The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-19
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n q In respect 10 railroads and to railroad
ssbemas chat we have displayed good deal
Of that conflict OF feeling and prejudice IN
the South which jnstiass she comparison OF
the South with Ireland. Particularly 10 this
che case Ia Virginia. We have had here for
years railroad antsgonisms that produced .
good deal oil distraction and very much
marsea sbe policy and obstructed the pros
perity OF the Stats. .sSE
Opposition has been proclaimed % one
scheme aud another as northern, aud It has
been q complaint shat northern means are
employed TO injure rs and enrich northern
sshsmers. Generally these schemes do not
seem 70 be under tho influence OF the pur-
poses at.ribnted 10 them. They hare not,
I'm the nature Of things, the capacity to do
J what it is charged they were projected for.
Generally railroads are builtto make money,
aud that is made by transporting freights
andt passengers. This is what the country
through which they pass wants done. The
more. business, tho greater thetseryiee they
render the public and the greater the general
prosperity. .5ss.,' 4, s..
Some railroads ipjure the Commonwealth
by discriminating against certain localities,
and Virginia lie 8 sufferer from this policy,
But we sag as general thisg railroads ben;
eHs themselves most By promoting public
hconyenfence and wealth. I-a3
:. The cry against northern enterprise prose
aeuted with northern means at the South il
a.ipjIdicious and very Inconsistent, for north
ern capital has been invested in all our roads.
Northern money has helped out southern en-.
terp7ises, and we do not see that there is gooo
reason to object to it. We should be obliged
to anv northern capitalist for Investing
means in Virgins in anything, and espe-
oially IN railroads that we cannot build our
selves. r,s,.,c-:''.
lie. the money come, andalet US not quar-.
rel about its investment.
1t is rather lowering of our own dignity
and independence to become such support
ers of men as to involve ourselves in the per-
sonal prejudices and antagonists that they
may represent. Let us act for ourselves alto
ee,her With reference to the public good.
Now, the proposition to build railroad
from the Pacific along southern line as an
Offset TO that built 8. the North is brought
forward, and we have two or more parties
to it. One party wants the work directed
BY this man or company; and to these again
there is opposition on personal grounds.
Sc, Iad fNarY nd
northern, and the latter is denounced With
great severity as being hostile to the South.
This sectional feeling with regard to q
measure that must be supported literally by
the North to secure It's success is unwise.
va are quarrelling with those who must con-
cor with Us before our scheme can succeed.
Again, IL is impractical to suppose that mea
Of the North would build 3 road. merely to
crafty. sectional prejudices. We cannot
suppose that they would build aroad forany
purpose but to make money. They can make
Utmost successfully by accommodating the
public contiguous to their road; and the
Southern Pacific being In the South, the
South must get its share. at least, Of benefits
+. from it. o' o. eH.
What we want is the road, and we would
be only opposing our own Interests by get
ting up fight over it that may result in de.
priying Us of any Southern Pacific road.
Wanting the road, -let-the strongest compa-
ny that has the strongest means and the
best route build 1t. 1t would be a display
of inexcusable impracticability to bring for
ward an opposition to that; for we would
thus render the construction of either pro-
blematcal, or subject the one which would
finally succeed to embarrassment that would
cripple its resources and i'm pair its efficiency.
Let us stop quarreling and agree on
great measure. 1t would be show Of good
sesse and good example, and lead to the best
results. ....