Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-18
THEY ADOPT A PLAN.
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are able and willing to servo as leaders:
they even come to US out or their own
Tree will. Let us not shake them or
by simply directing them TO the land
agents. but let our Board OF lmmigra-
ton take the matter In hand and organ
lie In such manner that this Board may
provide for them desirable tracts OF land.
with good soil, good climate. good roads,
and good communications. and, above all.
good titles, in order that they may be
able to build new settlements OF thrifty
white farmers there, where. up TO the
present day. nothing can be seen but the
miserable huts OF a few colored people,
surrounded by a few acres of land In the
most deplorable condition.
THE NORTHERN RACES.
I'VE are fully aware OF the fact that
the German farmers OF the West or
Northwest are not the only ones whose
presence would be desirable. 1t is true,
we do not believe that the nations OF the
Latin race In Western and Southwestern
Europe, or that those OF the Slavonic
race In the East and Southeast of that
continent ought to be encouraged to I'M
migrate into our beautiful State. AS
ti!lers OF the soil most OF them have
achieved so little in their own countries
that we would hardly b. greatly bene-
fitted by them. But there are the English.
the Scotch. and the Scandlnavians. all
those nations of the North. who dssce nd
from one common parentage and are so
closely related to US Germans that we
might say about them and they about us
what Adam exclaimed when he beheld
Eve for the first time: This is now
bone of my bones, and flesh OF my flesh"
What they have done in the West. as
well as in their own countries, entities
them TO the same recommendation that
we are inclined TO give to our German
brethren. The only reason why we gave
the Germans the preference Is that we
know that with a little encouragement
there are many OF them ready and will
Ing to come now. And II we have any
thing to add to what We already have
said about them n would be this: No
nation of the world Is more apt to get
accllmated and asslmilated to It's sur
roundings than the Germans II you let
them go their own way. None make
themselves more useful without Boosting
with their merits or claiming any re
wards or distinctions. 1t is certainly
more In the interest of the State than Is
generally acknowledged to secure that
class OF immigrants. And every aid that
the State gives. especially at the be-
ginning, will before long make Itself well
paid. yea, with more than hundred-fold
interest
SHOULD our highly-esteemed Board OF
immigration be willing to take into due
consideration any plan OF securing and
encouraging the class of immigrants we
recommend. the German-American Asso-
citation of Virginia will be happy TO do
whatever may be I'm Its power in order 10
cooperate i'm carrying out such plans in
the best and most practicable manner
possible
RECEIVED QUITE AN OVATION.
At the conclusion OF his address DR.
Nenzel received an ovation. Mr.. Well
ford Corbin grasped him by the hand
and congratulated him. Next Colonel
p. Fitzgerald advanced. and said: Mr.
President. hope you will allow me as a
native-born Virginian to express my
thanks to this. my foreisn-born fellow
citizen, for his able and admirable al
dress. We welcome all such as him tC
Virginia" Then. clasping DIR. Menzers
hand and addressing him. said: "Sir. youl
speech may not be ours. but your hear
Is"
Rev Or. George H. Ray also asked per
mission to congratulate DR.. Mcneil The
Doctor, he said, had, in his opinion
struck the keynote Of the matter fl
hand.
\ LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
Dir. Ray offered the following which wa!
adopted:
Resolved. That the Committee OF
Business be requested "a consider tn
propriety OF the appointment of a com
mittee TO obtain from the next Legislature
such legislation as may promote immigra
tion to this State"