The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-31


,snr,, 81 II a Is 1, 1870.
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The Richmond and a ilatiy atailrsoa ss'
ID ,ns,iciae yestesday's debate upon this
b;l, Ne have 4 most painfui task on one
hand, and one that Is ON The other agreea-
t,p. we have To record The sacs that Gene
mi EcBoLs, 81 Augusta, made an earnest
sneech acainss NJ. and NE can annauBee tnat
M Rna1S4S. os Mathews county, spoke
aallantiy and ably 10 fehaif OF the bill. he
was followed by Mr. H. ii. HARRISON, OF
3 s,,ssex VINO commenced speech on the
sa,na s;aa wbscl, he win continue to-day.
$TJa ,,ili a,,lg defend the bill. - s
+ w. regret General EcH0Ls's opposition
to ,hc hin. because III places him in 8 position
which we canaot regard conslstept with his
hrna,i, and liberal policy in time past, it Is
. hold thing FOR one TO intervene betweeni
representative and his constituents. We 40
mot mean 10 do Ii on this occasion, but We
,,,., he ,ne,,yitted. in i'll. respect to pro
-r,..,. -. cav s,,af from the past and In re-
- ..s ), ira ne,its Of this question we do
$50, ,,ot eftf,er Sfaunton or Augusta
a,,sht - .ota : nofs,tiou OF hostility towards
~ ,,;chnond and Allegheny railroad gsnd,
-, ;,,,erenca. r., this eIty. Her people have
ay.r ,ovoref the charities and enterprises
:, c.o,,r,nn and nav, one eighth Of the
rn,on,,o u, goes TO sustain them. This
,ss.,hhe. nov IL "a indeed not a reason why
,.asaro,..orto+; 10 ri; 4 uo,sta should give up
H. .a,,y ;eii,nn ~ rii,ty and oppose what
.,,,,,,,t ha fhouuht a matter of Interest to
pinbmond. hut certainly It should hare
txra;ohY with him. and incline him to favor
mo ;ns,,nerahle objection preventing what
xpos desirable and beneficial for Richmond;
The main argument OF General ECHoLs
,yas based mon an assumed estimate OF the
,,,re :, the James. River canal and some pos.
chic advantage that may vet come from it.
CIV, Fcuo, . ia a veteran internal.;mproye-
r,.nt MON and his able efforts have been
nn,oontrated unon railroads, which have
8, Inn,, rears os trial proved their superior
So, over canals. Now he ventures to make
an exhausted and abandoned canal an OBJ
stoele to his support of railway Ia sort OF
Improvement which he has so heroically
struggled to secure 10 people elsewhere than
in the James. River Valley.
And General EcHoLs ventures to put
his views and expectations about the canal
in direct contradiction OF those OF the stock
holders OF the canal themselves. Those
stockholders who had paid the par value OF
their stock voted unanimously in favor OF
fine sale OF the canal and its conversion into
q railroad. One gentleman represented for
himself and his family eleuen hundred
shares. The stock be represented would,
with command interest, amount now to
half a million Of dollars. Yet this gentle
man not only voted to surrender his stock
as n Gift for the public good, but be is now
among the most enlightened and enthusiastic
advocates of the pending bill for the con-
struction OF q railroad along James river.
The opinion of General EcHoLs opposed to
tba, OF such men, with the mighty proofs
~ their, interests and sacrifices in behalf OF
tbe canal would be no more than thistle
down before the wind. ats
We confess our surprise that General
EcuoLs. who worked so hard to carry a
railroad through the Rocktish-Gap tunnel,
shon,d 81 earnestly oppose the building Of
one through that grind cate at Balcony
Falls. which has been made to our hands.
He is railroad man. and is estopped from
INV good reason TO saw that dead canal.
,hronsh that gan is better than live rail-
road :
awest Aue,Ista. ,, immortalized by WASH
ySerox and Governor, NfcDowELI. Is land
that sbou,drbe sacred to broad PRINCIPLES
and liberal, PHILOSOPHERS. We cannot see a.
single coed reason why such land should
opnose the slightest obstacle in the way OF
onv community. much less one that is
friendly md bas nrovcd its friendship. that
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