The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-02-13
l9or .he Richmond Dispatch
n at,reaas-an Address 10 she Congress and


The tin,s has come waen tae Virginia Ls-
rtsiatpre and the 0sverBment Of the Con
faderate Sta ses Will sno~ themselves to be
utterly bltua 10 the ffu" tntsf"s IA of he coma
trx IL they do not take trn wledtate steps to
complete the railroad between heysvilie and
ClarxSviita. 1t was wise policy, doubtless,
for the CoGfsd"rat" oover"ment 10 pass
law for the extension OF ths Richmond ard
nsovttis ,tailroaa 20 Greensboro, on me
North Carolina Central Rtiirotd. The ir'
portauce az tais link in our rsilroad system
j. uadsspated. But it IS eran new enter
p,isa tina routO iTsel. not surveyed the ais
lance - titty niies or more The necessary
expenditure is upwaids OF n msiipn, aud lis
co.arieiion wtthin less lime thai II year s.
sc,rcslv possible, mGy he, ana most pro
hehtv giit be- that year heace tbs peges-
slty which has given the en .erYrise being
may have passed a-Way.
We want road roE-not yeey henc, The
ci..s:er at Roa8oas Island, II is admitted
has pnt new phase :! pou The faca OF affairs.
T,e brtdg- n Weldon Is not now Inaccessible
10 : bold f3Tav OF the enemy It's obstruction
would he no small calamity - the Southern
pro yie. The GIrect railroad connects between
III hmopu ana " iimiggto GGt ali the 50 II tn
n tl.lutic coast Wili BE- thereby cut OF. There
f. a rr1aody--a sg re, easy, cheap remedy -
Nc, rot yClacay there is }roefnfioH, cheap,
easy. sure, if he STATE or Confederate Gov
eruiueat viii DO their duty. The distance
from kpysv!iie, on th- Dan vile Raj road, 10
Ciarksy: lie, the terminus Of the RoaEoke
Valley BailiOad, il only Il miles. The con-
Meeting link OF railroad is more than half
huished. a. Glarksyiile The stone piers OF
tire bridge across the Roanoke are complete.
A THAI terminus I mile Of grading IL also
hGlshsa. At the EeysYt'le ;ermiI us, ~ miles
ofroati bsi Is rea"y tor laying track. 'Ihyae
null s Is already gatt vi h the best T riil -
Ina WHOLE ROME from KEY svilIt TO CiarbS-
VILE Is !eat Ell III timber, ard abundant siiis
pre- cut and season ed, and lying al along
tha line ready for use. The only billy aGd
ragged portion OF Tne roIsts has oeeE graded
Tn ma ba lance Of the. route the exca-
.; ~ he - "a Ii .
The Gepo.s even nave been III part cOnsJruc /
al. The road, IN Il " ora, is more tnan h@ii
complete Prompt md energetic action
W0Gld Tut the road III running order III three
months. .Vhe services OF ~ man, known tC
the writer, Cotnpeien TO SuperiL ;eud the un.
flashed work iad 10 TUsb II 10 the sp5edIest
completion, can be had Oh the NEST II asu: a.
BILE terms. Negroes slave ana Tree, can De
had on reIus more favorable ;ian III any
previous JuuctuTe IL orr history. II Is no.
unlikely, an view OF The occupancy by The
enemy Of II uvth tITOIi::, tsgii;0:y, that Il y
numoe OF slaves could be il d from The
coast counties If IN state for the mere
keeping, provided as .Guce- we're given
tina, tLeir labor should be apple.
to the rttrio tic, impOI can't and necessary put-
pose OF cg'ia tru ttlug tuis road, and therrDy
OF conuectiET he Atlantic seaoo3rf of beth
the taroiiuas Wi-1 our Confederate capital.
but, III any event tne EeqEIS'l@ IapHr can be
had IN The most nv or&bIe Terms. with Con
fed"rate or stale Treasury notes 10 the
amount Of 1870 nt3, the completion OF this
PIE within tue bret space Of three mon tins.
Thus railroad link would be made, whereby
Though ght aud passengers could De
II nsE -rje3 tIum Charlie on. =. g., 10 Rio Il
rnoud Va, ~ thuUt break OF bulk to the
former, ana VITA scarcely 81 transfer OF b. .
gage - - tie lttter. Iue statements here
made are Tt.4s-Lhey are important trutAs.--
They are irAtAs 50 plain ana OF such i'm port
in tnis = eet!it national crisis, thai We dare
iupute 10 the puolic auth1Tities, safe and
Confederate, utter blindness and weakness
uot 10 see them III be controlled by them.
When the euelg air ady, Uy their bold as
sault IT Roanoke Island, and BY their stiiI
holder al yanCHS up the tennessee river, have
notified us il tIe most unm lstakLbie Ian
guage that they mean, !! possible, TO break
up aud d. roy utterly All he railroad CON =
nex.0us between the aIt rent see ions OF the
CouieJcIs.uy; s . en hey hive tauQht us r.,
alsl, '1 std ee .ers disasters that Gu ii! =
Us asanGer on oar main lines of intercnln-
iy cherish, can It ne pos 1iole hat a lesson
taught by so dear experience, shalt prove Of
no uulity aud Ot no effect?
TIE Ii teTe-ts OF North Carolina and Nir-
siIia especially, and yet scarcely less The In =
terests of aia tte Confederate States cry
aloud III this present emergency Tor The i'm :
mediate CO upiAtiJn CT this half fiCished
road Item b iinished in short time, at
little expense, " tn AN absolute csr.eintv
that 1t VIII confer iIes;mLbIe benefits npCn
the whole conn ;ry. This appeal is made 20
the goa JudImrnt, vision, patriotism, and
prudent ioi et4OHs ut OF the Confederate aud
State authorities, wiz. Ike hope that they
viii delay No time 10 DO this work, 80 iuGis-
pen-able 10 Us 81. IL lie exis-iu1 condition CT
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