The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-09-21

The whites alone have given majority
largely in excess Of that required by the
city charter. Even taking property
holders alone, it is believed that the
decision is in favor of the approp1ia-
ton. 1t is fair to consider that the
decided opponents Of the measure who
were registered voted against the sub
scrption, and that nearly all who failed
to vote either acquiesccd-i. e., were
not opposed to tor we're decidedly
in favor Of it but finding some diff
Guilty in getting to the polls on the first
day, and seeing the question carried, made
no exertion to vote afterwards. We know
that many of the warmcst friends of the
subscription occupy the latter position.
What more could be wanted to under
stand the disposition and determination OF
the people Of Richmond on this subject
The white vote of this city, we are satisfied,
is at least nee, and we believe seuen, to one
for this subscription.
Votes on such questions are never large
at all events, in this State. The white vote
rjyen this week on the subscription to the
Chesapeake and Ohio road is the largest
ever given on similar question IN this
city.
The vote given on the 23l Of May, 1853,
on subscription by Richmond Of 100000
to the Central railroad was as follows:
Tor the subscription. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1oo
Against ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ''''''''' 9
81
Excess of the vote this week.............. l43
The vote upon the subscription of $780,
600 to the Central railroad given on July
Is, 1854, was as follows:
For the subscription. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
4l2
Excess Of the vote this week. .3O2
The vote Just taken, after the above ex-
hibt and the comparison with former votes,
must be regarded triumphant and deci
sive: gratifying to the friends Of the sub
scription, and altogether q complete indi-
cation of the wishes and will Of the peo-
pie Of Richmond.
While on the subject we take pleasure
in copying from the Orange Erp0Sitor the
following eloquent tribute to the good
sense and patriotism of this decision Of the
people of Richmond:
"Rchmond has done wisely and bravely.
BY majority of over 2 900 she has voted
81, 900 900 to insure the completion of the
great road to the Ohio river. The tele-
graph tells us that the negroes voted en-
7ndSSe in favor Of the road, and that its op-
ponentG intend to contest the legality OF
their vote. But the Dispatch affirms that
the vote in Madison Ward shows that the
whites are five to one in favor Of the mea.
sure. 1t may therefore be considered set
tied, and we heartily congratulate Rich
mond upon the result. Her very heart
eaten out by fire, her credit strained to
repair the Damages Of the devourng ele-
ment, her business taken from her while
in the act of rebuilding, it required no or
binary nerve in Richmond to impose
this heavy tax upon herself. But she has
proved equal to the emergency. The
great road will now be built. Delays
Will QOuUlleSS OCCuI, DuI lHe Ddic laCl
that the work is under construction will
have o salutary effect over the whole
State, and the moment of its completion
will witness that vast and sudden increase
in material prosperity for which so many
are praying, and which nothing but civil
war and its accompanying anarchy can re-
tard. Already we see in imagination
Richmond stretching far and wide over her
bold hills-a mighty mart, manufacturing
emporium surprising Lowell and Philadel-
phia combined. There is not a true Eir-
gnian who will not rejoice in her growth,
but there are many, if they live to witness
her grandeur, will not look back with a
sigh to the time when she was the most
beautiful, the purest, the most refined
capitol in all the world-with all the de-
lights of a city, but with not one of city's
crimes"