Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-02

OF the county the products Of the ,olL-of ,hs min,
OF the ef~s Of the rivers Of human industry 10 eyes
ke the centre. and sccsuulang their Treasures on h
Atlantic ercuuisrsoee every whsee-that m.
are establishing themselves on .Aoss sseams shich mo-
directly and rapidly discharge themselves Into he nae,
OF tue oeean-that artificial nes superssdnr nsurs
onesthss BY the nearest and direct route the,
may sso carry their tribute to the agriculture
and Appropriated shoses-,hat fertility and cheap
nese OF soil do not tho Advantages pos
seescd by this Atlantic region.
The very emigration that weakened ua for season And
concentrated large numbers In tho West with i,s rel
soils and powerful energies In agricultural production
strengthening Us By being thrown back on the Atlantic
people found point OF doubtful at most OF tempo
rary superiority The rapid and greater the produc
sHsne Of that REGION the sooner would the reaction oe
posees DO discosed This natural superiority had Ions
since sen understood by tho great iu,eeets of that ,
With George Washington their head They perceived
VA not In many respects an adequate the advsn
t.eeous channel through which these boundes. produc
tions we'e destined 10 reach . market ~
These advantages in our position fully discos
ing themselves every where and hence puss given
to the Atlantic States since the Census Of 1910.
They gentlemen wiss vho seeing these thnxs re.ch
out their hands and grasp them and bold them and .p-
them TO the great purposes for which they wee
desgned-to the purposes OF wealth. aud strength and
numbers aud security and they arc snwss who permi,
,nso 20 Dc appropriated by Others to impo'erisb. TO
The Western cmgrant In his pursuit Of fortune ends.
a. by magic. his lace turned the East. Hs
are nov employed 70 make cheap and direct means
transportation for bis products the point Of profit
aud market In the very land he had left behind Il 10
not the East struggling bring back the West Il ia
the emisant and tho descendant OF the emigsnt strug
Cling reach the point from which they or their fathers
bad Departed for they too have discovered that these
the great points Of agricultural aud commercial wealth.
Every means Of with the interior aud the
West 10 but another channel and conduit through which
tho rehucnt Of production wealth rolled back
upon its source and n the current the srongost force
OF emigration cannot stem.
From the strength and vitality OF tho tide of emmipra.
tion fifteen ago. would have inferred that the
IoAds aud canals which pass the the Atlantic
States. would have reduced all absolute exhaustion in
their important elements Of numbers capital aud
But how small the number of those found passing along
them az emgrants in the Southern Sates h~ardly
they are crowded. principally however, With the foreign
population. we Inviting shores and planting In
such munihcence on our western lands.
The evil We deplore IA not the sowness Of natural
increase t is the immigration OF our people That
will he slower than in those States iao which the
ioreign immigration Is enpyinS itse Oar agu.
mentng our numbers rest principally natural causes
promo I'd ov every Circumstance favorable aud
repe the spirit Of emigration, that has hitherto coubu
ted so largely TO impair strength aud ag-
cultural improvement.
my, think, be safely affirmed tia, the very superb
oy itself Ia climate aud production that reEdered the
slave labor OF tho south highly remunerative is The
iru u source OF m,ny OF the cNils which labor
IN 'rga That the large annus profits produced and the
too exclusive devotion OF labor the staples
bacco and cotton constituted tho principal Causes of the
exhaustion Of our soil aud the emigration people
The experience OF our section that the
NJ III on fresh SOIL under favor be circumstance when
devotef TO the cultivation of tobacco cotton, sugar.
vii! ut III. usual market prices produce al anger annual
tirn IN money than when directed under like crcumsau.
cs' to the production Of the cereals general
oiasrcuHufa pursuit. The prospects, therefore held of
inmediae wealth. irectCd the e1eros agticutu
rass to ihose products TO the exclusion OF Others The
wheat the coro, the grss, the herd, all neglected
Tor the rich Hood that annually poured into their
No time could be spared vau iul. houses o. bal
no dchng to add TO the permanent value OF the land
no rotation o. crops-no time labor expended ma
nurng or improving the soil Rich lands were III album
dance everywhere around them and they leave future
generations, the task Of improving and r,iorg the to
they exhaust The product OF the this ia cult
Walton enables them uy good one for the nc and
leave amount Of income sufficient for present
hat need Of since tho plant they cultivate aud
labor they command euaole them purchase all they de
sire.
The farm is not worked tho principle that ought to
regulate agricultural pursut.-or that which in the end
secures the highest agricultural rewards aud profits but
an that usual In working mine furnace u salt
Sl-Where the labor Is regarded OF much yaue-he
pre+en, reward too captivating aud alurDg permit
any other object however necessary aud proper to be
tended to- cared for This is ulquesonably the ten
dency Of things, when single staple product afford,
profits above and beyond the usual profits labor in
other pursnts aud in the general agricultural products
q country
Ia
contributed most 10 produce tho exhaustion Of soil which
characteristics large portions OF our State The inury
thus effected Is not justly attributable the plant itself
or the slave labor with which has been cultivated
10 attributable TO the errors have just advered to-o
the msnner in which the cultivation has been
to excessive negligent, and long continued cntiyatiou
OF the same crops-to want of and proper rotation
all having their In the largo annual profits
from the cultivation OF tobacco, fresh SOILS and the
consequences produces the habits OF planters
and agriculturslists.
But tho errors OF the past irremediablc. The
INJURY they produced are not so permanent extensive
that industry economy, aud proper Of agrcul
ture cannot remedy hem-no great deter or dis
courage Us in the effort.
Observation and experience have shown US the errors
OF the system formerly pursued-he Of relying Oh
SINGLE product for prots-of pursuing that system
that regards present ptofs more sdvan
ultimate Weih-that experience that teaches US that
annual profits from land however large cannot com.
pensate for it, exhaustion aud true
economy is promoted aud ultimate wealth more certainly
attained by devong time, labor and money in i'm
proving our soil our houses quarters stock and the
health. hsbis and wants of saves-that the rcduc-
ton Of our income thus produced has than its COM
pensa,ion in the augmentation Of our permanent CAPITAL
TINT TIE safest ei most profitable agricultural
aie those tui Yield them profits that the increase
not all received in tie form Of annual income in money
50 liable 10 be msspcni under the temptations that
us so often judiconsly, rcuvested lett unnv ed
from inatienon negligence experience that as
sures us that amid the dazzog prospects of wealth and
fortune which the staples OF the South the teenng pros
csI, gold OF the Pacific holds
- to our vew,-thcre is no better, in the end
profitable investment Of capital than in agricultural pur-
suits in the Commonwealth Of Virginia.
In the variety and diversity OF crops security and
IN series OF years profit aud wealth will prob IDLY
be attained This is obviously the true eystem with the
Virgins Agrcuuralist. With large demands upon him
Tor subsistence and supplies he is compelled provide
them from his own farm and With his labor rely
on purchasing them from Others.
. Where single crap, such tobacco wheat il re-
ed co. THIS dePchienceis greater than DO borne from
the casualties losses, and uncertainties in agricultural
pursnv /, becomes, when thu. conducted, au adven-
ture or speculation, dependent upon ros or Storm or
drought instead Of well insured and regular system
tected from accident casualty and loss by all the means
10 our power.
The soil aud climate adapted to tobacco are those 10
which wheat, corn. oats, and 10 portions OF the
state grasses are produced in perfection and
Where there is not undue proportion tf labor devoted
to tobacco. J. not difficult apporlon the crops as
u enable us to furnish regular labor the
at the period proper for the cultivation Of EACH When
the quantity is so regulated permit the planter and
farmer TO pursue system OF Improvement Of his soils,
with such variety Of prodscts experience has shown
advisable and proper, then the tobacco cultivation IL Of
great Importance TO a large portion Of the State.
Ills not considered great eIhsuser OF the soil; IL has
superiority In value any produced on the