Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-12-20
Nov. "a.
TO THE EDITOR Of THE "rrvrs.


SrE-I cannot believe that appeal in vain for the in
serIon Of this humble yndicAtOn Of my home aud State
against the tolOSng attack, which appeared IN your ~
sue October 81 With regard to the visit OF bis hoy
Al Hghness the Prince OF Wales 20 America You say:
1.-The only really unpleasant incident which has occurred
during the tour was the conduct Of the mob At Rich
mond the capital Of Virginia. The truth Is, Richmond
is a place the Prince should have been taken to
visit II there be place justly Odous 20 the feelings OF
Eugisbmen aud their Sovereign il is that mart where
the human animal which is almost the only produce
Of Virginia. is ruhlessly sold for consumption in the
6reary plantations Of the South From such spot every
humane and intelligent traveller turns aside with invita-
chile repugnsnce and hardly regret that those
who we're iadysed TO turn aside from their path
10 come in contact with this abomination should have
had sps c;men of the quality OF population that sub
sists the buying and selling Of human sh' Mortified
and hurt felt NJ this sweeping disparsgement, not
only OF the institutions OF my State, but the good breed
inc of her citizens lOrebOrc trouble you With COM
muncAtOn until had exhausted every means OF inior-
nation the truth of the statement So long as It
took only the o, SoFsPD% r
fcloW-counIymen, for knew well that, in the excite
ment incident TO a Presidential election, aud espe-
ci,lly-for reasons which you will readily sppre-
heud-in the canvass that ha' just passed no stone
would be left uuturued to prejudice the institutions aud
peope Of the South before my country and the world
But when the London Times editoray yOuches for the
scandal think you ~il consider IL unreasonable in
naive of Virginia and citizen OF Richmond TO ask TO
De heard in their defence. Feei just pride in the
visit OF his Royal Highues TO the United States have
watched anNiOusy the reports in the public prints in the
South Of his sOjOuSn Richmond. I'm of these have
seen the mention Of an unpleasant incident On the
contrary in nearly all have the unequyoca
denial the statement in the only two Northern papers
where has appeared With regard 10 my private in
formation derived from a regular correspondence with
some OF the leading citizens OF Richmond have been
entreAed to beVe chat the charge utterly ground
iess But happy am 90 believe that not driven 70
this pare and personal reliance for defence 10 subse
uuent AcknO slcdgmens OF the kindness with which the
Prince of Wales received his grace, the Duke
Of Newcastle has given the uutruth to the charge
1.-THE Duke OF NeUcastc denies that the Prince
OF Wales and his party annoyed or insulted
during their late visit 20 Richmond reported in the
New oFk Times but on the contrary, says that they
have heard inatGred word since they left Cana
d." Many other similar extracts from pnbic journals
| are before me. Richmond you assert is, above all
other Places more Justly odouS the feelings OF En-
gshmen and their Sovereign If this b. you should
scarcely have expected for the eldest Of that
Sovereign and the heir apparent TO the throne OF
| "Englishnen," kind reception. To 60 20 friends
house and partske Of his hospitality, aud abuse him af
forwards Is social ethics the greatest crime. But TO
receive the cordial hospitality Of whom You despise
aud hold in holy adherence, would be an offence against
| the common decencies of human nature. Lord Derby,
then Lord Stanley; his son. the present Lord Stanley
Lord Morpeth and Lord Napier among the humane
travellers Who in times past, have hOnored this "odoCs
city with their visits aud did not deem themselves in
| ia ed by contact with its citizens Tie rtb1ke which
| you have administered to the Duke Of Newcastle is
equally deserved by these distinguish noblemeu.
But the into which you have beg leave to hope
unwttingy fallen upon this subj CT is at last Sttibuta
Die other But how is public journal to be
excused for the twofold assertion that almost the only
produce OF Virginia is the human animal aud that the
estates 10 the South are "dreary plantations"
Virginia has oftweye Millions OF Of cul-
tiyated land-about the New 70 k and greater
than any other State EXCEPT New York. Take two items
OF her agricultural products, tobacco and grain; the
former n 900 hogsheads the latter about 900 Of
bushels Of grain per anuum -value in round numbers
! $780, 900 900 L year. | might greatly increase this
amount were to estimate the yield Of the immense coal
and iron beds salt works (amOug the largest in the
United States) and other mines In the "olous city
| Of Richmond, the Royal party might have seen dozen
of the arg 81 tobacco mauuaco in the States; while
the "Galego" and "HlxAlr Touring mills the largest
in the world, produce the only flour that will keep -
low the Equator aud from which the Rio Janeiro
kets are almost exclusively supplied Does Virginia only
produce human hesh?" May call your attention res
pecfuly to the amount of duty pld tobacco alone
exported from Virginia to eat Britain? Imsan man
ufAcured and manufactured, S7262765 is the pro-
ducton Of Virginia during the year ending June 30,
| 1859. You speak of the "dreary plantations" in the
South They produce in cotton alone between four aud
re millions OF bales which, Cd makes pleasant
| ltle to be wruug from "dreary plantations" Or
tie exports Of the United States more than twothrds
from the drcary Plantations OF the southern states
England than any other nation, is the cpent and
beneficiary Of the Southern staples. Cut of the Cotton
trop alone and what would be its effect upon the
mercial prosperity Of gland? England is the chief
market for cotton, and thus than incidentally en-
courages say r and wis Is too for cotton the very
lungs Of her commercial body The prospe ity Of this
grat town. without her healthy trade with the South
States would be seriously checked; while Manchester
would be- compared with her present elevated manuiac
turing status commercial ruin. What then, would be-
come of the hundreds Of thousands Of her operatives
Do quarrel Mr. Editor with your bread and butter
and above all slurs upon the chief Of your
commercial prosperity If you will fight slavery Sight it
fairly you fight it openly. Remember. too in your
piianthropic wailng this awful SIM who eaaied it
upon 4" By the TT atty OF Utrecht, ILL., the British
Government secured the right OF bringing into the West
Iud belonging bis Catholic Majesty the space OF
thirty years. 600 negroes at the Of 500 in each
the said thirty years. And in this article Of
all persons Of other nations strictly forbdd
10 engage. "Of company formed supply the colonies
of America wi slaves, Que Anne subscribed for one
quarter Of the stock we'll reap the prof OF the
adventure encourage her subjects embark 10 the
enterpris,." The plantations the "dreary plantations
Of America from the S: Laurence TO Georgia, became
stocked with negroes 10 spite Of remonstances from the
c0lOnisis English ships fitted out in English cities un-
DIR the special favor Of the RlG fsmls Of the Minis.
tFY aud Parliament took from Africa in the years from
l7oo 70 1850 probably mien Rna half Of souls, and