Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-03-21
From the Baltimore Patriot
COLONIZATION OF VIRGINIA BY EN-.
IGRANTS FROM NEW ENGLAND.

scheme has been under consideration FOR some
time past looking to the colonization of Virginia,
by emgrants from the Northern States. A great
Northerr Emigrant Aid Society has been project
ed with capital Of from three to four millions OF
doll ars, 10 he expended in the purchase of lands
in Eastern Virginia; the design Of the Association
being to partition these lands among actual settlers
from Europe and the North, accommodating
terms, who viii turn their attention to regener-
alton Of the soil and to various other industrial
pursuits adapted to tho locality and the demands
Of an accessible market.
In the promotion of this scheme--a the head of
which is Mr.. Thayer, gentleman at one time
actively engaged in organizing the Kansas Aid
SUciety-two objects are proposed to be attained
the one being the reoping Of considerable por-
tiOn of the Ola Dominion with white labor, and
she other a lucrative investment through the lu-
dcious application Of that labor to the worn-out
lands of the State. There is no doubt whatever
that, pecuniarily, the Commonwealth would De
largely benefited by an influx of sturdy laborers
who would devote themselves to renovating the
SOIL to establish manufactures, to founding towns
and villages, and to developing the mineral wealth
30 profusely scattered over large portion of the
Old Dominion but whether our neighbors would
regard wiki as favorable IN eye the introduction
within ber borders of population pcotoundly i'm
lressed@ith free-sol sentiments, and therefore
dcyc'eeA the extinction OF slavery, is question
we should like to see answered by their ablest
political economist.
The prejudice against New Engandcrs of all
classes and degrees is very strong in Southern
Virginia, and even now the Richmond Enquirer is
bitterly denOuncing as knaves and rogues the
pedlars who have been accustomed to travel
through the rural districts, disposing of their
wares and notions to the great injury as the
Enquirer contends, of tie local trade. Perhaps
also. their presence among slave population may
be regarded promoting that spirit of ubor-
dnation which has latterly displayed itself so om-
inOusly in certain quarters Nor is this at all to
be wondered at, when we consider the increasing
efforts made at the North to incite tho slaves to
escape from their mast sers, and the numerous en-
issaries employed by the abolitionists to encour-
aye the the attempt, and to assist in and cover up
the traces Of their flight.
Still. we cannot see how it is possible to prevent
capitalists from making investments in the cheap
lands Of Virginia, if the propretors of those lands
are willing 20 dispose of them nor can any legis
latve action deprive the settlers of the rights
Of citizenship, or the privilege of voting as they
think proper. That q large influx of cmigrants
from New England would create profound sen
saion among the owners Of slave property through
out the State, we have not the least doubt, and il
is very possible that some effort would be made t
avert the consequences but, as under the Federa
Constitution, every citizens Of the United Statcs
has perfect right TO migrate wherever he thinks
proper, and at the expiration of fixed period o.
time. Is entitled to enjoy and exercise the same
political privileges accorded to those who are
natives of the commonwealth, we do not well sec
how it would be possible for Virginia to put a
stop to this scheme if the association should de-
termine a carry it intO effect