The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-16

all grades OF the monkey -iniA.11S - Jos
these in IN infinite minging OF coIoIs, siI;
and shadows. The Emperor mhA ,..1.a =,
IN his scientific travels as Arcnu i,;sarent
Spanish America, found tmrly-'"u b liz halls
mixtures \ gentleman at tne luo or l., tho
does not inquire whether MS iai Ii iJood No.
100 If i = fact tint foreign officers OF pure
5oncas;qn blood dance with i1lll-blood ne
,,ossne IN Rio halls; and the wealthy lull-
ns ,Iood ncnro il received into rcspcctablc So
o;n,, i, Portugal. the home country IN Bra
LII ill., collar being no objection i'll marriage.
1ti' ,l same cntcrprsinS Portuguese settled
a.rnn~ colony in Central Africa, and now
W. ,,arc Of their origin is left saTc slight
.;nca Of the nilleroon and features rather
,nnrc nrom;ucnt than tie surrounding ne
groes, 10000, &c
They were unable to resist the masses OF
borbarislu around them, and were swallowed
m. THUS it would be in Spanish America
with Eir~iniaiis, unless the country were
CONQUERED aud under the influences oil sra
bic government aud Il pure religion, as I'D
California and Texas and even then, Ii
tho,c parts where the old clements abound,
thr colony must be strong enough 10 ELL
bosom within itself the elements OF law,
sooictr. and religion; or else the corrodihg
and disint,.o1atiIIg influences surrounding II
viii coon educate the children into heatheh
half:brceds. -, ,.
The Virginia home cannot exist except
whore law. religion, and Il sufficient society
to rc,,rof,,ra IFS elements, arc united in one
ncighborhood.
Inn, not ignorant that pure Castilians OF
the bll,rst blood exist in Mexico, ana soclcty
1, ,I,ar1ptpr IL fp1lnd I'LL Jle
capital. and SO exclusive that few traTeners
arc aware that it exists, and therefore the!
generally report all Mexic.lns base.
II would he unnatural for the same eycep-
tons not to exist everywhere but the poor
cmirrnt land cnlicrants are almost uni
yc,saIly poor) cannot hope to reside in the
centres Of wealth, but in the rural districts,
where horticulture NAV sustain life and give
homes aud EMPLOYMENT. AS to FLORIDA,
the land of f0wcrs,' the predomlnatlng
negro. the carpct-bagger, tworse than leprosy
and tic plague combined) together with the
losses bv tie war, have more than counter
balanced the prodigality of nature, and most
Jirrinians would soon hang their haIps Oh
the willows and sing Garry me Back" ohc
can live on fish that beg TO be caught, SWEEP
potatoes planted by Ponce dc Leon, WIG
ornnncs il, the everglades as large as ones
hcad-in fact, luxuriate in natures CUTS eS-
cnnt from labor. But no Firginian would
he content to live in those districts Of FLORIDA
where inducements are held out to emlgrants
When man 'riU cmigratc, California seems
70 nossesz advantages o"ef all other parts Of
the world. Her really magnificent climate,
rich and cheap lands, the inducements held
ont lv both the State and individuals, and
The cosmopolitan society, offer to southern
man rare advantages. And greatest OF all
Inducements now, Il safe refuge from the
troubles ingrained with American !nstltl-
tons cH,l society,", is offered between the
desert plains and the Rocky mountains on
the east, the Pacific ocean on the west, the
northern wilderness and the Mexican Wllds
on the north and south. But even the
"Godcn State" has It's drawbacks. lsola-
ton from society, distant markets, ana the
heathcn tides Of immigration. cause the re-
lcCtpg Firginian to pause before tranSTant'
ing his family to that coast.
Immediately after the war many lrSlIlars
went north, and many are still going, but not
one IN liftr succeed. OF great numbers OBJ
served by me. every one could have done bet
ter. with the same effort, in Virginia. Ii Nlr-
~ini:!is will only he content TO G,o'C rlch. ana
not strive to bc rich suddenly by launching
into trade or speculation in northern cities,
they will save themselves S!uch Of the heart
ache suffered by thousands OF their country
men in vain efforts among a people who, in
shrew,lncSs, avarice, and advantages OF home,
vii! leave them far behind.
Let southern men stay at home. speak
from years Of sad experience and OF CLOSE OBJ
scryaticn. II is better to be poorin Virginia
than to be rich in some places Eve seen.
The cotton States. especially Texas. offer
great natural inducements to southern men;
but society is in Il revolution. Negroes and
Radicals have. temporarily at ic;'S:, closed the
doors to emigration from Virginia to those
States.
There has been immigration into Virginia
from the South. and Il gentleman, formerly
wealthy planter, expressed my own scnti-
mcnts when he said 10 ne, d" | bad rather be
pcdling ploughs, as | am, than to live south
in my former condition."
Old short grass forever. F!uvannmD
made remark 10 ne recently that touched
Il sympathetic chord when he said, "lcunc
broUlusage makes the sweetest milk and but
ter ever tasted" The money Pve spent
i'll locking for "a better Place would buy
one of my children good farm or establish
him in trade NA>DEREE.