The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-12
From the Tairnont Naiaugl.
Hirginig.

This Slate started out on the race
with tia Other States, in 1880 with a
popuislion Of lis, 500, nearly double
that Of New York or any OF bsr sisior
States. She was much ahealin materi,
o wealth, and in every other point OF
view; she had an array OF great states,
men and pare pa,riols who Shed a halo
OF glory On the old Dominion and gave
her Tie pressig', and rule of the nation
up ptlll 1924. Sha had her Washin ltors,
Jetiersons, Ma isons, Monloes, Henrys,
Rondolphs, Marshals. and an hos! of
other iIlustrious statesmen, all of which
ware endowed With marc .thapan araibe4I
81 oIossute 81 latehts. She had a'ereas-
ly larger area Of territory than any of
the other States, situated midway be-
tween the North aud South, with q mild
congeniol climate, fertile soil, produ.
chg all the cereals and grasses in great
abundance, as well as some of the South.
ern staples; her mountains toemiur with
The richest ores that ever tempted The en-
terprise of man, atfording mineral wealth
sufficient to enrich kingdom. Her
broad deep rivers running from the very
heart Of this mineral wealth into the
ocean on the Eas,and on the West into
the great Ohio riser, with her deep bays
ocean iulets, harbors sufficient to float
the uavies OF the world. In her inland
the rivers the Potomac and Shenandoah
and many others, she has sufficient wat.
or power to turn all the spiadIos of tho,
world
Could nature or na'ures's God have
done more Tor any people? (? No State
in tic Union, no community 10 the world
ever had such boon, such a bright pros
pect of wealth, power and greatness be.
fore them, but they saw it rot or heed
ed it not, They slept on, dreaming of
utopian ideas never to be realized; which
while her sister Slaleo, with much less
advantages, have bound up and passed
her on the race, leaving her far in the
wake. Pennsylvania and New York,
either ofwhich had but little more than
half the population aud wealth in the
State, is now entitled the former to 81
and the latter 90 Representatives in
Congress, while Virginia is only entitled
to |, bringing her down from her en-
Piragg 10 :ae fhh State III the Union.-
Nor is it inpopuIation alone that she
has receded, the same proportion will
carry out in every material interest of
the State. whether of commerce, msnu.
features, or literary institutions, such as
Churchos, School Houses, Semnarics
and Colleges, in all of which she lies far
behind The other States, having 500 d.
dult whites that can neither read nor
write, Here is a political nigma to
solve why is it, that Virginia, possess
ing al the advantages Of climate, soil,
mineral resources, harbors, &C., should
in so short a ;me descend from the FIRST
to the iirth State in the Union, in polit.
ical power and material wealth.
There never was an effect without
cause. Can any of tho rebel leaders
answer that question and give us u
reason; can any Of .ho bulernut m
answer and give us tho reason, ", "
that New York, was not built at Norfolk,
why ii is, that Virginia has little or no
commerce. why it is, that her water pow.
or is untouched, unimproved; why il is,
that her mountains OF mineral wealth
are undcvolopcd and untouched; why it
is that 800, 900 of her best citizens have
omigrotod to other States of ho Union,
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