The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-02-15


the Congressional and other elections IN .ne
State. and therefore the General Assembly
cannot itself make the change necessary LOT tne
nrotection Of the people ofVirginia from fede-
raj control. But the General Assembly, can
her;n the work. 1t can submit the quesuon 10
the voters as the constitution proViues, anu
before the next Congressional and PresidentiaI
elections that instrument can De so aiteIeu
to allow our own elections to be neiu AZ ,h .,n'
when these usurpers cannot supervise them.
This is an important matter-as importah.
as apy which could engage the attention OF tne
Legislature-and we trust that it viii not ps
neglected. If we sit down in idleness anu
allow ourselves to be hand cutfed, we sna sIoa
find ourselves at the mercy OF the unpilnoa,p.bS ~
party that has already weil-nigh ruined 'ne
country. - . s,om-
The country members of the Genern Assem-
| blv need not suppose that they are not Gun
cerged in this matter. Last year hicn hon H.
onlv. of all the places in Virginia, was oese.
by the minions Of the Federal Government, as
ton to places having more than 20,Ooo innaols
tants. The new bill extends the operation oI
the law to every county in the State, as M. We
last year predicted would be the case. L'.ue
by little is the mode in which our iiperties al
stolen.
The Dispatch will insist that the negroes
are dying off faster than the whites, and
clings to the hope of getting rid OF their
black skins in that way. 1t is pleasant to
contemplate. How happy we snail
be. if in few hundred years we can
get rid of the negro by gradual extinction
| of the race What will we want to get
rid of next7 The poor white trash OF
course. We must have something to KICK
and abuse and look down upon; and when
| Cuffee is gone whom will we cuff ? And
then who will cuff the cutters 2 We
wish the Dispatch could solve its
| problem elbow shall we get rid OF the
negro ?" From present appearances, unless
we do something to revive business IN the
State, the question on the part OF the ne
groes will be Chow shall we get rid OF the
white man?
The Whig says the idea Of changing the
terminus of the Danville road from itch
mond to Philadelphia is SO monstrous that
| it is hard for Richmond people to give IL
| credit. Indeed We have conversed with
all sorts of people in Richmond, and none
have shown such horror. Pray where is
the terminus of the Danvile road now ?
Is it in Richmond, or Baltimore, or Phil
adelpha7 1t is very strange that the
press and people of Philadelphia take SO
| little interest in this great work which IS
to build up that city? Not single lndl-
cation appears that they care one farthlng
whether the charter is granted or not. And
then. again, what interest has Philadelphia
in road which passes directly through
the State of Pennsylvania, by way OF Har-
risonburg and Williamspert, leaving that
great city more than hundred miles to
the right of its line? What mob-mis-
leading demagoguism If Philadelphia
will give us her capital, and Pennsylvania
her industrious rural population, TO work
our lands and mines and establish man
ufactories, we care not how much she may
profit by our trade, or how many railroads
her capitalists may build through Vir-
ginia. We even like the monstrous thing
denounced by the Wing so wei, and be.
lieve the people of Richmond and all
along the line of the Danville road,
are SO pleased with the idea of having
direct communication with the Northern
cities and ports that we transfer its re-
marks to our columns, so that the public
may see to what straights the opposition
are redpced for want of argument:
! The idea of changing the terminus OF the
| Danyile road from Richmond to Philadelphia
| is so monstrous that it is hard for Richmond
| neonle to rive it credit. And yet nothing IS
| more true than such design is seriously medi-
tated, and is now being actively urged by
| officials of that company. Like Sterne's start
| ing, they are crying eve can't get outP' Ana
we are informed that some of them have been
| in the Hall of Delegates entreating members to
vote for the bill of the Pennsylvania adven-
turers, that the Danvlle road may get an out
| let. This shows the object, and it shows the
alleged completely with the Bucktail invaders.
| IF these adventurers succeed in swapping the
Fredericksburg road they are to supply the
outet-and that outlet is Philadelphia.
Wonder what Whit Tunstal, II he could rise
! from his grave, would think OF this montrosity
The cherished labor of his life, dedicated to
| Virginia and t. Richmond--th clandestlneiy
oeryerted from its true destination and foully
prostituted to the vile uses OF distant ana
rival communityi The DeauIte road terhs-
mating an Philadelphia ! Enough to rouse MIN
from his tomb
Where does the consolidated line. terml-
nate. at Norfolk Or in New York
Where the Seaboard and Roanoke AT
Portsmouth or in Baltimore? Where the
Petersburg and Danville lines At Rich
mond or Baltimore? Whenever we be-
come great manufacturing city, and can
offer inducements and attractions sufficient
to stop trade and travel in this city, all
our roads will terminate here-and depart
hence. They will fetch and carry for US
and not for others but until then, we
must be content with the crumbs-the
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