Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-08-27

Our readers arc aware that many farmer. from the
Northern States. tempted by the low price Of The lands in
Fsif.x. their susceptibility OF improvement, and their vi.
cinity TO market, have removed to that county and we be-
love that there 10 but ono opinion as to the beneficial ef.
feet, that have already resulted TO that section Of the State
from tho accession 20 its population Of these cntcrprizing
and industrious settlers. We will not undertake 10 say
that the entire face OF the country has been renovated by
their lsbon but we may safely assert that they have i'm.
parted fertility to many Of its previously barren and deserted
farms. and " made many solitary pieces glsd" with the
cheerful voice Of the reaper. chaunung his harvest hymn.
That there are other sections Of Virginia which offer
10 The cn,erprising immigrant still greater Inducements, in
perhaps overy respect except the facility OF reaching u
market, We have no doubt; and it affords us pleasure to
publish. this morning. from an accomplished pen. an article
directing the attention of persons from Europe and the
North, DESTROYS VI ostsinius = favorable location for either
agricultural or manufacturing pursuits. to the nine counties
known rs the Piedmont section Of the State. We hope
il will attract the attention Of Northern editors. particular
ly VI Agricultural journals.
We conscientiously believe that. all things considered,
there is no spot on the face OF the globe which possesses
acapacity, if her natural resources were properly developed,
greater than that Of Virgins, to contribute to the comfort
and happiness Of its occupants, and more especially of that
class who cultivate the soil. A growing conviction of
this truth has unq uestionably gwen a decided check to that
wild spirit Of emigration, which, n few years ago, almost
threatened to d~epopulate large sections of the State, and
which deprived her Of thousands Of her most valuable cit
eNf &hNet ~NANS Wy HaoSVo AAah W. hb " e
or hear Of crowds of emigrants rushing onward to the
Valley OF the Mississippi, tsomc of the States in that vast
region having been populated almost exclusively from vir-
ginia and North Carolina,) under the 6eiusive promise of
realizing, within comparatively brief periods, splendid fos.
tunes from the cultivation OF its great staple. The super
abundant production OF cotton, however, consequent upon
the opening Of such an immense tract of country to
its cultivation, has resulted in reducing its profits, until
it now yields a nett revenue but little greater than tine same
amount Of capital invested in other departments OF agricul-
tute. The temptation to emigration from this State having
consequently been diminished, the movement has been in
a great measure arrested. Nevertheless, we continue to
suffer from the eXhaustiag effects OF the previous drain up.
on our population, in many portions of the State, which
ought to be densely settled, and which might be most prof.
tably cultivated. We think it very desirable that an effort
should be made to augment our population, by presenting to
the better classes Of emigTants from Europe and the North
en States the means of making a just and accurate COM
parison between the advantse es offered to immigrants BY
Virgins, and those presented by other States, in which
most Of them are induced, through ignorance of our &C
iual condition, and by exaggerated ideas OF the induce
men,s elsewhere, TO take up their abode. We thank our
correspondent, therefore, for his seasonable and iudiciou.
article, and we would respectfully solicit similar communi-
cations from gentlemen residing in other sections OF the
Commonwealth.
We are aware that Virginians are somewhat averse to
immigrAron; but, rs our correspondent writes to u, in a
private letter, accompanying his communication. ''no me
thod can be devised, which will renovate the State so soon
as TO obtain full grown men and women, with spades in
their hands and money in their pockets. Ii is the doctrine
of the transiusioniss, that the readiost way To restore the
vital functions in the old and decrepid, is to introduce the
blood Of vigorous manhood into their veins. This is on,
remedy. II we wait the slow process Of seeing one class
of population move of, and. after an interval OF desOlatOn,
another gradually yenturing in, 10 re-sotle the lands anc
cultivate the country, we may not expect TO see Virginia in
a more prosperous condition in our day"