Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-06-16
Southern Pro yre5s.

It is m the >pa,t ol th, northern democratic journalists. whrh dictates -uch art chs is Line Following, from the New York Journal of C,m- nrrre, thAt the real sHAraatee of lhc durability nf ous ' i3H is to b fouud
 In country like ours 50 varied in its inter ">S, and $" vast in i'> extent, all efforts and in- Iusncca an"ud combine tp make tis oae i5r.ple
 r reaiiti, aa We mc one by our Ioi;,cal con
 >aou ot l.ith md he workings oi fhe CorSti- tutoh. So pres 'ieit aui particular ua, the treat Washington on tnjs sIhiect. that ne er.- 'Itel ,f. inc people of the Unite Sa.cs the luty of accust.inIag themselves to think aud speak If th- CiIpu as h: paiil dium oG their g"litral aatetY and prosperity" How dciIo- rably thls lrjun"tion hAs been diSie4ardcd by some met, ls tuo ovi lent 10 the world They nave been accuotoming themselves to just the opposite course, and like other trarsgre,s"rs, nave practioed enornlties 50 lohg and with such impuuity, that they have become iusensi- ble 10 the guilt Of their action. \ leading ele- meut of their aggressive plans is deuunciation Their maxim is to "Spare no arrows.'
 There are journals in this city which take the liberty of participating in this spirit of ca!umny, and they xport 1t to Europe, so that the peo- pie there are misled. A false impression is made-we fear might add, Is sought to be understanding the maternal prosperity of the south. he abolitionlsts not satisfied with ill., undatng the south with lncendiary publica- hols, A they dld snme years ago, " bear false witness to the world of the interior condition of tre southern States. They have accused odd Virginia ot deer pjtude. Formerly 1t was customary to veucrate age, and at least admire 1t for what 1t hnd done; hut all the peerless statesmen o tId. wonderful commonwealth, who nave lad the country aLd the world under ubiiIatlnu to them, are t. pas, for nothing and their anc ent mother to b. vitupcrAtcd as fl she nAI get up the slave trade, instead of her Eng fish and uortherh traducers whereas in her colonial days sine protested against it, but uas uyemuled and fcttcrcI. Notwithstanding ali these adverse iHiluences, Virginia i> pro gcsoive disclosing al anouut 0 wealth tniy surprising. The official recJris of the reasscsemeut ot her lands show Gtl1 ot nearly ONE HUNDRED Mn- LIONS ut property in six wears. he a,acas. ment If 1850 made the aggregate value ot real estate to be $314 ,6oU,Z26.
 That ol loo6 proves the value to be S|13, l24OJ5, showing all increase ot $9o, l33 ,o6J. These, loo must be cousl cred moderate t-urcs, because the heavy taNat.on for internal i'm. pUvcmehts produced an unusually ' tow e>t- mate ot he value of real estate. Farms eat- niated at S25 per acre, have been sold for more jiltti tfAuiht lHit B-uIe one ttS Dl1t dS ~OO. Fair judges cchsIder S45UOuOUUU as not ex- tiavaaant valuation of the real estate of ! irg- nia While other States freely draw from the United $ ates treasury, he call aiiurd--li0m pride or prucpe-lo iook at heaps ot gold h Il ready for her, without dclguIng to tuuth 1t. W hile flee States come as suppliauts for rail- roads, she relies on her own resources, and is goll Z steadily forward in developing those re- sources. Let any one go into the country, and see on Sabbath day the rows of carriages with beautiful horses attached, standing near the church, (uot one-horse wagon among them) and he will gain some idea of the rural com fort enjoyed Tn that region. Then let him behold the ranks of dark people in neat dresses attend ing on the worship Of God, and if it be com. munion day, occupying some oi the best seat.
 in the house, and he will wonder what in,
 pseudo phanthrJpists shriekng about.
 why they should not let that people work ou | their destiny ill the best manner of which the, are capable. l That masters are not in the habit of doing all 1 the thinking and believing for their slaves | abundant proof might be furnished As on, | instance, 1t may be stated that at the time
 the disruption in the Presbyterian church
 certain master who decidedly inclined to on
 of the Schools" calculated on his Christia
 slaves all arrayng themselves on the same sid
 with himself But, while he told them h wishes, he would not force their conscnce. Exercising thelr religious freedom, they resolv