The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-06-10
con6scation-Virginia Lands.

Some designing people are Trying u
make much of confscation in order to de.
press the southern people and buy their
lands for little or nothing. A very pretty
game, perhaps, but perfectly we'll under
stood by us; and we hardly think there is
any one so blind as to be inundated by
such fears. However much such course
| might meet the hearty approval Of mon
sters who seek to get the property of others
unfairly, and who are too lazy to procure
an honest livelihood, it is manifest that to
rob our people of what is justly their Own
would be unpopular in and contrary to the
interest of the North. We have seen what
we trust is the entire burden of oppres-
sion to be imposed upon us, and We look
now with confidence to the coming of bet
ter days very soon.
The North must see that it is of the
highest Importance to them for the South
to get regularly and fully at work to pro-
duce from the soil what is necessary to pay
the debt and save the. currency Of the
country. We shall have no real wealth
until we procure it by our labor and, say
what we may, legislate and fnancier as we
can, the pecuniary salvation Of the people
must and does depend upon the products
of the soil : upon our making more for ex-
port than we spend in imports from foreign
countries.
The war is over if it ever is to be. The
South has yielded, accepted everything
offered by the Congress, and is eager for
restoration to her original industry. The
malicious and malignant growls Of de-
PRAYED partisans in regard to the release
of Mr.. DAVIS are not surprising-the ultras
work through sensational excitement diff
fused among the people. But the day is
not far off when even his property will be
restored to him. He is no more culpable
than are we all, and mere vindictiveness
cannot be perpetuated in the public mind
Of any but barbarous people. We have
a better opinion of the northern people
than to suppose for a moment that they
will always remain under the dclusions
which have influenced them since the ter
mination Of the war. There is no appre-
hension whatever Of coniscatiOn OF any
body's land, and the idea should not be
thought of for a single moment by any one
Wise men at the North do not wish it,
and we shall see before very long positive
evidences that they do not by their coming
among us to buy our lands for agricultural
and manufacturing purposes. Let us use
every means to induce them to come.
Formerly there were reasons why this lati-
tude did not suit them, and very few north
ern people knew anything about Virginia.
Now there are no obstacles, and it is to
their interest to come, for they can buy
lands, mill-sites, aud mineral property equal
to any in the world for very low prices.
Virginia is rot going to remain poor. Her
people have too much enterprise for that,
and her resources will be more fully de-
yeloped in few years than ever before.
viro;nians have no fears but if buyers are
d;strustful, sales, we are sure, can be made
with proviso to guard against all danger.
Great bargains are to be had in Virginia
lands now, because the people need money
and we have reason to believe that our
neighbors see it, and are looking over the
border constantly for investments among
us. We shall welcome them; and expect
them to prosper with us as Virginia rises
from her present prostration to her former
dignity and greatness.