The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-06-20
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IrnIsairrntsoxa TO Virginia.
Before ne lies A| series OF resolutions
passed nv the pebpleso Columbia Va., a.
yorIs3g Enumeration, and Acquiring those who
NAV fsa iptlilckd thereby Tint neither social,
political. or fahgious preferences should
stand in the way on either side. This, with
The large number of letters have received
on the subject, leads me to believe that the
greatest neea,ofgthe Stnte'at prcsent}is the
advent OF men .ot capital and indnstry.teln
tiIe North there are old farnl-houscs dotted
all over the hills and valleys. They are NOT
out OF sight of each other, but are strung
along the roads like beads on string. Line
old man fifty years ago carved out his farm
from the primeyal forest, and by care ana
economy amassed considerable money. his
boys have grown up around him, ana are
intelligent farmers; but the. old place
will not keep them all, ana tney
turn their eyes westward. One OF tnem
will stay and attend to the farm till the ola
man is moved out on the hillside TO rest, and
the others, sooner or Inter, give form ana
color to that dream OF every young man
/" going West" The old gentleman gives
the young man helping hand financially,
and he buys ticket to Iowa or Kansas, or
money in the monotonolIs fats OF the colln-
try, while he could have done immeasurably
better for himself in the South than in the
West Such people rs this the South
wants, must have, to insure her material
prosDerity. and one carfui Of such Imml-
grants is worth Il whole shipload OF Dutch
for social and political utilization in the
near future.
Now, while the young man could have
bettcred himself in every way by investing
in southern lands, he has no knowledge OF
the country other than that gained from
newspapers that delight in "southern out
rages;' at the head OF their columns. Land
agents and brokers may deluse him with
circulars and descriptions OF "No. 1901, for
SALE" &C., &C., but they can never compete
in advertising with the wealthy railroad cor
porations and their glazing descriptions OF
El Dorado, ,cithoNt grasshoppers, chinch-
bugs, and the like in the representation.
it would astonish the reader to know how
many people went to any one western stat
in one year back. Many OF them would
have done better in Virginia, but they have
no facilities for obtaining knowledge OF the
South save bad or doubtful ones. Virginia
is not a paradise by any means, but man
arith 1noney can put it into land there to
better advantage TO himself than he can IN
the West.
Both parties could learn something. Not
all OF those who live in Virginia are en-
shareholders and waiting to destroy some
one from north OF Mason and Dixon, nel-
ther is every northern man noted for Dig
hands and feet, and desire to cheat some
body. The moral monstroSitics are the
rare exceptions, and after all people are
pretty much alike when they get TO know
each other:
The South is in that lamentahle condition
which makes them sellers without buyers
the North is 4 buyer, but here IS the Dllnd
nreiudico that Is the result OF wrong lni-
pressions. On both sides no moro deplora-
BILE result could have followed our terrible
CONFUSION.
A social or political line OF dcmarkation
among a people with common cause is a
senscless hrmbug, and to the removal OF
imaginary boundaries every good man
ought to lend his influence. Considering
the relative position Of the sellers south and
the desired buyers north, no more benctl-
cent results could follow legislation than
that which would bring the peoples together
Citizens may meet and "resolute" till the
end Of time: if the young man above-men-
toned does not hear OF it, what good will
it do?
II all the talk about reputation were OK
pended in the direction Of healthy internal
Improvement it would vastly more benefit
the embarrassed citizens, and to this end
permit me to make suggestion: II it is
desired that good men move down to Vir-
ginia and trade their bank account for the
surplus acreage, let the actual condition OF
matters be personally represented on the
northern rostrum by some one OF ability and
standing. If the people are to be reached
we must go to them. One hours plain talk
to community with the western epidemic
is worth all the resolutions convention in
Richmond can pass in a month. Special
railroad facilities and a far representation
will induce visits. while the facts will make
many visitors citizens. HOWARD MILLER.
ElE Lick, Pa.