The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-24

I at does, oil the interests OF industry ana
" of trade. 1t appeals directly to the wei
"farc OF both sections. and OF every state
" in the Union. Slavery being now out OF
''the way, there is no matter OF difference
"to engendcr sectional luminosity OF cNc''e
! Bipartisan passions. Trade IL cosmopoH-
"tan, and includes in its embrace all lia-
"tions and races, and Of course the UNI!
"of All sections Of even the greatest OIL Ia,
"tions is indispensable to it prosperity
Inc Times continues
MANY. perhaps tho majority. Of the
northern DELEGATES went TO Richmond rs II
they were going to a city and people
stranger to them than those Of London.
Paris, st. Petersburg. or tonstantinoplr.
such is the force Of prejudice cnCcnd"rcd
BY many wears of mutual misunderstanding
and misrepresentation. All were, however.
aereeahlv disappointed, and many nm en-
rhusiastic spirit felt sort of revival OF re-
ligion in the heart toward those who should
from the first have been friends. compa-
triots. and kindred.
"Thc dclccatcs from the North and West
were received with most generous hoSpi-
talitv. and mt the close Of the deliberations
the Board left with now ideas and strong
convictions as TO the future OF that city, on
whose river civilized settlement was
planted seven years before the landing on
Plymouth Rock.
..Fycrvthinc seemed to favor the highest
estimate Of the surprising advantages OF
that portion of our vast Scahoard. Even
the weather appeared 10 have been provi-
dcntialy ordered for the occasion: for
while the delegates from the northern Iati-
trldc along which slavery had pushed The
great bulk al the nation'~ industry and
trade were cnjoying the delightful weather
Of Richmond. they wcr" informed 10y tcle-
graph Of the chilling winds, the fro>t>, and
the SHOWS, at home. The contrast was
striking and aScvcrr advantage of agllcll-
turc, iron. coal. aud watcr-poWcr. was
there unsurpassed, thc conviction was fixed
hat there must ultimately he the great en-
porium of the Republic.
" Mr.. Terrence remarked (" one nf the
leading citizens of Richmond that it looked
10 him rs if, had the National Board of
Trade been organized in time. il might have
settled all difficulties between the two Sec
tons without war: but the reply was,
: No, nothing but war could have done the
great work we needed whipning-wc
got it. and are now perfectly satisfied. Will
Won tell vour people to Danish all doubt on
this point?' Mr.. Terrence. rs indeed all
The delegates. became convinced that the
people of Richmond and Of 'Cld Virginia
are fully reconstructed.
"In the Union, under the old flag. and In
the resurrection to new life and vigor and
enterprise. Virginia can still cherish with
noble pride the memories Of Washington.
Jefferson. Patrick Henry, Madison, Mon
roe, Wythc. Pcndleton. and Il host Of others
who made Virginia 50 illuStrious III The re
epoch Of the nation.
"Thc late meeting Of the National Board
has turned the attention Of cnlcrpri>in@mcn
throughout the most productive belt of TIL"
nation to the necessity Of speedily securing
\ continuous water transport To tn" James
river. and also increased their estimate of
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
"The project for improving the naviea-
ton Of the Ohio has also been strengthened.
Great things for this latitude are evidently
near at hand.'