Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-09-15

from Mississippi Mr.. QUrrNAN on the
rights Of emigration 1 think he can
get broader views upon this subject, il
he will consult that gentleman, and |
think he will allow Northern men to GO
10 The places which they have a right to
so to By the law of this land, in such So
ciety, if it be law abiding. as they may
choose TO select for themselves. D..
l have said that the great general law
of emigration is, that the emigrants shall
follow. the parallels Of latitude. That is
a Sufficient disturbing cause. The exist
ence of Slavery in the slave S.ales. Of
this country has driven thisty FIVE oul
OF every hundred emigranis across north
ern parallels 10 the free States of the
7 Union. That was another great and
powerful cause. But there is another
cause saficient to carry emigration
sou'hwsrd over parallels OF latitude =
THAT is, the argumept- Of cheap lands,
with the additional advantage of organ
ized emigration. IRE objections that
have heretofore existed among Northern
men to settling in Southern States, are,
by This mode of, emigrating. entirely OBJ
I yialed. The Northern man, with his
I family of children, would not heretofore
I go into Southern State, in the absence
of schools and churches. But when,
combined with one or two hundred, or
one or two thousand. Of his friends and
neighborS. he goes into a slave State, he
carries with him schools and churches,
and the mechanic arts, ali these dilficnl-
ties are obviated; and, besides, be has
the indacement Of going where the land
can be bought at slave State prices, in
the expectation aof fading it come up
probably in a few years TO free State
I prices, which are FIVE or six times great
'er than slave State prices Here is tie
greatinducement Of increasing wealth.
Let a colony start from Massachusetts.
ffaif Settle Almost -any~fanf ttfisFe
State of Yirginia--in Grecnville, South
ampton, DinwidJie, or Accomac, where
the lands do not average SO high as three
dollars an acre, by the census of 1850
and the very day they settle there, the
value Of the land is more than doubled
There is better land for sale TO day in
Tennessee auG North Carolina, for fifty
cents per acre, than can be bought for
ten times that sum in any free State.
How can such an appeal to the mi
grating population of the North, in favor
of organized emigration TO the slave
States, be resisted? know of no means
ofresisling it. Certainly you can have
no reason for resisting it. but every reas-
to encourage it. We do not come as
your enemies; We come as your friends.
We do not Goa TO violate your your
laws, but 10 improve our own condition.
This movement southwark is destined 10
continue and TO increase. Sir, if slavery
were as sacred as the Ark Of the Coven-
ant, and if it were defended by angels,
l doubt whether it could Withstand the
progress of this age and the money max
ing tendencies Of the Yankee. But il is
not as sacred as the Ark of the Coven-
ant, and nobody believes that it is de
Tended by angels.
But sir, there begins 10 be an enlight
ened idea in these border slave States
upon this subject. A year ago. when 1
to plant a few colonies in Yir-
ginia, several journals in the Old Domin
ion threatened me with hemp and grape.
vine if | should ever setfoot in that Ter.
ri!ory. Well, l thought 1 would make
the experiment. | went into western
Virginia and into eastern Kentucky. l
addressed numerous audiences in both of
those States, and everywhere where |
asked the people if they had any objec
lion TO their land being worth four or five
times what it was, they SAID Mo-
Laughter I asked them if they had
any objection to the manufacture of
plows and Wagons m Wayne county
There never had been manufacturing
betweentLe Big Sandy and
Though no portion of this
continent is better situated for manufac
Turing purposes, having more than thirty
thousand miles of river communication,
which affords cheap transportation 10 the I
pest markets. with healthy climate and
nexhaustible supplies of coal and iron
md timber of the best quality. Yet,
very manufactured article was imported
nto this Natural Paradise of mechanics
There was not tanewspaper published be-
ween TIE two rivers. asked ii they {
lad any objection to good, substantial
business newspaper published there, and l
. have schools and churches and the 4
nechanic arts established in that county. i
With one voice they replied-"None, :
5hatever.' ave welcome you to our 1
ounty. and to all its advantages" This J
Tas generous and manly reception, S
TorthY of the history Of the Old Domin- {
On. Atevery meeting we were welcomed
y the unanimous voice of the people G
nd now l believe that there are at least e
xelve newspapers in the State of Yir. 7
mia advocating these colonies coming {
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