The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-23
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me,hodicsl Of Journals fhas jouss which
Mas done more harm and ieas gpss TO the
State than amy ether Journal Hiehln its
boundaries has fNQpently broadly DE.
nonneed me views DC The. Dispatch as pcrni.
teious, and as having involved the State u in
great troubles.
& What does The .JE7tig mean Faere are itf
speciticasIopss Let us see.
The Wing saysiwe were for the funding
bill. We answer that the charge Is untrue
Now, let 1t prove It's assertion.
7 The Wing says we were for ahiyh inter
est" False again, unless TO oppose q usury
law is construed to be fayoring high Inter.
est" Who will be so stupid as to give that mt
definition 81 the position Of the Dispatch
The Bank Of England raised the interest to
II per cent. temporarily, and now money is
e. per cent per annum in England. Will
any body say usury law caused that? 4
sand other kindred measures" says the
Wing, In the pane Of truth and honesty,
whatare they? We knew man who. " hen
drunk, always made an excessive use OF
the {" &C." twas sure sign Of intoxication.
We fear the c,mmssary department of the
Atlantic, Mississippi aud Ohio is too near the
Who ; so it naturally finishes off with "and
other kindred measures" There Is no an
swering such maudling, Of course.
We say here that there has succeeded no
single link in the cbaia of the State policy
with regard to railroads which this paper
has espoused. We recite:
1st. The Virginia and Tennessee railroad
was, according to general understanding, to
have been continued to Richmond. Has that
succeeded? Has there not, on the contrary,
been established line to Norfolk, which is
there so closely connected with northern
water lines as to justify the statement of the
Hon. A. FL. H. STUART that MAHoNE's line
was pneumatic tube extending from Bris.
toll TO New York; Exactly and it has not
added dollar of prosperity to any city in
Virginia, as every body knows. Not one dol
lar. Ihe President gets S25 1000 per annum,
while the country is PROSTATE in poverty
and the company is seriously embarrassed,
and he has done nothing for Virginia for
Virginians."
Cd. We wanted an unbroken gauge Of
from Richmond to the Gulf Have
we got it? Who prevented il 2, Thereby
hangs tale which will be brought out in
due time to the damage of those who are
hypocriticaly now protesting to be working
for Yirginians. ,.n~ !.
80. We wanted q through line through
north and south, facilitated in
he highest degree, by which both pa,sen-
gers and freight could be carried upon tue
broad and liberal principle Of fair-
ness and expedition, which would give
reedom to commerce and stimulus to enter
,rl.e. Have we ever had il? No, no, no.
The railway gate between here and The
North has been held by an memorable power,
nd has been persistently shut against ali
he generous impulses of commerce, oil the
opeful efforts of enterprise. There is Il
tory here to be unfolded in time. How
tands the matter? The line vta Alexandria, |
charlottesville, and Lynchburg is Facilitated;
be line from Baltimore by the bay TO We'll
on is facilitated; for freigbts the Atlantic,
iississippi and Ohio is also facilitated for
and New York; and Richmond, !
ne place of all others which should have
uch facilitated line, that passengers and
reight might be attracted to her, has no
lciltated line. She is left out in the cold. |
$ this right? There is not practical, in
elligent, impartial man in the world who
would not say that it is damnable.
4th. We want the line from Richmond to
1ynchburG to be accompanied with branch
Dad to Clifton Forge. That we have not
rot. And as sure as it is commenced it will
,e bothered by the s.rategies of corpora
ion antagonistic to this city. Mark the
prediction.
9Th. We wanted The hero of " Virginia for
yirripians" to make Richmond his base line
hat he might have the opportunity OF
making Richmond his most powerful re.
source in that grand battle he 'prolessed to
DC fighting for Virginia commerce. Is our
desire gratitied? On the contrary the poor
privilege of using the railroad governed bS
Malone for express purposes is denied the
,ity of Riehmond-a city equal to all the
,ther towns of respectable commercial con-
,ideratjon in the State, and which pays one
eighth of the revenue of the whole State.
So. then, in what respect can this Rich
nond Wing, so reckless of assertion, say
that the policy of this paper has injured
Virginia? None arhateuer. Its whole tissue
If assertions is bare and unsustained BY a
single fact.
Let us ask the people of Richmond and
Virginia if one single proposition of this
paper would be injurious to Richmond or
Virginia On. the contrary, would not
every point OF that policy promote the very
great welfare of both the State and her CAPT.
talP We bave not the slightest doubt that
the unanimous answer would be gratifying
to this paper.
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Freights and the Grang ers.
High freights and determinations are to