The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-14

tcfuuA uupxOv0moutb Oh ovoxy 0o8cnpbs0us 10
hnoxlsags. only two sinss. ags ne falling o ina
twsnty-four iowland candidafss-Vtrgps~ ,,u; tnv
= elect these representative. IN :, f. lung
wolkshey have bsen de- sed ana s%s Ss.s hss
has Sss n sro Sss WE'VE .aliop. in logrons which
Cod 70 siIo~ ne fashion Of the day. I do pray
Bend Ohio river sS rs s. c cnascsS B. M many
- of railways and canals with tAis river Zap
plause), with Hsmpden Roads; this viii make
Eastern Virginia the depot Of trade, which alone
Safe that shah be the centre Of importation and
export stion. II is my fellow cisizens not popula
tion-it 10 not capital that can build up TOR you
mart Of trade such as have suggested. Commerce
alone can do it-c0mmerce can build your ships and
stores, and build your Cities out Of this centre OF
trade. The only thing that can make commerce -
deep country and inland trade. You must orng
the iron and coal and salt and borax, and All that
constitute the pabulam Of trade, and your
pier Of commerce, and where the carcass 10 there
will the bDzzards be aso and then with trade You
Will ma . capita sad a sSnpl or ODD virginia oSck
country subject TO trade, and oil influences else
shall follow this internal Improvement ana COM
merce. II yoa elect me Governor OF Virginia, by
all the authority with which you shall clotho me
win do all in my power to urge on to completion the
large Leading 8 ste works, disregarding the minor
works till the largest shall have been all completed,
lie credi,. Shall do so II possible, laying the saxss
upon ard driving you to do your duty like men, to
make Old Virginia take the position she has lost 10
the balance of power in this Union. She has lost
her infuence--sbe has lost the power aud position
she once held. For the want Of internal improve
ments, how many mothers, with tears in
their eyee, have been compelled to bid fare
well to their sons for the far West. She
has reopled almost every State, and given every
State enterprise except herself. implore you, by
your love for your mothers, for your sons by your
own int eets by your State love- 20 bs the fathers
the patriotic fathers, of the State, and resolve in
future to keep vireinias sons at homs. There 10
another topic-a domestic topic--upon which any
NON Who comes before Virginia audience, must
announce bis opinions. Gentlemen, we have been
especially The r. F. VS., It IL said, can tslk more
sb mt their 81 eethesrts, their guns aud Digs and
hunters, thar any other place In the world. nave
beast TO make of Virginis-a boast that she can
ia mighty In her pog aud energies over any other
Syate, or che must have sunk long, Ing time ago,
far below whsr she now ia. The four great card.uA
sources o. wea tothe four great cardinal pro iuc-
tive powers, ore agriculture, commerce, manutac.
lures and y ming. No State that know Of upcn
Goes earth has richer bowels, more boint,ful
IN s and ss in has gold n,a 10 syps ssS ;as
most powerful nation on the earth. We have
iron and coal for mining, and wafer oowsr
which would turn the spniles 10 slos1e the world;
gold and iron are abundant, With all of which we
stand urrivaisd Tor manufacturing; marts, roads,
rivers mou hs Of rivers, ard bays which uld ost
the ravies Of The world; soil for sgri,ulture Of all
kinds, the richest banesth the sun; tho dark loan
dsgrse after degree Of latu'e, rapnias through the
middle territory OF this continent-se have this,
all tits of power and virtue, not surpassed by any
other Ssa Bur in all the four cardina resOu,c
~oDde ful % te disc greeabe to tell, shameful to
aHnoupcebut one source OF all four, in time past,
has been employed 10 prooucs wealth. We have
had work IN manufacturing, and commarce has
spSead lfE wings and flown tom Ms and agriculture
has Only SKINNED the surfece OF mo,bsr earth rh ee
OF Ebe four csr5ips virtues rave nesn idle: cur
ycuIg mfp, over their segsrs and toddy, have been
AL Lis H.. L y~rs
to- MS Ives uusil we have all grown poor Ogsthsr
NotSithst inaSog all this, here We sra. ThAuk Goo
for the mir Of wealth, though they have ~ bseu
employed. There IS still tbs iron, th3ra lie sfid tos
coal there are sill the bays aud rivers; and soga
We have driven people crouch away from our bor
ders 10 people o,her States, now more popu'ous
than ourselves, State uoon STATE OF when we are
called the Dn,har Old Virginia still stands on her
territory, GA COO square miles, rich ttiil in all tntss
/ elsments which adminisvef to weAlth-Tic,, very
ricb in intelligence, ia honor, intsg icy aod bme
| ard sinev. (SDre applause aDd laug hter) Not.
wi,bstaudiDR vii this, cossy IL orr cseais be main
tered, If internal impros emsnts are co npetej,
y our cities be bulls, II our miaes be opecei, and
they have means of trapsportai m II our agricu,.
ture be improved, vigoia may yet DO made t. pass
her rival sister Staes faster in her 50 OF
than they haze 10 ninss past passed her. oas nay
win back the supremacy which sac once held. l
will OF rely uG0l rre Legislature To do this egs
ation can 90 but little for any sbDg but agriculture.
/ THU that have seen evidences OF the do woing
/ Of this latter day. ] saw short time ago 0sod
4 or JarDer9 20 up 10 RICHMOND, DSLtof toOk1Qg men
! than delegates 10 the L. gslaturs. (Lsughter)
saw the people, sew the plain gentle
man AM substaItisl business man, the active mso,
the men who are not loaers abou; the taverns; and
saw these men pour ont $4,000 sor the foundiog
al Institution of sgriculsule and commerce. waut
10 see this society and Institution encouraged. I
wsbt to zee this constitution nur ure and preserved
till IL shall bring forth good fruits. want scientific
institution that sbal teach domestic &c ,momy; 10
ste ad Of political economy let US teach Dupi's
domestic economy-tsach our pupils the physiology
and The genealogy OF plants AMI agricultural pro-
auctions, and The difference between the gases. You
rich men feDd Jour sons to an institution like this,
in emulation of the old barons of Germany. II am,
the n, elected Governor OF virsioia, will give ali
may make spear OF grass grow where never one
grew before. When we have our public credit well
four ded, miniDs and msnufa turing will follow.
This town, the Cockade City, has, 70 some extent,
austIy; and | Rloriei TO day, wren / entered
the place. TO observe how she had gro IN since 1885,
when | Was bele last. congratulate you, citizens
o,as ' nse Ueen men u
snd hope you will 80 stimulate bs your exa nple
other portions Of Virginia, chat la time Norfolk viii
have something more than loe Of feb cars for her
com nerce. (La1ghfer) These, gentlemen, SO far,
are physical topics. Tuere Is. something more i'm
por.ant than this one that embra es every shing,
cpveh all, bounds al, promotes ell, saves all II is
that which reaches the inner man Of toe comm m
wealth. II ia that which is all in all to the people Of
republican county. mean public educ alton. IL
there be any stingy ola man In this sssemblsge who
values his dollars and cents better THAI womeu add
CHILDREN, let me tell him that If he does not wish 10
be taxed 10 the uttermost ia my pc ser let him use
every exeftion to defeat me for tell all such
that will not be cantsnsed with the night hoo
half cut system Of Ysnkeedom, but / want fo
snd thorough system OF in tructinn to oil All for all
classes. (Applause.) You may believe the poet who
said
A little learning is a dangerous thing;
Drink deep or taste not the Parian spriug.
This little learning is, above anything else In the
world, out OF which has come Al the isns OF the
strange, sir? No, sir. want wnat the an hor Of
the Declaration OF Independence In his day, and
what he impored the Legislature 10 give the psops
Oh vTg,s s 2 long wnne ago. Does any ons sap