The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-05-14
the mutual interests OF our respective re-
gions, and with q hearty, real welcome,
from our citizens to you.


gions, and with a hearty, real welcome,
from our citizens to you.
TIE ORATOR. H..
have the honor and the pleasure now
to introduce General t. NJ. Logan, who,
true in all things, skilled in science,
vcrscd in trade, and knowing WHEREOF he
speaks, is the fit and chosen representative
OF our various business and commercial ex-
changes. present him to you. gentlemen.
Hear him for his cause sake. lApplause.J
The Address of Welcome
r General Logan, thus introduced by the
Mayor, said:
Friends and ellow-Countrymen OF the
Wcst.-On behalf OF the merchants OF Rich
mond, welcome you to our city; on be-
half of the people of Virginia, | welcome
you to our State; on behalf Of the people OF
the South, welcome you to our section.
You come from people with whom we
all seek closer business and social relations,
and YOU come at an auspcious time. ion
come from land where the progressive
! spirit of the age has borne its best fruit |;
has found in practical life its noblest ex-
preston, and we would fain catch the inspi-
ration. You come from land where plenty
and prosperity abound, and sturdy industry
| diSpels corrosive care; where towns ana
palaces arise as by the touch OF tue magic
wand, and where restless energy and daring
enterprise accomplish deeds riralllng the
descriptions Of Eastern fable.
Richmond greets you with more than her
wontcd cordiality. Her citizens realize that
| her future, like that OF each OF the Atlantic
cities, depends largely on the proportion OF
the trade and traffic of the West which she
| Of 7.
in the competition for your business, friend
! " relations and intercourse must be estaD-
! lishcd as well as facilities for transportation
and that while building roads to your bor-
dcrs they must also make friends among
your people.
OUR WESTERN LINE.
! You come at an suspicious time. This
city has looked forward for years to the
completion of the Chesapeake and ONO
railroad as the means OF inSuring direct
communication with yoIr cities, and of
securing share OF the great western
traffic The prize is now almost within
/ her grasp; bat she needs and she asks
your aid in reaching 1t. Only few
short links are wanting to complete
her western connections: but she can do no
more. Her friends exhausted their re-
sources in reaching the Ohio, and she must
now appeal to you for assistance. She asks
YOU to consider the cXertionS which she has
! already made to build this road across the
mountains. and to increase the water at her
wharveS for the shipment OF your produce.
! She desires you to observe her carncstncSS
in the work, and the eagerncsS OF her cltl.
Zcns for closer intercourse with your pco-
pc And she hopes that your visit will im-
press YOU with the value OF this highway
| between your cities and the sea, and that
on YOUR return you will give new interest
and impart new impulse to the compile
| tion of its connections west OF Hunting
! ton.
THE CENTRE OF POPULATION.
Gentlemen, the people OF our whole State
extend to you hearty welcome. Virginia
regards YOU as her offspring. while our peo-
ple all look to your people as their kinsmen,
natural allies, and their business friends.
| Physical obstacles and differences OF instl-
tutions have heretofore intervencd, but tics
| OF common interest now unite us. while the
inevitable tendency OF population, wealth,
and business offers to Virginia and her
western daughters a common destiny OF
| brilliant promise. Climate, central location,
and geographical contiguration, all indicate
! the area between the 35tn and 40th parallels
OF latitude rs the central belt OF the popula-
| ton, wealth, and business OF the continent
| in the future. and Cheapeakc bay as the
natural outlet for its commerce with the
world. While the centre OF population on
the census maps has rapidly moved west
ward, it has also steadily inclined towards
this central belt.
CLOSER RELATIONS DESIRABLE.
The people of Virginia seek, by establish
iny closer relations with you, to secure
their proportion OF this vast traffic which
must inevitably centre on the shores OF
Chesapeake bay. Their central water line
the james River and kanawha canal-otlcrs
! the most available water transportation be.
tween the West and the Atlantic coast; and
its completion should be assured. 1t will
remove the mountain-barrierS which sepa-
rate YOU from the sea, and ii will hasten
the DEVELOPMENT OF this favored central
TERRITORY as the scat of empire OF the west
crn world The people OF Virginia urge
YOUR attention TO this great enterprise, and
they invoke your aid and influence to secure
its completion.
OUR NATURAL ALLIES.
Gentlemen, the people Of the South
also welcome you as their natural allies
and friends. Many Of their States are now,
| like Virginia, directing their energies to Sc
cure through lines Of transportation to your
centres of business. They all seek, seve.
rally, closer business relations with your
people: while the South as Il whole, on
grounds of public policy and Of common
| Justice, asks your aid and cooperation fol
| the construction OF q southern highway &c
| the Pacific as work OF national impor-
tance.
To the South, also, you come at an all-
spicious time. Her people, above all else,
now crave peace, quiet. and harmony. They
need the means and opportunities for de-
veloping their resources; and they are
anxious to attract population and capital to
their section. They fully understand their
position-their dangers as well as their
| difficulties.
THE SOCIAL BARRIER.
| The social barrier which hitherto OBJ
structed the flow Of capital and immigra-
tion into the southern States having been
removed, diffusion must now follow by
natural laws; and streams of population,
wealth, and enterprise will inevitably tend
southwark unless checked by sectional an
tasonism. This is the only hindrance, and
the times are propitious for removing it.
| Never before within half Il century has the
opportunity offered for considering ques-
tons Of public policy on their merits with
out having them subordlnated to sectional
issues. But sectionalism need no longer
dominate in politics; and the people Of the
South. looking now to the future, are anX-
ious to unite with you-to unite with al
sections-in discussing the great indus
trial questions Of common interest as they
arise on their merits, thereby obliterating
all sectional spirit.
The people Of the South seek closer rela-
tions with the West-physically, industri-