The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-07-29
v;ro;n;a-Her Future.

ryo never felt less dcSponuehSJ ooo
Tho physical growth, power, and prosperity
Of virginia than we do at the present mo
ment. We are, indeed, passing through al
intermediate state, the incidental occur
rcnces Of which must be irregular, ana oc-
cas;onallv startling. Men will Go strange
th;ncs and travel crooked paths-many
,,,,,, contend that the most crooked is the
s,ra;ghtest way, and that there is no way
os getting forward so fast as to throw ie"
hack summersaults. Nevertheless, the
.:,n &c evcn,s will flow onward, and the
or.s, ,ssues will be settled on the SIDE OF
;n,e,,ect. forecaste, and moral force. In
short, the capacity and manhood OF VIZ
pinians will triumph over difficulties ana
aaversity, and place her public affairs and
interests in safe and prospecting condi-
t;on. This is as certain as any human
event in the future.
Patience and confidence in the spirit and
force of the people, and in the bcneticent
designs of an all-wiso Providence, is what
we want to bring US through the passing
trials and restore to us peace and content
ment.
The State of Virginia is the greatest Of
the States in natural resources, and she
is behind mono in the spirit and capacity
Of her people. She occupies that belt on
the globe which produces the greatest va
riety and the largest amount of the neces-
saries Of life; and where the energies ana
talent of men can, year in and year out,
achieve the greatest results. For all inc
operations of life it is the most favorable
of all ATTITUDES. With her fine tidal
streams and ocean ports Virginia has no
equal on this continent; and across her
territory are the shortest and best routes
for the lines of transportation from the
Mississippi to the sea. Her rich mineral
wealth is very remarkably deposited in
most cases underneath rich and produc-
tive soil, and she is more abundantly sup
piled with water power than any other
State.
Temporary social and political causes
cannot long retard the growth of such
State. She must rise superior to them.
We have now in the future the bright
prospects of commerce Of immense mag
nitude through our western lines OF COM
munication, We laid before the reader
few days since some interesting facts rela-
tive to the railroad line from Norfolk 10
the port Of Guayamas, on the bay OF Gall
fornia, via tho Southern Pacific railroad.
That line opens to the view results Of such
grandeur that none hardly will attempt 10
measure them, and can only admire and
long for them. On the other hand, there
is the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, which
will open to us straight line from the
Virginia tide.water to the Pacific through
the Union Tor Northern) Pacific railroad.
That, too, will be the shortest, and so far
as the route lies through Virginia will be
the best route for it's easy grades from the
Pacific to the Atlantic. These lines
will be complete in few years; pos
sibly the last remaining unfinished gap
will be in Virginia! We hope motive
hope that Virginians, who sec before
them so much to stimulate their enter
prise, will not permit thousands Of miles
of railroad to be built through the almost
wild regions of the West while they fall TO
complete the three hnQred miles i'll Virgil
n;a-all that will be needed within q few
years to unite the Chesapeake by two ma
tional highways with the Pacific ocean
two that will be the shortest and best
from ocean to ocean through the United
States.
When we look at tho little that remains
for Virginia to do to achieve SO much, we
feel, as oil enterprising men must feel, a
painful impatience at the apparent apathy
of our people, and the strange discussions
and disputations into which they suffer
themselves to be drawn on minor and
lateral issues. Oh that they would take
heart and wake up to true appreciation
of the great things that may be done IL
this State, and the grand future to be
wrought by proper industry and enterprise
among her people
We repeat that we are not respondent
Tho political clouds and social complica-
tons will in time pass away and be regu-
lated, and the geographical advantages and
immense resources of Virginia will force
their development upon the people or drive
them out Of the country. They will have
to work out the resurrection of Virginia
or give place to strangers who will. They
cannot hold such property and do nothing
with it.
The Prisoners of the Late War,