The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-30

Editors of the Dispatch $50 west" was
the inevitable advice given inexperienced
Young men by the great apostle OF Radical
ism. "thc Had Of all our woes"
Why 60 west?
Lives there man with soul so dead,
Who to himself has never said.
This Is my own, my native land!
Can Virginian bid adieu forever to his
motherIand without tear in bis eye? Have
the sons OF noble sires lost their love for
their mother State, the prestige OF her name,
her untarnished escutchcon, the fame OF
their ancestors, which neither time, nor
living tongue. nor a ycnomous pen, can ever
cfface from the historic mage? Are not her
hills and her valleys, her picturesque land
scapes. peIluci1l, meandcrins streams,
her high mountains and broad rivers,
as dear to them as to their fathers OF
wore? Is Virginia less dear to her
sons than China 10 Chinaman!
Are we so soon ready to embrace the civili-
zaticS, religion, and philosophy OF others
who educate the vices Of the head and de-
spse the virtues of the heart? But dis
cardlne these considerations as sickiy scnti-
mental,m, and sacrificing on the affairs OF
"tilthy lucrc' only. what pecuniary in
ducemcntS daes Virginia offer?
Her climate, free from sudden changes or
excess Of heat and cold, is mild, genial, and
saIubrous. Winter is short, and snow
rarely lasts 4 day or two. Cattle requires
no shelter and but little food, and the grass
is often green all winter. She IS protected
against the malarious winds OF the west
aud those chilling blasts OF the northwest
which freeze the body from circumference
to centre, and warmed by the gentle breezcs
from the Gulf stream and Atlantic. The
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soil, and its susceptibility OF Improvement,
have no equal, and are far cheaper than else
where, and often contain MARYLAND limestone.
Thousands OF acres in original growth Of
every variety OF timber and much land OF
the hest quality, already cleared and ditchcd,
is idle for want of means to cultivate it
since the war. Indeed, the harvest is great,
but the laborerS are few. Most or the
WORKOUT lands have the meals Of improve
ment in their bosom or near by. Cannot
five acres be improved at less cost than one
acre in original growth can be prepared
for cultivation: Every variety OF crop
corn, wheat, tobacco, cotton, oats, rye,
clover, grass every variety OF fruit ana
vegetable is successfully raised, and the
grape, peach, pear, apple, and cherry are
indigenous. The markets OF the world arc
at her door; for her broad streams, rail-
roads, and canals furnish QUICK alu cheap
TRANSFORMATION at all times. Her hills and
her mountains contain incXhanStDlc beds
OF richest ores. coal, iron, god, silver,
lead, copper, slate, &c, &c. Every variety
OF fish swarm in her streams. and her fields
and woods arc filled with every kind
OF animal and bird good for food.
Indeed, Underwater Virginia is the poor
mans home and the iree-niggcr's heaven,
for no spot on earth affords greater facility
for making a living with but little labor
"Only open your mouth and you can't
sturve." The schools OF Virginia arc equal
to any, and her numerous churches OF every
denomination are free to all. Her society,
free from the iSms that curse other lands,
is the best on earth, and her public SentI-
ment the most liberal. The rights OF every
man. are duly respected and enjoyed.
Then, since Virginia is the home OF the free.
the land of the brave, why go elsewhere to
he slave? Why 90 TO die OF yellow-fever
IN the swamps OF the West and South, or
to perish in the snow-storms OF the North
west? No. Let every son OF Virginia
dream no longer OF vast wealth easily accu-
mulated in the West or Northwest, but let
him improve the soil OF his native land,
remembering
BRIGHTEST gem will never shine
Unless some one it refine