The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-26
lCommuuicared.l
rox,s ant, Pacific Railrond-Way
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snoula any Sirs.nian Oppose IL
81 far as opposition has been deVeloleu
>.r. II Is ayowedIy based upon TWO grouirus-
"a, THAT ,hrcnuntry don't need aoolher
c,rif;r road at tbs time and
o. That Colonel Tom Scott Is presioeht
,.,h, Texas and Paciic Company, ana ne
80, our cboic, for that position.
/, re.o,ct Of the first OF these objections,
~, n-rrd by the Whig 10 recent leader,
=. .I.,rcrgy worth while TO enter into dls-
.,,.,soo. The incalculable effects OF the one
T,rp s}y,.dv built, although MONOPOLY ana
n''.,.ir- riijonalres of its owners at tce ex-
'..r,r oI the public, in developing the trade
I'D .dvanrug the power and civilization OF
49,. r,,nrry, have been such as to leave the
l'.s.,,nn no Longer one OF abstract speculs-
I'm In, Of demonstrated fact that such
,,,r.rop,juenta highway, in national
~oint of view. more than pays for itself IN
T.. man ire years after 1t is opened. we
haze .fes the entire country over belt OF
r,oc, t,f,y 10 one hundred miles wide, from
,5a Mississippi and Missouri watersheds to
-, Pacific ocean, except in the uniDkabited
mountain ranges and alkiIine plains it ira.
yer,c.. opened up 10 the white man, and al.
r..dy tcemiug With busy and prosperous
T,,iila,jon. We hsyc seen along that road
Inc nurderous and treacherous iudlan skufh
Av,y. and the Government relieved OF many
millions Of anuual expenditure IN the pretec-
ton OF our frontiers. We have seen all tne
northern States which have the Immediate
benefit Of This road reaping rich harvest
from the travel and trsftic It has
either created or stimulated. We have
sren its influence in changing the routes
and channels Of large part of the Oldest
commerce of the world-that OF India and
The Ea,t--daiipg back into the hazy reaam ms OF
mingled romance and reslity. All this has
been done By one line, built away up in the
hiyh attitudes and lofty mountains, where
the genius and science of man nave to main
TAN an UNEQUAL contest six months qD the
year with the resislless laws and forces OF
jnrNo!abIc Nature, and yet we are grayely
tod that we do not need another. AS we'll
eay after the Baltimore and Ohio road had
scaled the AlIeghanies and opened ore out
let 10 the vast products Of the fertile
praric lands Of the Ohio and Mississippi
if.,ius that no other was needed.
A. we'll say that when our Virginia cities
Norfolk. for ius'ancc-had secured one line
70 The West and Southwest we had no inter-
trt in another. As well say that when we
had the old seabUard route to Wilmington,
Charleston. Savannah, and New Orleans that
" had no use for the Richmond and Atlanta
Airline. As well say, coming down in the
scale, that With our Old half-rail and half
water iiHc to Washington we had no interest
in an ali.rail liue from Richmond north
\, well SAY that now, having the Chesa
I"akc and Ohio road, we have no Interest IL
The extension Of our great water. line TO The
Ohio. Ii II did not seem disrespectful anc
disc0urtrous 10 opponents, this ground Of
opposition night be Summarly dismissed
with the simple remark that 1t is ridiculous
and absurd.
Those who maintain it would doom the
South 10 utter exclusion from all the bene.
its 0! coulcrclu and social benefits on
equal terms with the North, with the Pa
chic States, With the Pacific Ocean, and with
Tie teemlug millions Of wealth. producing
people who inhabt the islands and continents
Avcd by the placid waters of that granaest
of sl oceans.
Nay more: theyTould doom to perpetual
'sATs-ery, and TO the appalling desolation oil
The wild mans desert. haunts, one half Of the
'ctiIna;r, and productions combine to invite q
population so dense and unbroken by in.
hospnGhe barriers that the mornings coc}-
crow ltom millions OF adjacent and west.
ward treicbing farmyards may follow the
Gun III Ills daily courSe.aS he awakes TO in
0u>trp the planter, the farmer, and the
@tusaa, rom the Atlantic TO the Pacific
shores. And ln this decree against rapidly
p1lIIatiu@ and devesopa1g the vast south
western Ftglon OF our country-aye, OF our
SDi'NeT7. '>oun,ry-lhey place us ut Il dis
advantage with the States H the North
D: cI@SpE the channels through our own
"1t!tofy 10 that stsesM OF immigration
Sht o. G2tfc that will hencetorth flow
F"fclus.!y across this continent from east
i" f'ce5 ana from west 10 least, enrich.
a. - ed lhte,lgh whose borders it passes.
We mol Only want another .Pacific railroad,
,''., "U1 pT'ofe tu.s century closes the country
wa Wa, o"'1InQ, tnd viii haze, several others !;
~ uH question now is whether we will,
=" "",% se Gag; 90 IN and secure oars as the
WS! oho o! lbese inevitable new lines, with
T @,' 'ue iiAdenia. advantages OF priority. But
No,onei Tom S4olt Ii presiaunt OF ,;le Texas
-nu -, 1 Acat Railroad Company, .andtke is not
our choice
And, praEs wl4y not? Whenever certain
'-.'"a' are tf' bt done, or not TO betione, Of
.s'' Years IN nurLegislature bulIabaKoo is
,-.'tu about Tou Scott and the .Pennsylva.
.'- 1''- laHoid, till .some unthinking psople
.,r1te .I'tNe That ~ mGst be devil of fekow,
,"N.'t w. ''e fennssapaiita Railroad Company 8
,u"' who is Cala1el Thomas. A. Scott,
~a~ WV" "hat bas he dlLe to hurt Hs5 He Gs
!, ,,u''As@aiy 10 day The. foremost railroad man
.onAi >aSte lea, If not 10 s4he world. His per-
Ma Ma A'Aor and reputation are as untar-s
som,p ~ any man in che land, North orI
io''. i,0'. Ae Las no black spots on hiaa. Hell
dn, , '''er been charged with dishonest con.
49, i,,,' nof any Of bis enterprises subjected to
-, ssc5nnn as public Sgindles. He ;s at |
,in -. "cs1 OF DO detaulting sailroad conps- |
e's' e''' lie aas shown himsek in railway bust |
tS' ManageDent what the FIRST NAPOLEON
me- ~ war and sta,esmanSbap~-a man With
N; !" 'I'"i ID administrative ability. Order,
,bs Ivy, success, and prosperity attend all
'I nv xutefbfises he controls.
10y 10y should We in Virgins O1e him a
!. 't'use us What has be done to arrt us
h. In'eieo H our State after the war. and in
,,ya ave VI tle most formidable opposition
IHae bas us an a!l.rail line to Washington. and
jnr"e je "lth all the cities North. This was
AZ cost OF one or two millions of dol
md , "" y our money, but that of himself
,Lnn"ie "ends. This line surely don't hurt us,
't,,pSSn l ~ may pinch the toes OF very dear
Aea,.u c. VI "our Virginia Line" Commodore
lid NJ ,uel "' scott and his friends came TO the
"puE OapFiile road, and by their ,,,ea us