Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-04-04
9lan Of Emigration 60 virginia.
YoRcRsTER lIass MARSH 10 i s5Y

8 IAN o1sseiIn18 ration to virginia,
LETTER OF atls TuAYRs.
WoRcEsTER, Mass March 70, 1857.
Is Bonnet Dear Sir l THINK your for yonr
lucid 1ttt able anal ysis Of the plans and pIrpo.
ses Of the North American Homestead com
pany As given in the HdrdlG of February "a
and OF Aiarctl10.
gu have shown q true conception Of the
project, and 1t seems to me an accurate appre-
citation Of its power and its payable results
u assure you that it is our purpose to be
strictly. q business orgiKatiOn.
We shall abide BY tho laws, State and ma
ttonal
Neshail adhere with wonderful tenaeity to
the Constitution and the Union.
We shall purchase large tracts of land at
slave State prices; shall give 0waF to actual set
tiers about one fourth; shall sell about one fourth
at cost, and the remainder at free State prices
thus probably doubling our money on each operS
alton.
/ There sao chance for such speculation ex-
lcept in slave States, and even in them only in
/ proportion to the extent of slavery For ex-
ample: There will be no inducemcnt for us TO
buy land in Hancock, Brooke, Marshall or Ohio
counties IN Western Virginia, for in those
counties it is worth from $50 to ST per acre
Those counties, and the bulk of the Others in
/ Western Virginia, arc essentially free. Our
/ chances would be much better in Dinwitldie,
uS4AeES GAll1uSSGu
eastern counties, where we can obtain land for
from 50 to s. per acre such being the average
tprices IN those localities where the slaves are
a majority Of the population. Now these lands
are moro desirable than those of the counties
first named, and by planting on them free
/ white colonies we can make them more valua-
bic, Il is too much, therefore, for our Virginia
neiglbors to expect of human nature and es
tpecially OF Yankee human nature-tllat we
should forgeo any such chance as this Of SeCur-
/ ing sure and ample dividends, especially when
this can be done in manncs. perfectly legal and
constitutional.
.sBut very many of the people Of Virginia
actually desire the proposed friendly invasion of
the Old Dominion by this renOvating army Of
free white labor. can show you that even
SHAREHOLDERS are on our side, and that, too, in
large numbers.
Some have already offered to take stock to
the extent of their ability in the proposed COM
tpany. Kentucky and Maryland are already
looking with envy on the sublime destiny Of
Virginia, and are inviting the same invigorating
agency Of free labor to their own borders.
Missouri, also, has sent delegation for the
purpose OF securing n colony of one hundred
/ Yankees to build a town 1lpon a good landing
! gether with the tone of large portion of the
Southern press, make it manifest that the pro-
posed movement will be admirably sustained
land our colonies treated with kindness and res
Epect But #, on the contrary, portion of the
lpeOple of Virginia in defiance of their own in
terests and of our rights, should so far stultily
Themselves as to follow the lead of ultra diSuni
oniSts and secession fire-eaters in committing
loutrnges against the lives and property of peace
full settlers, then they must BIO met by the con-
stltutton and the laws; and should these fail to
give protection, popular sovereignty must be in
yoted for the Old Dominion, as it has been for
1 Kansas. We shall not be intimidated Weare
not that kind OF people when good dividends
fare at stake. In defiance of danger we send
our wh0le-ships to the Northern Ocean for mos
neY. We send our missionaries among canni-
balls for principle, We have defied all perils
even in sending the Gospel TO the heather with
out the Indictment of pecuniary gain; but with
that indueement the Gospel of Freedom twill
have free course, will run and be glorifieti.n
we have been charged with participating in
the slave trade, contrary TO law, for filthy lurce
II this be so, we should probably participate in
making slave States free for the same filthy
llncre.
There isnot a kidnaPpcr in the country who
viii not quit his business of catching negroes
I'm Africa for the Cuba market when it shall
have been demonstrated that he can make 10
per cent more IN making Virginia free State.
These men arc no such bigotS in their pro-
teSsion as 70 adhere toit when a lucrative busi-
| ness, protected by law, can be had in exchange
for hazardous, illegal aud less profitable tra-
flc
"There is no use, then, in talking about hang
i ingor shooting our colohtsts, or the members
1 of our company. If half of us were hung or
shot, the rest would press on towards the shin
ming dollars, even though they should rush
"Into the jaws Of death,
Unto the mouth Of HE'LL
'Llke the ssix hundred.'
Evidence OF approaching success in the en-
terprise is every day accumulating. Its seen
( in the letters Of sympathy from the slave States
and in the numerous applications of coloniSts
from the free, aud, moro than all, in the rcaii.
mess of capitalists to invest in the stock of the
company. This however, is not unaccouutable.
4 Millions of acres Of Virginia land, owned by
the merchants aud brokers of New York and
Philadelphia, wil'6e made available, at a profit
! to the present owners, who have heretofore des.
/ paired of selling it at any price. Our company
will there prove very valuable medium bC-
tween these landhOldeTs and the hard pioneers
/ who can thus he furnished with homesteads on
easy terms This is too good thing to fail
Y NrNINT fVISly-