The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-09
The 7 ocaiisnos of New York.

We were much i'm pressed Wild Tue opin-
ion expressed by friend q few days since
He said that the New York plpers were get
ting diSgusting!y" local." We think 1t true.
Certainly the interests of that great city are
immense and steadily growing; but the par
agra phs and loHg leaders of the big papers
20 beyond all proper bounds and display an
excess OF local vanity that The nation must
be tired Of There is an excess OF detail
about :" quick transit" tic "NArHAN MUIR
der" aud " BEucnER and TnTos," and IA bur
dred other things That have strictly 4" pro-
yincial" character. There is Il constant pa
rading of New York pgmics us though they
were the great rulers Of the science, the poll-
tics, and piety Of the land. The papers TEEN
with tie doings and undoings, the building
I'D and pulling down, the ways OF travel and
trangpo, tatious, the personalities, moraiile>,
and scandals of thc great Gotham.
This vain. glorious devotion to local idols
| and sensations would only be amusing ii it
were not that it is often productive OF Seri-
Gus national injury. A little more liberal
ity-a little more consideration for the
outside ould be all the better for New
York.
| New York is mighty city. In many
| things she shows the generous spirit which
is so bright jewel in the crown of power,
and which indeed should be natural TO the
Spirit of strength. But she has some very
small ways. her whole 50 stem Of speculation,
and buIling, and bearing, and cornerlng Is in
the last degree dishonest and democrat Z'ng.
how many hundred bob-tailed fnanclers are
banging about corruplly schem'ng how 10
mske money ? Utterly dishonest, they arc
| spreading poison over the community, grind.
ing iuto the youthful mind the bad morals of
the life OF chaEcc-thc getting of money
without work. the robbing Of Others or the
community, aud disturbing the general BUSH
ness by every cXpedient THAI may delude
honest people aud disturb values, and give
the sharper chance to rob somebody.
This is going little farther in this line
than we Designed. However, it is not inap-
proprlate. Certainly there is danger in this
bias of great places towards locaI;sm. AS
great as New York is she may be injured by
it. The greatest city cannot be Independent
Of tue country. sac is Indeed more depend.
ent upon it than any other. New York has
some idea of thiS. we doub. not: but that
idea is rather dormant unit she observe:
that some city is getting few tons Of pro.
duce that she had deemed to be bel
property. Not long ago Baltimore col
u little Of what she had so con-
sllered her trade, and meetings and confer.
ences were held aud there was 4 show Of
alarm that we rather think reached the bulls
10 see so great a city showing Jealousy Of
Baltimore was contemplate. Sac should be
magnauimous. and rather cheer a gallant
competitor. if Baltimore can seriously be
called one, than show alarm and proceed to
consider how she shall recover the few
mouths full that have gone to smaller and
merltorious place. --
In short, these things show the narroWness
and selhshness Of selt.complacency, and they
are not ut all commendab!e. Let New York
attach proper importance to outside affairs,
and shape her policy more to the general
good. Let her morality tend to the enforce
ment of honest habits and strict account.
ability, She should rule out specll.
lators from the regular branches OF
trade-reduce business to the strict
order and serenity of commercial in.
tegrity. Let her thus be cosmopolitan in
spirit and make her paths straight, and peo'
pie will when they enter her limits feel that
they are indeed Ia city of the world, whose
institutions are trustg and liberal and
whose active participation in the commerce
ofthe nation is healthy, generous, and beuei,
cent. "'