Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-06-20
FOR riff ENQUIRER.
VIRGINIA STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

V lKtIINI.A 81 y liz H'fbiIth ~
Mc.srs. Editors | observe to-day under your local
head the resolutions of II mrrtin" of the farmers Of
Prince Gc"rgc-only n portion Of them | rrerlilne-
Which have misrcprcscntcl the position of the Virgil
hin S,ntc Agricultural Society. The first of these resp
luton. proposes tn aid the citizens of Petersburg i'll
their effort To get up IL fair, 'Tf independent "i the Nir-
sinia Agricultural Society" The second sng.
gcs,s that ~ the Statciair is to be permanently located
at Richmond, Ia their optn"n, TINT an trtire itdc-
pendent society should be formed. ThctlIir'l, taking 1t
inr Grumtcd that the fnir IL permanently Located IL,
Richmond, and that other PORTIONS OF the State will
feel aSgrieved ut it, request them ito JON is W the
formation of IN independent society.
| crave the use Of your columns To sny That the In.
ccutivc Committed of the Virginia Suite Agricultural
Society have not permanently located the Society any
where. for the plain reason that they have not the
right To r0 80. They nre but the Delegates of tie ST.
cictv, elected by them, subject Ia their Instructions,
aud fully aware That any act OF their" ui u permanent
character lnay be rcpudinicd by tic society," ana re-
lcctcd as a isilrpntlun, except w!lch ulrcctcu u eaac-
toned bv the Society.
1t is true that the fuir was located Mt Richmond last
year, and will bu held there again next iall; ana l"r
the following rclsOns
The citizens OF Richmond gave, nnh its '"thcil
agreed to give, Il sum which, in the aggregate, amount
el 10 some twenty thousand dollars inr the first FUR
| Accordiuglv, the first fair was held III iills clty. al
that fnir an effort was made blythe executive commit
tee to increase their funds by donations anu lncdscs 81
counties, aud the citizens OI kirlIn,ohd ehilir i"r""rh
III HNNcu lll llrtlucu Dull VI
Since then tlcy invited the 1ccutivcc"hiniltte t"hn!H
the next fair in Richmond, aud have appropriated YIN
Cnuncil) six thousand dollnrs ONO purposes 81 me
fair, bcsidca II surplus over the five t'l"lisal'd dollars
pledge af individual ciiizciIf.
Whatever thr farmers. or TINT portion Of them CON-
pnsingilr meeting in question, may ihink' | apnrc,.
h"nd that the TURNER'S oi "other portions III me H'a'c
will think tho executive committee d! eNhc,iy rlSh'
not Ia reject this libcraliiy TO nn iniHI, institution.
lido not MEM to rcpr"arh The rltl|ei'S " letters
| bIIrtT with ul,rrur,IIpngg fnr | well hlIlW lUtII llIbtInl-
ity. | merely mean TO state II fact, when ! shy mat
no such encouragement, nor my thing Ike II, was
held out by her To the society, nnd INN thcrc was no
particular rcason 10 suppose that there wouid ne; IL
there had been any such oficr, il would havo been
most respectfully considered nnd nctc! ur"il' III a cIn.
did view of all the circumstances OF The case. Niat
more could have been asked!
In the above explanation. | do no; mean 10 cxciic
any sectional feeling, or 10 mike InViii"'T co'nparl-
-nns. | merely state facts within my own Knowledge
10 Justify the executive committee, whose nctI"n
-ccms 10 have been totally misnnd"rsin"I' l ic''l-
ings nf rivalry, which now see rcady "a hr'hk n'l''
be excited, ! shall he very sorry forl H. ana ! hpPc"' u"
the friends Of agriculture from MI quarters nor 10 it
my quarrel between rival cities cilurc to the dl'ad-
vnntagcs of agriculture,
To the farmers of Prince George, who attended the
meeting on the Sth OF June, and sanctioned III pro-
%ccrani--, which | have NOT seen III ir!l. ! Will III con
riusiun, most respectfully remark, t!ia' IL "onhl ne
more nlagnanimnus To visit their diSpieaeurc oi 'ic
executive committee, than Ia stab the society th'ouSh
them, and moro polite to remove the obnoxious mem,
berS at the next fur, and instruct the purScu anu
amended body To take such course III the MINORITY
may choose, in rcgarl To the annual fairs oi a large
central society, whether permanently l"c"te.i' III M
wheels, is deemed necessary 10 tho successor 'Ne sy'-
ienl, N 1t has been in other States; then, an! cou!se
r%prIngIns from suspicion or from al opinion which
has not received tue sanction OF the whole society,
would seem TO argue 10 worry expanded view OF INC
nature or value of such societies. l confess 'nht 1
look upon cities, rs, in this matter, mere Instruments
for certain purposcs; and natural rs may be ,hctr de-
eire I" reap the advantage of such asselnblaGes, |
would select the bert for the purpose, all things con-
siiercd, without regard to the wishes OF any.
y MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.