Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-02-05
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Thursday Morning. Feb'y. ). 1851.

The absence If all excitement in Virginia
growing out of federal politics. and the obvious
futilitv uf any further immediate effort ey the
opposition 10 overthrow the ancient dynasty oil
locofocoism make the occasion proptons for the
discussion of topics relating to the pallty OF the
State. in regard to which party influences need
not operate Too much. far too much, OF the
,;me and talent Of Virginia have been occupied
in the exciting aud Improbable contest of par
,;ss An infinite amount of mind aud zeal and
ambition has been expended in political poemics,
which if employed in the cultivation of science,
liter AZURE and art--in improvements, discoveries
and inventions. would have made us wiser aud !
greater, more powerful and more presPerous'-
1t is an error TO suppose that the existence ~
the government aud the development ot our re-
sources as a nation depend solely upon ihe prac-
tical establishment of one or the other ereed-the |
ascendency and sway of one or the other party |
1.-The might that slumbers in yeoman's arm
ia worth more than the dogmas that fall from me
,,s of the ma litician The skill that guides the
,ouch and the strength that wields the axe arc
aeuare practical avail than the distractions OF
,,overnment theorists: Give Virginia school
bouses and factories, railroads and telegraphs-
rvnspm and guano. and she will become great
commonwealth greatest of the whole sister
hood Refuse these to her and all the consiitu-
tional and juridical PHILOSOPHERS her sub'Iest IN
tellects may excogilate will not make her more
than she is. or bold her TO her presen, position
Labor is the lot of life and the condition oil pros.
perty and ,ntentmen,. Benign as is our system
of government it is upon our exer,ions as menthat
we are to depend for the great desideraa Of life
health. subsistence, comfort and understanding
To improve the soil aud increase lis products is a
lesson better worth learning than the principle Of
ad volorem-to furnish a marke, by opening
avenues of trade. is higher achievement than
the chartering or destruction If a Bank. II is
time that these things should be known aud prac
ii sed upon; it it time that our Legislature should
be taughtthat there sohieot- Of more lmpor
tanoe to the people &C this State than the filling of
Federal offices. II is time that ,he people should
understand that there things Of greater inter.
es. to them aud their children thad cross road
meetings and county resolves Shall the barron
fields and quilted hills of our beloved Old Com
monweath forever rai like ulcers into her fair
bosoml Shall our waters always waste the
strength which could move The machinery IT the
world Shall the coal which might warm every
hearth in the Union lie, 10 all time, in its heap
ed hills : Shall the iron which could grdle the
globe with railroads never ring 10 the stroke Of
the hammer Shall our children gr1w up in g.
norance--be men aud die,without having learned
to read the inscriptions upon thrr mothers grave
stonesl Shall these things be- and IN the rid
iculous pride aud imbeoilitt of people grown
vain too soon, and superannuaicd in youth, plul"
Of the glories of the old Dominion and the great
deeds of our ancestors We trust not. for we be
leve that new aud brighter era has dawued
upon our State-an era Of public spirit of enlarg
ed enterprise Of associated energy, of practical
public good. We bow before the genius of such
time, and bid it all hail