The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-01-26

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which can aeyer more be 5ealsed.--
iiamau nature 3 s. constituted that
MES nVgrH over the aea that Is gone
and loos slh balaed upon whatever
comes beianeu il and them. Those
aae have enjoyed tho Aigh position,
lAe powsr, and faneied happiness
which ihe iuslilGlioa Of slavery gives
10 ths iep, cannot but lament The Gus
toms manners anl social principles
which uscy feel are Slipping rom
them Taken by ITSELF We know Of
nothing more calculated to excite pity
than the spectacle of tie people d tie
south seated amid tie ruins Of their
homes and looking upon The change
which Is sweeping from them All that
they have bceen trained to hold dear.
Where some iorily proprietor has
throughout lis liia exercised lheI ow-
cr 81 a dictator upon III movements in
che region round Al bis ancestors did
before him, somr innoyaiors who can
noi be man ged Ike the poor whites
of his oan SOL quietly ii down be-
side him and begin % change both the
social aad physical aspect Of the
country. They introduce tie means
aud evidences d Northern industry,
which be has been accustomed to look
upon as the appendases Of plebian
HE and a false civilization. And he
i Intelligent enough 10 know that If
this new system Of labor Is allowed a
fair trial with his oan, il will soon
leave nothing Of The OLD. We should
not allow ourselves to BE surprised at
the tonacity and devotion with which
the great Shareholders Of the South
cling to tie contest. They are fight
ing Cor lie social Gus oms and obser-
yances which arc closely interviewer
with the dearest memories of cbild-
hood, lhe ambitions Of youth, and The
loves and tolls Of ripper years The
system which tbey are endeayofing
% preserve Is not cold system Of alb
straet principles wiih which they are
acquainted only az a matter OF specu-
lation, but a social system which en-
tiers into all the plans d time
aud eu,wines ilstlf closely around The
tcndcre.l events 81 private history
and i i not to be wondered at that
they are willing 70 dare al and en-
duco all ii rs defence. There are a
few Of this class who can raise above
lifelong prjulices aud see lhat lhe /
cause Of Emancipation is dae to their
own interests a. well a 10 tie good I
Of mankind, bui their numbers could !
mol be expected g be large.
Bot we referred to these evidences
from the South more esnecially 10
prove ihe fact that this tide Of emil
grafton from tie Noril1 Is already set.
ting in. Il Was evident long ago that
this movement mus, sooner or later
commence. As our armies move along
the soldiers falI apon spots which
strike them as suitable places 20 set
ile IN when they commence their ciii- +
sens life anew Every march be-
comes q voyage q discovery and eve
~ campins-ground a place ior inspce-
ton. |, cannot BE- doubted that many
ct cor soldiers vii avail themselves +
Of the knowledge Of the Soaihern
country thus obtained 10 select places /
for permanent settlement ii ihet Sec
iion. 10 aidiilou 10 tbs there is the i
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ways follos Ia The course d aa army
opening a country hitherto closed 10
cnterpFise. A lumbermau from Maine
discovers forest aud builds a mill
upon ihe adjacent stream whose placid