The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-12-07

nian ~. after r,sture deliberation, Lson.
HGer feasible. desire to eay that II oetss
are c,us1 car he deyissd shall be BIT too anx.
if,ls to further it's adoption and e1ecuaon
In every way tt my power. ,.n.sra for
The t,lan which I would recon1menu ''A
pan6i,on h5ieAy stated, cohtempistes- :.
First. The Organization at toe capi,a str ~
Nurea,, of immigration under Inc c 1hnsa,,
of a hoard of nine directors, 70 oe or,d
ana from each congresslona, ns va; he
one from the state a. taIgdg's sommIs sioner
pfre.sia ,a,h;arStItn. and who shall be clothed
s " a,!3nIa mowers and have the enths
Wa ss.astoi and management Of the aialrs o!
w. o.I bureau, under the ady,ee OF tue oonrd
~ W 5;rectors. and to be paid salary com,
.ua y, With the duties to be performed
and the ability required. The other MEM
hnrs of the board TO receive no compensa.
lion. but TO have their expenses pGic
which are necessarily incurred IN the dls'
charge of their official duties.
Second. TIE establishment in Europe. oy
the commissioner OF one or more agencies,
at reasonable compensation, tor Inc pur'
pose of organizing aud fnrthetipg ininii-
grafton by the Discrimination OF correct
Information OF the advantages aud indyce-
ments we Offer to the immigrant, and the
means by which we propose to facilitate
his settlement 10 our State, and by all other
suitable and proper means most conducive
to the accomplishment OF that object.
Third. The establishment at Norfolk of a
depat to receive the immigrants when they
land and to attend to their transhipment
to their various destinations in the State,
md to employ in each county and city o
local agent for their reception, care, and
assistance, uusil they arc settled or can
care for themselves.
Fourth. The preparation and publica.
ton, forthwith, by the commissioner. of q
pamphlet for distribution ut the North and
in Europe, giving all the facts, stat!Stics.
and information necessary to impart full
understanding Of OUR commercial, agricul.
tura., manufacturing, and climatic adyan.
tages and mineral resources, and the means
we have adopted to MD, facilitate, and SCI
cure immigration,
Filth. Authority vested In the commits,
sioner to act as the attorney or agent of own
ers oil lands In the State, under properly ex'
cuted powers Of attorney, irreyOcable eX-
|cept by consent of the commissioner, for
the sale and transfer Of stitch lands to inn
migrants. rho conditions upon which he
IL authorized to act in such capacity
Iamong others that be tiiay deem necessary,
being that the lands shall be surveyed by
ali official surveyor and mapped so us to
show tho general topography OF the lands,
the springs, water-eourses, and ROADS
thereon, the wild and cultivated portions
and the mineral deposits tho expenses OIL
all which to be charged against the lands
and deducted from the proceeds of the
sale when made; and there shall also be
deducted from the proceeds Of the sale
small commission, say two and half pei
cent. upon the sum for which the property
is sold, to be used in defraying the expenses
of the bureau. The commissioner to keeI
an accurate account of all sales, and to I'M
dertake the sale Of no lands at prices above
what he deems fair and reasonable, and tt
give suitable bond for the faithful per
fOTmance of his duties.
This is a very plain, but, believe, prac
tcal and business-like scheme, and i
promptly embodied in suitable law, whose
execution shall be contlded to suitable
hands, with an appropriation sufficient fol
It's successful Inauguration, will enable u
to surmount all difficulties and bring to oul
State in great numbers that desirable elias
of Immigrants needed to purchase and de
yelope our unoccupied Lands, to open vi
our unequalled manufacturing advantages
1t is intended and expected that the bureau
will be self.Sustainlng so soon as it shall
get iuto successful operation but 1t mus
be aided at the commencement, and trus
that the General Assembly will not hesitate
moment in making liberal appropriation
for this purpose. No better investment o
| the peoples money could be made, ant
1 none from which SO ample O return Coull
| be realized. But no matter how supero
NAV be the plan adopted, nor how ampl
the appropriation for its execution may be
| IL will Drove signal failure unless its con
troll and management be conlded to com
petent and experienced men. Herein lie
one of the chief difficulties which you vii
have to meet. The most perfect machiner,
is useless without the proper motive power
I trust that you will not only promptly or
pauiZe the bureau with sufficient appro
priation, say 800. 600, but that you will pro
vide Tor the selection Of the very best MA
tsrial for its officers.
While the plan here recommended Is IN
tended for Virgins alone, yet if adopted
BY the States Of North Carolina, Tennes
see, West Virginia, and Kentucky, bell
of country resembling our own State II
many features OF soil, productions, and eli
mate, union might be formed OF great
power and influence, by which more could
Be accomplished in the matter of foreign
Immigration than all these States could &C.
compIish by individual action. The several
organizations might, By a similar law passed
by each State, be organized into one body,
which should have the control Of all Euro.
pean agencies, and all means and 1nstru-
mcntalities for securing, transporting, and
caring for the immigrants until they landed
ut Norfolk, and while there leaving to each
State organization the care, control, and
management of the immigrants destined
Tor that State from that point. Norfolk Is
the port to which all these States mentioned
must lookfor the landing oftheir immigrants;
and union Of the character mentioned,
managed upon impartial and correct busl-
ness principles, would secure not only q
steady and Increasing flow of Immigrants
to those States, but would also establish
beyond question permanent steamship com.
munication with Europe, and along with II
that much.discussed and long-desired OBJ
iect, "direct trade" for the South. It is
idle in these days of steam and electricity
to talk of direct trade without direct steam
shin communication, and any attempt q!
present to establish direct steamship com.
municatjon with Europe without lmmigra'
tion to support 1t fear will prove utterly
ahortiyo, "A union of the character men.
toned, properly supported by the States
and municipal and railroad corporations in.
terested could easily secure a semi-monthly
line of steamers from Norfolk to Liverpool
or some other European port by charter OF
by purchasing controlling interest In the
ships, or by contract with some already or.
gauized European steamship company.
The benefits which would flow from 9
well-organized movement Of this character
can hardly be estimated. ! deem it so feast
Bile and of such vast Importance as tc
recommend that after you shall have per
fected the organization for our own State
you take suitable steps to lay the subiec