Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-04

| without fnusdatian. This llind l. the man who
was recently appointed In The eanifal OF the Lug.
| li>h Nauttcoi sfmaHac IN opposition to the fiYa
| eIain of Adams wfose nine /, - leseryedly eel
| ebrafed IN connection With the discovery OF Mp.
| tune. Yours, DC.
BENJAMIN PIERCE.
Tn. Gr.arse.cme 10, Geionizing virginia
As il will probably gratiig the curiosity oil our
| readers We spread bef1re them III conspicuous
| nn.;ii.n Ia day the erHud scheme of tin Hon
| Eli Thayer and the New lofs Htrdfd ttr Col
onxipy and Abolitipnizng Virginia by the intro
| auclinn among Us Of horde Of Northern \ an
| kees II II nm amusing project ut present, but
II it should be attempted 10 be carried out-"hleh
itnever Wilt may become decidedly tfagoal.
| At MI events ara ready IN wager fine suit
al black. that the notorious Ihayer never sets
| faai upon our soil himself for amy snch purpose
! II he should. we expect 10 meet him nj Philippe
| But here is hi- scheme, rs emboted in the fol
lowing letter to the IIerald.-R Wig
WORCESTER. Mass, March u. 1857.
..AIr. Bennet-Dear Sir-l think you for your
| lucid and able analysis Of the plans, and purpose
of ihe North American Homestead company,
given in the Herald of February % aud of March
! u
You have shown n true conception Of the pro-
! ieot and il seems To me an accurate apprecia-
tion of its power aud it, probable results.
Il assure you that III our purpose 10 be strict
| ~ business organization.
We shall abide by the laws. State and nation
nj.
I'VE shall adhere with wonderful ienacity to
! the Constitution and the Union.
We shall purchase large tracts oil land at slave
! State PRICES: shall give away Ia actual settlers
about one fourth, shnll sell about one fourth at
cost, aud the remainder Mt free State prices
! thu probably doubling our money ON each ope-
rhtnn.
There i no chance for such speculation ex.
crpt IN slnve States, and even in them only in
proportion to the extent of slavery. For exam
ple There will lac no ndueemeni for to buy
! land in Hancock Brooke, Marshall or Ohio ooun.
ties, in Western Virginia, Tor in those counties
| il ia worth from 500 10 S27 per acre. Those
eonn'es aud the bulk If tire others in Western
Nirginin. are essentially free. Our chances would
b. much better in Dinwiadie, Southampton Ac
CONNIE. and other exhausted eastern counties,
whore obtain lnnd for from s3 10 s. per
ncre-such being the average price in those
localities where the slaves majority of the
population. Now these lands desrn-
BILE than those Of the counties first named, and by
planting on them free white colonies
make them more valuable 1t is too much, there
fore, for our Virginia neighbours To expect OF lu
nun nature-and especially of Yankee human
nature--tbat we should foreeo any such chance
Us this Of securing snre and ample dividends,
peeay when this can be done i'll manner per.
fectly legal and constitutional.
But very many ofihr people of Virginia nc
tnally desire the proposed friendly invasion. of
the Old Dominion by til" renovating nrmy of free
white labor. ! Gu >hnw you that even slave
holders our sde; nnd that. too, Ia lage
numbers.
"some have alenly offered 10 take stock to
tie extent of their ability IN the proposed compa
ny Kentucky aud Maryland are already leak
ing with envy ON the sublime destiny Of Virgin
ia nd inv tiuu I'M. in At intr
cy of free nbor 10 their own borders.
missouri also. has sent n delegation for the
| purpose of securing colony of one hundred
Yankees To build town upon good landing IN
the Missouri river. This applications, together
with the tone of II large portion ot the Southern
press. make il manifest that the proposed move
mrnt Will be admirably sustained, and our colo
nsts treated with kindness, and respect. But if.
ON the contrary. portion of the people ot Nir-
gina, in defiance of their interests md Of
cur rights should 80 far -tnltiiy themselves 10
follow the lend of ultra di~uninnists and seces.
sion tire-eaters III committing outrages against
the lives aud property of peaceful settlers, then
they must be mt hy the constitution nna the
laws anl ,hauid tie e fail to give pro'ectop pep
ular sovereignty must lac invoked for the Old Do
nnion. rs it has hnrn for Kansas. We shall not
be inundated. We are not that kind of people
when q cd dividends ara at stake. In defiance
of danger send our whnle ships 10 the North
ern Ocean for monry We send our mis- siona-
aties among cannbals fer hciple.-We have
deied all perils even in sending the Gospel to
the heather without the Indictment of pecunary
pnn; but with that indacemcit the Gospel of
Freedom will hive free course will run and be
glnrititdn
I'VE have been charged with participating in
the slave trade. contrary IN law, for filthy la
ere" If this be So, should probably partic-
pate in making slaves States fec for the same
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