The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-28

CAPITAL is nOtbing-t1e WDols tnIuR Ite' ~
sew potent .Hgdres. III VIZ Du'ld an ln'aou
roldawe n5nst nes tbiDkS0f anything less
!sban fits exlepsiont0sthe laggest city OF the
,tnte. The resulefs that slseh enterprises are
never comnaenced ;or, II begun in small way
by private energy. Is 1t promptly DISCOURAGED
by active efforts? No, but by what 1s iaF
worse, criminal neglect Ddindtference. we
forget that Rome, was NOT built IN cay,
we forget that IAN insignificant put
energetic and determined beginning makes
triumphant ending. The end g'orines tue
beginning +; the propositions never reFersea.
Again, there are many country merchants 10
our State, and tits not cou6ned to this class
alone, who forget that each one can D} ms
own individual efforts help to build up DIS
States capital, and therefore the State itsen'
by buying his goods in that city. Inat tols
can be done in large majority OF cases Win.
ont loss, perhaps with gain, the majority ol
them cannot fail to confess. The iamentaole
rpsult of this is forced upon the minos OF
all. Our dull condition, then, is due LOT the
most part to ourselves-due to our llck VI
true patriotism and Of true appreciation
of selfinterests. 1t is due also 10 mat
want of economical habits which, fosterea
in private habits. We must flne'itapiy
carry into business aud professions. IL -
dine above all. to that enlargement OF NINA
which cannot recognize it's own narrow
ness: that enlargement Of mind when
.stiematizes foreign travel as o species OF
snobbishness. and the elegancles OF lie
ne unworthy of culture, and almost ~
consistent with worth and energy. In
other words, it is due to the narro"ness
of orr conservatism. And yet why do we
conlinne TO wonder why Virginia does not
fourishp Wbv all this lamentable lack oil no.
erality of thought and of sceptlclsm about the
unthriftiness Of its present condition! AS
rather bitterly said Virginia Wiz, VINO
strained every nerve to accomplish one OF
the most successful enterprises OF the present
day. when worried By dogged opposltlon,
Z" Virginia never tires because she goes so
slow"
No one regrets more than the writer. as a
Virpiniau. With all Virginian's pride IN
state and in her glorious traditions. to lay
hare these characteristics Of our people Dull
until the question is fairly met at issue,
not until then can we hope for reform. w bat
il the remedy for these illSI The only re-
madv is time-time that will sweep away
those who. remembering the dnte-6eHum
oast. after having lived aud acted in IT, csn-
not throw from their shoulders the burden
of its lessons. Constituting large and IN
fact, from necessity, owing to our recent
changes, the most Influential segment oil
public sentiment, their indifference to lm'
proyement must necessarily stand up, hoy
ever inyolunlarily, as the tirmest barrier
against the Requirements OF the new system.
We acknowledge that there are many even
in this class who have thoroughly accepted
the spirit of the times, otherwise the heavens
would indeed be dark.
Again. Virginia must look to her young
men for her future prosperity. With them
the past is mere tradition. Graded and
nourished in totally different interests, they
realize nothing that has preceded the new
system except the old lessons Of honor and
integrity banded down from our fathers.
Their eyes are turned to the future, and The
majority recognize the signs of the times and
the new and active duties imposed upon
them. The pressure from without has be-
gun to force its import upon the State. Its
fulfiImept it is our noble destiny to carry
into effect. Let our motto then be for the
future, "Houesty, Energy, and Economy"