
| per Of the Kansas Nebraska act Gen JACK
SON once told a gossipping acquaintance that
| he once knew a man to make his fortune by
| Winding his own business, and we are not sure
but a city might succeed in like manner At
all events we shall try Rome wasn't built in
day. Even London wasn't built in a week,
nor New York in year, nor Philadelphia in
a decade! Our Baltimore contemporary evil
IDENTIFY has higher appreciation Of the capa-
city Of Richmond to become a rival of Balti-
more than any of the other cities which have
been named, although he says: "Nor have we
a. present much to dread from the competition
ofRichmond" 1t is true, we have not the popu-
lation, capital, finished lines of railway, &c,
of Baltimore; but, nevertheless, we have natu-
raj advantages quite As great, and in time shall
have the rest.
II we are situated on somewhat tortuous
river, it nevertheless, in its windings and
turnlngs, waters very large extent OF very
| FERTILE country, and, within two hours ride
oy a railroad soon 10 De completed, runs the
YORK, the straightest, deepest, and hroadest
stream in the South, capable OF floating a fleet
OF Great Easterus. We have the most unri-
vailed water-power for manufacturing pur-
poses in the Atlantic States. Mr.. Brooks, OF
the New York Express, upon his visit to this
city, said that the water power Of Richmond
ought TO build up here Manchester and
Aoweii comoined' ana support TWO hundred
tnousano people. Baltimore owes more OF ITS
prosperity 10 It's manufactures than Its COM
merce. we nave coal ana IRON OF the best