The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-19
BANDONED LANDS OF VERMONT,

The report Of the Commissioner Of
Agriculture Of Vermont that thousands
Of acres of farming land in that State
had been ab,ndoned. ard were offered
for sale at from II to SO per acre. must
be the cause Of the deepest concern 50
all lovers Of New EOPland.
II will, doubtless. be remembered by
some If our r.ade,s that about a year
20. in bate 10 the Senate between
SeDator Morgan aud thai bold scientist
Mr.. Bieir. Of New Hampshire. whose
scheme to divert the course Of the golf
r. am ia sill uuiuifilled. the former.
IN speaking of the desirAbiiitv of the
emigration OF negroes from his owl
STATE, was answered with the retoIt by
by the latter, that The negroes of Ala
bima would be much more warmly
welcomed to New Hampshire than the
white people.
Now. 1t mus be remembered that the
Connect cut river alone divides the
) stes of Vermont and New Hampshire
and that with the sane soil aud climate
the agricultural outlook Of the two
8 a'es must be the same. Why then
has the COmmi- siOnef of Agriculture OF
New Hampshire uttered no wall of dis
tress. and why is he yet as dumb as sn
oyster on this most painful question.
We can resch but one conclusion, and
IL is that bis emotions are too over
towering. and his feelings are too full
Tor utterance, and without charge, we
propose to relieve him and to show HIM |
how these aching voIds in Vermont |
New Hampshire NAV be filed up.
We pass by the failure Of Vermont to
&C promptly on the proposition of Gov
e nor FOwle that she should fill up
part of her vacant spaces with Zero
nimo aud his. baod, for who knows how
-oon, in an abandoned country. these
wages would not again imagine them
'elves 10 be In Arizona snd commence
Iheir murde:ous work by raising the
war whoop and burying their toma-
laO K III the brains OF their appointed
+ rmers and reSenerators.
We propose seriously that these two
safes shall recruit their waning popu- ,
asion aud fill up their vacan: spaces by
inviting the immigration of their be. I
owed Republican allies in Southside :
u gina; and we guarantee that no old !
lavehOlder, or the son OF STAKEHOLDER. Il
nail 90 along to give moral taint to b
he new stream Of population; but it .
nay be impossible 10 RESTRAIN a famous y
arpt Dagger who processes TO bs <
ox'ous to get away from the white 4
e nple of Virginia. b
II our New England friends. always "
generous and broad miudt d, should
! Ink from the sacIiflce densnn.d "
us IN parting with so many Repubh ~
IN tors. We would assure them II n,
lr being sustained by the unselfish u
cling that our loss would be th, ir he
in. and our Will mess to forward 10 ns
em even the colored statesmen lust ic
scted from Ameha and Me, XII, nturp. f.,
NV "a the time for them TO prove their =
by their works. and can they ,e. Dc
t the opportunity to take the colorsd
sth.r under their wing after sheo ding co
many tears IN his behalf when he Ma
IS far, far away. Re
The was is open for the rescue of The au'
n and brother from old plauta,ioo go -"
'judicrs and oppression, and in the fig
ne OF humanity we will gladly turn b.
4 the sbuudant and plastic material s't
hand TO be recast ID the mould OF 's'
" England philanthropy. Let Yer 7
ut and New Hampshire then send on icaI
lr immigration agents. and We will Gaze
rantee that in less than ninety da,s ,S. ,
thousand voters will be- added 10 a d
r Republican strength. The
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