Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-08-30

Delivered hei5re ihe Agricultural Clubs of Mecllenhorg
and Granville. at her annual meeting on the Ahh o.
July. ISL. At the Buffalo Sptirss, by JAMES {
BRUCE, Of Halifax,
(coNTiSrIp)
Bat. gentlemen, there is another view of lhs questi, n
which should urge Us to INN cdiale removal. All leok
10 the period when the negro musi leave Virginia and
North Carolina. Their is new a drmand Tor this popu-
laiion, and the new States q the South are anxious 10
receive II. The time Is approaching when III s demand
may cease. and Wien Their doors may be closed against
,hr admission Of oar slaves. l. il prudent 10 losc The Pre-
sent opportunity Is it not better 10 commence the work
n, once, and do new what We may lie urah}o 10 do
when the emergency becomes mere prce5ng}
Suppose all this dead capital. now vested in slaves,
were TO become an active mouied capital, low many
manufactures might be built? how many Improvements
might ht made} Capital would attract labor. lahor for
our workshops and orr fields. Ne should saon Lave a
dense population, witch would give Schools 10 oar chil-
dren, a market To onr farmers. and those railroads winch
We now clamor tor hut which poverty and sparse population
Places far fey,nd our reach.
But suppose g%eulcmen, that every large Shareholder
IN Virginia were - reduce his fierce 10 Ten working bands.
would not there be slaves eneugi left in all c~5nscienccl
II would not take bali certainly. and two hundred thou
sand slaves ought to satisfy the mos, devoted lover Of
slavery. laa' not speaking too Tor the country nj large,
hui LET rs oi Granville and Mechlenhurg and Halifax take
decided stors AM endeayer to benefit ourselves, and lei
others do as they please.
Bui what shall be done with all this money. which
would coire into the Stale. from so large sale of lis ne
grocsf This Is a d 'iliculiy which one is moi often called on
10 obviate, and II is one which ! think. in rur case, viii
moi prove insuperahle. Nj ST planters are moro or less
IN debt. Few large Shareholders that are not in this
condition, Perhaps thr safest and best investment, Of cap.
iial IN the wuld, is the payment Of one dchis. unlos.
we should clsoose 10 wait for The progressive tendencies
i The age. TO HI US above the reach of casas and sheritlsi
and am by no means sure. that it would not be wise Il
wait tor This tide. though our political almanac makers hay
not yet marked down very accurately the period of t tx
Ieoief nuw.
aiier the payment Of debts. we might employ some
OF our money IN building good farm houses. making on
dwellings more comfortable. draining our lands. and i'm.
proving our soils, by n freor application of clover srcd
plaster and lime. Should any money be left. we coult
invest II, as our northern brethcn do theirs, in manufac
lures OF cotton, wool, iron and steel. Capital never We
,ailed 10 had profitable Investment. and 10 multiply itscli
IL Is The main spring of modrrn civilization. II calls init
heing. and susialhs every Improvement. and fosters ever,
enterprise which has for lis object the moderation a
mankind. II clothes the naked, feeds the hungry. send
'ehevolence on lis circuninayigaiion of charity. and speed
our holy refgiJn In It's embassy Of mercy 20 ii distant isle
uf the sea.
The Planter. with a por ion in money. in land am
nee'tFs, and a portion in manufacture bank shares. ha
a double security Tor revenue. If his crops should fail. il,
he short, or his staples depressed in the market. he nee
mol make excuses to his merchant, or his dcinr, for vi
oia'ion 81 ms engagements. nor be mortified, by an appear
ahce o' dilapida'lon about his farm, for The want of (e,
dIllars to keep things snug around him. In ENGLAND
n" man would feel himself justified in becomeinp a iarmt
without a monied capital, no more than he would in be
coming a merchant or a trader. appeal TO those anon
you, who have been appoi n,ed by your Clubs To visit tn
farms OF yoir members, to say how many have been f,un
IN the counties Of Mecslenburg aud Granville, that hay
a good and convenient stable, granary. OK and cow hous,
] will take it on myself u say that in the county of Hal
fax, there is 10 such fIrm. Some Of US bepin To talk
these improvements, but their foundations have ye, 10
laid; know many, and they, men who pride Intensely,
ON Their reputat ION as farmers. who ihIesh their vhe
out of doos. saw a friend Of mine in a neiubborip
county. the owner Of one hundred negroes, at intellipel
gentleman good liver, a ~hospiiable entertainer. and
member OF an Agricultural Club, getting a large crop
Wheat out, with a hired machine, and with no praner
",any Kind. Of shelter of wood or stone, in fur hundrf
yards Of the scene If his operations. and hoping thai,
might not ram, before straw enough would have accum
lated TO make a Temporary shelter for protection Of h
wheat. lfhe woull sci IF y Of his hundred rerr,es, a,
lay out a part ofihe pro:eeis in a good substantial ha
ana threshing machine, ! should consider i. a Wi
step.
Nothing adds so much TO the comfort and co.if rt
bic appearance ma country, as good farm houses. III
rye vi Tho traveller repDses win pleasure ON q far
where the comfort and happiness Of every thing is ca
eli tr-xhere the owaer has a neat and vel arranr,
homestead, and his stock, Of all kinds, amrle. and con
fftalle shehefs, with well supplied hangers. A con
Try dJtfed over with such farms, we At once set down
e 'ish and . ha9py cjualy. and IN in -biianis as an il