The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1863-02-19

given number Of the former than OF t
latter;that the employment Of the fof
mer oacsssarily excludes the emplo
mepl Of me latter; that, hence, our po
ulaiiop, white and black, averages bFA
about seventeen, when it ought, a1
would, under other circumstances, sye
age, as in New England, at least six
to The square mile, that the possessids
and management Of slaves from souro
OF endless yexalion and misery whhif
the house, aud ofwaste and ruin on th
farmi that the youth Of tho country az
growIngup with a contempt Of stead
industry, as a low, servile thing, which
contempt induces idleces, aul all tt
attendant efeminacy, vice, and worth
lessness, that the waste Of the product
oI the land, noy Of the hnd itself, il
bringing poverty upon allits inhabitauts|
that this poverty and the sparcenesss q
our population, either prevent the insli
tuition Of schools lhronghthe country, al
keep them in the most languid and inef.
ticient condition. and that the same eau.
sea most obviously psrnIizo all OUT
schemes and efforts for tho needful i'm.
pToyements oI the country. These
things are incessan,ly pressing them,
selves upon cur feelings and observation
and it would be easy to enlarge melan.
chOIy catalogue Blu. there are other
considerations claiming our attention.
Y is conceded, on all hands. that yir-
gina is state OF moral and political TO-
procession among the statesof tho confed
eracy. Nor is this 10 be wondered at,
when TO the foregoing considerations, il
DC added that half Of our population is
estimated, in the political scale, at but
three flIh' Of its actuel weight. We are
often upbraded by comparison of our
condition with that of New York and
Ohio, to which oil the olhers,ates which
are exempt from tho curse of slavery,
might well be added. And with shame
we feel ourselves contrasted to bow Ia
the humiliating comparison, We view
our beloved state, blessed BY the God oil
nature witha variety ofusoful and lovely
capabilities unsurpassed by lhose Of any
other country on the globe;we view il
not merely as stationary, while her Sis,
ter states are advancing, batm positive,
y declining. 1t is pecutiatly the pro.
vice OF such statesmen as composed your
honorable body, to detect tho causes Of
the national calamity aud degradation,
and 10 provide and apply The remedy.-
That The causes heretofore frequently
assigned are the true ones, we do nofhs.
lieHe. 4fthoy hove any eTeot, rs possi'
o!y they may, it must be cx,rmol oly small
sad pos,ial. We hamby suggest pur
eellel that'he slavery which exists, and
which, with gisantic strides, is gaining
ground amongst US, is in truth, the great
eillclent cansc Of the multiplied evil
which we all deplors, We cannot con.
ce've that there is any other cause sulIi
cienIly operative to paralizc tie energies
lF people so magnauimous, to nen,rs-
lIze the blessings of Providence included
IN the gilt of a land SO happyin its soil,
Its climate, its mineral and It's waters;
and to annul manifold advantages of
our republican freedom and geograph,
tcal position, II Virginia has alreadv
allen from her high estate. and if We
nave assigned the true cause other fall,
VS. with the utmost anxiety that We
look to the future, to the fatal elimination
OF Tho scene. As we value oursdom0s.
TIC happiness, as our hearts ycHn for the
prosperity of our offspring, we pray for
the guardian care Of the Almighiy over
our country, We earnestly inquire what
shall be done to avert the impending ru.
FIN? The efficient cause OF our calami
ties is vigorously increasing in magnitude
and potency, while we wake and while
we sleep. The outlets, for dnining Of
a portion Of this pestifgrous population
OTIS aVes, arsNast closing against US. =
Ia The meantime our white people are
removing in multiludes, to distant re-.
gonsi aud those who remain seem des
tined TO become martyrs to their love OIL
Virginia, exposed 10 foreign enemies, to
civil leuds and to domestic insNrectiou,
wthoutthe physical ability Indispensable "a
to their own preservation. And shall
we alas! reduce ourselves to the necessity
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