The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-02

best qualities and capacities, and interest
ing him In the preservation Of order and tn
enforcement of justice; by shielding hin
/ against the devices of the vicious an
thriftless by habitually according hin
! the kindness, forbearance and sympath,
which his comparative dependence an
weakness invite, and by cultivating sucl
| relations Of active cooperation and mu
tual trust and common interest between
the races as will combine both in recov
ering the general prosperity, and max
each en- indispensable instrumentality 70
that end. ~
IMMIGRATION AND RECONSTRUCTION
The two great material wants of Virgin
"a are immigration and capital, and the in
hux Of both has been retarded by extra
| ordinary misconstruction abroad as to thu
sentiments and situation of our people. A
leading desire with us, and necessary con
dition precedent to our material recovery
is a lasting reconciliation and the return O
complete normal relations between our.
selves, on the one hand, and the people o.
| all the other states and the government o.
the United States on the other. We earn
estly seek to secure those relations upon
the only steadfast and sure basis Of equal.
ty of rights and benefits and mutually oil
confidence and respect. between all the
members of the Union. The highest. in
terests of the whole country demand for
us the speedy establishment of such rela-
tons; for as our welfare for the future is
bound up in that Of the United States, SO
the prosperity of the whole depends upon
the well-being Of each of its constituent
parts, The body Of the Union cannot
have health so long as any member suffers.
As the revival of our material interests
concerns the whole Union, SO do the re-
.cognition, and preservation, in the future,
.ofthe just pride, selfrespect and integrity of
our people for states decay and men de-
generate with the loss of independence Of
thought and pride of character. Whether
posterity shall adjudge us to have been
right or wrong in the opinions which en-
gagged us in war, yet II, as history
teaches, the noble virtues OF fortitude and
courage belong to no people capable
of Discrimination and treachery; ifthe VOL
untary endurance of four years ordeal Of
heroic suffering and sacrifice be proof of de-
yotion and spirit Of honor, then the rec
ord of Virginia entities her to the respect
of mankind. Reluctant and slow to
draw the sword. Virginia furnished for
-four years the chief theatre for the most
sanguinary and devastating civil war which
the modern history of the world records,
and her bosom bore the deepest wounds its
blows inflicted. With the Acknowledgement
of her territory, the vast destructionofpub-
lie and private property and other greater
losses within her borders, her hereditary
system Of labor, her social polty, her
banking capital and circulating medium
were annlhiiated at blow. As the con-
fict of arms closed, her sons returned to
the RUNS which were once their homes,
and then and since have applied them
selves to the pursuits of peace with in
dustry, prudence and order such as are
not paralleled in any history of periods
next succeeding similar wars. In no in
stance has turbulence or commotion or
any combination against public authority
rad organized existence among our people.
Neither cherishing resentments nor repln-
ing over the irrevocable past /; abating no
jot of self-respect; yielding to no act of
establishment; recognizing the indissolu-
bic bond by which the destinies of Virginia
are bound up with those of the Republic;
they have with true and brave hearts and
with uplifted brows sworn their fidelity to
the restored Union; they have sternly &c
commodated themselves to their altered
political relations, and have striven to
bring order out Of chaos and veal out of
ruin by the faithful performance of every
obligation. Iii with the confidence which
conscious self-respect inspires, it is in the
spirit that becomes men, that we boldly
claim reciprocity of respect and respectful
good will between our fellow-citizens OF
the North and ourselves. What we wan
is peace with honor; not the name and
forms, but the living realities of peace. 1t
is cause for congratuation that, in every
section Of the country, the passions engen-
dered by war have seemed to be passing
away; aad it is not to be doubted that,
sooner or later, heroic deeds and qualities,
.whomsoever achieved and illustrated, will
be preserved by the whole Republic as
memorials of a common glory.
/, With a government Of equal laws and
with order and tranquility firmly estab-
lished within our borders, with ardent
desires for universal reconciliation, with
hopeful auguries for the future, we invite
immigrants from whatever section of our
common country and of whatever nation-,
atty to cast their fortunes with ours. Let
the living tides of immigration come. We
,vouch to all cordial welcome and ample
guarantees of life, liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness, whatever their political or
religious affiliations of the past, present or
future. siiEE ssi b tsetg'sG g ~ so 90
The natural advantages and resources of
our state speak for themselves. aF For
variety and fertility of soils, for diversity
and peculiar value of agricultural pro-
auctions, for salubrity and mildness of a
climate exempt equally from the rigors and
diseases prevalent in many northern,
southern and western sections. for vast
various and easily accessible mineral
wealth, for superiority and abundance of
water-power and other requisites for un-
limited manufacturing enterprises, for
number, volume and depth Of niaigable
rivers and excellence Of ports and harbors,
for. all natural facilities for the develop
ment of internal and foreign commerce
and material prosperity and power, Vir-
ginia may safely challenge, not only
examination, but comparison with any
other equal area on the earth's surface.
POLITICAL PARTY RELATIONS. !.
The duties imposed upon us in the ex-
listing crisis, involving the reconstruction
of the foundations of society, impel us to
be guided by higher considerations than
ordinarily control political party organiza-
tinna OF the ,,enr1a who -confided m no