The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-09-01

IN Of African slsvsry. Her wealth and
Guiforts and population wsah nov Be- thrss
lhssss great o. they are had me bssn disen.
thralsd at the close Of our revolutie nary struG-
gle She would be at the head Of the States Of
the eonfederacy, the position which her sdvsn-
.ysptages 90 numerous and SO decided entitle
her 20, had not the incubus Of slavery sat upon
her teemlng bosom and rendered stagnant the
blood In all her arteries. She needs nothing
but freedom TO relieve her from the decrepituce
that has so long been creeping stsalthily upon
her, and to restore to her faded cheeks the bloom
Of unremitting health. r.tt e iz,a f'e.'
She has new began system Of works OF in
ternal Improvement from which her statesmen
expect great results. We hope they may not he
disappointed. We hope these works when cora
plete may refreshen her desolate 5elds, and
bring back 10 her sons the energy and the en-
tsrprise which their forsfathers enjoyed more
than century ago. But we do not believe that
10 In the power of canals and railways to com
pensate for the evils Of slavery Although nail
cars may traverse the State In every direction,
they cannot give to the people that spirit Of en-
terprise and progress which are at war with sla-
very and which slavery infects and finally de-
strOys. Virginia cannot and will not ascend TO
that eminent height in the admiration Of the
world, her sons will never enjoy that great pres
perity which Of right belongs to them, 30 long
as she tolerstes African slavery within her bor-
dea. w. -s.Hr,ss ..-
Her most eminenuy wise and good men OF
the last century, those men WHO have given "a
her worldwide renown, hsd the sagacity to
perceive the source Of hundred evils thai
were at war with yirginin's greatness. They
perceived in negro slavery tho fruitful source
of the lassItude which afflicted tho people. the
blight that came upon her fields, the ruin that
Invaded her mansions and made her hosptahle
hearlhs desolste. Bat their descendants. are
prone to look beyond her slavery for ali the
evils which sffict her. They have been deplor-
ing the downward tendency of things In the old
err portions Of Virginia for half a century, and
canals will enable her to overcome oil the obstA
cles which have 50 long retarded her progress
They fancy that the wilderness OF Western
Virginia will blossom as the rose, and will sus-
tain dense and happy population, If they make
a canal and . railway to afford the people o.
that region facilities by which they may be able
to get their corn and oats and wheat and cattle
and pork to market! They may construct the
canals and the railways from which they expect
such vast additions to their prosperity, but, nm
less they also abolish their system Of slavery,
Western Virginia will not improve as the free
States farther west have improved. Wherever
slavery is suffered to exist, there immigration
will not 60. Ii is not because the advantages
Of that portion of Virginia are not known. that
immigrants dc not flock thither and occupy the
desirable lands which there aboand. Let slave
ry be driven from Western Virginia, and within
ten years half million Of souls will be added
to the population Of the State. and then and moi
till then will prosperity be found there, o.
school houses and churches become convenient
to every family within that delightful region
on which Heaven has Law ished Its bounties with
a IN ost lavish hand.