The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-21
Restoration and Recuperation.

Restoration and Recupet"
SLIGHTLY DELAYED by annoying clrcum-
s,arces. the admission Of Virginia will, not
w;.bs,sndine, take place early In January
The case OF Georgia has most inopportunelv
,,.np intrrded to block up the way to
orompt action upon that Of Virginia. ke-
sentiment and revenge are more powerful
,u,pulses thar sympathy and sense OF Jus
,ice. Georgia will ride through Congress
on the two first named. while Virginia must
stand aside awaiting the slow-howing tide OF
Inc latter. The case Of Georgia Is without
consolation. She has not only secured
nothing to herself, but she has mace the
cases of some of her sister States-so indis-
crinnate Is prejudice-but the worse.
Plainly, since the war between Congress
and the Executive in the person OF ANDREW
JOHNSON, the States of the South were un-
d,r auress. and refusal TO concur IN tne
reconstruction laws was but the Jolly OF re-
sistaucc where il was hopeless, ana Where
il made submission to increased rigors In
eyitablc.
H,,t oil these things must be consumma-
ted. and the future left TO fate and the peo-
pla Of the Union, under the direction OIL
TIC motives inspired by the public interests
and circumstances. We shall soon be IN Il
condition to 90 on under our own civil Go
yernmeut, working quietly and securely to
rebuild our fortunes and to increase the
power and prosperity OF the State. We
shall then, without being the victims OF
special and partial egislation-withont
being paralvsed by personal disabilities,
proceed along with nj the nation to accom-
rnodate ourselves to the new order OF
things, and to take our part with entire
equality in making the history Of the coun-
try.
Virginia has an important part to play Rs
the conservator Of good feeling ana pollI'-
cal harmony. AS she has saved the Union
at several periods when it was in the great
est peril, she will, by the force Of her cha
racter and the geographical position she
occupies, probably do more for the promo
ton Of its duration and grandeur than any
other State.
But the people Of Virginia must remem.
Der that to perform fully this high mission
Virginia must now add to her mental and
moral renown great physical strength and
wealth. Her resources are adequate to the
necessity. Nature has given her the means
Of becoming the greatest State in the Union,
and it rests entirely with her citizens whe-
Their they shall be made available.
Those resources, those great blessings OF
q beneficent Providence, are not to be
locked upon as comforting title and emf
ncnce without proper use Of them. They
must be looked upon in the most practical
sense as only inviting to industry and
promising rich rewards to enterprise and
labor. In the earth they are worth not as
much as the dirt on its surface because,
even untitled, that will produce something.
But taken from the earth, mined and manu-
featured, they turn to gold and di1fuse
wealth through the land.
Let us not for a moment forget that not
step in advance can now be taken without
well-directed industry and sagacious energy.
We must expect to so ahead steadily and
surely, but not suddenly or magically. The
It'll and growth that will be solid and
''st be acquired gradually. We
Ses. = height by pcrpendcu-
d. ~ . rroo+;oob1o
cannot reach erea.. 49, ,
IN. asceut. We must go - "n'
inclined plane. That is the only
.rre wav to accomplish the elevation.
Every man must work for his own "elare'
md the combined labor Of all will create
the grand total of the Commonwealth An
industrious and thrifty community never
fails to attract population from without
and in this way the gradual accumulation
of industry and enterprise in oil orancnes
of labor and wealth will add IN ie" years
immensely to the force and weight Oh Tile
State in the nation. L
Early in the ensuing year so near at halu
will the restoration take place anu ou'
people, we are sure, win proceed WIN III
domitable industry and perseverance TO nc
complish these great objects: