Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-01-27
The Retrocession Question.

of Pub lie Works Of Washington are ''rcsolr-
ed 10 gobbc up i good Old Virginia city and
the surrounding county. Tie many loyal resi-!
dents within the doomed district, whose hearts,
We would fain believe still thr0b in sympathy
with the old State, ar2 doubtless grateful fer
the timely notice to fall back Yet encc again
within the lines to seek protection from their
old mother.
The power of the u S. Government to do
what it will with its provinces--for such the
States, the Southern States especially, have in
fact becomc-we at least are not inclined to dis
pute. To dismember them al pleasure indeed,
suspend their very existence are facts of too
recent date TO have been so soon FORGOTTEN
But the power, tn: unrestricted license, to do
what 1t lists without regard to constitutional
limitations, Is onc thing, the right is quite
another
Before the Supreme Court passes upon the
constltutloDaty Of the act Of retrocesaon, it
Will be found necessary, perhaps, to dispose vi
very serious question behind il. namely, the
coDStltGtl0nallty III the orig lnal act OF ccs>lon
which, because concurred in, was never before
the court for lis adjudca:ion The consttu.
tionali'y Of that act has not only been question
ed bur denied b. many OF the ablcst con>litu
tl0nal lawyers in the c0untly--as we'll it may
have been-t)r if the Legislature had power 10
cede four miles square, or square msles-which
ever it may have beeo, Of It's terrlto-y-wherc
would be the lin.it 70 the power. Night not
Diue,cuths. indeed the entire State. have beer
ceded. and thus the act cf ''Hari Kari beer
conui,t9d-perhaps it would have been better
then-it would, at least have saved US that
impending fate now Bu, We have said far
more than We intended, or the silly ,wadl.e Of
the Metropolitan Boac instructor jus.iie<, II
right is to be respected, the Que true man i'll
Aleyandria-ii, indeed. there were but one,
may rest contention the General Assem-
bly, Of the State, whose assent would be essen
tia would refuse its consent. Virginia as urci!y
of her own free wil-snd By compuision, has
already made too many sacrifices TO i Govern
ment, THAI has repaid her generosity with acts
oulv Of the biackeSt ingra.itude. -Rtch. Hhty.
AGRICULTURAL ADVANTAGES or LoCDorS.
From the best Information that can be OBJ
tanned. Louioun County is possessed Of every
ADVANTAGE in way Of natural grasses pure water
and productive soil. that has made daryin. 81
profitable i'll many Of our Northern States, ADD
has decided advantage over most Of all other
naturul dairyng districts in respect t. markets.
The last census report gives the number "t
milch cows for our county, SAG. and toe au-
nual product Of butter. 467 1863 lbs, thus show
81 lbs, or 81 lbs, each week during the Sum
mer months. including May ami October.
This at 20cts per pound, amounts 10 :92 ~, 10.
Now evqry intelligent farmer nj, agree that.
with very little additional atteuti;1 - the bet
ter selection and management 0: T. " tia: NC
could Increase this from s. TO b.. double
the amount during these months; without 10
crea>ing the number Of COWS, add over 92otN
dollars To our annual cash receipts and | think
will further agree with me, in saying with bet
ter care and steptioo to the making and pre-
pairing the same for market. 80 instead of -
Cts could be readily obtained fox each H., Of
butter from our county, 2,,,Iiug at, 800 more
to our yearly receipts without Increase of a sin
gle COW lu number. The wheat crop for Lou
douu county, for 1870 amounted to 5317 ,02G bush,
els at 81, 80 per bushcl above the average price
for this season amounts to $69S. 1873 81, including
cost Of manufactured fertilizers and seed. Now
suppose we double our number of COWS. reduce
our acreage Que half of wheat, aud the abpvo
figures will show balance in favor of this kind
Of dairying of some $4,000. Now LET lis dou-
bic our attention. to the wheat crop, if we de-
sire to raise it, (tor my part, believe wheat
crops can be made more proht;,|Ic,j save cost
ofcommcrclal fertilizers. and by the liberal use Of
barn yard manure, incr, ase our average crop
from II to 80 bushels per acre; and at the same
time improve the productive qualities Of our
lands. This eau be done, and by the selection
of better kinds of stock. our COWS can be made
to produce from 81 pounds fbntter, per annum
to one hundred and tw,ntyI sht, The annual
average yield from each COW in the dalryin-s
districts of the Nurth. -LcrsJug lFuShngtp"-
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