Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-18


next practical advantage will accrue 70
my neixhbors. II I have money IN my
pocket. / will spend II. and my neignpor
will reap the benent. Another practicai
advantage is that we will be doing =
Kindness to our fcliow-men by bringing
them here BY bringing . new peopI'
to our midst, new cities VIII Dc creeteu'
old cities will grow. our trade ana manu-
features will increase. and prosperity WIN
DO evident on all sides. l am consu1u-
tionally opposed to the State OK vHsin,a
undertaking to sell my ianes ior nv
The State OF Virginia does not own u 10y.
Of land that she wants TO sell ! oon
want the State to do anything for me.
other than TO pass n general lsw for
nv protection. and then to let me do as
please.
MUST PROTECT OURSELVES.
Il can protect myself. II the law VIII
protect me. We have got to protect our
selves one against the other. IL ~
North and bring, at my own expense,
a crowd Of northerners down to look nj
my land, ali OF my neighbors Will come
running around, and will want 10 sell
theirs, even IL they have to speak
dlsparagingly of mine. Uaughter.) want
a law to protect me against such actioh
as this"
Colonel Fitzgerald stated that he was
the originator of the law which passed
the last Legislature. permitting ten men III
each county to form themselves INTO an
INN. grafton society, and OF this ne spoke
at some length. He thought these county
associations could be formed to great ao-
vantage, and, by the cooperation OF all
of the counties in one section OF the STATE
could be made to work inestimable good.
al cold a "Xnlfl1 these So
cieties work to the advantage OF the land
owner. but they would protect the eettier
from sxtortionate charges.
WHAT CAN BE DONE.
by such organization. what we desire
can readily be accomplished, and In
few years we will see small settlements
springing UP here and there, and all
through Virginia the small creeks when
run into the Potomac. the James, the APP
pomattox, and the Roanoke, which now
have so many waterfalls running 10
waste. will be lined with villages ana
manufactures, and the water. instead Oh
dashing at waste over the rocks, VIII be
doing something for mankind. and VIII
be turning mill-wheels. / don't want the
future generation to reap all OF the oehe-
fits of this movement. | want TO see
some of it in my time. Let's get to work
anu nave ltllS new ga 1T OAaNNs '>'''o
q retrospective view OF old Virginia In
ante-bellum days. the speaker said: I'VE
were a patriarchal people. and the man
who says that we raised slaves for
market Is falsiffep. Those negroes
were dependents, and the lands were
worked as a means only of giving them
support. Now we are working the freed
negro as a tenant. on shares. l claim
that this It not profitable. The negro
can only be worked as hireling or tne
white man, and as servant ana pald
| laborer he is the best that we can get.
But let us, IL our lands must be worked
| on shares get white men to take the
| shares. and keep the negro with US
| as laborer."
The Closing Topical Address.
| Mr.. J. +. Jackson spoke next on "rhe
| Steps Most Essential 10 Secure lmmlsra-
! tion How the State and County Authori-
| ties Can Best Cooperate to Promote IT,
ard What. if Any, Additional Legislation
| Is Desirable" Mir. Jackson Is editor OF
| the Southern Planter. and an Englishman
who has settled in this State since the
| last half decade, and no Is as enthusiastic
! over the resources of this grand old Com
monwealth as any native-born citizen.
| He smoke humorously Of the work that
| IS usually accomplished by immigration
conventions. and congratulated MS COL
LEAGUES on the business-like manner III
when they had gone to work. The trou-
Bile with these conventions. he said. Is
| that they spend the entire time In telling
| each other of the grand and vast resources
| OF Virginia. but we never even let ths
outside world know that We exist
| have" he said, letters almost daily from
! foreigners making inquiries as 10 Virginia
| Why, | met Il man Che other DAY "nc
| went to the United States Consulate III
! London to seek information OF virginia
and he was told that no information mac
| ever been furnished them. hence they
| could not give 1t out. There Is where W.
| make a mistake. Literature descriptive
NJ our resources should be literally scat
| tered all over the civilized globe.
SOUTHERN LYNCHINGs.
,r jackson spoke OF the frequency
OF lynchings IN the Cni'eu S'a.es, a. :.
a,id while very few OF them occurred y
| Virginia. and the lynchngs In the SCOUT
! y,arn for n nameless crime, they had thel
! egfect and the fact being chIchlcIe'
abroad that such things were possiDp
and Gld occur in this country Ia"-aDulH'
| citizens did not care 10 come aInohs US
! lie spoke of the manner in when set
! ,Iers we're sometimes made to pay eNorbi
tant prices by INSCRIPTIONS lana-oWhers
| and he thought Il Would reuouHh " '"'
| Interest OF this state II arrangement
were made whereby settler cou" o'
protected from sharks. and could come &c
! This State and purchase his lands at V'
same prices charged all other puEerS.
The speaker agreed with Dr. Meme
In saying that we did not want Nmnigra
| ton from the Latin races.
| Mr.. jackson made a strong plea for gooc
| roads. H did not agree with the propo
! elt'on. immigration first and good road:
afterwards.
| MIGHT BE PERMANENT.
| Mr. White offered a resolution. which
| was referred 70 the Committee on Resolu
| tions. that that committee consider ahd
report on the advisability of forming a
permanent immigration society.
The list Of topical subjects having beer
! DISPOSED of, the Chair announced that
general discussion was In order. and MI
| A. T. Mool<ler. of King William, spoke
| In favor OF good roads.
Major Gaines submitted paper. which
| was referred TO the Committee on Eesolu-
lions. Several other papers were sub
mitted and went to the same committee
| and the convention adjourned until T.
! ".
Additional Delegates.
| During the morning session the followlne
! additional delegates reported their names
! to the secretary:
! REPRESENTATIVES of the Virginia State
Agricultural and Mechanical Society
! Prof w. b. Atwood, Montgomery county
j. b. Watkins, Chesterfield county; w
/ ". Hobson, -; w. T.. Grant
Henrico county; II. L. Lorraine. Rich