The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-22
y,rain,ans and immigration.


we have received from two sources-one
The editor OF prominent mining Journal
The other large steel manufacturer let
Ter published in the from Of London, dated
Jsorarv &, 1881, signed A. +. ROBERTSON,
Lyncnburg, Va, U. S., with the following
seo,eoces msrked. with the statement tha'
The sentiment is such that II II is not true II
should be corrected:
"Wny Is II that English capital, when
rules almost the whole world, puts itseii ~
leading strings to the Yankee, and VIII 90
nc;hing In the South until u mas paiu
heavy bonus TO that commercial aaVeh'ufeI
The peop.e Of Virginia and other southern
States would prefer 10 nave BRUSH cap't'i
aud BRUSH manufacturers here rathef tpah
the Yankee, for whose character aud ihst''
tu,ions they have no love. The clrcum'
stances above mentioned, with the preluu,cc
OF oar people, all unite TO FORM conuia'o "s
of things here which i the opportunity OF
the British capitalist and manufacturer TO
gel behind the Yankee and bis high 'ariH'
and outstrip him al his own door. Such
result would be hailed with delight by our
people,
II is not true, and we are glad to do what
we can to correct 1t. We have but little in
formation as 10 who this A. +. ROBERTSON Is,
bur judging from the tone Of his letter we
do not believe that he is Virginian born,
or iaat he married in Virginia. or that he
ha. children born here, or that he has
farai, or q house, or fireside, or that be mas
ever identified himself with her best inter-
esiS, or has any right 10 speak here or eise'
where for her people.
There are in the South different classes,
as elsewhere We have, as all countries
have, class OF turbulent men, who hang
about saloons and stations and express VI
cious sentiments, which are heard and some
tines repeated, while the best men are SILENT
iy engaged in business. We have class OF
disappointed men who are not bcsoIted or
vic oGs, but who are constantly complain
Ing and DemoaniDg the past, and constantly
irving 10 hide their own short stature Oy
climbing upon It's monuments or its graves !;
who are cynical and inhOSpitabe, ana
regard the South 10 general and them
selves in particular as Injured and
unapprecnled; but there Is great
and predominant class, who own the lands
ana the mines and the mills, WHO bayc built
the Towns and the churches, who support
the schools, who have ho>piia6le homes and
bread views; men who have, many OF them,
lost great estates aud have recovered them by
Their energy, who are looking not to the
pa.t but 10 the future, who are building
homes nnd opening paths for their children,
who are patriotic and sincere, who look
eagerly ior the better day that is breaking.
This class says little upon the streets or
through correspondence, but 1t represents
the real South, and will represent 1t more
and more as The days pass. The treatment,
for instance, OF the northern capitalists Who
made IN excursion up The Jlmes river "a
few months ago, and vino were gwen sop
per ii the Wcsimoreand Club, in Rich
m0nG. and grand receptions and banquets
at Lsnchburg and Lexington. was tue
and sincere expression, and the greeting
which is everywhere given by men who
own tie soil and are fully identified with
the interests OF Virginia TO visitors from
the North. and which has done so much TO
make as better understood, s not insn-
cere. The bad men, the bitter aud yIndic.
tive men, have no right to speak for Us.
Such men as Governor HOLIDAY, JOHN
LETCHER, j. w. DANIEL, j. RANDOLPH
TICKER, Judge ANDERSON, THOMAS >. Be-
COCK, A. ii. II. STUART, JOHN A. MEREDITH,
Franklin STEARNs, JonN ECHOLs, w. C..
\ l. nAu
G. NJ. REYNOLDS, 4. W. MCCANCE, J. L..
MAgYE, Jr., DR.. w. Il. WALKER, and a
thousand others, who nave right to speak
for Virginia, express her true sentiments.
Tife press Of the State, which has no column
for assault upon emigrants from any sec.
sion, expresses it, sentiments. Ii would
be as unjust to Judge Of tue moral sent-
ment OF The North by the blasphemous
writings of BRICK POMEROY or BOB NIGER
SOIL rs 10 judge OF the temper of the South
by the expressions OF disappointed politi-
clans or disappointed land-agents. We seek
capitalists and skilled wOrkmen from the
North. We need them. We want them TO
come, and shall try 10 make them feel at
home, and shall hope TO see them prosper
beyond their expectations. We believe that
here is great field and good opportunity,
and are trying in our own way TO make this
fed and opportunity known, and we pro-
test against being judged by our worst eIe-
ments or the expressions OF dissatisfied mi
nority.
There is no prejudice here against north
erB men. We are Americans trst-wc are
proud Of our common country-our patriot
ism is rot bounded by State lines the bro
therhood Of this whole people is growing
reality 10 us, aud our common interests are
daily more apparent.
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Our y-Virginian-Agaln.
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