Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-06-15
SNAIL EARNS

The Cincinnati Gazette eommends, IN the annexed ar
teie, the policy d Farmers confn,n themselves 10 ewer
aoreoas a means Of Introducing more highly improved
cultivation There can be doubt that immense tracts
nj lands ia the possession Of snre nd, rual- has rctaTd
ed greatly, ihe improvement, ogTicuure IA Virginia.
Where tho "lofce" adequate large iarn may be- .. hIu
" cultivated a. small Int tins very rarely the case
People always drsious of extending their landed ps
sossons-nnj ihIs they do, fsH icy able 81
all proportion to the abour they apply cultivation
This seems passion deeply implanted IN the human Lrca.
And what operate % gTeat nd Qualification - the
put Of emigration, which annually pcryldes tie Old Do
miuon. Every year. in almost every neglbourlood one
or mora families, from neccg-ty resesucss are induced
the far West. They cell their farms 10 an M,
joining ProPretorwho, by this means IN the course Of
few years, enllrges hi- dominion. extent exceeding
that Of many Of the German pnncip5lics. We personal
y know como sections, where dozen years since
eight families csided-a of whose lands nre now
owned 10y single individual. This evil will increase
while the Old Dominion gro1n under the bsneiu crn-
of the Richmond Junt1 and while new III DoraJos
are opened in the West pnd SouthapPeang the Strong
ct passions Of ho human breast Let Texas aud Oegon
and California and Mexico be- sddcd our already over
crown Territory and Old Virgins robbed Of her
ierP,sing population, WI BE- ~ comparison with what she
h1a heeu, little better than q w94te.
We know remedy this growing evil, unless
II be better lave and better cultivation Of tho -n-fcrc
enough for I'll the purpooes Of isuyi which Providence
sp)t People must lonsing eyes H. the west
and learn conlontmon snd tie means nf mproynp the bless
ing5 bestowed upon them, homo. Thee Is scarcely
IN the State under SKY years 81 ogo, who does not
contemplate the probability 81 r,no, nr SOONER r Iatcr T.,
the wc8t r. better hi fortunes. The injurious o which
the Indulgence n" such expectation upon the sta
hty, tie improvement, soc1 moral end pytica aud the
property Of the State, easily ~ be- npprecntcd-
Zach man. by c9tmatrg what be has lost by CONCENTRATING
that probability, IN husuated schemes and unsettled plans
can form remote 81 what hos been the public
| losz.
Agriculture IN Virginia opens the widest and richest field
Tor individual md pubic prosperity. The immense profits
attending tho parrish Improvements slready introduced
serve To- show what may 30 Effected 10y hc state oC eulu
| yolOn Universally introduced
| Pom tho Ciucinasti Gazeuo
SMALL FARMS.
We glad thai tho Farmers, throughout tho country
arc Discussing this subject with much Il interest and
| eafnsatno1s
For lonp limo VIC hsve indnged in oravagan rnpcie.
~ overy thing L,rRe possessions. and lsrge wealttleso
wero counted csscntii md lev the men who could
toll concncdly quail afs and be satisfied with mi.
ted business But the experience the last few year. has
taught o. o HAT m0ney, beyond that poir which secures
us independence, not eorncnt0f happiness " progress
When sought ipr Ter ~ fako, IL ever means 81 evil
Nor DO Otherwise grasped ~ N crafty low social
ambition These truths have made slow bot .uro prorc,s
among aH classes; yet among more than tho Arcu
| tural Interests u The land.
We may mention the growing disposition On tho part Of
ihb'"f' !" lse Ony ~ much land ~ they cutyuU
well nsgoOl Il oae remafks. AID cannot hut reIoico
H. for rightly directed, toir influence will over DO
oxered iof The substantial rood II olsince ~ pOsscss,s
from variety n causes, that admiyure u wisdom aud pr.
donce, which " unwilling foolish rska ~ ny iIaz
hdos experiments ~ government, tho policy 0 Govern.
ment yet which ~ never backward nskng oxchanes-
"cnoyerin roaIon they nro called for nrgng Reforms
when curling evils demand iem. Just Of home en
sure Just views generally, with regard every thing else.
And when the farming Interests practice ,oif own 8
whatever wiso economy, comfort ond rel Independence
may demand my feel s,surod not ouly dat ts,r nu
enoo viii be rightly directed, bot Inst they Will 10 ~
That these virtues pfactised IN public shsifr