Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-04-13

pe'ies anu , r" wanI we have a clear solution
40 40 .,ntrs tendency 10 city at me expense "
49,, i;te This great evil, sufficient oil ii,e
m cas, a Stigma on CIVILIZATION, auu e''H
,aIn - desroy il, was for the first Time success
tnIv encountered and conquered 10y Inc ins'''u.
inns Of the Scuih: and in the great achieVen,'",
VIRGINIA led the way, Amongst inc cary WIZ
settlers of Virginia were many oil INC Ca'a,s
vino had been driven into exile ny 'he y, VI iu'"p
,br Roundfeads and of Cromwell Inc Gdsa,
lers were oi the country parry IN En9ia".'' "a
CITIES and towns were more generally deyo'e. ~
Tho Ronntheads. The Cavaliers OF VHs,"'"
seem 10 have bought over with Them i!.'' |"
land hostility even 10 The modes 81 rs - :"
enemies they .ei behind them. IS -" se' 10
New Eng and on the other hand, lfo'n ~.
heads became highly cnminei.'.' -
uaf,IIes were exhibited n sltih'ns No." ,a,i.
,ha rros,ess al the lwo colonies. b1u'' oi' 80
us: .,, !; V;ro;nia
"But the great safeguard OF Livery :" -"
was lhr nligdual i;re, ON ~ n'ih''' VIZ a,a,
uca OF Necessity, ne cEalac,ei -
Ian; holicis living apail on wv, -; "a
r. ,,s aas ri Commercial monopoly, Virginia had
-, 49,, make own. nor one place Of trade As
:. -, IN, ard IN ,raTance, il looked all IKE a
mn, tossr, suj The mercantile world, founding
;,s ;,tomen, IN The absence oi cities, regarding u
., one Of The poorest, miseIables ana worst coun-
o. - ,,.r;r, II dIG no, seek 10 share active
~ - he n,of,s Il Commerce; il had little 81 the
i n,ac,ons metals an still less II credi--N was
! SATISFIED with agriculture. Taxes were pad III
/ ,uharco: remiitances 10 Europe were niaGe ~
I ,obsc. o lhe revenue Of The clergy, and ne nas-
jslIaies ~ The COLONY, was coliec'ea III nc S"
I cnIreucy: The colonial lfadcsman receiving MS
n,y IN sraoolin. parcels oi IL and ships rom
\ .hso,a up,.re N inec 10 bc whole months IN lhe
r;v.rs before boats visiting The ralniantauohs
| nm tf.ir hanks could PICK upa cargo III Inc 10,
/ san nj . commercial revolution, The c0Iluelc'di
element did MI enter INTO Tie Character OF me CO.
/ lony. lis inhabitants daily grew more ana more
avefse 10 cuhabiation 800
Such was the character of Virginia IN lIUu-
ninely-,uo years after the colony was iouhoen'
and seventy six before her independence-sucn
she has remained. have seen law pass,u W
her LEGISLATURE during the Revolutionary war,
| prohibiting merchants from serving Us 3ePro-
/ sentatiyes in the Continental Congress
But this primitive character oil virginia couiu
moi have been preserved 10 the extent we no"
behold, but ior peculiar circumstances ino
so;I q, virginia was found to be adapted 10 lie
cuI,iya,;on o, tobacco. and African slave labor
n lie cultivation; and tobacco soon became an
article Of commerce. The introduction OF This
| CIR, of labor had the effect OF excluding, IN
qreo, measure, emigration from EuroPe-the
| EMIGRATION which subveried the ascendency oil
The Quakers of Pennsy lyana-whlch has ma
,eraly modified the original character OIL New
| England, and still more Of the new Tree States
4 of the West And it has been through negro
! slavery that agriculture has been MADE, lot Inc
h,st limo in the history of the world, so prohl-
| ble and attractive us 10 render rural lie the
fayorite of wealth, as well as Of the mass OF the
/ ,eople-to make the country, instead oil the
! towns. the abode Of elegant manners and re-
fined taste. And this system oil society has
prevailed throughout the other States Of the
south, owing 10 the similarity OF their primitive
character TO that of Virginia-lo her example
TO emigration into them Of many firglnians,
rhe warmth of The climate, and TO the culture OF
cotton. which is more favorable TO the employ
men, of slave labor than that Of tobacco.
Thus, then, we have fifteen Southern States
one-hal! oi the number belonging 10 The Union,
occupying hal our erfi;ory-Who present the
| extraordinary, and, So tar as my researches tx
lend, the unparalleled result Of population
which has acquired greater wealth ey asricni-
| ,ure than any other people ~ any other manner;
and wro have consequently gwen asceniency
| within their borders 10 country life over city, IN
social and political power. In Great BRIAN,
| me only country which can BE- compared III CIV
| iiiZalion with ours, inc land holders are Indecd
| yefv wealthy class perhaps the most SCI but 'hry
| have dwellings in Los;on, AM "ass large par
i, he wear there. Inc lard holdrrS Il Great
! Britain also constitute lot small pOitioh ol M
| population.
We must now consider he effec, upon the va
| rion, elements Of civilization Of a population Al
| .nce weakly and rural like hat oi the South
In communities which have acquired great
| wealth j, is almost universal mat such wealth :
| yeIy uDcuuay distributed. Extreme poYefiy and
| r.tgcrnc wea,fa characterize The rornlati ~ hut
he mass are poor. This i perhaps neViiaoie
| where manufactures or commerce OF conquest
| are the means oi acquisition. And in England
this is silikin2ly DISPLAYED But u IS not 50 IN ~
agricultural people. know Il i a common opn
ion, hat much greater unequai'y Of property ex-
| >ts 10 Inc Sou,h than III TIE Norm. But although
10 NOT possess exact knowledge on this point,
there is enough known 10 prove thai this cannot
| bc the case The Sale o Virginia allows none
! TO exercise the elective franchise but white tree
holders I-aseholders Of five years, anu nousekeep
| efs who are heads U families. Now IL appears
by The returns of The Presidential election .! 1874
that Virginia gave abOat 80 000 votes, allowing
900 iur voters wnu did mol attend the polls, and
! il appears hal there are IO5 600 Tree Wine males
IN mat STATE wno are ei;hcr ifCrhult!.rs, lease
| holders, III hcusekeepets and mead of families;
| and by the census OF 1910 there were only l57,-
$50 white males In that Sac eeoVe the age OF
"a, 50 that lwo-tnrJs u hem are enEe! Tree
! ho!de s leaSehoidefs, or nouseheeperS. | 10 not
| know what proportion OF the Northern States are
hreholdcfs. but have seen detailed statement
| rom one Of The interior coOEiiss Oi New YORK,
| iiom which il appears that only nal! inc voters
| we're !Ischvlccrs; and when We consider thai the
cities d New York and Boston contain nearly
hall ne properly Of the States 10 which they re-
sprcliyciy belong, and that III those Giles pan
| IN a - an Whprp
else in the Union, ii is very clear thai great in
equally OF property prevails
| The STATE OF Ohio, a new State and an agr!-
| cultural one, and Very prosperous, may te pre-
sumed 10 enjoy a Ioerable equal distribution Of
properly. There are in this State, BY The last as
sessm.nt, aboui fifty thousand pleasure carriages
| and The possession o one u these, Is an indica-
| ZION OF comfortable cuniion Of family. In
/ Virginia there were in iS17 ever 10 600; and
that in a white population about one ihri Is
| great AS oars j, now. This proves Ina, the degree
| oil comfort which such establishments indicate, i,
| more dilfused in Virginia tnan in ONO. The
| proportion OF dwellings built in year, is another
| Indication OF com'ori, AMI the degree oil lis dlfu
/ sion among people. According 10 the return
| of he AiarshaS in in 1910 Massachusetts, whose
| whe population is neatly lhr same with thai oi
| Virginia, buiil 32i brick houses In that veal
| Virginia bum 400 or nearly une-iuuTih more
NdSsdcauseus pu!!t y, ~fo "o'.ch must :" ~
same year, Virginia, 1904, OF more than double.
| The cost of the houses in MASSACHUSETTS was
81 767 1874; in Virginia, only Sl367,393, q
| aboul NJ T. Now il This excess III The cost OF
The houses ri Massachusetts be attributable 70
| The eScc-s If business, or manuia' tuning suac-
lures among them, II swes The proportion 81
dwelling: bail; in Virginia, and hus displays
still create! progress in comfort among tn popu-
aton oi the latter. But il the excess Of COS. III
| Massachusetts is owing lc Inc superior style oi
her dive 'lings, il proves, since the number IS 50
| much Ies-, still greater inequality o! property.
| A comparison vi The houses pu,l! in New York,
me same year. with those OF Virginia. EXHIBITS
similar results And will adj lhal The same
thing is true, BY a comparison between Virginia
and Ohio although one IS Considered The most
declining, The other The most advancing State 10
che Union; one supposed TO be The most unequal
! m In, dis Ibuton Of ptorcry; The Other The re.