Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-08-28

robbery and all sorts of disorder will prevail un-
til the social fermentation is over, and the scum
sloughed off While this process is going on,
the Southern States will not be desirable as
places of residence, or for rearing families
Northern and Southern men viii soon begin
to understand these things, and then the tide
of immigration will begin to flow into Virginia
and the other middle States. Lands and mills
in the North will decline in value in the pres
ence of active competition springlng up in the
middle district, and the Southern States will be
to the middle what the East and West Indies
have been to England-places to make money
in, but not to spend it or to live in.
And, if the State of West Virginia, that off
spring Of civil war and lawless uswpation, is
suffered to stand, after the restoration of peace
and constitutional rule, (which we hope will not
be the case, we shall probably have large i'm
migration from that quarter of its best citizens
who will be unwilling to bear the yoke Of OPP
preston and degradation to which they are now
subjected.
We shall thus have triple flow Of population
and wealth into our Valley, and we can accom-
modate them ALL While we should regret to
see an influx Of narrow minded, canting, hypo-
critical radicals into our country we are prepared
to welcome well-behaved, honest and upright
men from every quarter
The consequences of this immigration will be
the enhancement of our lands, the subdivision
of our farms, improvement in our system of til
lage, diversifcation of our pursuits, utilization
of our water power, development of our mineral
resources, erection Of factories of all kinds, and
general spread of prosperity and industry.
Our people have been somewhat depressed
by the want of capital and the suspension Of
their political rights; but, in the main, they
have borne up nobly against the pressure of ad-
verse circumstances. They have displayed
wonderful will, energy, and recuperative power.
They have obliterated, already, many of the
traces of the ravages of war, and, in another
year, stranger, looking at the surface of the
country, would never dream that we had, du-
ring four dreary years, been trampled down by
centending armies, drained of our wealth by
heavy exactions, and wasted by fire and sword.
We think we can now safely say to our peo-
pie, "Be of good cheer" A better day is about
to dawn upon u.s. The Philadelphia Convention
is but the outward sign of an improved condi-
ton of the public sentiment of the country. It
is a visible manifestation of the purpose of the
people to restore the Union, and to re-establish
the Constitution. This purpose has existed
for some time, but in a vague and underlined
form. The Philadelphia Convention has given
it shape and direction, and the popular judg-
ment will, at an early day, accord to it the sane
ton of law.
We viii soon be restored to our rights, and
prosperity will speedily follow.
Let our people, then, be patient Let them
hold on, for time at least, to their lands, so
that they may reap the benefit Of the apprecia-
ton. Let those who wish to purchase, buy
now, while they can. Lands must rise. No
man runs any risk by buying lands at fair prices
now. On the contrary every thing tends to
give assurance of rapid advance in value.
We take it, then, that there is bright flu
ture in store for our beautiful Valley