Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-31

h'eFs ION NaJs-ler thslI CEN I,nss'.. -tth
AZ result, "ihs prslriss Of ies wss w
unequal advantages. we're rapidly dsvslspo''
1 II not, indeed. oysrdevsiopss, ,.
1ksn csnes reaction. Poor water, drouenr'
pests, hot pisds. billiards.. no timber no cya CO
faniss. uncertainty % crops. high shipping
rates. bleak, barren, aud dssolats; put ao'e'-
tisiRg did IT.
"1hs social conditions are unfsyoraele q
norihern msa viii have no stsnaihs ~ IN IN
son,h" This cause was given BY ror'h'iu
citizen.
Our observation 10 much at fault or he Is ms
tsfsn. 1hsrs may he more strats N sos,, ~
SOuts than North, but It 10 the opinion on W.
writer thst any man who will cOndnct himtsn
properly will ind frisads aud society IN me
Soath suited 10 his csnditisn-
Now, these were Mr.. hason's honest cos
victisu, from what he saw, aud heard, and
read. He saw vhst we were doing, beard
what we said 10 each other, what we said 10
strangers desiring TO buy lands and settle
among Us, what we said 10 and OF sucu
already settled smeng ut for years. lie "w
what these northern men. women, ana
children we're doing. heard what they said 10
us and OF Us. found cut how they liked us
aud our wars and our laws He must have
found cut and been told that we had plenty
Of cheap labor IS a general thing,
and that lsbersrs as settlers were not wanted
that foreign immigration was not desired or
preferred by our people or our authorizes;
that we did not want or need Ofice.holders,
or Political or religious teachers or Mission
aries but that we did need and would wei
come reputable, steady, industrious, moral
ptopie-families-m women, and cbii-
dren-with m-ass to buy home, however
che.p aHd humble. and 10 live by their ewn
exsrtions, to become Virrinians, our brethren
and sisters by adoption. lie must have
heard that we had homes, large ana smail,
almost TO give ausy 10 such imnl.
grants. lie saw, too, that there were all
over the State scattered here and there
northern men with their wives ana NIUE
ones, who wore The blue In the dark DAYS
hvInE and working side by side with those
WHO wore the grsy in noighborly, kindly IS
s0ciAtion, aud thtt these nen we're within
the memory Of not very cid men our enc
mes. lie raust have been told that many OF
these men occupied places OF honor aud
trust by the will or appointment OF the
much di trusted Denscritic nstiye-boTn
VirgIuisn. lie could see these men
in positions OF prominence At our
great Exposition, aud gallant New
Hampshire colonel on the State Board
OF Agriculture, ~ the selection ard appoint
mSnt Of the gallant Confederate cavalry Gov
erpsr OF Virginia We believe the editor
saw all these things VIXEN he Uss In Viz
giui,. and be wrote AZ he saw, and felt what
lie urste. But his pen stopped, and he
thought hetaw a fly in the fragrant slDtaent
he was spreading over his editorial psEe..
lie really saw what the prsjudlced and The
usIniormsd he kne1 would call 4 ny, and
he SAYS:
POLITICAL ANfHOSITY.--We had ready for the
printer an kasvor g. this objection when ten
ton was attracted 20 the following Item which
- scattsrSd broadcast through tne Associated
Prsu:
R,shmond. w.. January IA clean sweep Of
all hs SspublisakS employed on the new cry
nan DuldlnE WAS made Friday night This a.
ton was tatsn ~ direction o. ths Democratic
Csmnittss o. GrsuRds and Buildings OF me city
Council. which isFusd tss sdict: Put none but
Democrats on guard"
Whsthsr true or false such Items work meal
cul.bls HJury 20 the south. Instance. one who
ras aimest persuaded % locate IN Tie SCUM, al
ter reading such Items, declares he would prefer
tho arctic regions -KansAs vita only prairie Hnd
happy social conditions ah1 nae ouhrIppeu
states Vastly superior ~ natural resources
Now, could net Dir. Mason have made
h,tter answer than be has msael Ii was 8
siNple case Of party rule. Men were given
emBleynent under a Democratic city adj
pini.tfanou. There was not empsTnent
for sll: werk IVES scarce; preference Nas TO
se given 10 Democrats. THIS was ,ll. II in
10 way affected Of csuld affect any man buy
lnE home or land in Virginia in any coun-
~ or cnF. II could In no way AFFECT any
capitalist intending 10 establish mills, fsctO-
ries, works. or trade IN this city or any other
usrt Of the state. II was simply msiter of
local political action. aud Was not carried
out, being Of no practical political value.
Bat in this same matter IN Ohio or Kansas,
viii snv man say that the politics. or
at least the voting. OF q laborer
or workman has nothing 10 do With
his employment III these States? In these
Jaws such thiGSs sppe,r 10 be expected Ia
the Federal, STATE, and municipal govern
ment,. We III this city well know that
when Mr.. Harrison is inausurated very
many men who live bY their labor and for
low salaries will lie thrown ont Of employ
ment solely because they are Democrats, ar d
81 this we make no complaint. And We
know il there should be q Republican Cow
srnOr-Gcnoral hshOne for instsnce-
and RepLbli an city government
here would not be a Democratic
| nOd.carTer lett 20 bear mortar on any
nall. But we are not complaining Oi this,
and We do not denounce the people OF he
Worth or OsirgcIse those amongst US who
voted the Republican ticket Tor It. They
rsme here Republicans and aEe still Republic
cans, voted for Harrison and have been
treated e. politely and kindly since a. before
tuc election. We think their eyes are not yet
open. When they get Older they may act DIFF
ierenily. but when they are good. reputable
men and women they sill get the honest
grasp Of every Nirgnisn hand.
Nethink the editor saw AND heard enough
10 have made sett.r deisnce Of our State
that he felt th,t she sismor Of the Kansas en-
thusiast tbst wanted 10 make Greely expo
dition on bis own hook bunting for ",oci
advantages" that he nay not be entitled to
nr deserve did not know what he was talk
ng about fer he concludes In the following
rue asd prsciicsl words:
Thsro il no danger 81 eyerdoing the matter Of
Immigration. As The state IL equal 10 lie greatest
demands that can he made upon u.
It's every valley nsy become perennial
garden aud is hills iiluminsd with the blaze Of
furnaces. The possibilities Of tho state admit
Of II. aud the ambition OIL her people should de-
nj Gnd H.
Nov, we repe,t the invitstlon personally
that we have so often extended Officially 10
every mau who has money 10 buy farm
snd stock sad cultivate II. who Is arepula.
Die man coming 10 make bn home With us, ne
i've a cordial, honest welcome, assuring him
that he shall have all the advantages OF i'm.
formation cxplanation, and counsel IN the
selection, purchase. and natiag OF home
thai he can get IN the most friendly nertharn
state of the Union, and II sucb an immigrant
will put himself in communication with
Judge Grattan. st stanton, or when he u
travelling in The northern States, or with
the department. he SHALL be projected sgainst
the chance Of fraud and deception, and pu'
in communication With gentlemen-owsors
- land with recors for integrity and honor
equal - any men in any Stale.
eshs send TIE editor Of the Buckeye
Farmer 4 copy oi the Dispatch, sad Think be
ought to accord space for the reproduction OF
this article. Th0hIs WRITxHEAD,
Commissioner OF Agriculture.