The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-08-29
tJut}lil affairs.
SOTti.Fgn EEiaiG1at;0n 10 the
Save States.
INVITATIONS TO EliGaANTs.

INVITATIONS TO EIiG3.tNTs.
The close IF he war. if the result i,
favorable to the nation, will probably
be followed BY pai tial diversion Of the
stream Of emigration, now flowing west
ward, toward the unoccppied or contis-
Gated lands of the Southern States.-
Our armies are composed i'll great part
of young men who have yet to make
their sc tlcmcn in lite. Many Of these
have in the course OF their campaigns
had ;heir attention attracted to Sros
which seemed just what they woul.
choose for their future homesteals' -
Oilers will, when they again enter civil
life, be inclined % turn to the South auC
dwell among the scenes Of the romantic
and heart stirring adventures Of then
soldier life. These will infuse a spirit
Of emigration to the southwark among
heir rcSpcc i've neghborhoods through
out the land. The effect will be, tia
if reasonable encouragement is afforded
the Southern States will be rapidly filed
with hardy Northeruors of the same
class as those who have so rapidly trans
formed the West from Il wilderness into
fruitful. fcld.
The Border Statcs--such of them as
are awak encd from thcir blind devotion
20 slavery--haye already manifested
their appreciation of the advantages OF
Northern acccssous to their popula ion:
aud have iutina ed that these would be
accep able to them. Indeed, cordial
Invitations to emf CRATE have been issued
by many districts, accompanied by the
fullest representations of advantage and
assurances of welcome that the nature
Of the case would justify.
10 those who shrink from venturing
their for unes into new country, or are
unwilling to 90 as far from the East rs
Missouri, fine opening is now offered
in Delaware and the eastern shore OF
Mary -land. A spirit of enterprise has
been aroused in dis region to degree
which was quite exceptional under the
pro-slaveEy regime frou which it has bu'
recently escaped, and Northern immigra-
tion is now cordially iuvl ed, where be-
fore i, was coldly discouraged. An
ASSOCIATION has been formed in Delaware,
with Gov. Cannon as i 5 president, and
having for officers and associates many
Of the first men Of the Sta e, for the
purpose Of inviting the citizens Of other
) ates to cooperate with them, " for the
purpose OF aiding in developing and
uulon.zing Delaware, as an example Of
tree enterprise to the other border
States"
\ circular of invitation, presenting
the advantages offered by delaware tt
the settler, has been Issued under the
auspices Vi this association, in whict: the
cnnigran, will be able to find all the
information he will need.
The shareholders prejudice against
decline that intcctn So4thcrn commune
ties, will be no draw backs 20 the socla
aud material we'll being Of colunlsts ii
Delaware. In the circular before Us
great pains is taken 10 :. disabuse The
North III regard to the true sentimen
Of this Sta.e, aud assure all those who
think of set ling here, that they will bt
welcomed by a large and Intelligent por,
| ton Of cur popula ion, from whatever
par, Of the coun ry they coulc, and what
ever their political views, if loyal to lht
Government aud disposed to contribute
to he development Of he resources o
the Sta e, aud make it, what il is so ad
lurabIy adopted to be, the Garden o
he Uuion.'
THE OPENINGS IN DELAWARE.
They tell US, too, that slavery in Del!
aware would indeed be Il serious obiec
ton to settlement there, if it had more
than comparatively nominal existence
There are only about seventeen hundred
slaves in the entire State, and the nun.
Der is rapidly diminishing, and Nor herr
emigration would soon secure an cntiI'
Grad lea ion Of this only drawback to III,
F.. prosperity of The State. And This come'
into the patrio ic consideration in favo
OF the movement At recent mass
meeting in Dover, the most decided
emancipa ion sentiments were uttered b,
prominent gentlemen from Baltimore
Md, and three cheers we're proposed fo
emancipation in Delaware, and were
gwen with will, and without dissen
tient exhibition. Delaware may, there
fore, be considered prospectivcly fret
State, and so may Mary land, at no dis
tant day, and the relics of slavery tina
exist should only be viewed as patr
otto aud philan hropic incentive to i'm
migra ion"
"The purpose isl says the agent o
the association, " that Northern emf
grams should set lie In Southern States
and thus thoroughly uniouize and cman
cipute them, and develop their resources
presenting potent example of the ben
cit of free labor enterprise to the pros
perty Of s ate. 1t is intended t.
operate first i'll Delaware, where u few