The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-17

, ,o,,n,;,too If the Convention OF Soutns'"e
tf,;o. fso.called) that he can accommodate
", urxr,xcroS most beautifully. Ihe COM
,,;,,.o asked. "Would a connection OF tine
. Atlantic. Mississippi and Ohio and the
| :. (,hc.apcake and Ohio Companies be desira.
l." HE 10 the two companies If the same could
..be accomplished on fair and reasonable
..,crmss" The answer is as natural as that
10 the question, Would a duck SWIM VI
course, says General MAuoSE. "Why not:
says he. Well, much yet remains TO be sa'o
ON that point.
General MALONE declares his Willingness
to help Mr.. HUNTINGTON. Would II fo' w
better if the General would build hs Iuh-
bcrlaud Gap road. &c. &c. &c'. before ,'e
undertakes TO help Mr.. HUNTINGTON! "o'i.o
II NOT hc rs well for those who are ever ta'h-
ing OF Virginia interests TO rcc"llec' '''a' u
,r;n;o interests are greater in Richmond than
in all thc other cities and towns of the Stale
pu, together? Would it not he well to re-
member that Mr.. HUNTISGToS's company has
interests in Richmond and the "north side :"
Gr there are to be partisan Sides, and TINT it
will not sell the fat end Of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad for mess of polfage,
washed down by little Dismal-Swamp
water: There are a great many other qUcS-
tons.
We will ask only few more. How was
it that Richmond was ignored in the contin-
uation of railway communication east of
Lynchbur. when she subscribed to the Ten
ncsssce road west of that city, while none OF
the Pe.crsburgs and Norfolks subscribed 4
cent, The great thrcugh-linc has not
hclpcd either Norfolk or Petersburg; is ii
supposed that conveying L greater amount
of freight through them will make them
better of: Richmond is the only city in
the State that can make any considerable
use of the articles brought from the West !;
will Virginia be benefited by ignoring her
altogether:
These inquiries suggest themselves to
every mind. They show the relation OF this
city to ihi. so.clcd Southside policy, which
can never benefit the State. But they also
show that Richmond ought TO be able to
take care of herself. SHE Is; and time
will prove it. We will have our own direct
communication with Lynchbur@. 1t might
have been given Us by the now consolidated
Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad for
it would have only been five miles longer in
coming by Richmond. But visionary men
rul: d the State when that line WAS marked
out, and so this vast injustice was done to
Richmond and to Virginia by misappropri-
ating the money of the state which was out
ragged
We tell our SollthSide friends that Mr..
HUNTINGTON is Il Wise man. lie looks al Tie
country. lie considers kchmond grow
luz and soon to be Il great city. lie knows
what such city is 10 II railroad. lie looks
to freight aud TO passengers and To tie ever
accommodating demand upon railroad OF II
great manufacturing community. General
MALONE speaks OF an objective point to rail-
roads in the West. We may SAY there *
also an objective point in Virginia. in the
East. and what is that point: Let man
with bait All eye aud Il little practical sense
answer it. Where in The State Is it but ut
Richmond: Mr.. UrSTlSGTOS knows What
he is about. and Richmond has no fears.
Here he will come, and after lie comes here
he my 90 where he plcases for us. If We
can't weed our own row where chances are
equal and opportunities fair we trtH gee Il