The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-08-14
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0snersi scaopts1D itwss determined that
an earlier day could not be named. We
make this explanation that our Western
friends, who have displayed 50. much zeal
on tho subject Of this grand Improvement
shall not conclude that wes are5 .sloTaor
cold. We shall show them that znow,
having gone thfoushthe unavoidable pre-
liminaries, We MillaAtt: a bound; take posis
ton abs heiraiside, ifs7noti 60, ahssd sof
them SSitHS -. !. h". ., 800 .%
aa we tssssl relieved ith.s lie 6oupcu have
By 90 decided, 3 vote ordered tho taking Of
tho; senseaofthepsopls uponthe propriety
or subscribing to an Improvement which Is
to,make Richmond O. great city and give
her that power and wealth which her nstu7
raj advantages 80, clearly qentitleo her TO.
We have no doubt of tho decision Of the
people nor have We any doubt Of the good
effects which viii BE- produced By that i. i de-
cision, nor Of the ability of the city to
meet, all the obligstions the snbscriptionof
two millions to such work may throw
upon her. Richmond will carry the bur u
then Of the added debt-with all Its, pro-
sp lcepc advantages, its encouragement TO
investment, to immigration, and to the
homes of -four citizens much more easily
than she can carry that of. her present
debt were she to, stand just where she is,
with no effortr-no enterprise-no hope
no life. The moment that subscription is
made, the city will feel new inspiration, a
new impulse. Her people WILDE cheered
by the prospect and the reflection that
they have taken q step forward. Capital
lists elsewhere viii be attracted to q city
whose natural gifts are unsurpassed, and
whose people give such proof of their faith
in these gifts of nature, in their own ener-
gies, and In the future. Money will come
to be invested In the real estate and water
power of such a city with such popula-
ton. We shall take new departure, and
the future of Richmond will be as, bright
and grand as her children can desire. IS
i Without discussing the revolution which
has taken place; the man who cannot see
that its tendency is to give Virginia
great commercial !, and manufacturing
power is blind. Alreadyswe see signs OF
the springing force of enterprise and thrift
Of the lower orders. Let any one walk
in the quarters where once reigned indo-
lence and filth, and see the improved APP
pearance and the increased activity that
have, succeeded to the former scene. He
will be surprised; and all the more when
he reflects upon the PROSTATE condition of
the country. The sign is but feeble in
deed, but it is true one. Garry the rail
road through heonoblest of routes from
the Atlantic to the Ohio; put Richmond
in easy and rapid communication with the
western land of vast resources, mineral
and agricultural; concentrate in this
manner the elements of manufacturing as
we'll as commercial power here in this
city, 80 favorable to the development Of
both, and you will have in Richmond the
noblest inland city, in the Union. oG1 aasc5
81 Let us, fellow citizens, bid adieu to that
venerable principle "Old Fogyism ~
which all have respected, and which every
one would bury in most decorous and reye-
rental manner-and let us enter joyously
upon the new road to power and greatness
now open to our beloved city. Let us not
forget that now more than ever, is the
adages that Knight makes right" true,
and iet useunite heart and hand in build
ing up Richmond and our ever--hon .1'r, Z
mother, Virginia bending, all our talents
and energies. to secure to, them, in addi-
ton to the glorious renown of their past
history that strength in numbers ana
means which Is the best guarantee of re-
sp,e,,c ;t and the best protection from injus-
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