The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-12-27
Who Should Not Come to w. Va.
Fsi,wsaf Real Estate l.H,nai.l

For several months we have been
representing to cur readers,in weak
way, the great natural advantages
afforded by West Virginia, and have
invited immigration. In this issue
we contemplate new departure; in
stead of inviting, we intend to notify
a certain portion of the genus homo
that their absence is to be preferred
to their presence and is more con-
ducive to longevity. IL any one takes
umbrage at what we say, the junior
member of the firm hereby gives no
tice that he can be found at almost
any time in the shack yard"--with
his apparel on"
We in West Virginia hare no i'm
aginable use for the indolent and in
efficient The climate permits a GER
tain amount of "sweet idlencss," and
we have not one word to say against
those who by useful toll have earned
the right to sit at ease "under their
own vine and fig tree" But those
who have neglected as yet to plant
their vines and fig trees, who have
done nothing in the world to benefit
others or themselves, and are merely
looking about for some cool spot
where they can lounge in the shade
and while lying on their backs catch
the ripe fruit as it drops into their
mouths, will do well to remain where
they now are. They are not wanted.
The Southern market il already over
stocked with that class Of citizens.
We want live, energetic, thrifty
workers, men who will teach the ma
tives" that labor is enjoyment, that
useful work is the noblest of human
achievements
We don't want any grumblers-by
which we mean those who are dissat
istied eternally because they can be
people who are always too hot or
too cold, and who would have been
discontinued dyspeptics in the Gar
den of Eden--men who cannot en-
dure few annoyances and priva-
tions, and are not inclined to adapt
themselves, at the outset, to many
conditions inseparable from newly
settled countro; such people had bet
ter stay at home. Let them shiyer
in the east winds of New England,or
shake themselves to pieces in the
ague stricken prairies Of the West.
There are inconvenience connected
with all sparse settlements, which
only time and denser population
can remove. The peculiar advantages
Of the soil and climate Of West Vir-
GINA, which are permanent and un-
changeable, are, however, ample com
pensation for these triiling disad
vantages.
Again, there Is no dearth of phys
icians, lawyers and politicians
What is wanted in West Virginia is
the producer, not the mere consumer,
nor the classes that have been termed
the destructive element in civilized
society. Physicians arc not needed
because in this healthy climate pco-
pie generally live to old age, and die
In the course Of nature without the
aid OF physician. Lawyers are Of
use but for the unraveling Of the
many complicated real estate titles
with which the State is afflicted;
and to unravel them one must be
"native here and to the manor born
have grown up like the old forest
trees, with his roots deep in the soil
and hoary head towering above half
dozen generations. A knowledge
of Coke, or Chitty, or Blackstone. is
Of no Aalue whatever. What is most
necessary is familiar acquaintance
with all the musty traditions and all
the garrulous old ladies in neigh
borhood, and this the Northern born
lawyer could not acquire without an
apprenticeship Of at least century.
We will further add, by way Of pa
renthesis, that the poorest people in
the State are lawyers-nnless it be
editors-and the gods have mercy on
man who is both; the graphing
irons of the devil are on him sure,
and he is certain of election. Poll
ticians are not needed, because. we
have few. Here politicians of both
parties are men of rare sagacity,
economy and good judgment o.
They arc numerous enough, we re-
greet to say, to fill evary office in the
gift of the people. 1t is to be feared
we are serious now--that the rus
tic virtue and sturdy integrity OF
these men might be corrupted II they
were alloyed with an admixture OF
the Northern political element, wheth-
err Democratic or Republican. There
fore, Northern politicians out Of pare
patriotism should stay at home.