Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1867-01-04


/. ,,u..- V,.sin!.ns W",ii.l s.y i;ieh-Innd-
ri u:;fuf aa ..';"r,,i.- eyer be- jS were Your la
;l,..s hr,,n" ;':Sl ";2r b" y'Ur il"l hut be- JE>i
lrtu.- "! Grr r.nryuHs and III :: He Ut iisTc
.L.,,rs, .,,., Il anyyoriHg'rr nnv rrasc
soy !: Is - If ~ woy!; Work: Work uriil
y;,,. are ;sra.v and sill work on And blessed he
Gri = * ~; n.l work ever: unil thr waste places
we ~ r-,rr,~ un;ii "ur h"rrr s redeemed 'ntIt
,i.lr, ali and urS a,c yyl ua' thu "ul! 'o.I- al
hO!., -'li! 81! sing aud ba happy "srn--uai'l the
.'r.iE NJ ''a't Virginia never tire ran b" raised
a!,.a vi. ,9ui That tie Heaven Of Heaven. sEns!
hear .uI l:r Confederate saints above shall up
rruyr'.
! Ii co:rprrhc,i, right and rulIy. the mpanir {
a: I'ru,-c itself, and our first parents expulsion,
is N pat :" T!ak" XII that pleasure grou;i!
VI Ini:.'t !an.c"nc not the hc>; for man.
N,3oi .!irEcr SIRE t. te!lU" and be punished!
w expulsion, bat IA" punishment WIS icnIp"rcd by
IN, mercy. nat the curse, that W. h'utd earn our
ia.y I.-ni ~ the sweat Ut CIR brow. Blessed be
God tint r'.r tasks, however Lard it well done,
Will rn.Au Us happier, and happier the harder they
Tins ~,TS. then. oh. y"ung mcn. you arc not
men. va are u"i StorewGI mcn You are n;
| N!rSir:t:- worthy Of these graves. Work or you
! cH':; lie hdpp..
! - Another cause which tended 20 ditFusr poru.
.aion a.:. capital. AID prevented their conccntra
on Il a-v particular points u form cities and pro-
oir commerce and manufactures was. that nl tn,
El.ILrE iuT:.nrs 70! the State wcrn divided into IL
les, Iar sryrl. distinct rrniusl;r@, separated from
ouch other ty eight considerable rivers, running d
! few miles only ai"r; from each other i'll almost
r.,4Ilri lines from West To East, ani all, cxccp,
thu Roanoke. 'mptying into the broad Chesapeake
which cuts I'll the EaS;orn peninsula frum thu
-, in %irr;ui.l territory. These rivers ali
=. nspnhl. Nigh up iae:r tch.HSris. Md tunnaSs
t.l.i.a facilities 81 shirmrnt everywhere. Every
plantation nal IT, "wn landings, OF near IN H.
.cglbu-hood. and had i" need To seek whnrrrs at
aIv particular p,li Tor the shipment OF it, prn.
duets. Eu:, now. the rrusc an: demands Of trad'
ard Transportation require M, only sOrr-h"us''
AID Gaay> OF conllI!"rcc for The local products hu
ia:.,u CD!"GoII centres arc required 10! the back
! country OF the whole continent. The mere l1cn
SUPPLIES OF Eastern Nirgi'!i! are now but Il mite
L!".rut with the great interior trade, AND
,.:r insignificant in i.igg III" places ar points 81
cxcnr:s aul imports. TIL" mighty niidi" interior
bet y.gu TIE Luh.S md The Gulf, 10 an lndeI'
nh ,X;c!.i ;cc< uI.fio;. the Nearest on N,
mlutlc Atlantic coast. and ihl; Virginia has. il
he ,parivus deep and beautiful Hampton li"a'is
rsl.t ;i Ucc.M'- gateway -! Zap" iirnry and cap,
Charles. The States did scrupl,s about internal
i.arryveIac;. are ~ an end, and ;riihrr Slate u!
E,,r!t! governments ar" looked I" now I" d" ih'
.rr!t works which trade Is able 10 construct for IT.
I'll AID ~ Territory State lns need, however
poor or feeble, 10 undertake the WORKS through IT.
limits, if il has the natural position and firiii
tic, Tor the main continent tai tracks of trade Only
show to IL, rich and powerful people 81 The i'll
terror that r;iar ana distance and per cents Of loss
aai ..!u will BE- saved 10 thrln ans! they will: "a!
rr ihy privilege Of improving your localities
Tralr must ;rlvc by tho shortest and chcapcs
ra,,,,s sri it, currents will break through NOUN
',in> :, save ii;ac distance AMI expense Of getting
- III. h".t markets Of the world The c"nlr1 81
III. continent la, it, shortest, cheapest way thr"lg!
tf, .,,n lf
aclkc Eav. Already :ha mighty Ohio and III,
:ni.k,irr Mississippi aud Missouri, and a" 'hc
i.uu ,l.sS Interior beyond, this and are lrc"f'
;n- Ia bc,,iu and complete Your central lines ir"'
Orient To- Occiicn;' of North America. CiHcin'
natl aud Louisville vii! probably first take tho track
direct tn L;uc!lhurg, AID thence by air line Il
Richmond, and Richmond will descend by railway
A. w.!l n ly river to Ncwports News and thcEcl
the ;r.L,.,um Of the continents commerce shall II
uoatrd lv every motor uf transportation direct nr
on oil ocean To every mart 4. home and abroad II
u:taS.s known Only {" III" qlays Of mammoth
cities 10 be carried only Is l!rets of merchant ma
r::r. and produce. only by North America
VIA S,Gta ur Country has larger :punia'ions 4"
ho;,c f.. future .: .pcrity than this: This dcvc
o!.rncal Is nb"U; opening to Virginia, and why
shonl her ryr~ leave her Tor wait q; held OF cH
;erpY:se: lfhcy shall iohv. her, h"r rising great
ness ~is.! soon cs! iirrl back 10 her h"'l'"h"' {"
Irl.r..s. and they will find their places :ci b!
.,r.rccys. When tn. East and West centre lin
S!ra!! 30 fairly bc.Ga and once completed. then ",
sinai, have no iagr. Of those contracted views M,
-! ,hl, .clE,h policy which prevented each an
n".ry locality and i:!!crc>; in Nirgir:ia own limit
from. constructing its own works for Itself linen
, TOO W.. shall herr no more Of those little contcn
, zion. bslv.a- Eat an! West rc1s,s North az
Snntl. line or of iia later s.l,l1lbcs about what
called Representation" Of works Then MI will b
continent 10 Vir.inias own port, for her own rec
~" on every Ire, running Nth and South o
last ard West, Sr and then II will bc shown thui
g.. WI, .!.lt we have begun to allow oar lines To RI
IN every direction, tu every point Of the compass.
Ia this there will hc the in'ghicSt strength nn
! bouulesS business. hr0oding countless wealth 10
every son Of nni"rpriS. and industry.
:. The ihr,! ch,;Sa why Nrginias capital m
;or.'..;au lid '.0l r,:!'r".ir j" cities and tuT
=. comm. 90" anl mining all manufacturing m
mechanic arts. was, thar when population tlri
,.,nr"i wa:,l. i crossed iii" !iluc Ridge i;in
,a:::s !r:r ;hs rich and b4ir'iiul. and now >acry
EI.iov, Running Gort: AMI south. having no nai
RI! ~, lcr hat is northern! terminus IN olE "w
limit. and il iiai 30 TGnr is plenty ont Of Virgin
ia irsr,s into that Of Maryland TT The head o.! III
Chrslpcli;a. And when it crossed the Aiirgian';
:: ,-i;i,g, !rgn rivers flowing westward into III
great basin OF The Mississippi? an! had 10 float i,
, products 81 IL. Muuon-Ihca, he Guyandu!te, til
Two ka3awhlS, the Sandy and the Ohio 10 bull
III cities OF other States. We nil Know too we
how long ihi, cause withhcl! this Valley from he
+ own righteous COURSE Of trade, and how ii wcane
Western from Eastern Virginia. and made her
, State d;.!laI against herself This wall Of sepa
ration -:al! soon b. broken down. This b.cssc
T.,.cv. 80 valiant and :, true always to Easter
! Virginia ratv. side ~ side in every JOY md !
every -ric!. locked in ono embrace, shall go n
wav, whichever way. shall! win for her people tn
pr"~ peril they deserve. and the mother Stale sha
non make il best to icad Ecr by the shortest wa
. I, the mouth Of ihn Chesapeake, instead Of he
havn. 10 20 20 Baltimore t" get her commerce
tha Capc<. And yet Oh yet. Western Virginia
! ali Western, Northwestern ~ well rs Southwest
era Virginia. shall b. lrurJ: by iron bands, run
rir- through this Whitley TO III" Lowiands Of til
East; In this there Is nope AMI health
l. Besides these cl;iaca ac;rcgn;iI, and isOlai!n
our separated sections, :hcra great Occani
ca,,.. c.,rryin. and concentrating commerce in Ne'
YORK, - ipr; sTitS were meters by sea- The i"t
Lnr-s of IL" Arctic, ard the tradc-w;a'lS of IN
tr,ri,s, auh tho Cji stream make currents If al
and water dcncs in their coursa ana Limits, tia
whether skip sails from Florida Cape or i'ar3c
. ! al. from the CEusaccaSg or the Eewt"undlan
Banks she ms To- take ,nc sam. "Iing and run i!i
same track OYER the seas, 80 make the quickest pas
>."r to Liverpool or IIavr.. Ii I'll" runsa traciio
, If n degree too lar North. she is in tnisiS an
sorinS and No:!iae lee AID il too far South. she
~ Ealm" currents At sir and waller 10 cndtn."
and delay her passage. The great saiiway over II
, Atlantic is only about Il degree and u half /
breadth, with >;eis York at the western and Liver
pool u: thu ,a~terr end This cau-c. by the lay
, insurance. aud Of !mG in trad. will always Civ
. Sew York The prc.c:mncncc %: commerce; but !h
steam motor wil greatly diminish it, force in fave
os Hampton Eoa!s. and there is immense tor'ir
trade fur Nirsina's enterprise, 10 which this cans
does not arrly. The mclarn; that Virginia build
, her uwn ship, and mans them with her owr master
and crus. and becomes ilcr Own insurer, sh" can
70, but occupy "as: proportion "t the coin'uerr
, of IL" South seas and particularly the trade wit
. lrazii in ;pur a.!,l coffee. There is M arsosy
. wca!'k ard far o:IcrFris. in thu, aaa winds NJ:
currents FER this favor her with every advantag"
.b,t. What IN orr: sea :or enterprise is this. f
0;lr ycuTr iacr 10 embark upon, AMI learn the b:>
, resS oi shp-buiing and ship-ris%in. and s'I;l
claic-y, and the profit. Of frci:;hts mud dnn't7
q and exchange in exporting; aonr and importin
coffee 10 on: centres for Distribution In this thci
is more than !.c terra tenants price for wheat. IN
: inoro ;il.n the miller toll Tor grinding i;--al y
have hrTctocra taken for the best Hour sold at /!
1 hi;ics: rates. in tie market Of Rio tie Jancro.
This there i lnrc and !ri;i:I enough Ia keep us