The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-30
n-;rriuir In Georgia.


Fx,roc. from the address nt state rnIimrsr d; wv
ENn .niyrud at the City Hall, In Macon on INC
I'm ,f January. upon tic Atlantic anc urc;il
Western Canal project.
Colonel Frobcl said Just here l will an
swcr question which has been frequently
asked mc--yiz., Of in our application u
Congress for aid to this great enterprise a
strong opposition to 1t lu!Glit not be enco'ln-
tered from New York and from Nirginia--ttlc
former on account Of her Erie canal ana tue
latter on account of tn" James RIVER ana
K.unawha camal9" Many persons seem t"
think that because New York city tias en-
loved a monopoly Of western trade That
therefore she vo'i,; look with jealous eyes
UPON any attempt TO build up rival line
do not regard this cana! as the rival OF
the New York route. The Erie canal VIII
always command the trade Of western fclin-
syIyania-at least all that portion near the
rrelt lales-nort!iorn Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Hichiran. Wisconsin, eastern Minnesota, the
Cauadas. and the trade Of the North Paclbc
railroad where it il built, and this trade is
annually OH the increase. So that II that
no.tion derived from 81. Louis was With
drawn it's place would soon be supplied d!
The increased trade of the States Just m"'-
toned. That the building of the canal
wo,ld he of vast advantage to New YORK
city. nobody can doubt, and an c1'lal az
VANTAGE 10 the New England states. Inc
New York line is well established, anu
il will always command the tr2lnc tlat
Ic-itimatcy belongs to it, ana TINT Is more
than it can accommodate. With the Virginia
canal, however, it is different. IiIh; WORK Is
not vet completed, and they, too, arc asking
aid Of the Fedora. Government 10 aSslSt III
orcuing il 10 the Ohio. That llii", like Inc
;;cor.ia line, looks TO trade OF ne Wcs', ana
il will without doubt have West Virginia
and all that portion Of Pennsylvania dr;lliied
hy the Ohio, 81! OF Southern Ohio. Northern
Kentucky, large portion OF Indiana ana
Illinois, and the cities of Pittsburgh. LOUIS
vile, and Cincinnati; while TO the Georgia
line will belong West Virginia, portion Of
Kentucky, East and West Tennessee, a por-
ton of the Carolinas, North Alabama ana
Mississippi, and the trade which centres ut
st. Louis.
was in Washington city the greater ror-
ton Of list winter. and convcrscd lfeeI!
with northern and western nicil' ana dla not
meet with anybody opposed 10 orr EFch
Georgia pr;,ir:. I'll" western men cordi,l'!
approved OF its construction rs lining Tie
lust great need of their S"ctinl'.
had bern told that Virginia would op-
pose it as a rival to Der great PROJECT. BGl
i,rrcg,l. found the Nirginiall> ready and
wilIu2, to aid Us. Why, gentlemen, the
: mater from Virginia. Judge Johnston, Of
/ red to prepare Il bill for uS, and when it
WIS prepared he presented it to the Senate,
Stating that he had volunteered his services
because Georgia had no representative III that
b ,dy to urge this important work upon the
; ciItion Of Congress. Virginia sent other
men TO Washington TO aid Georgia i'll this
III utter. and among them Colonel Darlington,
who is 50 intimately connected with her pub.
lie works. There was no rivalry there OUT
such AS generous aud noble spirits night
initiate. And just such rivalry rs we Sh0uld
have expected from Old Virginia. Yes,
glorious Old Virginia. Glorious in the past !
Glorious in her mighty deeds Of scli-sac-
r!iicing hcroism in the war OF independence !
Glorious in the names She has given TO the
world. Glorious in her deeds Of generosity
Glorious in her advocacy Of right Glorious
in her adherence to principle! Glorious III
her unsllled honor! And thrice glorious III
tlc silence with which she hears her losses
and her wrongs! Stripped ofpoWer, stripped
OF influence, with her wealth destroyed, and
her honcs--thosn proud old homes whose
memory is associated with visions of open
hlnded hospitality ruins, her hearths made
deSolatc, and her fields Il proving wilder
ness. She has borne her wrctcilcdncSs and
poverty without murnur. without 4 re-
breach, and without III uttered regret From
Yorktown to Appomattox her history is
glorious with her deeds. From Washington
to Lee the national record is illuminated with
the deeds of her children. The birthplace
md the home Of Washington and of Robert
L. Lee. the mother of Presidents, the cradle
of liberty, and the grave of constitutional
rights us it CAME from the hands Of our
fathers. she stands to-day sublime amid her
ruins, silent and without tear, except those
which she shed over the graves OF her hero