New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-27
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Grass"
Correspondence Of The y. Y Tribune
NoKroLK Va, August p. l6o9
OF all household sayings, none il probably more
familiar than the one declaring tina, there is no
,-rea, loss without some small gam
Were ] 10 apply Ibis rule TO the care of tie Old
Dominion at the present time, az The sojonrer from
the North r. prone 70 DO ! should a!mou conclude
hat ] have found ts exception, since, while The
ruin following III the footsteps OF the hydr'-beaded
monster Secession is apparent on every hand, the
benefits to accrue are not only Of character least
sn,ciI ated by those VINO dragged thin State ont OF
the Union but they are destined to be enoved only
Inv future generations L. * TO be suQpoeed that the
Virginia traitors had some Objects Ia view While
periecng their reasonable plans, AID the query r.,
win those objects be attained
Did they hope 10 render their CHERISHED institution
of Slavery more secure, and TO continue III the un-
disturbed JossessIon OF monopoly Ol that elegant
and cyilizing pursuit-slaye-breeding and en- ont
ing they could 10, have conceive Of method iCl
more speedily and efcctuay dsstroying both than hy
striking hands with The Catilnes OF South Carolina.
The time uas when the Stars ard Stripes, our time
boDoroA fag which ought 10 have been the symbol Of
liberty universal protected and defended oppression,
when every man In the North was slGvc-catcher,
and when tie rivers AID toe mountains OF the Dor
der States were 10 the painting fugitive wall OF
e.
Their" Thank God this state Of thiugs has pas'ed
forever In Ike other property, ringers hear,
and Ia k, understand, and reflect They have Joy
and sOrrows, LOles ana asprll. rs, aAd now. dis
Quse the fact ae yon viii by concnaiory proclimd-
lions o. conservative resolutions, they know their
the has cone. The consequence il, .Iey IRE leay-
lug the old plantations by tens, tweItes and ilites
Slave property Is to-day Absolutely worth nothing
IN Virginia, where, eighteen months ago, II wa
moro valuable than any other.
The Border States Will me the dav that they did
NOT embrace the President emancipation scheme.
III bis broad mental vision that sagscious statesman
saw hat the institution Of Slavery that plague spot
upoE the glowing check % our young Republic WA
70 be swept away by the fiery breath Of war. He
saw that IT Mastered not how when the contest
ended the result would be the same. He anew thai
while the Rebel masters are away lighting the bat
tles Of ireaeOn The servants are nymg within the
Union liner there TO become impre-sed with the idea
Of tue night Possessed by every human being t.
" hte liberty anu the pursut Of happiness, and
he ioresaw lhat tins would become a eaven, which
would spread until Il Lad reached every lack man
in he land. VITO almost the tenderness OF IA father
appealing 60 "A waywad child, he urges the Border
states 10 accept compensation for that which tic
entlees hand Of war will take from them.
40 aDOlber object TO be attained by shutting them
selves ont from the North did Vrginans think they
would build NJ trace aud ad ance their commercial
inierestsl Did they believe that Norfolk would
ere long become "A great MctIopoiit, and in their
fond dreams did they the warehouses Of Phlia-
deiphia crumlling and falling through disuse the
luls Of docks In NewYOk rOtIing because forsakCn,
aud their own Larbor whieDed by the rails Of every
nation? 1bc.c have been some Of the c1meras BY
which the reckless Southern denagogucs have de-
ceived tie honest but too oroduOus 1laeheh.
ILev had cHJ0ucd "a year Of nOu-IItercoure pre-
vous to the arrival Of the Yankee boyr, uuiuyed,
one line afternoon IN May last, but, somehow, their
Internal resources had failed IN the least TO develop
Themselves Coin had dIsapj cared totally, and ia
- h.sf ftf If
II discount Of 10 per cent had become the circulating
medium. Shoes Were worth from 80 10 So, cotton
tOtbs 40 to ~ cents per ward, and all goods ue!!y
purchased N Northern cities were Proporlonateiy
nigh, while most articles 81 luxury were not 70 he
had at any pflce.
Bouu,iu crops have been the rule here during
the present sca.on, but, the Northern markets MOI
being accessible there has been little sale and prices
are low. As - said 10 have been the case IN New
Orleans there paved st ets both III Norfolk ANA
Portsmouth which are Oyeigrown with era-e, and
far rs any are concerned 10 which thev coul
he applied for trade, they might as wei now BE-
fenced IA and converted iulo pafiuuDg grounds
The people Of the South do not vet seem 10 have !
earned that trade and commerce follow lmInutable
avs and are not transferred iron, place to al-
Jther al the bidding Of every dreamer neither do |
hey yet reazc the fact that no land, however IA |
'Ofed IN all tina tends 10 make nations rich and pow
eru can ever prosper while IT. every energy is par
'iyzed by the curse Of Slavery. More than Once
nave found persons residing in one or the Other Of
bese cites who proiessoG 20 believe that tho dc.
Uuction Of the Aayy-Yard would prove IA blessing
0 this community. And when, with iil.concealed
stouishment, have asked the cause Of such belief
ny inquiry has been me with the profound opinion
bat the residents here have becone 80 infatuated
0 relying upon Government work for suppOr, and
o handling Government gOld that they have lost
II enterprise, and hence "Our railroads. our gae {
sorks or ferriee, and Indeed every thing o pn6iic
baIac,er, have been originated by Yankees, con-