The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-03-06
A Word from Accomack.
ACCoMACK COURTHOUSE, VA, !
March 3, 1884. (

lltlNh ~ ANOts
10 the Editor of the Dispatch
Great surprise and disappointment were
felt in this county at the apparent want OF
correct appreciation by the Legislature oil
the oyster industry, as evidenced by the
meagre appropriation for the building and
maintenance OF the "navy." rs well rs the
narrow scope OF detail in the bill. II was
hoped that with the splendid sum OF
$500, 600 IN the Treasury TO the credit OF
the old force, and the foil information so
easy TO be had concerning the precious BIZ
valve, ampler provision and greater COM
bitterness i'm worl, would have been reach
ed. Failure to meet fully the demands OF
this interest was feared, even expected, but
the extent Of failure was sorely disappoint-
ing. The value OF the interest is so great,
even though entirely undeveloped in its
better form, being worth now nearly
AZ, 900, 900 year, and giving the best pro-
mise when fully developed OF yielding ten
times that sum, it certainly demands the
best and most careful fostering and prOtec-
ton. But the bill is passed, and it re-
mains now only TO make the best possible
Use OF the means and methods 1t affords,
leaving to the future the remedying what
ever defects II may have.
This county has a larger investment IN
money and material in the oyster-fund-
UNI" than any other county in the State,
and very naturally she feels a greater
interest in all thu. concerns this industry.
So feeling she awaits with intense concern
the formation OF the police force, and puts
forward her claim TO he given high
place in the command. She has many able
to fill the position. She asks that the com
handing officer OF the oyster navy shall
be taken from her limits, and among the
many reasons therefor offers these:
That she has deeper interest in every
respect in this special industry than any
other county.
That she is Immediately adjacent to the
dividing line and the disputed waters with
Maryland.
That, save in one solitary instance, and
that not because the appointee was an Ac-
comack man, no citizen OF hers since the
war has been appointed to any State office.
Thai, on the contrary, when. with her
splendid majority OF l,424 won in Novem-
Der, she asked the appointment OF one OF
her sons, who possessed peculiarly rare lit
ness for the post sought, the nomination
was refused.
That since the war she has been stead
tasty and devotedly Democratic.
That to her the district must look, as II
always has looked, for that decisive and
certain majority she always gives for vie
tory.
That while Democratic "to the back
bone" and expecting to grow and die in
the faith, We complain that we have been
unjustly treated; that 1t is equally ungene-
rous, unwise. and impolitic to expect us TO
be but "hewers OF wood and drawers OF
water; that we have right to demand
some proper recognition Of our fealty and
strength; all The more that in asking it we
shall expect to give more than we receive.
We ask that from Accomack shall be
chosen the commanding officer OF the oys-
ter-police force.
will the appointing power ignore us in
this appointment, as the caucus did in re-
gard to nomination alluded to above? We
trust not. hEG0TACK.