The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-01-16

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any very rapid progress in unteaching tie
teachings of their early life. We must
wait patiently until the rising generation,
which know nothing about slavery, take
OR place
Then the white man will no longer think
of treating the black as he was wont to
use him when he was a chattel while
the black man will be independent, and
feel the responsibility Of bis position. The
children of both races that are now grow
| ing up will have no dark past of slavery
at their back, aud we will have to wait
patiently for them to take our places
before the new dispensation can be fully
inaugurated. Old prejudices, old ideas,
old habits, old feelings of mutual de-
pendence, and that old lack of indepen-
dence, will prevail until the generation
which knew nothing of slavery, com
actively upon the stage of life fill the
positions vacated by old master and old
slave.
The Dispatch goes on to show that it Is
the policy of our farmers to select small
farm from the best of their land, and that
after selling the rest, to enable them to
land they retain, they must put their own
hands to the plough, or, at least, no more
hired hands than can be employed with
proft--and closes as follows:
Then it would be we'll for society to afford
every facility for the rapid consummation of
the social revolution which cannot be averted--
nay, which row Is indispensable to the restora-
ton of contentment and thrift in the land.
Every tub must stand upon its own bottom.
Every man must take care of himself. Every
tiller of the soil must now improve bis land, |
and live wisely and economically. There is
no way now outside of well-regulated and |
sagacious industry to increase wealth and |
establish pecuniary independence. Concen-
trate industry wisely employ it--institute
rigid economy-permit no idle hands to linger
about the field--away with the drones- and |
few years will show US blooming apd happy |
land.
The Dispatch has also an article on the
subject of hotel to replace the loss of the
Spotswood. It says that for "Main street
and the active business part of Richmond,
a new hotel should now be built" for it
believes "we shall need that and more
when our Western connections are COM
pleted" By all means let palatial hotel
rise on the ruins of the Spotswood, and let
us call it the Spotswood. No place so
and no name SO popular.
The Wing defends Judge Cochran, of
Augusta, from the recent newspaper as-
saults that have been made upon him.
growing out of his alleged aspirations for
the Senatorial robes which now grace the
form of the Hon. j. w. Johnston. The
Wing says all this Robbery has been kicked
up merely because Judge Cochran was a
friend of consolidation, and as he is a
very popular. and influential man, his ene-
mics have undertaken to kill him off, by
misrepresenting him as counting favor with
the Republican minority, in hopes Of Sc
curing his election to the Senate. Well,
ight it out. Our policy, like that of Eng
land, is snon-intervention."
The Wing again takes up thevexed mat
Ter of Strengthening, shortening, and re-
pairing our highways and byways; but we
ear they have been growing crooked SO
ong, and the people have become so used
10 their tortuous windings, that it will be
'ound very difficult to make them straight
The trouble appears to be in the obsti-
1acy of the farmers, who will not permit
'oads to be cut Through their broad do
mains, but insist that they shall mark TIE
dividing line between themselves and /
1eighbors. When we adopt the small
arm system, we shall get out of this diff
iculty. There are other things in the
Whig we would like to notice, but we have
.lready gone beyond the limits of this