The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-28
RICHMOND, August 26, 1877

| RICHMOND, August 26, S75.
| tn G.1,erul Joseph r. -4nders,n, James b. Pace
| EEq and 0thers:
| Ceulemen,-I have the honor 10 acknowledge the
receipt of your communication asking me Ia be-
come can uilate for the Scnse from this district,
| subject to nomination by the Conservative party.
Recognizing Is do among the names appended,
leading representatives Of all the great interests OF
! the city, the businessmen, merchants md mecha-
les, manufacturers and workbench, feel honored by
uch an exhibition Of the confidence Of my fellow
citizcnS and shall be proud To become their repre-
sentative In the councils of the State, and their trs-
tee in protecting and developing the Interests Of
| this tiourishing city.
Richmond Is the great heart of Virginia. Hence
flow The currents of thought and moral power which
! permcatc the Commonwealth and the arteries OF
trace and interchange Of products ought 10 pusate
| with rec course to and from this great centre.
| Between us and our friends anj neighbors Of the
country there can be nothing but indentty Of Inter-
ests as there IS entire Identity OF thought Probl-
| bly, majority of the adult population here, who
control the city were born In the country and rc-
| moved hither and 1t is contrary 10 the order of
| nature that there should ever he anything but the
! most generous confidence aud mutual " Willingness
to aid each other between men so closely connected.
We are all members Of the same body, and no one
be injured nor aided without affecting the other.
| Therefore In building up Richmond extending
| her power, her trade her mapufactures-we are
! doing our best towards building up the whole Com
| mon wealth.
The position OF the city combines extraordinary
elements OF strength, Influence and future advance
| meat
She has been stricken by war, by fire, aud by
flood, and her courage has risen higher after each
disaster, aud to-day her people are more vigorous,
more sef-reliant. more courageous than any COM
muuiiy know IN the whole land.
| The severe education Of privatlou. of trouble,
and Of defeat has hardened their nerves. bas
quic&encd their intellects, and strengthened their
| will, until l believe the population here now Is
| unequalled for fortitude, true courage, ana high
faith In truth sid justice.
| Moral power is more permanent and per-
| vading than material. 1t Increases and develops
with the possession and exercise of H. and 1t is by
! means Of this lever of the world that / ex-
| pect TO see Richmond In the coming years stand
| forth Us a representative city, combining hi2h
moral principles with large and increasing material
prosperity.
The present poverty and depression are tenn
| porary; they things OF day. BY con-
fronting we confound them; by patience aud Work
| we drive them away But lie great lessons OF The
last fifteen years remain and We have the benefit OF
| experiences which few cities have passed through
| 50 VIGOROUSLY.
| Our material situation Is most encouraging. We
have an imperial highway through the Carolinas to
the Gulf and the great regions bordering. BY Lynch
| burg we have opened to Us The central southwcs,
| to Memphis and the river cities while au unbroken
lice sweeps the Atlantic coast frou Jacksonsviile
hither.
We are just ut the doors OF the great Northwest
! which are about 10 be opened iu continuous COM
nunica,ion by rail- To Chicago. ST. Louis, and Louis
vile. l hope to the great waterway, the con
cspiion of George Washington, pushed by our OWL
Efforts not waiting for Hercules 10 help us, through
the iron beds OF Boietourl aud the mountains tc
Clifton Forge.
While these connections with the interior are sc
rapidly being perfected the sea is being opened tt
us Us the proper scientific improvement or tht
James river, and believe can easily demonstrate
1 that Richmond must be the terminus OF our west
| ern connections, because no railway from here u
deep water can be constructed 10 compete with oul
4 river transportation.
+ With these facilities for Interchange OF pro
ducts, with the enormous wealth OF power In on
y,ver with the character OF our people foauded OF
the solid rock morality and integgitywe shal
| make prodigious advancement In wealth. The lib
crai and just sentiment Qf tho community has wei