Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-04-23

o,,..a. VI .'a"''s his crop. But now itbas H.
o.n0 question OF very serious import whc,ba, ~
very ,1eh "o' oe entCIy abandoned, or at Ions,
's" diminished Indeed interest aud soon,l
49,! ~ "o'i'e ana abroad, unite in demand,o, =
be - =; '"e crop and however slow we NAV
ia, "'9 " NECESSARY, or obstinate in continn
ing lis Extensive cultivation il doos -
spiit OF prophecy to divine that Ito ,; 1N''e INC
distant when we must be driven n ,ha a.; ~ i"l
s,y OF quitting the crop, or forsakine ,ho
Nheh dread alternatives like those s,oo
'"'e, onu threaten us with conseonences 90 ..,,',
" 'c Pi"Ied by every friend 10 his country :, H.
co'es me DUTY OF every intelligent agrculu,al;s, -
HIS present gam, and do all in his nowc, -
,ne CULTIVATION of the crop and TO renoyato
our areaoy much abused and Impoverished soa ~
me early settlement of Virginia when tho who'll
race OF The country was thicky covered with ol,,oa,
u"pfoken forests there was every indncoron, =,
nome and abroad, TO encourage the cul ;v,,;o, ~
'ooacco; but now, the whole scene is chanoed>
S'a'y changed Two generations have not noss.a
away since the settlement Of this part of Vire,,i
a"' "e' 10 we now see! Our country mourning
presenting the appearance of decrcpitudc and nre
oiu aSt' Our majestic forests have fallen Mt
the leet of the rapacious panter-our 6clds n,o
cerhted with the plough of the ruthless culliy,,or
ana our whole country presents scene melancholy,
to behold. 1t therefore become us ono o,I -
seek cut the cause of this decay, and stauhc, ,L.
wounds OF our beloved nnd bleeding country
In the early settlement of eastern VIRGINIA ,ho
tobacco crop was extensively cultivated and ca,,,n.
ued SO 10 be, until the country was so much cnt
GOWN aho cXhousted, that it was no longer a sub
Ject Oh interest TO the PLANTER but OF NANTES, injury
| 10 MS present ond future agricultural prosrects
MOI until The alternatives Of abandoning the cIop or
me country, stared the people of eastern Vrgna in
me Lace dd 'hcy detel"Ine TO oreake the crop md
seek out other subjects of prof, in their agricultural
pursuits So paralyziug and blightinc are the cf
tects OF this crop (wherc extensively cultivated
upon the resources of any country that it requires
'oag tine for lis inhabants TO accommodate their
feelings habits and Prfiudircs TO a change so radical
/ ana en'sr "l'h spirit and energy into system cal.
''II''h 10 restore their exhausted lands and retrieve
,he'r i4ien fortunes. Hence II is, that we sec now
Tor the il 81 tlmc The people Of h7t favored section
OF The country, awahing from ther la,hargy. and
aths themselves OF all the advantages so aI.un.
dan y furnished by nature, for the mcliorati5n of
their agricultural cordtion. These having heen
the eli! cs Of the extensive cultivation Of the tobac-
ro crop in eastern VIRGINIA. let us sec what ore It's
fleets upon the agriculture of middle Vitginia-the
S cton IN which we live. TO the evils already
enumerated, all of which are applicable to our re-
gion, we shall add many Others to the truth Of
Which our experience beers ample testimony
From the excessive dI dgery Of the crop il has the
'haet OF dlacouraglng white labor and consequently
Encourage the substitution Of slave labor. THIS has
decidedly bad eject upon the habits and morals of
The White inhabitants of our country os ell us on
then agricultural profits for, whatever has ten.
dcnry 10 encourage idlcness increases extravaganza
and vice. | verify believe, .ha, were it not for the
extensive cultivation of tobacco, parents in this
country would bring up their children to wo k on
their farms, ard instead Of swarms Of " prccs-
slonal' dfones and oilers tina, we daily see hanging
upon the skirts OF society, and living upon the la
Dor of the industrious portion of the community
We would sec an ndus'rio and intelligent popu-
Idllon, content to enjoy the profits of their own
'rtuons labors. 1t has the effect also to increase
the value ard scarcity Of the actual nccessaries of
I'fc-to wit, corn and pork, and consequently,
those articles of prime necessity have always been
comparatively scarce, and high in this part Of the
country. Indeed, know many. very many nc'-
ligen and wealthy planters, WHO make this cx-
haustlng, troublesome and expensive crop, 10 buy
com ond norls-thereby restricting the comforts IF
living, AID rendering themselves dependent upon
ohcrs Tor the very things thai sound policy and
go.d economy would require them 10 furnish tiom
their own farms. For, 50 fully does this deshuc-
tive Foley enter mo our domestic economy, that
there is not pig upon our plantations, that does
not feel lis bghtlne effects. It is u remarkable
fact also that when the largest crops of tobacco
are made the least profit is realized by the plan
lers og The abundance Of the crop keeps down the
price md cons, quenlly does not repay the planter
for tie increased and err of his land and ex
pensc of cultivation. am clearly Of the opinion,
tina, if the tobacco crop of middle Virginia was d.
mlnished one half the planters would realize more
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