Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-06-26

lame as that OF their country, 10 Idiy around him
and 10 vndcate his claims 10 The highest need Of
his count,ys faror'
The proceedings sketched above must impress
General Scott with The truth OF The adase, "Ssve
me from my friends
Immigration to Virginia.
We cheertully comply with The kind susges-
tions Of our friend in Louisa, and extract some in
eresting passages from a communication in Skin
ner's Monthly Journaloi Agriculture. which We
find repubished in the excellent May Number oil
Bots Southern Planter. The article is signed
"viator," dated al Hicks Ford, GreeDsv;lle Co.,
February l2lh, 1916, and is headed, prospects
in Virginia for New Sei;lers-eroposed Settle
rnenI Of New Jersey Farmers in the vicinity OF
Petersburg" The quotations we make are fnll
of truth and admirably expressed. As Mr. Bolts
says, "Much of il is applicable TO other parts OF
Virginia, besides that Of which The wriler speaks.
We are blessed by nature 10 an extent far beyond
any other State in this Union, and YET our people
are embarrassed and our ands are exhausted
| What is the cause, and where is The remedy ~
| An infusion OF lit,le Yankee industry and Capt.
lal iu;o The Arteries Of Virginia viii produce a
beneficial effect. We have seen il done success
fully in The county OF Fairfax. Brl above all,
We must look 10 ourselves Tor any decided i'm
provement, and the writer points outsome matters
in which We may reform
We take occasion here to say, that We shall
devote small portion Of our paper 10 agricul-
lure-household and plantation ec,nomy-sci-
ence both elegant ana useful, and cher kindred
subjects:
"You would imagine that in ciuniry where
houses are goinS 10 rum, where fleds once ara
bic and fertile are abandoned 10 wood, and The
wild tenants OF the woods coming tack 10 rein
habit them, you would sec ever uan al WORK,
struggling night and day 10 resist th- progress oi
diapdalun, as ia brave man struggling wnh the
storms vi as;" but instead oil that, IL is rare
lhngto see white man aboring Systematically
al the plough through The whole country. The
taverns and country stores are filed with young
men, apparently halt educated, and altogether
unused 10 personal labor-nol brcueh, up IN a
tondness Tor books, AMI with no IneaEsa hand 10
indulge il, apparently the geneel but impove.ish-
ed descendants of opulent and honorable ances-
,ors-men OF high cultivation and chicalry, with
whom III, SC old States 50 abounded before and al
the time al the Revoiui1a
"A difference in estimating The ro!ne NJ ti,ac
seems IL constitute the great distinction 6etwceG
Northern and Southern men. Here tins" seems
10 press like burden, ami ihe question l., sol
how il shall tie turned 10 account, aad hos much
can be made out ol il by The most incessanI and
sagacious exercise ol all our faculties, but how
the burden shall he thrown oh or made 10 SIT
liehleri For that purpose, recourse is had IL
small gatherings IN Stores and iaverns, and 10 ir-
volous amusemenis. There they soon lorn The
haDl of smoking and OF drinking, without llrst
perceving the destiny TO which they lead, until al
last they are caught like the mn IN The 7"dcr's
lrc5! Then, alas! when too late, their tate Is re-
yealed-lheir doom is sealed, and there remains
no possible means OF escape. This is The result
of defective education. BE it your duly, Then,
Mr. Editor, 10 incucatc upon every farmers son
that nothing is mere honorable indn t3bor and
nothing 50 precious as f,8te How much moe
honorable would il be 10 young inan, whose IA :
my has been reduced from ailluence to poverty,
TO serze the handles ui The plough b. dag, and
devote some hours al night 10 increasing his
store Of knnrrl~dgs, than 10 he riding about tic
country, running away from himself ami from
Isrle.sness. Talk OF labor, either ci The body
or the mind, as degrading or dishonorablc Is
il degrading 10 be able 10 adorn the earth and 10
bring its productive power into acion-to apply
hle Use, convenience and ornamsnI-to cspand
and improve the human mna-lo cultivate and
s,rcng hen the moral powefl No product oi
the vineyard lhe field, II the sea, however aided
by inventive art, viii furnish welcome repasi
10 one VINO sits in ,is.lcss ldieness Oh duwny
CUSHION from breakfast tine I'll! dinner. The
day lahorer who sis down 10 his coarse mea i
has a pleasure 10 which The lisiicSs idler is a
Stranger
"The>e resources (of Virginia) are not IN
known 10 The people of other States, but there Is
obviously somrlhing which rcsisls The orce OF her
natural attractions What is ii sign, horcr-
or. has arisen in The East: Ncc Jevsey fa'nie'S
and what is sill better, Quaker lafmcrs, are IN
an;,;no far Ia nd, III virginia. in The neishborhood
Or Petersburg place which possesses great ad.
van,ages in its water power and its vicinity 10 the
Chesapeake. The Agricultural Society OF Pc
,ersburg, animated by few enlightened spirits,
have taken The subject in hand. ! send you their
Rcror'. which il may be well TO preserve, as il
NAV, in time 10 come, form an interesting starting
point in the history ut an agricultural selemen.
thai could not fail, By the influence Of us example,
10 produce The harprsl Effects On The agricultural
interests Of that neighhoThoot. who, ~ faci, can
tell The benign results 10 whlch 'nese ihcipien'
measures may lead!
de, me close this hasly letter by few lines
from one who spoke in parallels ofwisJnm:
"tRemember that time is money. lie that can
earn Ten shillnes a day by his labor and goes
abroad or sits idle onc-halt that day, though he
spend but sispencc during that diversion or idle
ness, ought not TO reckon that The only expense
He has really spent, or rather thrown away, I'VE
shillings besides
al is but fair 10 add, hat this village and Vi
cin,y enjoy The benefit ot cultivated society
The presence If such rs DR.. Sect, tn President
of The Senate Of this State o. a. Browne, .H"r-
riu. and others, who I've here and heTcaooul
would b. sufficient 10 give il that Claim ana ao-
vantage. The owners oil land do not sufficient
II reflect how much The value OF theii properly,
as well as their own enjoyment and The welfare
Of their families depend, on good schools and good
society," in word, on The repptaiionof neiSfb
hood-for il may have lis reputation as well as
an individual. II infested with thieves, or what
is as bad, made up in sond part OF men Oh licen-
tious and dissipaled habits, no matter what may
be The fertility OF the land or the advantages oil
The markets, or of health pruden; men who are
looking about for places 10 settle themselves or
their sons, will eschew such neighboThoods.
They may do Tor what are in The slave States
called Quarters to employ surplus force, out VIII
never attract gentlemen who wish TO secure en-
ioyment and happiness for their families. lie
remembers the provero maj n r0feR Gpple IN
lures its companions.
AT a meeting of the citizens OF Allegheny
county. on the 18th instant, COL Samuel Carpen-
Ter in the Chair and William Skeen Secretary, it
was unanimously resolved, that an abandonment
Of the James River and Kanawha improvement
originally undertaken for the avowed object Of
benehting the ,caols State, would result in mani
fes, Injustice to The West, and would violate The
faith OF the State, as pledged in the charter grant
ed for this scheme, and by The subsequent acts oil
her Legislature. They solemnly protest against
all changes of the orsina mode Of construction
or route of the improvement-ani they recon-
mend Convention Of delegates from the whole
West, a, Covinston, on the IS h October to give
10 their action the moral force OF raoie people
demanding redress Of their grievances at The
hands of those whose duty it is 10 dispense The
benefits and divide The burhens of the STATE