The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-03-31

their wishes and pervesI The measures Tor
the public welfare. Wasbehold eDrruptipg
power erected 10 the land whose means ex-
coed those of governments. Itofsers temp
tations that raise conflict in the mind be.
tween serving the public and serving the
temper. In times like these In the greater
number OF cases the decision Is against the
State. u
+ These vices have become 50 common that
pew there Is hardly dimsy disguise thrown
over them. Their followers are known, and
things moveaon as though'ail were right. A
few BsLKEAPs mag be made acspegosts, but
will that stop abuses? 1t rests with the peo-
pie to settle the question. They are placed
to disadvantage. Those" whom they have
put into power have the means to defeat
them. The people are poor, Government 7
salaries are moderate, compared with The
constant streams OF compensation that per-
coIate through the masses of corruption'
and those who imbibe them are always
conspiring against the people. There
is only one way to trismph, and
that is for the people to combine against
the .unprincipled men, aud TO choose from
amongst themselves men of known probity,
and in no case tetrust any one who is en-
ployed 10 any manner bya CRoEsrs Of a cor
poration, that may possibly raise conflict in
his mind whether he shsll be faithful to his
public obligations and honor, or be q traitor
to both, that he may derive considerable
personal advantagethereby. When the peo'
pie tskea stand like that they will get control
of their Government, officers will learn their
places, and public virtue will revive. z.:.
Reflections Suggested by the Weather
The account published by us yesterday OF
the discomforts. and difficulties of railroadiDg
on the Central Pacific railway gives but a
faint idea OF their real severity. Aud yet
that Central railway is as important as 1t is
grand as an achievement of human energy and
skill. 1t is one of the noblest triumphs OF
the power OF man on earth, and we admit
entirely the whole debt society owes to Its
buileets, with all their frauds through
Credit. Mobiliers and receptions of many
kinds. Their energy was great snd their
dishonesty also, but their works will survive
them-the results OF their dishonesty will
filter away through the innumerabIe chan
nels Of wastage in society, probably doing
more good to ealien and stranger than to
their own descendants. The nation really
loses nothing. -..---.-.---
Fully approaching this great work, and
awarding full. credit to its artifcers, with all
the stains that attach to their names, we do
not see that the patton should think Of giving
them a monopoly, of the .traus-continental
routes-northern and southern-and thus
place the people of this grand Republic at
their mercy. Te do this would be sacrifice
Of their (he peeple's) liberty, and deprive
them of that invaluable protector Of men
from ppression-competition To do this
would be an act Of treachery on the part
of the Government Of a nature withouta
parallel, certainly in this patton. -. .,-'
Tue climatic difficulties which interrupt
the great Central road during certain seasons
continue to impress the nation with the i'm.
poGiance Of the Southern line, while the his
tory of all monopolies .warns US against con-.
filling this line othe ownership and direc>
tion of the Central line. That the Southern
line will be less interrupted and more steadi,
ly in receipt of profits than the Central can
be, all who have at all studied the subject
must know but we do not believe for a
moment that twill impair the prosperity Of
the Central line. That line will accommo.
date vast puiation and vast region Of
weallh.producing country which cannot be
accommodated by the Southern line. In
the plains this side and beyond the
Rocky mountains there are undeveloped-
nay, Xplored-eKpanses of-territory that
will shortly TEEN with contributions to the
gains aud prosperity of the Central line.
The very competition that It will have to
maintain with the Southern line, will in
crease its business to its full capacity. The
throng Of sigbtseers and pleasure-seekers,
who will journey to and from the wonders
and the pleasant and strange scenes and the
mineral waters of - the valleys and lofty
ranges in the regions of the Rocky noun
tains and Of the Sierra Nevada, will of itself
give the road q great revenue. The destiny
Of this road is as grand in every sense as
those who OWE It ceu Id desire.
1t woula be the greatest national folly,
however, nay, treachery to the people-to
accord to that corporation the power TO con
troll the southern line. It. would be the put
ting of q hindrance upon this line by OPP
pressive exaetions aud distractions that
would cripple its public usefulness and
diminish the amount of the benefits it would
impprt to the people Of the Pacific and the
Atlantic shores by our!siling the commerce
between them. 10 ,f......3 s,,.,.,a., 8. y.
This is one of the grandest themes of the
day. In no question that has arisen in our
lifetime has the South been more deeply in.
terested. Every bit Of news relating to The
operations Of the Central road calls attention
to the necessity ofthat Of the Sout and assists
to magnify its importance in, the liberal and
Intelligent mind. We see 10 the future,
through this Southern road, the develop
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