Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-10-05

Mr. Addison Borst writes 70 the MaFK Lhne
Express:
II do not proprs, to decry the advanta GeS
claimed 10 behalf of olher States and untries.
Virginia must stand or fall as her merits. when
fully ascerained, shall determine. While other
States may yield more largely 10 bushels per
acre, they do not Always yield ss Uuch 10 nat
results. From the agricultural report OF 1869
We fnd that the money value OF corn per scle
10 Virginia Was IA dolls. 100. and only II dols
66,. 10 Illinois. Money value OF wheat crop
per acre in Virginia - dolls. 7Oo, aod 10 Min
ntsots the greatest wheat grJ@loR state oolS
| 3 dolls. 2Os. So much for Virginia 8 cheap
and almost bouodless transportation facilities
10 markets near at hand, and her cheap labor.
which, like all other labor, is efficient when
properly cared for. promptly paid aud person
sly supervised; above oil, We must remember
that the cost per acre of land 10 the States
have named is three or four times greater than
in Virpiois. With regard TO other features OF
general interest We have the testimony OF the
late Commodore NJ. +. Msury, Of that Sta 9.
who stood uurivalled 10 the esteem and oond-
dence of The people of Great B itsin. VI Vr.
piula be SAYS: Its climate is not divided out
like Spanish America into seasons OF wet aud
dry. but ordained by Wiote' and sunm'r,
spring and aulumn, with tIultul showers ct
all seasons. The annual lain fall here is
between thirty and forty inch.s end CORES
ponds to that of Ftauce, England and Ger
msuy, With moro sunshine than either of these
Ior even of Italy and climate altogether
AZ lcytly srd ss besltby Everything that
CSC be cu.ivated in either Germany. France, or
Eppland may be crown here equally as well,
with other things beside, such as Indian corD,
cotton, tobacco, peanuts. broom corn. and sweet
potatoes, &c., whch are pot kuovn IS staple
there" "rhe climate and soils Of Virginia are
as favorable to the cultivation OF the Crane and
The msuutac ure OF wine as they are 10 France
or Geruaoy." The more search the old
S ste, the more she reminds me OF the magic
snesf of wheat which the more it gas tbra.hed
the more it yielded; for the more study hsr
mountains and valleys. her wsiers climates ana
soils, the more sm impressed aod astonlshed &c
the variety, abundance and value OF her uadeVel-
oped treasures, aid the vastness OF the wealth
,hst lies dormant within her borders, watiog
only for capital aud labor to develop and util z'
them, | have sometimes Thought it would be
gisa for the counties TO raise subscriptions to
seud 40 agent to Europe, and lot him say to
the people there, such and such ia Virginia
and sny commuo,ty that will, let 1t seod some.
of thsir number to search out the land and see
whether it be fat or lean, whether there %
wood or not, and bring OF the fruit OF the land
Choose men of discretion and Indignant from
among you, and send them like spies OF old scot
into the promised land The report will surely
be that it is land thai f,weth with milk and
honey :,
"Tne fact is there are thousands of peopls 10
Great Britain who want exactly the cooditons
that Virginia offers and would gladly 90 therelt
c,nvcton would do its perfect work 10 their
minds. 10 this. ss 10 other important steps 10
life. we must applaud the maxim 'L'ok De-
fore you leap. -.
"But surely every Intelligent pers,n has
enough general Information about the state
10 decide the question of personal lospecuon'
or of sending q competent agent Representing
society. or OF placing the matter 10 the nsoos ot
respopsbe parties 90 the other side:
"Rnt il ia sometimes said that Eoglishm, 70
have gone to Virgiuis aud have failed, as II
there were no other place on earth where men
fail Eyery practical farmer will bear ms out
in the assertion that a fair test cannot bo mads
in Two or three years, but that 1t requires from
five to teu. Moreover, who can say that those
who failed ip Virginia would not have tsIsed
.t home O. elsewhere? As matter OF fac,
the writer knows great many EoR'lsh settlers
| 10 that State who arc farming With pronf. le
ia not astonishing that the old State has been
sspdered; but it is astonishing that these
rdi.ulou Iy improbable fabrlo,tions could ever
have gained currency, and credsuc, 10 the
B;iish uiud. or federation 10 the B'ish heart.
rs Vfxinla to be regarded ~ '9lS az cJua'y S 40
q stranger 10 sIrabge iaoo! Is the oacs
worthy daughter OF worthy noihsr become
| an outcas? Arc ber glorious traditions ana
| proud meuories, 30 nearly resent olln2 ana 90
clas ly iotersoven With your oWn, to be ignored
Or wnoiIy forgotten? Her people ara yuur
oeople-her customs and habits ars yours.
| Dsep 10 her bosom lies the sams lnefa1c'b'e
venera,iin for the mother couauy. and The
same undyiog pride Of ancestry. linen ~hy
do your people turn away from her ana sun {
themselves to be besulsd oy The wlles tf the
stranger? .u-
"Vlreioia mak"s 90 war uOon them. Allsoe
asks 10 to b.. jagged srilh.. VIVA. ste desires ls
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