The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-05-26
TuF DAILY DISPATCH.
--sry Msppis.s, May %, 1857.

THE DAILY DISPATCH:
T.,sSny Morning, May %, 1852.
emigration 20 tsc West.
.,.,s Of thu Atlantic states continue TO
.ham selves with the emigration tna' u see
49, an from their borders to the yves. snu .ns
".s soush. We have already noticed tne de~
."-. - many famiiies from Virginia, pafticu'
trnr, the Esst, and the African exodus to
~" r.,,h and Southwest not alone OF negroes
-, ~ he euisraiing families, but OF mul.
s.svr hence BY the imperious demand for
,.hor IN the production of cotton. The African
-. - the emigration from Virginia ID one Of
-. rr.c,,cal importance TO a. than the white -
70 an. negro exodus continues ~ strong hereafter
s,r The las, few months, whilst the planting In
go, NAV not suffer-, the mass OF houssholders In
-, c;,;.s and towns win And the price Of black
labor rising a. steadily and hopelessy above their
means a. the food over the heads of the antediu.
,i.ns. There are other aspects of the subject
which We need touch upon now. but IT Is . SUCCESS
tive one, and must be productive of results Tar
more comprehensive and momentous than thar 10
which we have referred.
Az to the loss of white population, we entertain
no concern about that, for 1t Is not pecuaa. 70 ~.
giuia, and the places of those who go WIN o
than ned at once by emigration from QUE, ss.,,s
Virginia 10 at this moment In cona''.oA
ful progress; the value of her isnas ~.
. hundred millions In six years =" -,
sense to say that her sterile anu
Is driving her people away.
lation extends to Maryland, "
New York and all New Engiano'
versal emigration epidemic prev@1"e
shs country this spring, ana virginia A~e ~
statea feels its Influence. Inc p'pe'
Western border of Pennsylvania ID Que VI 'a'
finest agricultural districts OF the wnoie No.'n'
sneak almost In terms OF panic OF tns oA'eas.'o
breaking up of the agricultural popaiAHon u 'Hs'
portion Of the Keystone State, In order 70 mlgra'e
70 Missouri and Kansas. The New 4 OK irloune
has daily lamentations over the depopuiaoon OF
the great dairy region of central ana western
New York, which is pronounced the most ier'ne
and the best cultivated In the United States. The
cause assigned by the Tribune Is the same rs that
specified for the emigration from Virginia-the
exhaustion of the soils by iDjudicious and unscien-
tifc tillaee, which after while drives OFT the dis
couraged farmer to seek new homes and unex'
hausted lands in the West In fine, there Is not
single Atlantic State which does not note the
ebbing of the tide of population from its shores
Whilst there is no doubt that Southern progress
is somewhat retarded by the extensive reliance Of
its people upon agriculture, and the consequently
insufficient development of other FERNS Of indus
try; and whilst, in our humble Judgment Its true
policy instead of employing Its labor in the exclu-
sive production of or two great staples, would
be an encouragement of q variety of pursuits, and
the fostering of manufacturing and mechanical
skill and labor, we think the cause of the present
general emigration is to be found in the love OF
novelty and the passion for making fortune in
hurry, which is characteristic of our countrymen
at all times, and which the spectators in Western
lands have famed this spring into perfect Juror.
We cannot censure this desire to improve their
condition. But we predict that, where one Virgil
mia emigrant realizes his golden expectations a
hundred will be disappointed, and Sigh for the old
home he has surrendered. He may find more fer.
tile land in the new country he exies himself to,
but no will also fnd certain drawbacks of health
and society which he has not taken into account
The pioneers Of Northern emigration, whose cli-
mate and habits of labsr are supposed to make
them more vigorous and enduring than Southern
men. often become wasted into shadows ere they
bring their new homes in the West into = state of
thorough drainage and cultivation, whilst little
mounds In the forest show the price at which the
emisrant has purchased his change of fortune
Even admitting that the lands In Eastern Virginia
are worn out and exhausted-.he purest fiction
that was ever invented by q crazy imagination
what in the world do people want to leave Western
Virginia fort land of fertile valleys, bright
streams, mountains bursting with mineral trea-
sure, and never falling health. We have even
heard of people emigrating from Augusta and
Rockbridge counties-we speak of these because
we know more Of them personally than any other
counties in Western Virginia-anG going to the
West But as fast they smigrate, their places are
Allied up by the shrewd and cautious Dutchmen of
Rockingham-men who know what's what; who
understand perfectly the capabilities of soil who
can convert . wilderness into Ood farm, and an
ordinary farm into q garden and who, as gene,
raj thing, know when they're we'll of, and let well
enough alone. When we hear of the Dutch farm.
ers of Rockingham and Shenandoah, those steady
going old fellows with their purses as big stock.
ings, chock full of gold, made too off their FARMS
ENGRAVING any further than Augusta, or tb g
neighboring counties Of Western Virginia, we ST. all
begin to conceive the possibility of some good
reason for leaving the finest county in North Anne.
RIGA, and the centre spot of the universe.
Speaking Of worn out lands and their in fluence
in promoting alton, the st. Louis Les.der has
some views which sound somewhat novel in these
times and which we annex. at is 4 Question of
great concern" says the Leader, Ito the older
tasea of the U MON how far the American laws in
regard to the descent of land have prevented the
application of science and capital to the tillage and
the renovation of their soil In England capital
seeks by preference Investment in land, because
it . permanent possession, and may be handed
down from father to son by primogeniture. In
America capital seeks an investment in which it
may be readily convertible, and Invisible without
loss. We question extremely, and always have
questioned, the policy which entirely abolishes
primosenure instead of abolishng its aristocrstic
features. So far rs it could have been EMPLOYED
to give permanence to class of small independent
proprietors or even wealthy farmers and planters.
In contradistinction to those great mobiles. vhe,e
exclusive monopoly makes desert around theps-
the retention of it would have even been . Dem.-
cratic measure, Snd would have Afforded US pre-
lection against that worst of aristocracies. m,
arstocracy Of mere money!