The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-23
A Much-Debated Question.

r,. 49,, ,,,r Vows on the subject OF i'i'
,,;or.,;on az we have said, we be'eVe, ONCE
before and they differ much from '"ose @" ~,
tsr,,;ncI nv other people; which Is not ut all
.ston,,b,ny. We have no expectation OF any
.rro,, ,spctit from all immigration bureau,
and ,sicye that time and the natural course
,f cvcots will do all tlat can bc done Tor the
State.
We Of East Virginia are peculiarly SUI.
a,cd. Why is II that land in the |al'e! '''u
in the Piedmont region near the fo'','."
will bring from $50 to 500 per acre, WIN,
that In the middle and tide-wafcr otstt'''
hardly ever reaches $40. and averages ,,'a
* Der scrcy Who is il that can ''''s"' ''l
,,,ss,;,p, We hesitate not to ~! '''''' :.
the negro. Nothing else. Now, II - 49,
$3.50 ;,,mirr,tion down in this part OF the
ca. IN do 80 will produce reaction ana
delay. VIC rrleat. what we nave ol'e.i S'i''
TIM, the negro and the white man VIII ho'
labor torcther-that white labor VIII, by inc
contact. either become degraded and unresi-
ah,c or il will take offence from its position
and 20 AWAY. And when it goes away 1t VIII
take its story along with it, and that story
will do the country no good. =.
Therefore the introduction of white labor
of farm hands to work in districts densely
populated with NECROSIS thing that cam
not be done except in the most gradual man.
ner. We cannot have both kinds of labor.
The one must give way TO the other, and the
process of substitution, if that shall ever take
place, as NC believe it will, must be very
slow. There must be q general boundary
line between the two sorts of labor, and one
must reccdc before the other by the contin-
nal change i'm the location Of this boundary.
That line cannot remain stationary. Either
the white or the black wave must recede.
No man can doubt this; and which willy
For the present the immigration that Is
most valuable and practicable to the tide
water and middle districts is that Of men OF
means, who will buy estates and employ the
negroes to work them. Immigrants coming
i'm this way and settling down amongst us in
this manner will be of great advantage to
the State, and will advance their own com-
fort and welfare; always provided they buy
good lands. know something about their cu!-
tiyation, and have means to improve them
and nut them in good heart. But when
they are not experienced agric.,ltnistS, and
when they permit themselves to be swindlcd
by the palminS off upon them of the poorest
lands, disappointment, irritation, and heavy
loss, must be the fate of the buyers.
One man who loses in this manner can do
great deal of injury by invcishing against
both the land and those who swindled him.
He makes 10 distinction in lands. He as
sumcs that all lands in the part Of the State
where he met his misfortune arc Just like the
farm in which be planted SO much money
that he never could get out of it. Land
agents who palm of poor lands upon foreign
or, for good lands are enemies Of the general
good, and could they be punished the SCH
tence that would be commensurate with their
crime would be very severe.
We have been gratitied as well us surprised
10 learn that there are so many immigrants
of the kind We mention south Of James river.
The reader no doubt remembers the pro.
ceedings Of a meeting on the subject of immi
grafton ut Farmville recently. at which there
were number Of English iarners--ycry in
telligcnt and experienced gentlemen. 1t was
remarked by Il looker-on that nearly every
county in England was represented at the
meeting. They discussed the subject of ln-
migration with good sense, and showed a
sOlictudc on the subject which seemed to
indicate the stability Of their own plans, and
that they had decidedly cast their lots in Viz
gini;.. Such peoplc-if satistictl-will do more
for immigration than statistical boards and
bureaus can.
Ii these newcomers 60 to work Alright they
will be content. They get the lands very
low, and by the time they have bestowed
upon them the manuring and tillage that will
make them fertile and capable Of rewarding
the agriculturist, they will cost probably
districts of England. That would be great
bargain. and should be satisfactory.
The foreigner will, we suppose, be per-
picked by the order Of things and the labor
in the rural districts of Virginia; but these
he ought, with proper sagacity and practical
wisdom, to soon get acquainted with; and,
indeed, we have heard more than one say
that the labor answered very well, and that
there was no great trouble in the foreigners
way.
In one view the incoming Of such class
of men as these skilful foreigners is highly
interesting to us. They we'll know the
foreign white laborer, and will greatly assist
in his gradual introduction, and in establish
Ing the treatment and discipline that he is
accustomed to, and that will make him botl,
an efficient and contented aborer.
We think matters are going on pretty well.
A little patience will do more than eXtrava.
giant statements of the wants of the country
and the resort to impracticable means to sup
ply those wants. There is no good to come
of alarming the foreigner before he leaves
his native land with clamors and groans
about our helplessness and restitution. We
are far from despair, and have still something
in the commissary department whercwith to
welcome the stranger. Let lis labor with
our own hands, at least until help comes and
we have money to pay rit. If we continue
to labor after that it will do us no harm, and
we shall have all the more money to pay for
the labor of others.
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