The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-11-23
The Cttv-Her Great Work.

Il is much to be regretted that the
legality Of the late decided vote OF tho
people Of Richmond upon the proposition
to subscribe 50 100000 to the chesapeake
and Ohio railroad should be questioned
Credit is so sensitive plant that th'
breath of suspicion blasts it and th'
proper authorities directly interested IL
the matter deem it best that the vote shall
be taken over again. It's friends wou!'
much prefer to be saved the agitation Q
the question, the meeting and answering
the narrow objections of the economists
and the hard labor of arousing the apa
tbctic and firing with interest the lndlt'
E.reDt but with their convictions OF TIE
Importance OF the Improvement, they Will
never fail to give it their utmost eXertion>
and most earnest support until 1t Is
triumphan,ly flushed to the shores oil the
Ohio.
The Council of Richmond will beyond
question provide for 1.-The taking OF TINS
second vote. The result Of the last is
indeed an instruction to them to give the
opportunity to make the decision OF the
peoplc effective. The meeting OF the CITY
Council on Monday evening next should
be promptly attended by every member II
possible: for, though we cannot oono'
their decision, the magnitude OF the SUB
icct-,he grand character Of the improve
mcnt in qucstioa-makc it proper that
every discussion, every vote concerning
il, should be full and potential.
The estimation Of Richmond demands
of her citizens powerful effort to place
her again fairly in the field as competl-
tor for the commerce Of Virginia and the
West. She has been partially ignored and
sacrificed to interests hostile TO her, and
yet themselves rivals, whose struggles have
been mutually injurious to their own pros
pcrity. 70 thwart tho tendency OF this
strife, our citizens must make Il desperate
effort. or their trade viii DC lost and their
manufacturing enterprises be materially
compromised. Without such III effort the
economists WHO are ever advertising our
poverty will find that their doiorous com
plants will become more and more true
until Richmond will DC utterly unable TO
meet her present liabilities What sad
picture, indeed, would she prc>cnt-hav.ng
the finest natural advantages OF any inland
CITY in the Union, that she should fall away
and decline until poverty and indolcnc'
shall brood over her, aud her diminished
population shall exc out i subsistence II
retailing, tinIcring, and cohhiing, and
selling snacks to railroad passengers should
they stop long enough to make an invest
mcnt in chicken legs.
The proposed road to the OHIO, now hall
completed, will be among the most beneil-
cent of public works for The manner in
which it will dispense It's blessings along
lis entire route and the rich commerce 1t
will deliver AT its termination. The niue
raj products along lis route Will enable
it TO stimulate Il producing and manu-
featuring enterprise of wonderful mag
nitidc. The bare determination Il
finish this road will improve the value
Of property at its tcrmui and along
It's whole route. The subscription OF
$2,OOO,OOO by Richmond will at once
revive its interests, and command conf
dence in the energy and forecaSte Of its
people and its bright promises Of future
prosperity. 1t will be 4 signal for the be-
ginning of that increase Of means, popula-
ton, trade, aud industry, which will stoa-
Oily continue until she will be one of the
greatest, as she has always been one OF the
iarcst, cities of the land.