The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-14
Not Lost to Agriculture.

THO "Rclicf" pany-now fruitful o.
rag,,e schemes and impacticable remedies
ARE lifting up their voices in mournEul wall,
over reported sales Of horses, mules, ano
indictments, to satisfy the claims Of credit
org. One would think that this was indecI
m ,.n.n:,is,otel calauIity-that Is, nc us
teno,i only to the lamentations OF the l'e!!e'
men.
Yet. these animals and implements ncccS'
sa:v to husbandry are not carried o"t u ="
country. They are purchased Ivy 'n'i"'S'
and continue t. b. employed IN i'ie o"S'N..
Of husbaad,T. What is therefore ''>' !" IL
fa,.c az production: This process Il .''"''!
,,,,., ., }ycr il :hc lest tine We sec IL
and il often happens that these means o.
,llace fl! into hands that VIII MAKE 'e''ei
nsc If them than would those from WHICH
t,ov married.. 1t is very distressing az
rors 70 SEQ men compelled to sell pre-
n,rty 10 Day their debts; but that j.
unavoidable. II is impossible TO: lis 10 lore
zee misfortune. i ru3iic calamity lhal H.
wolves al society does not alter inuch lhe
relative wealth Of a people, ana ooes ho'
give any class OF men peculiar claims TO sym
patty or relief There are always in"i' !a''"'
cases OF severe and peculiar misfortune. D'"
these will not justify any Sc!iei'i iHr"S'1'
affecting whole community. vi nat "'suo'''
vo,,id there be in the idea that because"
railroad train was prcc'pi:atcd into Geei
, . l. linn.
ro,ine and many persons Killed ali Inc Ia'!heS
must he Tiled M? What would become OF
society II by supernatural means men shouie
sometimes be saved from the consequences
OF falling down lrccpiccS, being cr'!Si'e"
Nv heavy bodies falling upon 'hIn''
or being rendered inyuncThie 10 the col'se-
oucnccs of excess in dissipation and wee:
'rhcre would be no end to hannah prcsuHii-
ton, folly, and vice. With oar co"cei'ce
ideas Of social and physical economy, Socic''
would he utterly wrecked. 1t Is our rcfle
md orr suncrincs in life that inspire us WIZ
energy, manhood, and virtue, without WHICH
vc world be mere biitcs. ii is the leaving
or men to take care Of themselves anid the
DANCER, which surround 1htll-daiS"I>, IL
DECD. which proceed from tie Very blessings
bestowed upon them lr pro,idcnce-that en-
niles them 70 achieve their greatest ana
uobr,t triumphs i'll life; aud when we see
proud and honorable man struggling against
misfortune. and, If necessary, suIreEder1nG
his !,s: dollar II pay What ne owes,
we cnnno, but feel admiration fOr him.
Tie is an honor 70 his race. He asks moi
70 hc eliminated from Tie fate inSepaiT-
lie from civilization and from the general
regulations which have been established foE
securing order aud harmony III society ant
i;l>ice between msn. Such man Is more
10 be cnvicd in poverty than the man who
flies 20 tue Legislature for protection, and
feels unable to struggle against the m!sfor-
tunes which are so general, and to avoid which
laws cannot lie devised
After all, what is poverty that 1t should SO
fri.ltcn aud alarm menu 1t is the condition
III which the great bulk Of humanity Is in
cvit"nly compelled to live. The man WHO
Gluis at the sight Of it and ingloriouSly re-
lapscs into listless apathy-the condition Of
% mere dronc-is not lit to live. And all neil
who, having bodily health, will 60 to work
with the courage Of man and the consolA-
tions of a clear conscience, will not only make
q comfortable support, but they will com
mand the respect Of all men, and, better still,
be worthy and valuable citizens OF the
Commonwealth. These arc the kind Of men
to make great Commonwealth. 1t is time
TINT tears and walls about what we lost in
the war, and about our poverty, were ended.
It Is shame to the State that they continue
to be raradcd before the world.