Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-05-06

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to by the law of this land, in such so-
ciety. If it be lsw-abiding. as they may
choose to select for themselves.
j have said that the great general
law of emigration Is, that the emigrants
shall follow the parallels Of latitude in
this country. There are some excep-
tons TO this. The gold in California
led our emigrants from the extreme
North across many parallels Of latitude.
That was a sufficient disturbing cause.
The existence OF Slavery in the Slave
States of this country has driven thir-
ty-five out of every hundred emigrants
across Northern parallels to the Free
States Of the Union. That was anoth-
er great and powerful cause. Bet
there is another cause sufficient 10 carry
emigration Southwark over parallels
of latitude That is, the argument of
cheap lands. with the additional ad
vantage Of organized emigration. The
objections that have heretofore existed
among Northern men TO settling in
Southern States are. by this mode OF
emigrating, entirely obviated. The
Northern man. with his family of chi.
dren, Would not heretofore 60 into a
Southern State, in the absence of
schools and Churches. But when.
com bined with one or two hundred. or
one or two thousand. of his friends
and neighbors, he goes into Slave
State, he carries with. him schools and
Churches, and the mechanic arts, all
these difficulties are obviated; aud, be-
sides. he has the inducement Of going
where the land can be bought at Slave
State prices, in the expectation of find
ing it come up probably in q few years
to Free State prices. which are five OF
six times greater than Slave-State
prices. Here is the great inducement
Of increasing wealth. Let a colony
start from Massachusetts,, and settle
on almost any land in the State Of Nir-
ginia-in Greenville, southampton.
Dinwiddie. 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
double. There is better land for sale
TO-DAY in Tennessee and North Caro-
lima. for fifty cents per acre, than can
be bought for ten times tha, 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 of resisting it. Certainly
you can have no reason for resisting it,
but every reason to encourage it. We
do not come as your enemies; we come
as Your friends We do not come to
violate your laws, but to improve our
own condition. This movement South
ward is destined to continue and to in
crease. Sir, if Slavery were as sacred
as the Ark OF rhe Covenant, and if it
was defended by angels, / doubt wheth-
er it could withstand the progress of
this age and the money-making ten
denotes of the Yankee. But it is not
as sacred as the Ark of the Covenant,
and nobody believes that it is defend
ed by angels.
But, sir, there begins to be an en-
lightencd idea in these border Slave
States upon this subject. a year ago,
when proposed to plant few colo
nics in Virginia, several journals in
the Old Dominion threatened me with
hemp and grapevine if / should ever
set foot in that Territory. Well, ]
thought would make the experiment.
went into Western Virginia and into
Eastern Kentucky. addressed nu-
merous audiences in both Of those
States, and everywhere where l asked
the people if they had any objection to
their land being worth four or five
times what it was, they said NO. -
Laughtcrl Iasked them if they had
any AFFECTION to the manufacture Of
ploughs and wagons in Wayne County
There never had been q manufacturing
establishment between the Big Sandy
and Guyandot. Though no portion
of this continent is better situated for
manufacturing purposes, having more
than thirty thousand miles OF river
communication, which affords cheap
transportation to the best markets
with healthy climate and incxhausli.
bic supplies of coal and iron and tim
Der OF the best quality. Yet, every
manufactured article was imported into
this Natural Paradise of mechanics. -
There was not newspaper published
between the two rivers. l asked i
they had any objection to good. sub
stantial, business newspaper published
there, and 10 have schools and Church
es and the mechanic arts established il
that county. With one voice they re
piled None, whatever" 1--WE wei
como yon TO our county, and to al it
advantages. This was a generous
and manly reception. worthy of th'
, history of the Old Dominion. At ev
cry meeting we were welcomed by tn
unanimous voice Of the people; anc
! now i believe that there arc at leas
twelve newspapers in the State o
, Virginia advocating these colonie
, coming into the State. The sagaciou
statesman who is the Governor of tn
: Old Dominion gives us a general am
1 most cordial welcome. Well, tn
5 prospect is very good and inviting
and If there is any danger Of dissolu
/; tion OF the Union-in fact, If there j
! any weak spot in the Union, think
1 would be q good thing to patch it owe
f with an additional layer Of popoula
: tion. Applause. There neve
: would be any Disunion. if we coul
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