The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-26
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bridge The Enquirer says 'he'.'o,s s,,o,,d
nexat;on Of Gainesville, Meckeho"is 81 .o n' ooo
he a corollary Of the subscr'l'''o. VI So"'oDO
49, Ea,s,illc connection; which answer
'ho c,cctio,s, hut il certainly deVoid OF
{, also l. it's next answer. that De-
'' '., ,eoplc may live away from Richmond
,n.,r miles and do business here, therefore
;. - not wise to include within the city limits
l. h,st. who may settle down in Manchester,
though they are nearer the centre OF BUSH
moss in Richmond than are ut least one-titth
Of its present inhabitants. Both questions
nre entirely controlled by distance; and when
the Ea1u,re, fails to discriminate rs to dis
,ancc, il only reduces its own argument TO an
ahs,lrdity.
The Enquirer would leave something for
nos,erity. Exactly! That's what the apa-
thetic ALWAYS wish to do. And it objects to
grading and reducing impracticable' aseents
| on streets that are built up. IL that to be a
rule: Are we to initiate the neglect OF our
| ancestors, and hand down to posterlty
grievance from which we have suffered Sc
| riouSly for any such reason ~ that! we
know of no city north of Richmond where
any such idea is entertained. Grades are
made practicable commercially whether the
streets where they exist are built up OF not.
The interests of property-holders ilnmeui-
ntely concerned and of the whole city con-
cur in this important work. To leave bad
grades as we found them for any such reason
rs that offered is an abslrdity i'll the esfima-
ton Of all enterpriSing and sagaclous blisl-
Ness communities. We know OF no sacred
nuisanceS-irom impacticab!e grades 10 oeao
cats.
Posterity would prefer great improve
ment bcqucathed to them along with the dept
il created to having nothing done for them
bv their forcfatherS. They cannot have the
time that we possess. We can manage ."e
means and resources i'll our hands 10 1ielr III
,,I,uabe benefit But if we do nothlhg'
they will owe us nothing for receiving from
II. what We inherited just in the conultioh II
came down "a lis. We suffer from the waiit
| of energy and forecast Of our ancestors "'"
| il j. no credit 10 Us that we PNe o''i
| ,ri,v,nc.s a legacy 10 our children. W llal
else does the Enquirer propose "heh II s"!S
t,,t h,,-,usc u street is built up ii nil!>t never
more be graded?
va oro no, for doing everything. We
want This generation to do lis share. A CIT! |
never is finished until, having reached It's
climax, it goes on declining and disappears
in ruins. There is always work to be done
10 accommodate the public wants as long as
il Grows. Aud there are improvements that
are necessary prcccdentS Of growth-im'
provclnrnts which invite populatlon-lm-
proyclncnt, that are so well understood by
lhc embarrassing people of the North. Grading
and draining and decently arranging the
surface in ii pleasing manner are among
these. Beauty and utility are twin sisters.
There is nothing more civil and nothingmorc
prone to the attractions of good taste ana
graceful ways than commerce. Apathy ana
RIGHTEOUSNESS, which always want to post
pone things, will never do mitch to invite
commerce and ii people wal: for wealth
and prosperity before they put their hands
10 the work of Improvement they will never
strike 4 lick.
We owe solemn debt TO posterity to i'm.
prove our heritage that they may not have
complaints to make against lis. We can
plant trees that may yield no shade to us,
but will afford them delight. We can build
works that may not bestow all their benefits
mon us, but which will be to them invaluable.
They will gladly bear the burden Of the debt
incurred for such blessings. But where we
may do that which gives Us Immediate re-
ward, and which will secure the same to pos
te,ity, there is involved in the work the dou-
bic duty to ourselves and to our heirs. What
pitiable example is that of the m>er who
lives like 4 pauper 10 leave to ungrteIul
heirs money which had been laid out Of sight
doing no good while he lived. Hardly any
| thing could be more abhorrcnt than the
memory Of that man, yet we may say that it
would be rs bad to lnSnlanage property
and remit it unimproycd to inheritors who
would thus be fairly robbed, by Incidence
and procrastination, Of the increase to which
they are as justly entitleda> to the property
itself.
! Let ls go ahead and discharge our duty to
ourselves and posterity hy properly admins
tering the fair property we hold. watt
"Wait," is great thief, Those who daily
with him are participators in his crimes,