The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-04-22

1.hc LAW rasscd by the recent NlrSin'a
,c,i>l,,urc authorizing the city OF Richmond
a. subscribe million Of dollars '' a'o 'he
conviction Of a western connection lot she
thr.,rcaSc and Ohio railroad has eNc'e" Tue
i,.cr.,. ot the friends of more than one Sncn
connection. who anticipate that the hc'p o.
p;.hunnd NAV hc bestowed upon more than
one Of those connections, ana lhat soei'as oe
;otu>ed 70 help either one OF two or three OF
t,c,, An argument appears to show that
she NAV help a norbside (of the Oa'o) line,
and aoo,ner is presented by the Louisville
.joyrnal 20 sho~ that she should help the
Lexington and Big S,ndy road.
Now. /: seems to Us that these arguments
lo,kinc to Richmond for help do not come
with very good grace from our friends IN
tar Wcs'. who are wealthy, who had no ca
In mite. during the war. nor none since, ana
VIC made money during the war, while We
hc.e blcd at every pore, losing our substance
VIII urcxempled speed. The war closed
upor r Richmond, heap Of ruins, and these
were succeeded by calamity after calamity
unit; the wonder i that a community Should
have rcnlqi.cd within her borders ii5htlog
90 maintain her commerce and rise superior
to her misior:unes. Yet We OF HichmoEd
l!ayc stood ty and helped the Chesapeake
an Ohi0 road iii it has reached the ONO.
Nlr-:ni. ani her chartered corporations
have expended some twenty five millions or
1T
W. sand looking towards orr wealthy
friends IN Kentucky and Ohio, who have
Fl u~I>h.d In war and in peace, and, thahk
Cos, have not known the c,lamItIes that we
have known. On their several lines con-
meeting With ours they have only from sixty to
a hundred miles OF railroad to build instead OF
two hundred and thirty, with which we have
reached the Ohio. We ask. Does it become
1hem 70 ,,c looking towards US to assist in
tun;r short lines. which are to heStow such
erca: advantages upon them as well as upon
IL: II is true that we must derive benefits
from the connections; but OF what be3tfit
would .hcy be 10 lis or our western friends
il the four hundred and thirty miles built
bv Us we're not built ut all:
Considering our trials and our calamities,
ana cur tx ended WORK in the face Of our
m>!ur;u.l.~ :, and considering their Thrift and
Their freedom from adversely, who ought
40" - build the short connections: We do
not tnean to say " hat Richmond may or may
10. do. She is not able 70 do Il great deal
after uo!gg the great deal that she has done.
We only mean to say that our western friends
oUyht not to look to Richmond while they
have Gone 50 little, and while they are so
rich. 50 happy, and blessed with such fine
pro>pcc
The route ria the james and kanawha
valleys is the grand route for our western
friends. That route lies in the grand middle
lin" {. the temperate zone-thut which is
most blessed by nature with all the condi.
tor> favorable to commerce and to bounti-
ful productions OF the neccs>aricS OF life.
Our western friends Of the Ohio valley, with
out the means Of transportation along this
middi. line, are in serious degree deprived |
OF the blessings designed for them by nature. !
So great would be their advantages from Il |
Inc Al transportation the shortest and most |
efficient at all seasons to the golden gates OF
III" Chesapeake that no consideration should |
be galmitted TO rob them of it. Money |
"ncI they have plenty of--shouId not |
STAND IL the way; but everything needed to |
secure 20 them this great blessing should he |
summoned forth promptly and employed |
viii ene:gy to accomplish this great object.