Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-08-06

ben induced to vote 10 Blk f,r the o
,ase isnres, which the better edusated Of
htheir osn party leaders did not approve,
I and did not vote TO snsssin. Mr.. Greeley
said he had seen and conversed with Gov.
walker, nnd he believed he would render
exact ipsic to all. Col. Walker would do
what he, Mr.. Greeley, would do if he had
the power he would divert the attention
and thoughts Of the people away from the
bitter feelings aud memories of the past,
and direct them TO the deveo )ment and
Improvement Of the mineral and agticultur-
al wealth Of the State. Walker would Sc
cure the rights OF the colored pc ,ple faith
FULLY and honestly. lie would not ask
whether man had voted for or against him !;
but what was the Ian, aud what rights were
| guaranteed to each man undcr the constitu.
ton. AMI while his Efforts would be direc.
u I'd as the people thought they should be,
to the removal of disabilities aud the resto.
rs'ion of all good citizen to the exercise Of
suf age, he W 'ul alo seq that those were
secured in their newly acquired rights, who
had recently been subjected TO still more
stringent and invdlous disability. fo7 j
| He should be supported by toe sympathy
nj co-oI GRAFTON &c all classes Of the people.
He hid a most difficult task before him -
Walker, he thought, would have more d,f.
iculty with the men who elected him than
those who opposed him. There would be
old prejudices and diverse interess to 3D.
pose and embarrass him, but he belle ed
Walker would SECURE fsirer aud grander
,destiny for Vrsi'.ia than had ever been
r al zed by her. He looked tss tbs material
aud PRACTICAL conside atlons aud not 70 nos
liticai differences. WHAT the people of Viz
ginia needed ives not so much Northei
capital, or immigration from abroad, as mi.
~ and determination among her own peo-
Pile To deve'op their own resources, or
c. urse capital was nee led, but the power
improve was u tue hands Of the pc ple
THEMSELVES. lie had inst been travelling
I rough the State with an earnest and
sstchiul eye, and regretted TO see such
blasted aud ruiued crops Of corn. People
would say that the season had been very
dry and hot, and that might be so bnt a
dry season igbt potto occasion the de-
struction Of any crop. People. he argned,
we're pnt here in the world not to yield 10
the prices and wbims Of nature, butt TO
| study 40 as ultimately 10 control them.
| He had passed by thousands of farms
where a little labor In damming streams
and ditchirg water SO as to irrigate the so /,
would save crops that are peri>hing now in
the su1. Millions of acres might be resc !.
a and made fertile by h. sire ms tn
| a " from among The magnificent Hills end
IN nntains9 An old en- experienced Fem, +
o Yves, Chest T COUNT, New Yok, had
Q expressed % his option mat water was the
ne cheapest ADD most Efficient iertilize'. To-
Such was also the speakers conviction ~ d
experience. He had travelled ia Lombard #,
Italy, where every drop Of water Is conver
ted toward improvine and enricbiDg the sol /.
So In Ursh. The Mormons found II twent,
years ago a desolate spot in the wildern So
There were No rains there in November,
b1t by utilizing the rills and siteams, they
b I'd made their fields sple to produce and
sustain great crops OF grain. This Is what
Virginia must do, latoriously and system.
aiically, ii |, with scientific ag, :ulture and
other Improvement, her products may b.
quadrnplei. He had also observed that u Q
grourd was t properly plnnehed. Ho
had noticed many places whe prom r
I pfO ighing aud cultivation " uld ave n
the salysti q Of the crops. Fernizers WEI Q
no properly and sufficiently applied. An
application to the fields of these bare hill
sides, of one dollar Of gypsum per acre,
would realize at least three dollars per acre
IN the yield. This was the reconstruct'o !
that Virginia needed, more than any politi-
cal rec, Instruction.
Then look at the mineral resources Of the
State II /, said the speaker, had mon' y
with which to make improvements, would
bring it here and by coal lands l cannot
say exactly where, but the State Is full oi
rich mineral deposits 10 twenty years the
profit from such an invest would be enOr.
nous. He had Travelled over the coal and
iron lands of the West, and believed that
this State had also vast aud valuable Goa
and iron fields. He mentioned a few sur
face II locations of such deposits, which
we're common 10 the IVES, where sucl
mines had been devel' pc !, and to Virgins
where they lay intact beneath the soil o.
IL. knew that much had TO be done toward,
constructing railroads and other lines {,
communication before such mines couid Z
m ,de fu1ly available TO the uses Of com
merce hat in the course at time the con
beds OF Virginia could be m ide more prof
able than those of Penhsy ivania. The de
pnsits here we're richer, more extensive al
Of better quality.
He had hoped that the people of Virgil
W n strive to be all land holder; b
each young man as he enter life woul,
want o purchase a modest pls, which b,
could call his own. lie was disco irsged L
Sc yonng men from Vrgirii CONN z y
, New rk for employ inrn'. lis Woult
rather htar them ssh at home Wh-re the,
should take hold to build ~ his land q
their Fathers. Some OF them IN this 2, nera
ton will see the population Of Virg MIA fou
or fv, mllinns ihstesd 81 oDs million a
now. He had rather no yOnDg men sboul,
leave her VIII r. 81 much remained to b
: done at home. Not more than Que half th
, oil Of the State was under cultivation. :
, Here are fertile and arabic fields, sphendi
! timber, and rich mines If metals and miner
[ ais.
A great deal had been said on the sutjec
: Of G 'olie labor. Although he was not OF
' posed to any one coming here, he believe
/ a \
. cline OF their own free will and accord.
q The coored people had been dragge
here, and he thought their tendency W.
toward their tropical home we c. u new
4 have 9 more obedient, reliable aud efiicier
CARS Of laborers' than the negroes. As
i the obj ct Of making labor cheaper, D
I ought IL was now cheap enough. W
y were not paying 80 much for labor 10 II
u South as he waS. We must oh, sh an
h protect All classes Of our home people alk
II pet PIE come from abroad, give them =
o equal chsnce, but he was glad there was
n statute o. Congress which prohibited Co IL
from belhg d. jagged here. Labor was ches
Ir enough; and ii more men we're willing
4 employ and remuoerate labor, Il would
70 more ABUNDANT Let us learn to spprecla
ID and encourage what Is good In our neR
4, bOrs, To whom our first duty Is due. l.
y the people OF Virginia resolVe to take no
II with arnestncss and unaninity ant hui
up their State. More persons from uutsi'
will be inclined 10 come IL they ind y
NJ here all hard at work, and in barmoi
M. together.
~ An old colored woman said 10 Wash'ngt
wien Mr.. Lincoln was killed, that she d
not know Sho would take care Of the color
peoplr.' But he would tell them that tn
couFi do more for themselves than anybo
: else c. uld. They need not be looking