The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-09-08
Vol. XIII
VIRGINIA DIRECT TRADE

The following paragraph from the Rich,
(Va.) Enquirer is a hopeful sign Of p,,.,
for the South. We are highly grati6s8 !
Virginia begins to recognise the fact B., !
great want is free white population. ana
her intelligent citizens have so far coDo,.
their prejudices as to propose the formal.
Emigrant Aid Societies. as helm .n5
couragement to the migration of Eurors.,.
her shores. But if it be desirable 10 enc
the introduction of population from Fnr,,
must be still more so TO induce the nso.i
the North to go to Virginia, with langp,5.
hgion, and political education, which h.. "
pared them to enter at once and baruo,;.
upon the discharge Of the responsible dr,..
citizenship. We trust, therefore. that II. n
ginians of the east as we'll as the Yves, ,r-
tend a cordial greeting to the enterpr;,a. ~.
Hon. Eli Ihayer; and we feel assured d.
after this article in the Enquirer. tbera NIL
no more narrow and sectional iealous~ 5is,,.
against a scheme whose only object ana -
can be to regenerate the State, and y;r.
weight and strength in the Union ,l..
has lost by its neglect to foster free lal,.
free-labor interests. The Enquirer saws.
The Norfolk Merchants and NecL...
Exchange have unanimously adopted The
OF their committee in favor Of the scb.,ss
Progress for direct trade, to which waTas.-
not long since. The author OF the nlo.
poses, as an adjunct to the scheme. the c,.t- y.
ton of an Emigrant Aid Society," n ;r5 t,-a
the Old World to send its population T.. Az
shores of Virginia, and thereby not opIr hs,,'
their condition, but also to remunerate the ~.
employed in the trade, and to aid our rairo.tt
by the enlarged revenues from increased =.
grafton. The committee appeal TO Ricbmo-
and Petersburg, who have Identical interss
to cooperate in their scheme, and they. he :.
press resolution, delegate DIR. Maurice Fiji
bon, who is the originator of the scheme g.
the author Of Progress TO visit the c;t;s.
Richmond and Petersburg, with a view 10 NJ.
mote its laudable and important end. H.
warmly compliment his patriotic and disir..
ested motives, and, knowing DR.. +. as We h.
for years, we add our humble tribute. and ~
him all success in his noble mission far j.
commercial independence of Virginia. Hev~
no doubt, be cordially received and patie-l,
listened TO by our men of business, and We nm,
that some solid result may grow out of 4.
movement"
We most cordially endorse every word IN Il.
above paragraph from the Enquirer, and q.
feel assured that it will do more for the bg.
and welfare of the State than Governor Wis,
thirty-colamn letter in defence of Congress-,
al protection to Slavery in the Territories. NJ
must, however, do the Governor the Justice
say that the policy Of introducing white hb1
into Virginia meets his hearty approbstim
and that, however anxious he may be to fen.
in Slavery by constitutional safeguards, he
not so bhndly welded to the " institution ,
to believe in its suffieiency for the developm,a
of the diversified wants of Virginia
Nothing would CRAFTY us more than to :.
Norfolk rising into Importance as a commerce
city. But it seems to US that the Southern Del
pie make great mistake in attempting to ID
tablish foreign commerce before they have
domestic trade. If they can get better bargain
in New York than in Liverpool, they shou.
by all means stick to the home coastwise trad.
The foreign trade will in the fullness Of TIM
come. 1t will be gradual development.
off-shoot from the trade with their nextdo,
neighbors. They must not, to use honsr
proverb, undertake to walk before learning /.
crawl.