The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-01
The Presidential Party At Rich


driven in carriages to the various places
OF interest under an escort of tie city re
ception committee, and III II o'clock were
taken 10 the Fair Grounds and intro
duced 10 the authorities OF the State
Agricultural Society. The party were
conducted 10 the building occupied as the
/ headquarters of the society, and from the
/ upper porch speeches were made TO the
crowd that gathered round. The officers
of the society, members ofthe City COun-
| cIl, and distinguished citizens were
stationed on the porch with the President.
! Governor kemper delivered welcom
| ing address. The President responded
| a. follows:
! Gov. KEMPER, LADIES AND GENTLE
MES-I am sdmonished by the lesden
| sky and thickenlng mist that my re-
marks in reply TO the welcome We have
| Just listened TO must be very brief. l
would gladly give sn expr ession to the
satisfaction and the qualification It gives
me to have this truly Virginia welcome.
! TCheers l understand very well that
The general purposes OF the society whose
snnual meeting brought together this
large assembly. The growing inter est OF
Virginia and the leading interest has been
promoted by the works OF this society,
| and in trying 10 do something TO further
| this great interest we shall attempt a
suitable return tor the hospitality and
| the kindness with which We have been
so cordially received. l ain glad to
contribute something to the work which
the Agricultural Society OF VlrgInla is
eudeavorlng 10 do. The State OF Nlr-
! ginis has wisely undertaken TO make
| known TO the world her advantages, TO
| make them known TO the intelligent and
enterprlsing and good people who desire
to better their condition by change OF
homes. The Virginia Board Of I'm
migration has been very fortunate 10
securing 40 officer who reports to that
board an interesting and satisfactory des'
! CT ption o. the attractions which Nlr-
pirIA ,rOGucas for immigrants. A few
days ago one o the Senators from Vlr-
g...ia larnisueu me with HotChkins des-
cription OF Virginia. Now, my friends, in
undertaking to contribute little - the
work OF your society, l shall not be
guilty OF dealing with facts and statistics
! II would, indeed, be carrying Goals 10
New Castle to tell VirginsaS what Vir-
ginis is. Thanks to these gentlemen OF
the press, who are reporting these pro-
ceedings, may be able to resch a large
number OF people in other States who
cannot conveniently be represented here
to witness what we behold. do not in
tend to enter into an elaborate descrlp-
tion of Any OF the advantages o. NlrgIGia.
merely wish to invite and TO put the
intelligent people OF other States on the
track of investigation about Virginia.
merely wish TO read 8 sort OF catalogue
| OF the various attractions aud claims oi
Virginia upon the consideration oi those
who. anywhere in the United States, dc
sire to improve their condition by
seeking new and better homes. Nlr-
ginia possesses an area OF territory about
euaal to Pennsylvania, or it IS one
| eighth larger than ONO, but itsipopuIatIon
! IS only one-third that CT Pennsylvania
and does net reach one-hsil that OF ONO
There is, then, in the first place, in Vlr-
ginis too great spaces OF unoccupied
and Under your former system 1t was
the ambition OF your men 10 have large
estates. Your state, therefore, must De
divided into greater number OF small
farms, and thus II will be hity years
hence The population will increase by
people coming IN, and thus the general
prospers.y Will BE- promoted. If | am
expsn ding little, the SKY, you notice, is
Frightening; ana happily find them
Frightening in another direction.
| Cheers AS there is abundant territory
Tor emigrsnts to possess, what, then,
IS the character OF that territory.
| As some of it is worn out l hear
our agricultural friends are doubling
whether there is the skill 10 re-
store that land Your plan was that 1t
was easier TO clear new land than 70 re-
store the old. That has been done IN
Virginia. Now comes the time whe'
the soil has TO be brought up again. With
cs pitsl, skill and appropriate appIcs
tions, what is not fertile can be made
so. Along your rivers there IS an abund-
ance of good land yet; IN the valley OF
the South Side and in the mountain re-
gions the emlgrsnt can see IT. he can
get it cheap; 1t is cheap land the emf
grant wishes. Land in Virginia is about
S25 per acre for good land. That Is
| cheap, for in my own country land
ranges from S25 TO SlC0 per
acre. In addition to cheap
land the next thing is q market easily
reached. How does Virginia stand In
this tespect2 In this State the most per-
ishsble vegetables can reach market
before they are worthless. Next build
up your, own growing cities and you have
enough cheap land. But, says some one,
they are dreadfuily taxed IN Virginia.
! They are divided over there about the
debt" | am not here 10 discuss before
YOU local questions l do not mean 10
| drop words 10 tell or which side may
be. Laughter J will say this
YOU are not rs heavily taxed ~ where
| live in Ohio. will say this, also, that
Lske your State debt ard add 10 1t all
the other popular debts Of the cities and
counties of the State, ard | think, upon
the whole, that Virginia is not heavily
| in debt. And here again | might point
to state in the North, the fair State OF
New York, or smaller ones, which have
| cities 10 pile their taxes on. Inc cities
pay the taxes. Farmers DO not live 10
| the cities, and the wise emigrsnt knows
| If the t,xes are on the cities who Pays
for the goods. The farmer must bear nls
share. If the cities are heavily in dsbt
the farmer teels IT, [ say that tsIstion
in Virginia is light l say, then Viz
ginis is the State the worthy emigrsni is
inouiring for. The climate Of Viz
giEis is excellent. Tue large,
muscular men l see before me
demand its praise, and the ladies', too, for
the ladies sdmre. Il isa agood climate
ifIsm not mi tsker. Men CT every race
N Virgins will find an excellent work.
ing climate, neither the severity OF its
winters nor the exhaustive heat in sum-
mer ara unfavorsble 70 work Perhaps
iu ne place do we And the original type,
the ruddy face, muscles well covered,
nerves well protected, that type ot
Englishman better preserved than IN
Virginia. It is then q good climate.
Therefore. intelligent, good people will