The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-02-19
4 r,otter ON Immigration.
ror the Dispatch.

r skilled labor save by the slow process y. 49,
= tnrmation sent to Europe through the COIL
snondencc Of the few settlers scattered 10!
| in Virginia. You stigInatlze llie G a. thc
movement in the public mind !, anu h ~
Legislature rs the offspring OF selhsn oe ar sine
5 who are seeking to create oulcHu ooa;nst,
cures. In fine, you rail OUT neioviy f rs u
the whole measure, ana ciiala.
vain, costly, and corrupt ch.si ~ III Tho ,caDcct
Now nIiow me TO say, with all Tue lIs -.
which ION know feel for yolnseii uilu , van.
iomrnai hovc looked in vain ton ctt4ei ..,,
snn f,rt or argument, to SUSTAIN 1oui Iii.
,,I',t;c 3sscriioHs. May / not EMILY &C. w..
r.n;,,St vour swccpin. ACQUISITIONS ~ ~
-, ond mo,ive-power OF the lNna:no
,:,n.;,.a T,c,.,lrc the following hct,--'E.'
~ Tarnar,. Assembly at the Stare ;'ll III
n ~. flyorlbly considered the pontt vi
1',,,iSl,,;vr action, and committed Lie su.it
~ lie Executive Committee. MS ''
,,,vn t,rcd reflection to the topc, a'iu J,
sentcd an able memorial 10 tne ue'; M. ~,
9a,,,jIv invoking its intcrpoSltlon. line lii
;-',.,,;nn Convention which met in Dec elli-
Lo. was certainly imposing III numbers, IN
.nlIiccnce. and representative character, i ntl
.i,t Lody invoked legislative action. a
irr,rc number OF the leading newspapers Ii
Vn,ri,ia have earnestly favored that policy
WIN. then, seek to pooil-pooh this movement
bv bald assertion and mere prophcsylns! /
make no claim to special illumination Oh tnls
.,,l.irct. haze been constrained by constant
observation of the sad wreck aud stcadily-de-
cl;nine state Of Lower Virginia to brood
anyioii.ly over itsfutlIre. No man who is ca
D;be Of conprchendng truly all the elements
II work in that region can fail to realize that
there ctn he no recupcratlon there save ny
help from actth0ut its borders. lei, II pos
scsses ali the physical resources htcaso 10
sustain and reward agricultural la5ors. nave
cherish d the hope that European cAl'tl'i ana
skilled ;aLormav he introduced there (is WEI
rs into all other parts OF ir.lhIlJ. because
Of the following reasons: The 1@ctS anG
firl,rrs embodied in the able memorial above
mentioned demonstrate that III all parts OF
;rirainia where favorable access TO marker
. exists 4 larger remuneration awaits sklhed
farming than CHI be Obtained III the No:.i-
west. Yet, each year secs nearly a quarter o.
a million Of Europeans pouring INTO that Sec
lion. Shat! Virginia make no chort to Tap
tits strci.n: Not by State acton, say you.
Laissc..fuire YOU eSclaiT. Not at Ill, re-
;Iv mann Of her wise and wcl|-into:ined cltl-
: zcns. They insist that the STATE las rlfos
) and Indispensable function to perform liia'
the EIy3Dean Liiid cn;cItAius Clcaer The
most ignorant or the most perverted fHe;.r a9
10 the political social, and physical con I''on
} Of Virginia; and that the Stale can mora C.tT
cdci1usiy than any other agent prepare "!'1'
disseminate the u.:,allS Cl conveying lrle liz
formation. The circulars and means en-
= Moved by professional land agents obtain
| but feeble circulation, and command no COLI
{ iidcnce. But the publications and the aScn-
: :jes Of the State would attract attention and
CTy(ence.
, ,;ow, just here is the pivotal point OF The
. whole Question. VIII si!gl informal ion, pre-
rarcd and disseminated by Tie State, prove
effective? Eir@lulans, capable ifosl lI'Ncl
"nG familiar acquaintance With tie !Hc!S, teli
: Us tE,; while every avenue Of inIcIlI@Ghcc III
Europe is crowded with publications Pre-
, ,arcu under the sanction and iihDIInaiur Oh
Northwestern States, which portra! III glow
Ing Light tic resources OF that region, scarcely
\ rar Ci' l9ht reaches the European eye ~
/ agoil3 il Is To tie true physical .nd >0cl'!
! condition # Virginia. The few European
+ aei!.e.,, i'll Virginia, whose judgment Is ~
pu|liAi, not OILY advocate Tie action by the
:, SKATE 10 spread information i'll Europe, 0ut
: express establishment that it has been so long
: neglected. III! sources o. information attest
y ;jlat there is now 4 greatly increased outlook
from Europe favorable t. immigration into
L the United States. Governor Walker is be-
~
:, ciner Europeans (,ncn Of SAbStGnce), asking
= !Uv authentic information about Virginia.
: Now. pray EEL me what apology can be
given .or 4 failure to furnish til, information
c 1t won't do TO say il can't he cone, nor that
:. it will GO no GOOD to 10 il. Permit ne to say
: that the fccuie:t intelligence Of the least
. >t@tesnianl:ke mind will quickly affirm that
Virginia cGnnO! cG0rd to neglect it. Upon
what conceivable measure can State eAcrt
and few thousand dollars Of State money
= be rs wisely spent rs that Of Introducing cap
>. itai, thrift, and productive power, into the
Commonwealth:
!. Now, Mr.. Editor, you open your columns
# to q certain scribe who avouchcs himself an
|, English settler, and who uses your columns
:, il raising his Voice against State action. Let
q me tell YOU that credible witnesses Inform me
n that this writer is q iuad agent, operating on
n the sout-3idc, who has partners in Europe
:. successfully engaged in inducing Europeans
- 10 buy the lands for sale at his land office ;
that this is the land agency which wrote the
y letter in the Wing deprecating the session OF
;. the Immigration Convention last December,
= and protesting that if the State did inaugu-
4 rate an immigration measure it would Dor
s0Ct!D Interfere ar,h tnl,ciduai and prsrGte
ENTERPRISES. That is to say, if light and
knowledge rs TO all parts and Ill resources Oh
j. Virginia were shed in ali parts Of Europe and
|; Great Britain, il might Interfere with some
I "Wei! kid schemes" OF lTira'e gain. This,
= too, IS the writer who rose in the Convention.
and undertook to arow that publications by
Stt!jg authority would gain 10 crcdcncc il
E. LrGIaMd, and was met ~ M English settler
Of from Albcmar!c introduced to the Conycn.
Is ton as on nlghtcned and reputable citizen)
who assured tie Convention that great GOOD
g ,roulG be done by such publications.
re Mr.. Editor, ii the particular bill proposed
IN the Senate bcbegotten of "Iing" masters,
=, and is framed to feed lazy and inefficient
l. placc,ncn, then 7 say down with it. But, in
T. tile name of reason, is Virginia so TO confess
o. her iucompCtency and corruption that nlca
!. sure OF paramount necessity cannot be con-
II triced so IS TO secure efficiency in its Ia
chncTy?
+, Don't assail the merits Of q great measure
4, by cayillins at the defects Of 4 particular
a, scheme for working it. Rather employ yoUl
c powerful press in showing 'clot IS The ncIt
Of calculating tile great need
'e Sir, have 10 interest or concern in this
J topic Lcyond that which is common to a.
$ Viginians who bewail her impoycrishment
Is aud are praying and struggling for her re
Exemption. And what Fir9inian is iuScusiblG
If to the ultai issues involved i'll it: Unjust &c
d knowledge that il snaZcs me TO find that II
parts and communities oil the State are nc
s. alike aroused III concerning the means Il
meet the issue. Can Lower Virginia 60 dowl
in the dark night and sink under the weight
which Expresses il, and Richmond and tn,
~ Valley fail to feel it kecnly aud Sorclv? Shal