The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-03-12
From the Fairropt Yaioqd.
NirSiGig.

This Slate started out on the race
with Ina o!her States, in 1880. with a
PopulaDion Of us, S03, nearly double
,hs, Of New York or any Of hsr sister
States. She was much ahealin msleri.
OIL wealth, aud in every other point OIL
view; she had an array OF great states.
men and pare pauiols who Shed halo
OF glory On The old Dominion and gave
her tie prosig', and rule of TIE nation
up till 1924 She had her Washin J,ors,
JeGetsons, Ma isons, Monroes, EIenrys,
Raudolphs, Marshals, and an host Of
ether iIusrious statesmen, all Of which
ware endowed viii. mare than en- .arliDs,
~ ui6ssufe oi laiehts. She had q great.
ly larger area oflerritory than any of
the other States, situated midway be-
tween the North aud South, with a mild
congeniol climate, fertile soil, prolu.
chg all the cereals and grasses in great
abundance, as well as some of the South
em staples; her mountains tscminr with
the richest ores that ever tempted The en-.
terpriso of man, aAording mineral wealth
sufficient to enrich a Kingdom. Her
broad deep rivers running from the very
heart of this mineral wealth into the
ocean on the Eas,anl on the West into
the great Ohio river, with her deep BAYS
ocean inlets, harhoIs sufficient to float
the nayies OF the world. In her inland
the rivers the Potomac and Shenandoah
and many others, she has sufficient wat.
err powo' to turn all the sPiadlos of tho
world.
Could nature or naures's God have
done more ior any people ? No susie
in tie Union, no community 10 the world
ever had such boon, such a bright pros.
poet of wesl,h, 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 States, with mach less
advantages, have bound up and passed
her on the race, leaving her far in the
wake. Pennsylvania aud New York,
either Of which had but little more than
half the p0pp)gtion and wealth in the
State, is now entitled the former to 81
and the latter 90 Representatives in
Congress, while Virginia is only entitled
to II, bringing her down from her en-
Pic7go 70 tGe E..a SJSta in the Uniou.-.
Nor is i. in population alone that she
has reCedcd, the same proportion will
carry oat in every material interest of
the State. whether of commerce, manu-
features or literary institutions, such as
Chutches, School Hopses, Seminaries
and Colleges, in all of which she lies far
behind the other States, having so, 900 d.
jult whites that can neither read nor
write. Here is political inigma to
solve why is it, that Virginia, possess
ing all the advantages of climate, soil,
mineral resources, harbors, &c, should
in so short a ;ime descend from the FIRST
to the 9Th State in the Union, in polit.
ical power and material wealth.
There never was an effect without a
cause, Can any of the rebel leaders
answer that question and give US tie
reason; can any Of .ho bultornu! leaders
answer and give us the reason, why it is
that New York, was not built at Norfolk,
why ii is that Virginia has little or no
commerce. why is, that her water pow.
or is untouched, unimproved; why it is,
that her mountains Of mineral wealth
are undeyelopcd, and untouched; why il
is that 500, 900 Of her best citizens have
omigrnted to other States of Tho Union,
In one Iocadc1 They won't answer and