Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-02-09
From the Richmond Enquirer

Virginia -,,..
III ocnnajntance, must do myself the pleasure of
oJorpT Won nv thanks for having offered resolution
- the House of Delegates reported in the Enquirer,
tho 10th inst for administering oath of allegiance
20 the pmigrants from nOn-savehOding States to Nir-
GINA. .;.,.-....,;.o .,,ob a.ooou.;o.
ory thinking mind must admit, and that law passed
- yrsrorce thereof will be emnenty useful in guard
~ ,i No AGAINST an influx Of Aboitonists take the
T5erv Of enclosing for your perusa an article have
ritter in support of your movement and If you deem
=; cnIeted to awaken attention to the subject please
have il published in the Enquirer. Most earnestly
Wishing success to your patriotic efforts
remain, very respectfully sir,
Your obedient servant, -.
n, Mr. Voolfolk. of the House of Delegates of Vir,
giDia Richmond.
II is gratifying to see that resolution has been Of
ad in the House of Delegates, requiring all persons
from nonsIavehoding States to take an oath to support
b Constitution OF Virginia, &c The necessity Tor
Jnistcring an Oath of Allegiance in times of danger,
hos bppn RECOGNISED and acted In all countries where
there has been supposed to be any element among lis
noDuatiOn hostile their institutions, as ready means
testing the loyalty of their inhabitants and separating
the true from the false. That such time has now come
in the destiny of Virginia. will doubt and that we
have such an element among our people, ali must know
rbpn we consider the number OF emgrantS from the
DonavehOding States already here, and which IS con-
stantlv increasing especially on our Northern frontier
And its importance will be more justly estimated when
we reflect on the additional number OF emgranS which
the pregent state of practical nOnntercourse will IN
pstODabv bring among US, in manufacturers from the
North removing their establishments to the South with
their train of operatives We see every day, from the
papers published there that these removals are IN con-
temptation and many already in progress These people
will never consent to lose custom and now the only
10 hy,n rbprna
ries and establishing importing houses for its supply.
That the great majority OF these emgrantS, like those
who have already into the State as agrcuturlSs
aud mechanics will bring with them their antl-slavery
preudCes and eengs-tO Call them by the mldest names
none can doubt, when we see how fully tainted the
whole Northern population is with the spirit Of abolition
therefore, unless there is some test applied by which to
eDarate the good from the bad, shall nave
Influx of AbOhtiOniss TO which that which has already
come as agrcuursts and mechanics, will be but as one
II thousand. The effect OF this upon our slaves, and
AEON in the elections of the State will be far mghtier
ey than any we have yet experienced These abolition
Doctrines when only entertained by distant people and
Introduced by stealth were bad enough but, when now
ne have already so many Northern emgrants amongst
rs and shall soon have thousands more dOmicled here
RhO can calculate their maIlgn influence? Yankee
Bottoms and keTseys never convey the disease but
heir manufacturers constant contact with our slaves
nil soon inOculate them past all remedy. IT, then there
no restriction imposed this kind of emigration, and
10 test applied, by which WlnnOW the good from
the bad, our condition will be hundredf0ld worse
than it has ever yet been Better thousand times that
We should buy their goods, do, than that they
should come and manufacture here and poison the com
munity with their doctrines.
If the people OF Virginia. In the present tervOr tol
domestic manufactures, are willing to admit Northern
manufacturers and their operatives at al-whlch, il
every aspect is certainly most hazardous experiment
Ii unuuestOnably should only be done, after having
uiftnIo ti6ol,In Tho adm
There no eXpedient by which this be done, except
5g requiring that all Northern enugrGnts, WhO are al
really here and oil 1UO may Hereafter shall take
proper oath of allegiance to the State. This will be-
some security at least against the introduction OF Abo
hhonlsts The pains and penalties that should be at
t6cbed to a violation of such OATH will prevent The
honest from taking it, unless they are resolved faithfully
b adhere to it It's refusal will mark those who enter
ain sentiments hostile to Institutions, that they
nay be subjected to proper surveillance and punished
Rejected from the State The Northern emigrants al
l9dy here Except those few who have become slave
owners, and permanently fixed the destneS of their fami
@ in the SOuth) are all antislayery; many OF then
vowed AbOtOnistS.
lher present numbers tell fcarully in the elections o
e Of cur counties and when increased, as they sooI
~ be, by such crowds of mechanics and manufactur
A operatives it must be obvious to the dulest appre
1ason, what a mighty element shall have in thu
eRte hostile to its institutions. Human ingenuity can
% devise better plan Of practically abOitonzing tn
ne country than the unrestricted introduction of such
pulation. The contact of even the present Norther
ters has been so demoraziDg to our slaves that the
a1er abSCOnd, their owners compelled to SELL o
nOye with them South Lands thus become useless
@ forced into the market, and bought up by othe
AcrtLememgrants; thus continually swelling the stream
lch if left unchecked, must sweep out all our slaves
a large proportion OF our native population. Thi
already been done, to a considerable extent, on tn
1fthern borders of the State and, with the presen
Rpec of future emigration, will soon be carried gu
ywhere. Permit unrestricted emigration fror
North, and it needs no more John Brow
EyS or Helper books to exterminate SLAYER
Virginia. 1t is as inevitable as the revolt
d of the sensnns- il the eynedients of eXempting