Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-11-05

ere rcvival. gulies ssser-melons, tobacco chesuus
hollow iogs chipqaepns, natural bridgcs mellow bug.
spPss sase. mAs.. persmmons. politicians, sves
.scai'ur fairs gold aud Iron ores light bread dllapi
dated houses homespun coshing artchokes wasr~ rood
@a.sns. osoem;s.s s.fes. hollyhoets. bscs,
der mehbers OF couEress, Whisky candidates for ths
esdeney, cymlns pipes and stems. turnip salle sha
rer- oil paper novelsts sa6aished canals poets shsst.
railroads that don't pay hotels games of inucks Demo-
cratic inspectors female schools
ehsoes bater-mk, faro dealers horsecakes ig PLAYERS
know compare with the Old Dominion. If ANYBODY h
questions
Havnt We had the mos, Presidents, the CREATES, IN.
rss, orators and military mens Didn't Revenue win The
sl,"o prize at the st. Louis fair, Can this planet or
any orb that s~ims In celestial space afford anything
s9ua 10 thorough-going high.bred Virgins sweet.
hearis Where will yon find a man to mix julien equal
to Lemuel Bowsir'ss Was the mother Of the Gracchi
circumstance compared to old Virginia gentlewo-
man In check apron, with bundle OF KEYS in little
white oak basket on her arm and turkey wing fan In
her HANDY there any chewing tobacco in the world
IKE that made In Lynchburgs Amt Ridgway the great.
on this continent any other where they understand
how TO cook fried chicken and cure hams as they do In
virginia who that ever smoked Langhorne 4 ARMS.
'eaus ,ooseeo, In woodsli pipe, would give dn
even the fraction OF d-n for any other tobacco or
any other pipe Amt Hunter and Bolts and Wise the
three most prominent candidates after Douglas and
L
Lives there the man not Virgnian who comprehends
the joys Of Brunswick stcws the bliss of ran ears and
the rapture OF pot-lquors Did any boy but Virginia
boys ever catch catfish OF branch with pin hook
after heavy shower Point the fellow who has
danced To the sound OF Henry Thornton fiddle and who
would mt split the Italian Opera into sputers he could
anu You VIII point me out fool The earth does not
produce oysters better than Carriers creek oysters
and you will hunt through all eternity to no purpose TO
to discovering finer lecpcr than Tom ballard the
very idea il absurd Do you think it possible that anv
other village of 400 inhabitants support MS many
good newspapers fredericlsbu Di YOU ever eat
any snaps cooked by an Old Virginia nicycr cool -
Look a, the Equestrian Statue of Washington in Rich.
mond Contemplate the pudile,lucks of Prince Edward
"aSe about in all directions, and wherever YOU find
good thing that thing Is better thing in Virginia than
anywhere out of Virginia These gu, s,ions and simple
statements OF facts might without the least difficulty be
| multiplied indefinitely. The present number however
will suffice. The proof j. conclusive viry;pians ar
the greatest people on earth.
Nevertheless, they very various people From
those snpendous ACCOMMODATIONS of beef and limeston,
which 60 10y the name of men ia the county of Mont
gomery. TO the chicken-car drivers OF the Psmunky
who owing TO The oscillations incident their fsy ore
chiliS, are scarcely ever plainly visible but who when
seen, present councnancc of wax cmbesbed with ,,,
KEY egg freckes and emaciated body with an seecale
ON one side, balanced by ticker the other from
the former TO the latter what Interval! Between
the inhabitants of the Dismal swamp who appear TO be
composed OF bamboo brier warp and terrapn filling and
the rugged and nddy mounaineers of the NORTHWEST
who look as il they had been torn by accident ou nj
side OF damaged soleleather-what a difference Y.,
thcy are all more or less, Vrginans thank III, Lord
And consequently more or less the greatest people in the
world Let them be duly conscious and proud thereof
II were asked what this more or less means 10
to what 1t is attributable, and why vrginians are IN.
greatest OF people should say quietly Peas II desire
were expressed TO know what sort of peas shoulj an
swer loudly, PEAS In case this view sbopId
fail to receive the cheerful acquescence Of nv n,crro
gator, 1t would be my duty and gee TO pu, his doubts
wit e'
l. BY so much as man is virginau by so much is
he great man.
No sane mind viii dispute this proposition
H. Per coHfrd, by so much a man is not a Vrriuian
by so much he Is not great man
This proposition will not be disputed by any sane
mind
Ill By so much a man i not a great man il h. ,
little man. or Yankee or Foreigner
All sound n,clects will agree thu. this is logical in.
". Wherever You find Corn.feld Peas most abu,J,,
there yo" find that the Virginia characteristics abound
the most.
That i n matter of fact
'. Ergo. il follows that Nirciuians are iii. cr.,,.s,
people IN the world because OF Co-feld Peas aud tha
they dfer from each other more or ana
Consequent! more or les great in exact proportion TO
the quantity OF Cornhed Peas they grow aud devonr-
for take IL for granted that rational eve could see
grown cornheld pea without instantly introducing il toa
palate which would Immediately became educated and
caamourei.
The cham OF augmentation is complete and pIo iundly
irrefutsble
But examine slightly the physical geography Of the
great Commonwealth and you will find that throuebou,
tue tide water country and the south side Of the river
'eems Tor mercy sake! do not call il James, cornheid
peas are produced in profnson And where ee 10 you
md the nnsdulterated Nirginian would like TO know
la the Piedmont region fewer corneld peas are raised
and consequently the people not as
NrgnianS a. they should be- They too fond Of ma
King money, AMI don't enough about the in
the Convention. Why they actually raise pippins in Nell
SON When people quit timber twiss and barkeruers.
and get to raising piPPin', You know that corn6ed
peas are neglected and New Jersey tastes coming in
have nav opinion of such people
have not the corned pea statistics of the Valley al
hahd hut ain willing TO swear that the annual weld
IRON Lexington TO Winchester, wouldn't I'LL an F.sex
niggers later hole. Apprized of this fact will anybo
I hereafter wonder at the appearance Of the Rufner
Pamphlet? Sdrely not Yet this important fact to the
best OF recollection and belief ne YER
during the whole of the last GubernatoriaI cAny.ss
But TO test the matter begin the lower end the collar
bone OF the Northern Neck and travel up You start in
the midst OF unlimited corneld peas pure \irpnians
but by the time You get TO Prince William you see scarce
" any cornieli pea and hear people calling
"hppinny bit Dad shin, such "A set When I 90, off
the To- go Brentsvle the county seat of Primo
William, land drearer place never saw. except New
GasgowD lad had the atrocty to call a ninepence A
" shin, right close 10 my ear To the latest hour of
my life shall regret that did stab him TO the heart
with Barlow knife which always carry because am
virginian
In Alexandra am convinced that they seldom cat
cornhed peas at Iiarpers Ferry none at all and in
the Pan Handle they heard Of them Wheeling
Parkersbnre, shepherd-town, Clarksburg Woodstock
aud along there must be very deficient peas
suppose some of the inhabitants of these unhappy pa
ces emgrated from Eastern Virginia and having eaten
abundantly Of cornfed peas in childhood and youth re-
tain enough OF the noble constituents in their bones TO
give tone and character to the they dwell in A
to Abingdon aud the Southwest generally have my
grave doubts. reckon small corn.feld peas are
raised In that section but when eaten become so mixed
with goose fat taken from the neighboring goose farms
Of Tennessee TO lose half their virtues so give rise
TO set OF people not exactly low hut decidedly Brown.
low in character and habits trust the next Legislature
will see the necessity Of sending a large number of
eorn-held pea missionaries stock that country with the
essential element Of Virginia greatness.
u viii he seen. then, that wherever Nirgni, there
- deficiency In the crop neglect Of the culture Of
cornhed peas Just there the perncious traits Of North
etn and Western character creep in. Hence, further
the chemical inference that the essential oil OF active
principle Of corrfeld peas (whlt might be called Corn
fed Pea'Hs would II copiousy TO the YAB
Lee or the Ioosier turn him into Virrinan Although
am not 30 clear this point should dislike see the
experiment tried large scale IL IL true IL might
result happily. might deabolionze the Northern masses
aud 70 put an end 10 the eternal agitation Of slavery
But am opposed yeta while, this wholesale trsnsmn.
taton OF useful menials into gentlemen II were all
gentlemen existence would he intolerable Life l. not
worth button 20 Yitginsn who cannot look down
with Infinite soorn upon nearly everybody else.