The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-03-02
aICHrosp, Febguary q, 1871

= - Art thou afraid z. "a yalor
TO 30 the same ~ i u time own ass ~ s
, ns snel Editors, Allow me g commeae
IT,, m .hove lines to dur City Council. 1 nea!
: ~ ,a;d that suf1iry members OF tnat Do1,
~ ~, onnalIed and weak kneed at TIE Enough,
~ onnnpdhertakiug the new City Hall AND !
,.,,n,,; led that an idea ss gainin sla
+ wi be best and #isest 70 be content will
the fiat that IS about going up Tor son ~
years. until we get able to build anot1er 10 !;
a,ly rood and creditable building. AlIeI ~
vonr talk about our prospects ana seIlet
mise and the boldness Of our people
Confess that am almost shocked to discoYe'
snch an indication Of decrepitude, OF SUP
annuatedness and faintheartedness, e1isuns
within our corporation lines: ana Us o ,us
nolcy of the Council, it would maAe ~ :, y the
s;der think that there was not man ~ sa LUG
citv that did not walk on three, IL ho' ioo1
legs. TIT -, fe1Iow-citiZens
aud friends in the Council, you p,ense on,
IF the Council have gotten tnenseo' a on
barrassed, it has been baa nnau .s end an.a for
not want of substance ana Weal.n ami Mh aI n;t !,
mise in our city and our c.tizens. hne otsy
has property enough to pay US en.Le uSua
md the history OF the World WIN NC sealcneu
a ~ an in r. find community who have shown
such fortitude, such courage, sucn enter
SUI and sucl, persevering life and pigor
and such boldness in reeStabllshlng thelr for'
times and restoring their city.
T'ot us look to all the sources of our trou-
blcs: let's get rid Of all questionable en-
oloyes and stop every leak. But net us not
BEGIN to distrust ourselves, or let the world
suspect that we are on retreat-tbat what
you ana ell Of lis have been saying was all
gas and hun,buggery.
we could not make more painful and
glaring publication of our self-distrust than
to biii!d hoYel Cor our City Hall, and say
to tic world, "Tilat is the best we can do
Just now" TO Go so would justly damage
Tic credit Of the city, would discourage
every stranger visiting US, and seriously
damage the value Of every piece OF property
in The city. Let's have the temporary Dulid-
inc, bit 20 to work at once on the new City
Hall. There's sense in the old hnancler,s
maxim. "Never have anything to do with
N uuiucky man." And there's hardly a
good Businessman that isn't practically Ia
miiiar with It. Then. who's coming to start
business here if the most prominent object IN
TIE city il to tell him ofill-luck, ofmlsmanage'
ment, ard poverty!
"Costly thine apparel as thy purse can
civev il T. first-rate maxim for the State and
civ as we'll Is for the individual. believe
our people would rather stand tax of i've
pcr cent than rot kayca creditable City Hall.
i,rt there il no occasion for any such tax.
Only lei he Council use little sense, little
and little pluck, and they
vii lave tic credit Of nursing the future
giant. Lcs t,aein follow narrow, feeble,
aud do.ing policy, and they will stamp
their body nd every Individual of them as
mario y-miuded aud dccrepid; they will ex-
t:rguish the life that is in us, and send our
beautiful city creeping to an early grave.
Truly youts, Il OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.