The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-17
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owe PRIV Cato na,ers in regard TO the
from ~ or this port with Loulsfiie,
com ,,,oas,yrc has been generally received
wv expressions OF approval and sat'Siac
t;nr, throughout the Commonwealth; o''
',,,r friend. the Dispatch, so far as we are
H' stands alone in the attitude OF
nnmnIsinf. This has been answered ny 'ho
JT5,o and we commend our Vouthtui ptu
tber. the "modern antique 10 a Ca" -
study of the article to which we Ioa'
ITO Norfolk Direct" should nav; ;. :"
SAINT sound in the ears oil III Vir.
when uttered bv the Kentucky press.
80 oan ,,oror hsyr a really great seaport
awax rro-, rho coast line; but II we are WIoIS
g., tbis IN common with such great th'hh-
ers as Madison, then hlcHi'oau n" ~,
Chesapeake and Ohio road ana lic Way
line. whicn ought to satisfy her alnol'ioh'
Norfolk IrgimGn .,--
rendering our respects to our genial con-
Temporary of the Norfolk FIrg,@dn, we
have 10 say in this matter that we have an
swcrcd the R-hi5, and propose to reply to
HIM:
If the I-irT'nian read the Dispatch, 1t
does us injustice intercntia,iy. We dis
tinctly declared that we were glad to see
the consideration shown to Norfolk by the
Louisville people. Without detracting i'll
the slightest from the force Of that dcclsra-
ton. we took occasion TO say that we were
surprised that no notice whatever had been
taken Of Richmond in all the palaver on
the Subjec. OF the communication with Nir-
ginia between the A., ii. 4 Q. commission
ers in the comment of the Louisville press.
And why were we surprised! 1st. Be
cause Richmond is the largest city in The
hoe af
coastwise and foreign shipments that Is so
easy that she can ship the produce oil the
whole West with entire satisfaction to all
concerned; and. I'd. because Richmond Is
the great tobacco market of the Union, and,
As kentucky's staple is tobacco, she must
therefore be the most interesting city IN
Virginia to the kentuckianS.
These are good grounds for our surprise.
They are good grounds upon which to as
sert the Importance and supremacy oil
Richmond. On her behalf we mean toiake
this stand on all appropriate occasions. The
advantages Of the city which yields by large
odds the most important aid to the State i'll
her contributions TO the general growth
and wealth cannot in justice be allowed IL
be treated with contempt and ignored by
visionary spectators, sky.scrapers, and
those who, for want of information, do
wrong for which they are not to blame.
Richmond is the main stay and hope o
Virginia, and rs far As we can foresee sh'
must so continue to be. When there L
good reason to believe that she must tai
behind, and the position Of suprenac,
be transferred to another Virginia city, VIZ
will frankly, and. we trust, gracefully, &C
knowledge it. We see no sign yet that an!
such change will take place.
1t matters not now what Mr.. MADISol
and the resolutions of '9S'09 may have hat
to say touching salt or fresh water or ''sea
board.' They never saw rallroad--thc,
knew nothing of commerce such as now L
carried on-and they knew very little Q
commerce IN their day-for there was yer.
little commerce then to know anything
about. So, without irreverance to thu
shade of MADISON, we may consider that b.
is no authority whatever on railroads an,
more than are the resolutions of '9S-'D.
Commerce is governed by other cause
than the opinions of politicians and TIT
speculations of men who have not three
grains of practical wisdom. And all tn
sky-scraping theories and enthusiastic pro
phecies Of men who build cities in the brain
BY means which are tanciful will not alte
the irresistible laws which govern com
merce and override human f;tllacicS. Hu
man energy and enterprise can only Ions
survive and flourish under conditions tlia
are neutrality-suspicious. that preserve
health and vigor, and foster enterprise and
hope.
Look at Richmond. Where are these
conditions more highly manifested: Nc
where on earth. Here commerce, trade,
and manufactures, may flourish, fully
stimulated by the auxiliary aid Of these
bouutllul natural conditions, for which we
should be so grateful to Il bencfccnt Pro
whence. Here all these branches OF human
enterprise have a mol Bile start, and here
there will be a steady growth and advance.
ment in them all. No cause can retard
them, because nothing can deprive Rich
mond of those advantages. Money cannot
buy them, and hostility cannot impair
them.
1t is a sort of work Of suDererogation for
us to complain of apparent neglect OF Rich
mond. She can take care Of herself; but
we think it just as well not to acquiesce in
marked neglect displayed in public pro-
ceedings.
Still, we deny all hostility to Norfolk. We
shall be as happy as any Virginan to see
her great. There was wen-knoWn mau
in Lynchburg years ago who was given 10
periodical hard drinking. he had two sons.
One was his pet but he nevertheless look
ed upon the other with sense of paternal
regard and obligation that would not allow
him to neglect him. In the most sentiment
tai moments oil intoXication his mind fire.
quently revert to his boys, when he would
exclaim, with great earnesIucss, "Goa
bless BUDDY forever! God bless BUDDY
forever! at the same time, however, not
forgetting JACOB J" Now, our Tirgntnn
friend may make Norfolk BUDDY or JACOB,
as suits him; but we shall not forget our
JACOB, come what will.
The Republican party in Ohio is under
going the premonitory agitation concerning
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