The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-23
From heLyncliburg News. s..,.
Observation-Disclosures Kind Is
E,sc--EHo,r to Gbtnin IL.


,ro,t deal has been written Of immlgia-
tim +, virginia, and in most of these speeu,
I,tions the quantity Is treated OF m'lci n,u,L
t,,an the Quality. Now, we hold ti1hG niA.t
ration to this State is only desira olc as LII ~
Il NAV he composed Of good mateflak. CO.
rio not want the State made receptacle III
the scum and o!fscouring OF the Whoie WIZ ~
we do not think that the mere acqulsitloho VI
mon without reference to what manner VI
men they arc, is desirable thing. oil Tue
rontrory. we should look upon the lmmlSla-.
tion bither of degraded and ignorant men,. OF
inddcls. and Red Republicans, as an llnlnltl-
o,tod curse. We are not in such pressing
need of labor that we should SO begging Tor
# We have a stalwart race Of laborers who,
if let alone by the carpct-ba@@ers, would keep
ia from suffering much in the way OF a defl-
cheney Of labor. They would be much M
proved, we have no doubt, by white comPe-
tition, but we are in no such straits tilit
we need welcome any kind of Immigration
here. Our material interests are not suiler-
ing from want Of labor so much rs OIL Capri
tai. and We lave higher interests than th2se
which are material. The social character OF
yirrinia il the peculiar glory and happiness
of the State, and when that is gone, '"J'n-
iu-t!,c Virginia whom we knew rs our
.u,1ucr-wiN nave ceased to exist. emay
10 nointcd TO the riches and prosperity OF
,fher >t;ies, but these are not the most ae-
sjrable Of all things, nor 10 be compared WIN
tno morn, and social elevation OF people.
Hitherto. Virginia has been proycrDlal fof tAe
hiph moral Qualities OF her people, tnelI
courage. generosity, truthfulncSs, purity, ana
rinrIncar, and even now, IN her fallen ior-
times. these qualities still shine like bright
stors in her armament, and relieve the
surrounding darkness. Now we want no
Enumeration here that Will debase this
l;ma metal. We want only such in
rr;srants 4. will not detract from
orr moral wealth, while they add 70 our ma
terial, We need capital At any rate more than
libor, and could easily Obtain it ii the Legs
iat,ne would uphold the credit Of the State.
rails fonp, VIC cln obtain the best KIND OF
.,,nio7,;1ts without trouble. England, Scot
nnd, aud Ireland have already begun TO send
ne some OF their own best citizens, men OF
mr. own blood and language, and already at
tenriou in ENGLAND is strongly directed to ' IL
rinia. Ifitw were not lOr the unfortunate acton
NJ tha legislature uron the funding bill we
shorIi cyncct soon to see Il iiTg2 emigration
from Great Britain. Thcpoiticai state OF that
country and OF Europe is such that men OF
rhe middle clls:, having interests i'll the pre-
servat:on OF stability and peace, may well
desire ID remove to some other lanQ. VIZ
,,iria is more attractive to most EnSIshmen
than any other part Of the United states. lis
climate approaches more nearly tnan the
North the uniform temperature OF tLelr own ;
its productions varied: its position Oh the
Atlantc coast central; it is accessible to all
the great markets Of the country none OF
the prrrdiccs exist here against England
which are found in other sections OF tile
country, and the social caracteristics OF the
| people arc those to which they have been &C
c,l,tomad. We do not believe, however, that
INV such measure for securing the best kind
Of immigration as the Li!i before the LeglS-
latlIrc. upon which we lately commented, Is
Necessary. That i evidently nice little
| scheme to provide places tor somebody. lie
State is NOT able TO incur any such expense at
| this tine, nor 10 we believe that at any time
it i, Good poiicy for the State to undertake
such enterprises. The experiment las iiccn
tried in Maryland, Il State which conducts
her affairs in general with sagaclty, prudence,
and economy, and the results have proved
| unsatisfactory. We repeat that ii the Legs
!at,lrc W Ill abstain from iniL:Ting the credit OF
TIC state. there need he 10 anxiety about OF
tanning innigrtion. The ciirre!t has begun
10 set III already from Great britain, ana Ii
we DO no. obsiruct it by uIwisc legislation,
will widen and deepen.