The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-07
The Free settlers In Virginia.


ess TO much dependency lately the subject Of slavery
IN the New World. We Of this generation have been
eress are apt to feel ason hment and anger not
deprcsson each year does not exhibit advance
the last The abolition Of negro slavery all over the civil
zed world has been thought TO BE- merely question Of
time. Garrison and WILDER force slew the monster among
ourselves, and one Of the few redeeming acts
cipaie the slaves Of MARITIME ue and Guadalupe
For years the aboitionists have been at work in
writing with an Enthusiasm Which has never siIed Mrs.
Sowes book made the tour Of the world in few hs
and there Is hardly spee;h or language In which that
voice Of pleading for human right has NOT been beard So
we In England, and great number Of those who agree
with in the New World began think hat he long ex-
pectd time not athaDd, must yet be within the range
Of vision With the whole world arrayed in condemna
ton " the principle OF SLAYER surely the STAKEHOLDER
arguments. Thought the natural nferority Of the
black race, the convincing argument from 6na caases
namely, the negr,es existed on one side Of the
cane growing CA the other, the S,riptural
soping about Lots bond and Phemons runaway
skve 0nesmur, pretty well given up, and that the
sou,bernrrs would con6ne thems.ves to their one valid
argumentthat slavery exists, and that Is next impos
sibie get md Of IT, But the phianthropits have been
too sangune In thek authorizations whether from the
hence indiscreton Of the abooniss, from the mag
deep aLtpahy which the white American feels towards
every man of coor, decisive vote Of the whole nation
nas upheld the supremacy Of the shave owners and con
neousy with this great political judgment we have had
the principle Of slavery asserted as essentially and uoser
decision Or the Supreme Court Of the United States pro
claims thai by the intuition no man Of color have
the rights Of Citizenship A. far then, the politician and
legislator erec, the Of the negro ha, retrua
ded within the last few years. Never there time
when the public opinion Of the American PEG de- debe
rateb expressed, had completely condemned the
African TO erviiude, and declared the enforcing Of
"a 'or TO be legitimate meAcs OF bringing into cultivation
But great natural IA rs make themselves felt through
all the turmoil Of political strife; and IN spite
Americ,n ms h.ve said that all men are free
"a equal, mraning thereby that liberty Of action
and equality Of rights, though no, OF conditions ere
necessity Of properly constituted society. This great
principle destined TO assert Itself against any egis
Aiive enactinepe and any judicial decisions which NAV
contovert H. Americans decide that slavery may
be introduced in,o any part OF their counuy--a law
stronger Than Themselves proclans that slavery shall,
In spite OF temporary successes, reccde boore the ad
vancing tide offreedom slavery trends the conpro
line, and declares that IL will range anywhere, rom
the Mexican Gulf 70 the British frontier St.are,
very s essentially weak, aud NOT only has no
power 70 conquer what II covets, but Is even incaa
bic of holding its own. AT Tits very time, when
souheners all tho Cabinet and In Congress-
we learn that the State u Virginia. the 0d Domnon,"
the land Of arocrauc slayeow ming gentlemen, Is threat
ened with an inya ,on of free settlers The Gaze Ia AZ fol
lowssNirgnia and particularly IL eastern uics nave
been under cultivation now for nearly three hundred
years The culture Of tobacco, which exhaust the land,
has been carried by means q slave labor. The process
became oing one IN many places ~ soou "a steamboats,
and railway opened richer and newer regions 20 the
planter Consequently the enterprise Of Virginia Of late
years has been directed 10 the pursuit Of breeding
growing States. whole tracts have gone oat Of
curiy alton Population has increased slowly, while
ne un % h.s bee" rs ,ss sn % srss s
tends only Is now. Her ancient families getting
We told that debt debt, taxes ases repreen, her
present condition Newspapers dilate on the wasting
away Of the "oid D5mhion !" m soil overrrown
oes, sedse patches brI patches stationary population,
and waning influence Whole districts have In fat
turned 10 state OF nature In these circumstance IL
unnatural that free enterprise should be directed tho
old state why should the sturdy settler 90 ecn huired
ipla whc shoxes oft
thousands Il square mikes which wait for his and poughi
Already considerable number Of Yankees and New York
err have gone South and there 10 be scheme
for poyuating the state by organized immigration.
Mr. FL Thayer of Massachusetts, has founded the Worth
" double their mooey by 'he friendly invasion Of the
Old Dominion by renova ting army Of free white labor"
= suer from ths gentleman though ultra American 10
can be had for from three to ave dollars the acre This
BY planting white colonies 90 n, can be made valuable
and The proxmiy o. the settlement, 70 the moro popu
pus parts of the Union will insure fair supply Of far
mers. "Ken,nchy and Maryland" says Mr..
Ihayer, care already looking with envy on the
snbime destiny Of Virginia and are inviting the same
in, igorang agency Of free labor their borders"
BY s m.sessn and a. s,s We od
rhta, gill he made available at profit 10 the present
owners, who have heretofore dcspared Of selling any
price"
We are bound to say however that "the Old Dominion
w. not unanimous in welcoming the "nvasion" The
uk asAvcry press OF the state IL particularly waruke
"This enterprise" Gays Richmond PAPER "is traicsi
expedition against the peacs security, and welfare
OF he Nummonwoanh.' ut " n crusade against
slsvery-a propagation OF black repubicansrn.
q the settlement be permitted, slavery will
be thrown on ia defence ns,ead OF being sum pban,
and aggressive po~er. The cforc "duty 10 ourselves
and ALEC To sister States q the SOUTH demands that
Nhese Ysnkee Immigrants under Eli Thayer be repused
kNom the sAl Of Virginia. No tecinicafty Of legal
form can hter people 10 protecting their essential In
ter WITS" These expressions show pr sty plainly the feel
ine OF section with regard 10 the intended enterprise but
auaoh little Importance to such The settlers
will f course, be only s,rcising undenabe right In
buyimy Tece If ground and planting n, and the adj.
vantage 10 all concerned will be to1 plain Tor any
act uf violence n be tolerated. We may, there
fore trst 10 free labor advance by ts Inherent
ererrcs hOto regions where slavery has had day and
failed The principle has been de0nitively adopted,
that every tar of the republc shall be opened either
the ono or tho other according the maturity may do
ternne the free oilers take their opponents at their
word we have iit'c doubt OF The result A. New York
made Itself cs Of tery within the memory Of men still
Ny,ny and New lcr ~ within the last few years,
pp.t the Npth - efadraly push w. pr ncples IN com
many with ,e ffcae f s hardy and adventurous
Two ncnhcrs " tlr volhynian nobihiy naned Roscn.
th and ttsvfo5st iive beeo scntruccd ~ the hos OF