The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-25

RICH MOND VAT
Monday Morning, July ~, 1883.
NEW PROPOSITION FOR THE SOUTH
proposition which has been discussed al
the South, and is earnestly sustained oy Tue
Section Plant" is to exempt slaves from safe
under legal process. This measure, !" was
argued would shut up the mouths OF the AGO.
l,ionists and silence their agitaten' ihasmuch
as il would shield the slave from liability to
sale under the hammer, and forcible sepnra-
finn from master and family. This is the argu
nent of the Cotton Plant, and, poor as it is, it
"a sbou, all that can be said upon 1t. We never
srnected to find any great wisdom 10 your one.
idea newspapers, and we are not aware that
anv thing to disappoint us has ilumined the
columns of that paper.
So far from such measure abating the agi-
ration of the abolitionists, il would increase it
and give i, additional zeal and vehemence. 1t
would be looked upon as triumph-a conces-
sion TO the principles of abolitionism, and the
fanatics would demand new concessions.
While in this respect i, would be a ver5 un.
wise act, it's operation at home would be full
Of evils. Exemption laws are generally OBJ
iec,ionable, and this would be the most objec-
ronable of them all. 1t would be an exemp
,ion without reason, and would be exceedingly
obnoxious to those who hold no slave proper
~. 1t is said that such exemption would
cause the property TO be diffused, and not con-
ceutrated in the hands of wealthy persons
We do not see why it would become more dit.
fused, unless men become more dishonest and
desire not to pay their debts, and with that
view TO procure property not liable TO e4ecu'
lions for debt! Such propensity would soon
occasion a want Of confidence in those who &C
quired this property, and they would not be
trusted.
At the South, in Alabama, the measure is
discussed as an exemption of only one or two
slaves. Such limited exemption would de-
prive it Of all value as an argument with the
abulitonsts, for which the Cotton Plant so
warmly urges it. There is no apology for any
exemption, except it be that of the necessaries
of life TO save from immediate rant the family
of debtor. The idea of securing a debtor
from one to two thousand dollars worth of any
kind of property, when he has just claims
hanging over him, is one that will hardly pre-
vail now a-days.
"a wet July for heavy corn CROP is
an old adage in this latitude, and we suppose
the farmers generally will admit its truthful
ness. These old proverbs are pleasant things,
especially when they jump with the inclination
and the hope. How delightful just now is this
one! A wet July for heavy corn CROP
II is deiicious-all the more so for our having
passed through a sort of fiery furnace. The
earth was partially famished, and all things
thereon, belonging to both the animal and We
getable kingdoms, were afflicted and suffering
from the intense heat and the want OF some o
those gentle rains from Heaven which have beer
regarded the fttest type Of Mercy. Vegeta
ton burned and curled in the sun, cattle Ian
guished and sickened from the heat as the,
cropped the parched heritage; and man grew
faint and weary under the heat of the lengthen
ed and lengthening days, and the warm night
which failed TO refresh him for his daily labors
The little children cried in their distress, an
their faces grew thin, and their little limbs fee
ble under the facilitating influences of tn
season, A merciful Providence sends dow
the rain to moisten the thirsty earth, to coo
the heated air, and give new life TO every thing
Man and beast rejoice. Vegetation shoots W
and the green grass covers the fields anew
The little children laugh in their joy, the bird
sing more cheerfully, and the farmer utter
the grateful proverb wet July for heav
corn crop"
Man is a great grumbler. We have hear
enough from him the present year. We hav
had, it is true, long and oppressive drought
but it came after what is believed to have bee
the heaviest wheat crop the country has reape
for some years. 1t bore heavily on the oat crop
and that is certainly failure pretty much owe
the entire Union. 1t affected seriously tn
tobacco crop. The unusually cold sprin
greatly interrupted the plants, and that and othe
causes 30 diminished their numbers, that tn
planters were unable TO plant as much as tine
were prepared to cultivate. Nevertheless, W
are led to hope thatth rain came in time to d.
much good even to tobacco and as some plan
tiers are now setting out young plants, if we d.
not have early frosts, they may have time tt
mature and make good tobacco. Again, if tn,
drought has injured the tobacco crop very Sc
riously, ii will affect the price of that staple
so that the farmer will probably get as macf
money for his diminished crop as he would
have gotten for larger one; end as thu
drought has reached the entire tobacco regio:
OF this and other States alike, the effect canno
be complained OF as partial.
This is, by no means, desperate condition
Of affairs, and man, instead of grumbling, ma,
well thank Providence it is no worse. Their
is superabundance in the land, and we hav
yet the bountiful prophecies of the grateiu
old proverb ga wet July for heavy cor
crop"
Crops IN BEDFoRp.-The Sentinel, of Lib
erty, Bedford county, states that for severa
days preceding Friday last, there were rain
in that neighborhood. 1t regards il too late
however, to restore the crops thereabouts. Tn
oct crop was failure. The tobacco crop