Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-06-22
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A recent letter from one Of the northarn
volunteers, in camp in Virginia, describes
with enthusiasm the scenery, climate, aud
agricultural and commercial advantages Of
the country in Maryland an Virginia around
Washington, and all along the Potomac.
and expresses regret that this whole
region is not occupied and enjoyed by an
enterprisiug New England population.
This suggests some of the probable resnlis
of the present war It is evident thateveH
if the rebellion is subdued within few
months the effect of the war will have
been to weaken greatly the power Of slave
ry in Maryland, Virginia, and all the ber-
der states, while prolonged war must la.
evitably destroy slavery in these states.
root and branch, whatever may be the poll
cy of the government towards the system.
Slavery cannot exist in country where
war is going on. The readiness with which
some hundreds of slaves on the eastern
shore of Virginia have already improved
the opportunity offered them for self-emaa-
cipation by the presence OF government
troops, shows what must be the inevitable
operation Of the war The masters cannot
hold their slaves while hostile force Is OH
the soil, and if the invaders do not shelter
and employ the fugitive chattels, they WILL
betake themselves to the woods and live by
plunder. This insecurity of slave property
will prompt to its rapid removal southward.
and that process is going on, and indeed iS
was commenced all alog the border on the
FIRST outbreak of the secession madness, by
such Of the southern planters az had the
Sagacity to Rors,e that dsnnon is enamel.
patton, at least in all the border states
But Virginia is not to be deserted and
left without inhabitants Free labor and
enterprise are to occupy the soil SO long
! impoverished by thriftless aud unpaid toils
| Virginia is to be re.occupied and regeuera
ted by q class of industrious, intelligent
and self-reliant men aud women. Its beau
tiful bays and rivers are 20 be covered with
a thriving commerce, aud its water courses
enriched with busy manufactures. After
her rebelIious frst families have been hung
or driven out. her slaves emancipated or
sold into cottondom, and the supremacy OF
the constitution and laws Ee-estabshed in
all our borders, who more likely TO become
the occupants aud regenerstors Of deeayed
Virginia than the northern farmers and
mechanics, who won the battles Of copsti.
tutional liberty on Der soil, and who have
seen for themselves the abundant opportu-
mites offered there for the establishment
Of prosperous homes by men who have the
wisdom and yigor to achieve their own Tor,
tunesi Virginia will suffer greatly as shs
deserves. in the war, bat the ultimate result
will be her regeneration aud her future rap.
id growth in oil The indurries, arts aud re-
fnements that Distinguish New Englsod
life. New Virginia will be New Englaad
under a warmer Ann. ABd heneeforth the
/. national capital will not be surrounded and
: menaced by population whose social 10,
} stitutions unit them TO appreciate free gov.
E ernmens and make them powerless to deieeT
Q il. Slavery IN cottondom may survive tbs
) grand eORcnssiOn which is now close npon
: It, bat It is evident that the border states
!. will be swept clean, of this polluiie9 epd
!, eDerVating Institution, and that 10 tbemr7
+ In Virginia especiAlly--will be opeee4 nfN
' and inviting felds Of emlgrsiion ~ tpoa'
!, sands from our teenlivg nottheFn nife