The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-03-08
TIE DISPATCH BUILDING Is on 60
nn STREET. NEAR TO MAIN, AND
,n ns OPPOSITE THE OLD DISPATCH
CORNER.
National Express Company.

Asalrpady anhouHSVN' ."1
- amounted General superintendent Oh the
y.,iona, Express and transportation Com.
n, Now, something will be done. we
rhou,d not be surprised nit be not done iorth.
,,,,b II not sooner These Nirg'hiahs are
nry strange people. When they are lazy,
wy rc The most leisurely and deliberately
low fellows Oh earth. But when the VIZ
,,t,;,n is enierprising, he IS the most ehthu-
1:,l,ic and unfaSging-the most sieepiess ana
,,,,,r;pr of men: with an eye that never
lie and wing that never tires, he al
fr,.scs himself persistently to his undertake
,rs we had rather run In competition with
nv other man than an enterprising anu INDUS
,rious Vircinian. We had rather go to Con-
.ross any time than oppose him In enter
fsa, Major FICxLIS is one of these enter
,risinc sons of the Old Dominion. He VIII
nm, the National Express upon sure footing,
nd that quickly. He never delays or puts OIL
anything.
This company, rs every one knows, was got
Ten M TO furnish occupation for some OF the
vast number of officers and soldiers ont OF
.uployment in the North and the South. The
,hle. bodied TO do the heavy business, and the
,,ne.armed and one-legsed TO do the messen-
,,r the porter, and the Waterman business.
Tho idea took well, and the enterprise was
,,uncbed with no little eclat Numerous
.hs,,c,es were encountered. The old COM
NAMES had monopolies Of some of the roads
The principal one of them was powerful III
,caoltb and complete in all its arrangements
I,craas Sod exertions were employed everywhere
=, h,ock :he way 10 the new concern. Freights
,,.r. reduced, money loaned TO railroads for
exclusive privileges The power Of the press
GAS EMPLOYED TO pamper and strengthen the
,,colthy-to grease the fat SOW" An i'm
mans. concern, which counted money by mil
,,o,s VAS nended Us the best for the
safety and happiness OF society-maybe, lts
,jrtrs. Competition was deprecated as highly
injurious TO the public interests! 1t should be
frowued down Men should not encourage
enterprising beginners to oppose Old ana 1at
rnonouolies. twas constitutional-socially
and commercially so, 1t would not be safe to
trust the beginners, who could not boast more
than few hundred thousands, while the con-
Germ they opposed counted millions. Trust
none but the wealthy. Common carriers were
humbugs unless millionaircS: who alone should
br trusted and we doubt not OH this theory
il would be contended that money should only
be loaned to the wealthy only such solvent
persons as WILLIAM Il. AsToR.
Still "one-arm" went ahead under COM
mand of General JoHSsToS and found some
thing 10 do from reckless men who did not
know how to take care Of themselves But
some of the railroads We're monopoliZed-
money being loaned TO them by the Father OF
the Express Companies, which was granted
exclusive privileges therefor. The National
EXPRESS made an unsuccessful effort TO dis
lodge the old Fox, and set about 10 do the best
il could under the circums tances.
Major FICKLIN is Just appointed, ana lie
immediately went TO work TO take Ill sail.
The President and he soon removed their ope-
rations from routes where the monopoly inter
fered with them too seriously and arranged
for an active business on those through routes
where they were not troubled with the exclu-
siyr privileges which had been so wrongly
guaranteed BY this plan, 4 new life and
prosperous career are opened 10 the National.
Now, ADAMS & Co, with their parasites,
have we'll earned all their fame and their
prosperity. But they should not be awarded
4 monopoly for this Enterprise should not
he forbidden They were not cried down at
The start, nor should others be now. All en-
terprising mcn-be they soldiers, one armed
OF one-legged or any sort of men who are
honest and faithful-deserve encouragement
Competition is the life of trade. ADAMS co.
are strong enough TO take care OF themselves
The National Express Company has enter
prise and tact enough TO command share OF
Express business. Fair play, then The M
dependent and generous mind may encourage
the early enterprises of the persererinG ana
mer,orious: but can hardly be found under
he flag of the JEsHURUSs of the business
world-the fat concerns who are for kicking
ont of the way competition as neither good
nor healthy,