The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-04-16
?" From the New York Herald, soth.1s p79
REGENERATION OF VIRGINIA.
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LETTER FROM HON. ELI THAYER. -.

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woRcEsrER, Mass. March ~, 1857
Mn. BENNETT- Dear sir:-I thank You for
your lucid and able analysis Of the plans and
purposes Of the North American Homestead
Company, as given in the Herald OF February
2Sth and Of March 10. a2
You have shown true conception of the
project, and it seems to, me an accurate APP
probation Of its power and its probable re-
suits. ' rs yse5 ao-ro1
assure you that it is our purpose TO be
strictly business organization.
We shall abide bv the laws, State and Ma
tional. i5~.ga a4fs tsa r.
We shall adhere with wonderful tenacity to
the Constitution and the Union. - 80.
We shall purchase large tracts Of land at
slave State prices; shall give away to actual
settlers about one-fourth; shall sell about one
fourth al cost, and the remainder at Free State
prices-thus probably doubling our money on
each operation. sT atrF - sssvqg,,s
There is no chance for such speculation exc
cept in slave States, and even in them only in
proportion to the extent of slavery. For ex-
ample: There will be no lnducement for US
to buy land in Hancock, Brooke, Marshall or
Ohio counties, In Western Virginia, for in
those counties it is worth from $40 to $27 per
acre. Those counties, and the bulk Of others
in Western Virginia, are essentially free.--
Our chances would be much better in Din
widdie,g southampton, Accomac, and o.her
Eastern counties, where we can obtain land
for from So to Sc per acre--such being the
average price in those localities where the
slaves are the majority of the population. Now
these lands are more desirable than those of
the counties first named, and by planting on
them free white colonies We can make them
more valuable. 1t is too msch,, therefore, for
our Virginia neighbors to expect of human ma
ture-ana especially Of Yankee human nature
that we should ,forego any such chance as
this of'securing snrs and ample dividends, es-
pecially when this can be done in manner
perfectly legal aad constitutional. a., ts
But very maay Of the people of Virginia ac-
tually 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
"uaioe's. n
!, ' ne al eauy oheiea % take s'ofk 70
'n' eA'en' u 'nen aonily IN the proposes com
pany. Kentucky and Maryland are already
oo~ns WIN ehsy oh 'he Suoline assaaation
OF Virginia, and are inviting the same inyig-
o'a''"s agency u iiee 'a0or 20 ''eir own Dor
ueis M,.;
% -. 80 - ~ - -,
yanLsa. :. h;,, go, y o ',a',. ,. -
:. ,h, 49,, - ~, - go 'al's
- -. 80 App'.a'''s' "
re,' o''t1'e
So1s, $500 ~ Nr, "a' u,s p''Tr
80 a1y s'''ai"eu,
~.
ne 'o"' 70. - ~
pop = . -. = -. A
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% - = - o''. ''ce go. = = =. VI
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80 '.s.ll' us :, alN :.
:, 80. 's'e' ..'',.''' 'H.n '" 'n"'' 70
NJ. :, e .on'.''eon ~. a"u 'ne AVS anu
'o' ''' i',. ~ e''e P'o.e'ao"' Popu'"i
mus =" ue 'O' inVoAeu iof ue VIA ~ Do-
minioh' as II mas besn for Kansas. we shail
not oe inundated. we are NOT that Kind OF
people "neh gooa dividends are az stake. In
eehance OF danger we SEND our whaieships 70
'iie soi'nern ocean Tor money. we send our
MISSIONARIES among cannl0als FOR princlple,-
We have defipd all uarils even tn serdinp the
~ eS
uospe' - 'ne nea''sn "i.noa. 'as incue"eh.
" peeuh'aiy gam; ou' "''n 'hae lnaucemehs
Tue oosPei =. ffeeaom "in nave 'iee COURSE
"n 'u'' '"e Os s'o.'ns' " E:t
- nave oes" cla'seo "Hh pafac'Psuhsi ~
a'e ',a'e .'a"e' contrary 70 'a"' io' ny
= ."'s pe -, "e s"vu'o psoau'y
- VIC ''rr' ''Ae : : g ~ ss'e
nv "ly an.1&., SD as,,,s
/. !. a'PPe' ~ us eouluy "no
~ f.'' sne BUSINESS ~ easenhs mB,oes
a. :" A','ea 'o' 'ne oa's market "nen = snsl .n
Aa'e o.en 'eno"s''a'ea 'n.'f .na' nc ean MAKE ~
pea ~ sen' Ae -" - aAs ,nsia iee ota'e
inese nleh are no suen oisots IN ehe'r pro- e
.'''o" - - auuse 70 y wneh 'ucra''Ve ou-
p n. - ia", 49,, -" - nsu :" sA'aan.e
- '''>'' ' @"u 'ess fion'ao'e l'
There is no use, then, in talking about hang
ing or shooting our colonists, or the members
OF our companvs ~ half ~ no xvers huuo mr.