The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-31

Dt%E.S 10 .Clcl~H EVLu.hMS'. ia f.i"N'
,..i ,iay!es-,Ob eco ard il)ur- offer Tie most
/ vora.y.c opportunities to marl;in!" cn'c''
r;isc. We Uucc had our Liverpool ana
London packets, and when the Wal begun
W, had cur thirteen superb vessels in the
G5uih American trade. which carried out
our ilour and returned TO lis the value OF il
ia 70 Zee, bGcs. and il,lit:. We thus pro-
flied in both ways. This business was III.
cra'he. and added rapidly to the wealth OF
this city.
We intend no d:sparageneut Of Norfolk,
and IN hat We say mean to 20 no further
than necessary for Il defence Of this city and
for tic Jus; assertion Of her advantages.
The Rh'g of yesterday adopts the opin-
!,ls< cs TIC s;.ca;Icd 5outhsiGe economists
AMI ,;grs Richmond ogo TO manufacturing,
AK! think hess OF coalmcr &C So az il says, "try
T. clip rather than thwart na;urc.' IS II
there was nny hostility between commerce
nd manufacturing. They arc twin sistcrs.
Ey9 YORK. is one of the grca'trt manu'ac-
;,-;nr cities IL the world, and is also the
1gcq;cv, ,lt%c Of commerce On tbs CONT.
n.n'.
Bit vi should "hc'p rather than th"ait
S:turc.n says The Wing we 90 not Under
stand it urless i: meals GEat any attempt
to deepen James river l. thwartinS nstute,
OF a1y expenditure ior goods 1tat are to be
brought here b. water Is thwaTtiDg nature
ard ousii, not therefore, to beattemp'td. We
rad alYuys thought that almost every enter
p-ise in the lis. Of pursuits of mankind was an
sttcmp. 10 ,hwart nature. The steamboat was
n rrand success in the great object to over
come natural Obstacles since it triumphed
over winds and currents. Aud tie railroad
1y,sa still greater !riu'Dph for the genius OF
.n,a-lesclling hills and tunnc'ng noun
Z..z.s, ap, turning the courses OF trade into
~ rhairels, and setting at naught many
...;:ga, obstacles which the world had DEEM
II. urm0untabie.
or, ,e.. All this Is th1arting nature.
IA; we had not supposed that our dear,
q,.s,t >i;y 81 Richmond had ever been guilty
.: ,;o!cy 20, y,oltat act 10 the way Of
'i1i!t:, ti.ika.Sy i'-'o VIC 0iS Ace - i'tti"
..!r,-Le.l ., ,ae implied accusation Of the
g.,fp ~, ilost -he h:,s done was TO at
:.c;Fa 30 tvs y-n the caaDncl o!"James river.
.,.r -. nnt ,ait.,ynIcd 70 make 1t run up.
Eli Shx h.,S lGds<:G .!cne little compared
,;sh. ne w9ucersu. enterprise Of that
y,,,; notwithstanding c:ty Glasgow, who
.,,>.u,r,i Il essential &c her manufacturing
easc1af;;-+ t;,s: ri" shoa!d save y clear high
scvr 70 tie s.a 81 trado Ter aeTtcs for the
Y:ro,.,,.;S o: tbs world: .su3 las dcepened
sey .:s.antri of thirty i:ichc. 70 twelve or
:i.i&ei, sex! ~!
We beg our irleaGly economists, who are
50 prone to present the pursuits Of com
marce and those Of manufacturing in hos
tilny the one class 10 the other to leave
Richmend 10 Ter OWE sagaci,y about these
matters If their anxiety be inspired from
love Of Il chmond they will best graft, thai
love By leaving Richmond people to judge
for themselves v hat it l. best 10 do with Their
money. Trey baye had Il foreign trade, and
they Will have it again; they have yer,
great eoastwise commerce, and they will dt
all 10 their power to Increase il and they
have lively manufacturing enterprise, ano
this viii Also be increased q Iapidly a. scS