Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-10-24
Lrrcm lhe N,r Yotk rn.l.l
Progress OfYirginia tOwardsBarbarism.

IIobItSSo OF virginia lOWafuhbaEpuIlbul'
Tho Richmond Enquirer, which claims TO
be, andi' the leading organ Of the Buchan-
an party in the South, now insists that free
society is failure, and that slavery Is ilo
deus It iu'anrH Of a democratic government.
II goes farther, aud jusiiiic,, nay advises
the expulsion from the state Of every man
who ventures to publicly express a doubt
whether slaye.labjr is as favorable as free.
labor to q nations prosperity.
To show how the Enquirer, and thosr frr
whom It speaks, have progressed sine, 1891,
Sc quote from iis files Of that year a COM
munication which we hope TO he rarlonod
Cor thinking quit, as sensible as anything
We have srgn in rs columns since, but which
if itwsrc now to APPEAR There, or in amy
other Virginia rapcr, Governor Wise wouli
treat as Reasonable. II runs %, follows
s1yF oT TnT EyIis ol sLt,E L,Eor. ,vp pr.
CuNEor i,Sus ~ u,Nl oy TuE EARLY ,rr.
rtrp r,UTs or YE.vi,
Mr,r. Editors ltlas ',c,n my ios,r,,
lor lensth or time, ,hat ,7n, Irr.on would
call the attention OF ,hc r.op'r Of Virginia
90 the consideration or thr d.c'r, Of chat
par, oI ,hr state where tio cultivation OF
,hc earth las been cii.ly performed By
slaves
twill arrar from r,n'iHn, t'a, thr
people, Zoo settling ,i" state, 'ayc mai,
shoi,, OF the br.: anl, 20, tArir slaves O.
cultivate, one ctrt ~ which h1s ben On
destroy arsr 1rss Of delightful woodland
continuing tmhsr OF iun'suhhl' value.
This la. lgrn tua' 'y hs''iu., harninc and
other expeditions means ur l,,g1y,u. ,iu.
h.rarl ml.
TheLat hul.m Virginia. ezr,rl creek
anI river lru.rr5unI.. (,5 for asmg o' s.r.
walton rytsnls.) azc generally rolling. and
vl,, h,s brrn thc ,rrt on them % ,ny,
cultivation: and che want 1f rr1r-r man.
rermut ar.l lue attention hy ths owners
Grh,'l q country. one. frti'r-u.w wash.
a in rsmhrr'.s r'arrs INTO -u'lr,B hr.r
enough ~ lurya Eir'-w'tlout spl cs.
srr, In tlt bottoms. ami without timber {.
cnrl1.s them: ,he homes Vt our fathers or.
rrli.u ly r,cir children. aul when li1
lasts llr-.r ile aal nnI tha timber.
wan, at '.r-,l overcome, lay, of country.
,nl ,n. '5., YOUNG arl o'l ar, mrrI fr.
aln. tr,Iaal of ,l,is'.rth. aul kia-
a homo in ,l.c rnwrn r..ia1, uI ,'r West
In r, .la-, r-Fial afthiriv years. which
f., vi,lin mv rsmsmranr.. many OF a..
s'.,, rr.r-.. Law, t,l.nr'i., Of mv own
tr,vr.l-, Il, srr,,i, p,i .hh,rh,,l s.flnl
originally fertile. ,at and ra.y O. cul,iy7t,
thrr,forr think II rrauirgs ND rr.rlpt q.
tell. tnt,f tie rr..-nt and former stat, o.
ln,'anIry De- ua. altered. a large portion OF
th,o7c,uluahl, land, of virginia must b.
r1mea d. r,sl wilderness. n-. instead o.
making our hul, L5,tsr from %, timc o0
,t.ir r.,r. s',,r.l. t'.y mr., Jsiiy ~-rvir-
,,,rrr fr,u ,,r.,,8, and hsl Hll,-,. clos,
Grazing and IN, ua.hln. of heavy ninr
How unlike s.ms ar our sister states. ha,ir.
n, Slaves. ulrre many generations Of M.
sam, family rr5,r-r ON d., sam, rra, o
hnI
From these c5nsiIsu,i5r,. t,yru ir acli,
,.sl, r, matter of nsu,rs,Hrn. E,.lI
should H., =, sn,--e. a l-w inlairis Mr
rrhli, J.ilrntiar.
l,, I.r,, slavery N, rrinrip,I c.rs, n
r..f,.,,r, NJ u., land, ia ,,r,7i, r1rts o
yir.io,,
on n,-,i,c,t ,,Irc, a -r,,t many r
,i, vri,. r.,rl, IN f.I,t, nl,r7 An.
l,., ,no, Utcvi.,. b,v, , Grant iplu,nr
over m, moral. Of many Of the white r,arl
yi-,inia. bv,nc,urlring idl,rcs,. rla,tonv
and Jrunlcpnr,, the c5mraniln, Of ever,
,i,, and destination. and N, lor.runnrr, o
,,,,,,y ,,i.,ry a,l Ji..sa. n, di,f,rsi,
,r,l,pcl,'v ,5ut-in short. an TIE wor,
c.-,,. which MP, r,m,l In the Doctor. v5
,,r,r,-v and which lria- human M. ,,s
r-.-,,,,r. rrl,
m r.r,t slavery the rr,r,,,rl rars, tli
r.,,lv and indirectly, Of emigration IRON
yir.iri, and Of our mo-, h,in, q NOR.
l.,., ,,,,,, p,rpl,,i,p,
i,b. I.itro, hi,h tim, for ,'c u-,rl, o
yir.ipi, q, u--, tl,oir r,rr.s,1liiiv-e IN th,
.,,,,l,.r.r,,ur, e, ,l,nt .1B, Man -ralu
,nv ~ I..,,n tbc .l,r, r5rult,ion. ci.hr,
vi,l or v,,t,g, a final view :, abolition
,r w,,ll 9, No, h, ,yr,ll,rt In IA,