The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-21
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yEs7Iysn 80,
IL - ratio st sHAs our honor te
hays recently witk oasse kentse
safa6sas Ws fs1fns6 xise zseslsIeA upon
ss,e a,osre m ssiss 81 6ne Of ING love
Mest PARTS 81 taess a1oantai b sseteoa lot its
graceful waller, Their was the river, ever
aowine. before hes an IOWA TIE bones o.
her. sriendg, and tiess were she graceIal
aises for nsensans Tnanssons and we es'g's'e
,,,acgs for industry and sntesp ana get
was there I'LL snoa5s6ns q tnssfiy and
chanOeks.prss The DON moyeraeHss OF
canal once aelped TO gre re.
!. 1irf.. hut even syaat was 4iscontinuea, aud
!. now, WITH the ice embargo, her hoae Was
inprSspned~ she could Seither get % u nor
hear from IL except 1t intervals. 1 &, u
And vet The locality Of the hose 81 CHS
esssnabia saeyis, bse susceptible OF many '1lE
lows and never-endlng variety II we imagine
that 1t had the advantages OF railroad com.
xnanfcation. Nature has done fer 1t asImucs
almost rs nature ever does for eae felicity o.
! ANY one place. IN Ss inpossibss TO combine
In enc place all loaeliness. You cannot ao1
Instance. fnaustarutiy combsued the lowell
s,css ard the fruits OF the tropics and che tenn.
4 perate zone hi the same soeahtr4 But you
may see at any time along the Valley OF
;Jau,es river al, much Of what Is gratifying
20 behold as, son will lisely find 10 any
other locality on the giobo.. What Is want
ing b effective ,meaBs OF communicating
/ with other localities, ana Of Stimulating
h energy and enterprise In improvement ana
developmezt. With tbs means the home OF
our lady friend would abound in life and
actiyity, in thrift and cRer-changiag scene.
THE very land which from inanition is de-
graded to a low estimate would Sbe elevated
I'm value as web as, beauty. gs r
This is single illustration. To. how
: many homes in the rich and graceful Val
lev OF the James aaay we not apply this
illustration? And be it,. remembered we
have only alluded to the beauty OF the sur
face, its fertility, and it's susceptibility to
adjournment and grace. But the mineral
wealth Of the valley Is the mine that is not
only to improve the valley, but to- enrich the
Golfers OF Virginia and bring to her more
I advanced age the Jewels and the crown that
will adorn the features now worn and bag
gard by misfortune and anxiety. "r -
ri The James-River canal once the object OF
the pride OF every Eirginian, has prov ed BY
. its endless disasters a most Inefficient and
Improbable enterprise 1t has been, more.
over, proved by the long trial OF railroads
and canals that railroads are superior to ca
mails under even the most favorable condi-
tions for canals. and beyond all dispute has
it been proved that a canal through the
mountains of Virginia cannot possibly con-
pete with a railroad This is the settled
fdct and the canal Is abandoned. ~
And we see what a valley it is that, being
denied canal, is left in obstruction and
listlessness for the want of arairoad.
From the iiird's-eye picture we have pre-
scented oil may see what change would be
wrought in tbislnoble valley by q frst-class
railway. Such aehange lswortby OF the best.
efforts OF the best and most far-seeng men.
When ave think of these things we feel
astonshed at the apparent slow progress OF
the bill now pending for. the construction
Of railway along the line! of,the canal
We wonder thst Legislators hike devoted
sons Of Virginia, are not! lyieing With one
another to see who shalf bs shieiest services
able in cxpeditlpgIi an enterprise that WEI
bless their old mother with benefits far .ex-
ceeding any that, have ever been secured
for her by all The public works which have,
been built in hermame. ''I'.fl&a =