The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-10-08

condescend to give US very fine advice about !.
everything. They appear 70 have D01ea
the compass Of human pursuits, enu
amaze our people IS much With tnei1 yas.
field Of knowledge as With their kino anu
generous dispositions.
This is all fudge Believe in the cap'.al
when you seeit. Believe in the sincerity
Of tho men when they buy your lands ana
hecoma citizens. AL else is gas, and the
~oor1e that allow themselves to be deceived
bv i viii never fail to find that they have
made nothing in the world but, on the
contrary, have ever been placed to disad-
vantage and been compelled to lose what
anybody else has made.
These wild takers and gassy capitalists
are not the people that are to advance the
interests Of Virginia. Our opinion is that
to this time we have had but little reason
to look for the coming into our State OF SOHO,
sincere men. They wait for the settlement
Of the political status Of Virginia. They
are not disposed, or have not been to this
time, to hazard money upon the uncertain
ties that existed. There are many true,
reliable, and wealthy gentlemen who have
visited the State-they have been struck
with it's immense resources, and were salts
fed that Virginia afforded the finest field
for investment at this time open to specula-
ton. But very few of them were inclined
to purchase and run the hazard OF our po-
litical future. They were hsnest men,
who exhibited their sagacity in at once dis
corning the riches of the State, ana their
wisdom in not embarking under present
encouragement in any extensive en'ef
prises here.
The present difficulties will, however
eoon he removed, and then we may look iof
real solid, earnest immigrants men VINO
III, come to invest their means and take
their fortunes with us. Let US not trust 10
the stories about any sudden acquisition OF
men or money that is to come in dehance
Of the ordinary rules Of prudence and 1ore'
caste, such as are reflected in the views
above presented. All these matters OF I'M
MIGRATION, investment, and the establish
ment of manufactures, will come only IN a
rational vay. Confidence is the most dell
cate plant, and shrinks before the gentles1
wind of doubt. 1t will not rest here until
all is quiet, ali sure. Capital never comes
before it. They move together. Both Will
come when peace is established and the
white man rules. That will be soon. Until
then, distrust gas, and don't belleVe IN
bossted millions that you don't see, and not
even a few thousands Of which are ever
brought forward as an earnest OF that
which is to follow. These gas-bags are
easily punctured and emptied. Ask for a
very contemplate sum in advance and
they vanish. Even their washerWomen
are not sure of their bills.
Still, no man should be on the other slde.
Landowners ought to be ready to sell 1or
reasonable prices at all times. Many hold
their lands too high, and lose sales under
the idea that their lands are so much
wanted that they can get what they ask.
The middle course is correct. A sale with
sufficient advance to guarantee against loss
is always good but to tie up your LANDS IN
bargains with men Of straw IS She su-
premest folly. Avoid both extremes.