The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-01-10
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We ncc! hardly say Wort! Of cheer 10
=. determined and energetic people such rs
lose Of Richmond. But il is rood il en-
,,loy the language Of announcement 4: al
times. 4 lively SOM, even 70 weary team
Of roaG9tcrs, inspires them VITA renewed
spirit and smarter action; and hloyant
hone ana resolution is I'll the more san
ruirc md determined from a cheerful sym
path and support.
We have ragssd through enough to try
thoroughly the strength and patience OF oar
ncoplc, and thew have proved like refined
gold from the furnace. If VIC look back
where We were year or eighteen months
since We will SEQ what gulf we have
nasscd, and must feel assured th:t we arc
now steadily improving.
We doubt no. Mt MI abont The Admission
of our representatives to Congress. Their
entrance into the two halls will hc tha sig
nal for our relief from painful Disqualified
ton, and the restoration of 6 government
of our own election, with its happy inGE-
ences in rcviving confidence apd cncourag-
ing enterprise and industry.
| The steady advancement of the general
welfare by tie faith and industry Of the
rcople will be accelerated by this event.
We shall have new sources Of thrift opened
to us, ard the labor of developing the natu-
raj resources Of the State will so forward
in geomctrical progression.
Some men are in the habit Of looking
about them and counting those who were
formerly rich and now poor, and feeling
discouraged at the exhibit. They forget to
inquire into the new men that appear above
the surface as wealthy. Some fine houses
have been built and occupied by wcll-to-do
men who are new amongst men Of means.
and liberal sums have been paid in caah for
| town residences and country seats, that show
there has been accumulation in spite OF the
prostration induced by political oppression.
Labor is expclding within the city all lis
gains, whereas before the war fully half Of
the hire for labor was sent away, while the
laborers that were paid their board-money
spent it, and were fed clandestinely from
the tables of the housekeepers of the city.
This relieves the people of an outrageous
burthen and increases the thrift Of the re-
tail business of the city. The retail stores
look more lively, the ragged ends OF streets
leading out of town are dressed up, ami
occupied by houses that hear the appear
ancc of thrift and cleanliness.
In short, the signs in al directions are
encouraging. Only VIC want capital. Bu-
siness in the trade and manufacturing de-
partments might be greatly extended but
for the want of capital.
A gosi government will be sure to invite
both population and capital amongst us.
Money has as great tendency to seek its
level as has water. O. two States lying
side by side, under the same laws, with
equal natural advantages, it will be impos.
sible for one to be long plethoric with money
while the other is exhausted. Virginia is
now suffering from money famine, while
her natural advantages excel those Of the
States on her northern border, who have a
superabundancc of moneyed wealth. The
causes which have produced this inequality
are well understood. But they are all
about to be ended, and then the infowing
Of the current that is to euusl!ze the diffu-
sion OF money viii be more decided. This
cannot be doubted.
The prospects ara good, our energies are