The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-26

Il, their slaves. aK eyidcaesd hyde fact that
whels Hiaentire whitesnale poEumtion., OF the
South We're in arms, and their tamilies, III
whole districts. we're YET alotesand unpro.
teetei to stheir sfaYes, net one single act VI
outrage in the whole South was commltteo
by those slaves during the late war. Tan
ANYTHING be stronger to show that the slaves
weret content? andS can anythdnian DE con-
tent If the recipient of cruelty and unkina-
ness? But I digress from the SUBJECT. Inc
people of the South are poor and popuiaston
sparse. All the cpital by which the lands OF
the South were worked with profit was haz-
ardcd I'M the Late war and lost. The entlre
labor of the South was disorganized. Loss
of capital and DISCRIMINATION OF iaDor are
the two causes of the present maternal weak
ness of the South, and the little advance she
has made has been tliwarted blythe corrup-
ton of those who in the whlrl OF eVents
seized on the State Governments. Money
and labor is all that is needed to bring wealth,
prosperity, and power back to the South. and
in the South Virgins, has and enjoys the
most enviable position, geographically anu
politically.
: In point of location, we are in the imme-i
diate line of travel which the trade Wild
Asia, which promises to be In lew years
passing to Europe; and rs sure as there IS
truth in the proposition that a stra1sht me
is the shortest distance through two points,
that trade win be put aboard shipping at 1he
ports Of Tidewatcr Virginia.
The future will fulfill the all we hope for
Virginia and the South; but 1t IS an enter
prise worthy the patriotism and talents OF q
Vircinian to hasten the spread OF uutn anu
thus speed on the good time. .4....
Now, would it not be good plan for some
enterprising publisher to gather and compile
statistics and correct information as to habits
and feelings of Soutbrons, and put them III
q comprehensive form, and get the endorse
ment of the Legislature of Virginia, and give
il a wide circulation through North, East, and
West, aild also in Europe, and thus spread
trnth which. ~ soon as realized, that great
motive mower in mall-self-interest-will
bring active entcrprsing men and capital
among us. In the West, where cities spring
I'D us if by magic, there are no immigration
societies. All the advantages OF the country
are advertised by private enterprise ana csl-
ried to the homes OF the people. Immigration
societies are well enough, but the information
thew spread does not reach the people we
want. Let the advantages OF the climate and
soil of Virginia and North Carolina be 1ully
presented, and the truth us to the disposition
of the people be carried among the people of
the North, and this mcrciess and unholy
war which is now being waged on us IN the
shape of the execution of the enforcement
act. i'm which the mailed hand OF mllltaryand
despotic power is masked in the sacred en-
mine Of justice, will cease. Let the truth be
proclaimed loud enough to drown the hows
of the carpet-bagger and corrupt Radical
leaders, who, like wolves and hyenas, areen-
deavorIlng to prey upon US, and will continue
so to do until population is increased among
Us. and the southern people, to whom the
principles of our Government, as embodied
in the Constitution Of the United States, are
as dear and sacred as they were to our fore
fathers, will no longer be rcvilcd and pcrse-
cuted. But fear | will tire your patience
with my scrawl, and so close with bidding
YOU God-spced in the noble efforts you have
made and are making for Virginia through
the columns of your valuable paper.
CIyIs