The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-25

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R.chmena and her Railroad Csaneceiens-
A direct Connection VIA sAe MAss''s'Vp'
valley.
One Of the grandest mistakes ever made oy
man is the plausible bus failacious idea that
r.,ural advantages are all that rs necessary
for the growth and prosperity OF commu"
~. On the contrary, ali history and experiences
rroclaim with one voice, that among COZ"
mites ~ we'll A. individuals, it depends ePo"
the man. rather than the circumstances W
xhich he Is surrou uded, whether he snail con-
amer or % cououe in the great battle OF ne
1u., m the con Of q uabob IL more likely 70 %
n.ralvrsd by the vastuess Of his inheritance
than insured to new efforts to multiply hs
wealth. 80 q community, blessed oy nature
with every advantage Of climate and iocahty'
is as often ensrvated - invigorated Dy Me
nleritude Of its resources, and, instead o. Aui'
filing the promise of Its youth, II cast 'n.o
the shade by some obscure but advsnturoo" H.
val, whose nerve ad muscle are only stfens'"'
ened by opposition, whose energy u more ere
alive than the boards Of timid capitalists, ana
whose faith in itself and Its future can re-
move mountains.
In. unnecessary to mention all the names
tha M
which we speak. Take the map and look at
the various uarts Of industry and commerce
in the United States, aud then decide whether
Il il tnose regions most favored by nature In
which the greatest amount OF prosperity IL
found. OHs Of the most remarkable examples
of what energy and enterprise can accomplish
Ia the CITY of Baltimore, which has no such
natural advantage ~ Richmond, which mas
miserable har Dor, req uiring constant oIeoeins
I'm. which has become the third city In the
Union. Baltimore builds a railroad OF Iouf
hundred miles, railroad through ana across
the American Alps, the most dlhcult ana e4-
,r.oroinnry achievement OF the kino III the
world. simply to reach the great Nailey OF the
On, and vet Richmond is at this moment
.,nmherius in the most profound aud DEATH
like s,upvr over an opportunity which has
ms, hen sec ured TO her, after years OF Perse-
x.r,ns assiduity in the Legislature, 10 ouiio
-.,,rn.d NOT more than q hundred miles a. the
h,vne,t e.tin,a,e-probabiy not more tnan
s,xtv-almost on a dead level. by which sue
VIII have direct communication Win "noAo
network Of railroads, commanding 'ne '"s'
treasures of the South and Southwest, ana
in return. be able TO supply the prod ncers Of
that immense territory with the soo0s ""O
q groceries which they consume.
II is idle to say that we already have con
n.c,ton with that Virginia and Tennesse'
Road. which, leading for two hundred iniie'
1nr.uea the rlcasst portion Of Virginia, unite'
win the railroads of Tennessee, Mississippi
and LOUISIANA. We have one kind of connec
ton with il, true enough our money Is in 1
In the tune of q hundred thousand dollars
but a to that direct connection, which alone
can give q common pulsation of sympathy
and Interest, there il nothing of the kind By
two circultous routes, in the hands OF thos
vhuhave NO sympathy with Us or ours, we ma!
Connect with Lynchburg. and 30 we may con
meet with Wheeling, and various other point
In the United States, by roads which are bu
little more Indirect, inconvenient and alien L
Richmond, than the two which, diverg1n
from Lynch burg, completely ignore the princ'
pal city Of the Commonwealth. Suppose
civ much larger than Richmond, y city {
two hundred thousand Inhabitants, and o
each side Of it, at only ten miles distance, Nv
parallel lines Of railroad, which, at that di
lance. dlverge and run of to other termin
how long would it be before the grass wou
grow in the streets OF that city, and its pop
lous places become AZ solitary as old Tyre
If our readers will look at q railroad map
the State, they will see more plainly thu
words can tell them, the prSo1Ds position
Richmond in reference to the two roa
which, tapping the great channel OF Sout
ives tern trade and travel at Lynch0urg, co
vey the food to the seaboard in two sepafs
streams, not a ripple Of whose waters e'
reach our own shores.
We propose to return again 10 this s"cJ
80 important to the interests OF hicn"o"u'
the meantime, we once more invoke the a'''
ton of our citizens to the farmyii!e ConVs
lion, which meets ON ths 1ath Of une, ana
Convention which 10 70 assemble AZ bocnn
ham Court. House, on the 4sh OF July. III
moud should 1t once prepare to cooper
with our friends IN the country VINO are M
Testing such laudabls public spirit. oy nc
ing a meeting and appointing delegates
represent this city ut those Conventions.