New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-11
A FARMER OF VERMONT TO TIE FARMERS OF
VIRGINIA
To n. Editor Of The ". y. 7,

VIRGINIA.
To The Editor Of The " y Tribrn.
SIR: Doubtless it is the proper business OF farmers
to rod than to rri; yet if editors pV be writing and
we indulge ourselves III reading, they must not be sur
prisod if occasionally our fingers itch to get of sen
nent if it should not be in the most polished style
or of the most plant or " obsequious character.
The reading in THY TEIBrvE of the 10Th article under
the above head reviewing article in The R,ctigo-d En-
qaircr. hos had that effect upon me- and have nc
nation inquire through the columns of those papers OF
some Of my fcllow-iarncrs in Virginia in similar
circumstances with mysclf trusting they viii give them
for their views in relation TO this matter
The principal inducements had to leave my naive
land England end bring wife and seven children 10 this
country place se and them in situation where
iaLor as respected. With this object in view was
led almost n,inciiy ly TO avoid the slaychsdns states
soiourp Of TWENTY-FIVE wears on this slo of the Atlantic
has not convinced e trt committed an error in kcepn.
10 the north OF Mason and Bxons line. And now am
frequently applied by persons who have desrc 10 ci
CRATE for my humble adj ice in the promises and nyari
ably give il in accordance with that decision.
am now nearly sixty years old have settled down
uron o farm of about many acres which have lc' 70
of my sonshe returning me portion of H. pro1uc-
tiors quite sufficient TO supply the 7eesores of life,
while what few svTc furics indulge in arc furnished
from another source Among what some persons might
regard ms srpr'fe III the hands of working men, but
What habit has almost converted into aud winch
Cndeavor 10 make prudent use o. are four weekly
nowspapeTs-one of them edited by MN that was once
held as southern stare: ono semi monthly, and iour
moithlies in addition 10 what friends III England
craiuously send usamouniing TO NOR than another
weekly. have in company with Inv wife pari q
visit friends in Europe; and generally spead
few weeks during the year in travelling from place 10
loce visiting those thai have the saptude for the
" Of industry. though not aiming Hi monopoly IN their
hemcy occupations. Ono great reason that have l"r
inviting this correspondence Is belief which southern
writers have wished northern renders 10 entertain and
which may not be beyond the limits Of possibility that
This Union may in the course oi time come to an
q H. unless the North submits Ike the plant crceks
10 more conIlcfe southern domination. Bat n believe
that before srch event happen there VIII be h1rr
stlueg Gle. mental if not physical and o. have more ath
in ,rfs than in i9t-s "a agents in settling disputes and
fle of II
the faculty OF dispuant- the gin OF piping, they
will lie required TO pay the piper -1hcse ere some OF
nv roasors inviting slave holding farmer IN
Virginia to give H. hi views of The advantages 70 be
gained by noltem icenea becoming cagog cosS0'' n
Whcn wa passing through the "Oll Dominion
seven years since, repeatedly inquired oi-"Nhy
"dont you northern farmers come into Virginia and buy
"our cheap lands. and grow rich upon them lrePhed
there very sub.lanal reason among many ohers
We did not wish to get any more completely under the
shadow of their peculiar institution than already
We could utjugatc ourclves to the control Of men
that would be jealously watching our words, as was
tere Informed that northern settlers must refrain rom an
rtmark that might tend TO uniervane Slavery nih our
character Indifferent observers least houi be pretty
well esinblishedl did moi like 10 The want cf gtei
among the laborng whites well the free blacks nor
the miserable hnts that many OF them called their dwell
irg-housos did not like 10 sleep in farmhouse with
out glass in the Windows ns once did in Southampton
County; did not like TO schooho in settled dis
trics with two three scholars, and with engazed sash
for windows. Those things led me 10 believe that the
judicial to h best nierestthe of what believed
was ennobling-and l shrunk from it rs would from the
bite of q reptile.
Twas delighted with tie aspect that had gwen
many parts of that State but was compelled To- ATOP,
" AZ around !. bsauteou-
While sl.i hui ). vile"
Ii was wrong in that conclusion an not alone. could
find many others that under the same impression.
had another object IN visiting Virginia. 1t 10 es
certain il Nere practicable to procure some OF me south
saw several small pieces OF rice that he'd luxnrn' ap
pearanoe, and comparing the grain with nee from the
tarolnas could discover important difference in quail
iv Twas assured twas profitable crop and ton-
usands of acres of land iha; informed well
adapted TO the growth Of that Kind OF grain.
called the attention Of some farmers in the :, lth-
eastern counties these things 70 the 80 900 free ha A
and to the poor whites within the STATE only parsly
plovcd and the demand which rice produced by IRE
abcr was held IN in England as wei in the northern
States The next year there phlalepla irom
that section less than 100 bushels or thai comnoir the
produce OF free labor, but there II ended The conse-
aucnce IS that those who believe themselves unle- OBJ
gaon TO allow moral piacPe to govern them in their
b1vr and selling c well as in Other ia = of ther inter-
course with their fcoW-men obliged 20 deny them
selves the Of that agreeable article Of food which God
has given for his sustenance bu which has extern
siycy stained with slavery or import IT, giving the prefer
crce foreign article that could rs well, Il no. better,
be produced at home.
IS "a locker on in Venice may perhaps b. allowed
To say another word those that Specializing the
.ohseorcrs~ Nor-t-lav not the rsi,erng unc.i,n 10
your souls that all the North is tame bccause
oftheir servants have betrayed them lmy ID not
find il difficult To control Men who only few months
since apt 10 say, -! don't what we n; tie North
can do aboE; Slavery, must let it alone and il VIII
"curc itself row saw - would rather shoulder ms
musket han suffer another fugitive 10 he back
into slavery. Srrh ia the change that he's come
'.oer the spirit OF their dream; and however unwse
some CT them may J.. in their manner o ng wcu
advise those who upon being their Aass TO cOun,
much upon the sTre in the service of the State the
Senate. the seld But tell my neighbors they would
DO times the amount Of GOOD they would shoulder
piece of free groNn cotton linen "yeer in and yesr
cut than by such pasmodic displays what ics deeply
pricr Thai paciGe mode of acting w sre seeis fer
ard arc sangune in expectations OF finding sources
from which be abundsntly supplied with
cotton or flax sugar rice &c, truly the products Of CON-
ptIsa.cd American labor We shall not be disappointed
II the frce settlers in Nebraska should ad profitable
turn their attention to the cultivation of rice. And if
there remains the deter nna;on 10 sustain them
when they are there that s manifested 20 help them
get there what hond hinder our giving them prr~isu
or their yr9-a rice n preference q paving the ssve-