The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-08-21
VIRGINIA FOR vIRGINIANs AND vIR'
GINIANs FOR VIRGINIA.
THE VOICE OF SANDY LITTLE CRYING Lus-
TILY.
Editorial Correspondence Of The frederick
SbtTg NeoS.
MERCHANTS HOTEL, !
BALTIMORE, August s, 1868. !

BALTIMORE, August s, 1868.
DEAR NEws-I wish could burn into
the hearts and minds of every native
and adopted son of Virginia this senti-
ment, "Virginia is my country. / do
not belong to Connecticut, nor to Cali
fornia-to Massachusetts, nor to Missis-
sippi-5ut to Virginia, my mother, Wild
owed and Empowered, but not degraded
Ito her / owe all am, and have, and
can perform" What would be thought
of the unnatural son who refused to
spend his substance for that mother
struggling with poverty and sorrow.
and squandcrcd it upon her rich and
prosperous robbers and oppressors
have Just met Virginians on their way
to '.Saratoga"-perhaps to Newport. ="
Worse than the heathen Naaman, 1t
was as if apostate Jews of old should
declare "the waters of Arbana and
Pharphac better than all the waters of
Israel" | saw All estimate to-day tina.
the North before the war received an
nually about sG3, ,360.00 from Southern
travellers alone. How much it is now
is not stated. Verify, such Southern
ers skiss the rod" and slick the hand
that smites them.' The South, since
the war, annually sends five millions
dollars North voluntarily tor Lite In
surance premiums alone.
Is not all this suicidal madness? How
can Virginia recover her prosperity If
she is thus drained OF her life blood, and
her own children encourage and invite
the leeches. / see no hope, until all our
people resolve and carry out the resO-
luton to use, and wear nothing from
abroad that is or can be made at home.
Then If Northern capital and labor
want to live upon us they must come
and live and work among us to find Il
market. Let every dollar and every
dime that is possible be kept at home.
see men dressed from head to foot in
Yankee goods asking employment from
Southern manufacturers. Do they en-
courage home labor? Why should they
ask for home employment? Let every
man, farmer, merchant, mechanic, pro-
fessional man-al,, from highest to low
est, buy at home, and only what is made
at home. Depend upon 1t that if this
spirit is cultivated and known to exist
hats and caps, and shoes, and clothes,
and agricultural Implements, and all
we need for use or wear, or luxury, or
ornament, will be speedily made among
us. Capital will come among us, II we
refuse to buy its work made elsewhere.
I wear here Fredericksburg made
clothes, and boast of "Tackett's cloth" !"
which many are surprised to see. l am
smoking FredericKsbnrg-made cigar.
(Rees,9 and there are none better here.
l want to be Virginia and Fredericks-
burg all over, inside and outside-and
when the mineral waters Of Virginia
can't cure me, want to die and turn
to Virginia dust, ard become a part of
that smother earth" and wake up Vir-
ginian at the resurrection. sin our
father Is house are many mansions. and
l don't want to live with Yankees in
this world or the next.
Yours, truly, b.
p. S.-This town, Baltimore, is with
us, and of us. The Virginian leven Is
strong and universal, meet ,em every
where. Its great throbbing heart beats
with earnest, active sympathy for us
aud manifests itself, not only in words,
but in "unmistakable authentic Deeds
Virginia and Maryland are geographi-
cally one-one in sentiment, interest
and principle. They eat Potomac her.
rings and Virginia oysters, and talk
Virginia English and 1 believe IN them.
am stopping at the Merchants Ho-
tel, corner of Pratt and Hanover streets,
central and accessible, the nearest point
to every where. IG is new and clean,
and we'll keYt--on the European plan
and all our river people stop here. -
Try it. l..