The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-03-03
THFsDAILY DISPATCH


nInnAmy s4efnsnex. q 8 $3.50
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srs. uro,on sassess q ne se1aisA Of the resiss'
.ars vii rive Mat body time, should q be 20 d's'
,osed, 70 retraee its sseps uponth suo'ee'o' =
.ernsl improsementl There cannot pe = :
ruiuous policy than the stand stil poiiey -.
rreseut condition Of Virginia improvemen.s -
sssndipg SIN h like MOWERS laying ON 10 -
-sp midst of an adverse TIDE sna
remain ststionary So long - our p" -, =
,au,.;, unf;nished the present heavy a.s" -
.o,s,nue aud the ability o. the PEG
!. s.s,,e IL a and less. For when VIZ
sfs - !. :, ,here Il no chance Of their living
-. hat she ought to be. and to pos
49, ss,s s.ortbv Of their enterprise and ambi'
80 e,grate to other States. We hear
~ 49, :, ....,,,cn of some influential and wesfny
-, Gentlemen, formed since the indication o.
81 .s.nd s,f policy by the present Legislature. ~
r,..vs tbeir native State and seek q home IN 'ne
Wa, Others viii follow their example, ana 'aey
- ~, man Of substauce, whose loss VIII DC ioss
a ....,,h &C vveII AZ numbers TO Virginia ohouii
-, I. as;.f..s,res adhere 10 the poicy OF the
q -. ga .be same bugbear OF taxation WIN
,t.,, then. a s now, from their pro
-. lin ere many years, be depopti.
=, e an.-ee,;c and ambitious portion OF Its
! population g.-,:,,, 49,. ,vo,,,a
$3.50 ,ba minds of those of our people whose
,,,,;ro passon Is pride in Virginia, yet VINO are
: -. "a an. o,uossd to internal improvements -
,,,,ase gentlemen. to whom nothing would give
,,orc Measure than to behold Virginia remaining
,orevcr a primitive, agricultural people, without
r.;ro.ss. without canals without manufactures,
.oo.he themselves with the delightful idea that,
Virginia legislation nips all these enterprises ID
.ho lind. Virginia will remain in exactly her pre-
sent circumstances, and IN the possession OF mel
nresens race tin the end of time. Now the dismal
fact which we would urge upon the considera
,or, of these heightened deyotees of Virginia, IS
that by their stand still policy they are bouad &c
make Virginia Yankee State. Think OF that, y
descendants of the Cavaliers, we Puritan hating
n wooden nutmeg abcmnating chivairy The pro
ress By which with your own hands you VIII &c
eornplisf this most odious and horrible OF all re
suits. is plain as pike staff You first refuse Il
make improvements, or, having begun them, re
fuse to continue them, and thus drive away 81
your men of pith, substance and enterprise Il
other States. The vacuum thus created will no
be left a vacuum long. The everlasting Yankee
has long looked with covetous eyes on your fsi
heritage, and by running OFF your groes has loni
Iabored to drive you further South, that he Nigh
enter into the inheritance of the heather and tax
possessiou But he finds You doing his work NOR
effsetually by your antfinternal Improvement pol
icy. s 49,, e.
with the snow four feet deep around him in win
ter. and a soil to cultivate in summer which con
sists principally of rocks, there will be grand ex
odus of all New England here as soon as you driv
off sufficient number of the original race an
the peculiar institutions to render the land mol
ally and socially, as well physically, agreeabl
to the sons of the Puritans. From the Kanawh
to Hampton Roads their nasal melodies will fill tn
air and the whole heaven be perfun,ed with the in
eense of their savory cod. They win build doubt
track railroads to the Ohio and to the Tennessee
. line, and q ship canal from the James to the Obi
In less time than 1t takes contemplative nativ
To turn over such an idea in the mind. Instead O
our large estates we shall have multitude o
small farms, cultivated by emigrants from tn
banks of the Connecticut; whilst Yankee school
masters, preachers, lawyers doctors, and artisan
viii overrun the land. The remaining Virgins
families win be elbowed and hustled about by thi
Praise God sBarebonss generation, till they shal
wish themselves dead or in Texas. True, thes
Obediahs and Jehosephats will make Virginia tn
greatest State in the Unien; but is it by these in
strumentalties you wish her redeemedf On
way or other Virginia must be redeemed; eithe
by Yirgnians, or by Yankees ! 1t is for you, son
of the Cavaliers, to decide by whom it shall b.
done, and whether Virginia shall continue South
ern, or become a Yankee State