New-York tribune., 1867-05-17
NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MAY II, 1867.

make slam sale OF transfer of it TO some loyal
cousn or nephew whom he thinks he can trst, TO be
kept until the proper time for its safe restoration
when he might lind that his trusted relative
had concluded to keep it, So it has been it would
be. All manner of deceit fraud corruption, and
miscellaneous iniquty, fourshes in the presence OF
any attempt ut general coniscat0n.
do not approve of appeals to any particular class,
and make no claim To be special friend OF the
cOloTed people; but this say, friends and country
men, since have been here have been more than
ever before impressed with the exceeding cheapness
OF Virginia lands. | believe there are lands selling
to-day near tins city at ten dollars per acre which
Will be worth IN few years ten times that prlce;
and say to all, If you can bry lands in Virginia
and pay for them, buy them hr they are certain to
be dcarer in the early future. am confident buying
lands Is the cheapest way of getting them am con-
fdent that buying these lands Is the cheapest pos
sible mode of securing n homestead. Carlyle says
that the great mistake of Rob Roy was his fall ure TO
realize that he could obtain his beef cheaper IN the
grass market OF Glasgow than by harrying the low
lands; and he viii repeat that mistake who fails TO
secure farm by purchase to-day in Virginia because
e hopes to obtain one under some future act OF con-
isCati0s.
i urge yOu, poor men of Virginia, whether White
Black, To secure yourselves homes OF yonr own
forthwith. If You can buy then here, do So before
the coming influx OF nmgatlOn snail nave rendered
lands too dear. ii not strike Otto the Public Lands
South. North and West and hey out for yourselves
homes as my ancestors did in New-IIampshTe and
as millions have done thrOugh0It the country. Be-
come landowners, all of yOu, ~ soon as yon may
Own something which you can call home. 10 VIII
give You n deeper tcellng OF independence anu OF
selfrespect, and do not wait to obtain home by
cOniiscation. lAppause.I
Well" says Conservative what yOu mean
by all your talk is, that we may get back to self
" government and representation In Congress, II we
." all become Republicans and vote the Radical
ticket No, Sir; do not mean that. ! heartily
wish you rae all Republicans for believe the ke-
publican party while IT has made some mistakes;
and includes perhaps its fair share OF the fools and
yascals, does yet embOdY the nobleT instincts aud
moro generous aspirations of the American People
Irfrn r nI IN ura mt
seek the votes of these Tor my ticket except IN so
far they shall be heartily converted TO my faith
! expect the rest to vote what they call the Con-
scrNative ticket and ask OF them only; ]. That
they Intcrp0Sc no obstacle tO any mans voting the
Republican ticket who wants 10; and :. That they
select from their own ranks men who can take the
oath prescribed by Congress, so that their choice
shall nowiSe embanaSs nor impede an carly ana
complete reconstruction. Your way TO restoration
lies through the gate OF Obedience and entreat you
TO take II promptly and heartily.
Men of Virginia, entreat you 10 forget the years
ol slavery, and Secession, and Civil War, now hap
ply past, in the hopeful contemplation of the better
iays of Freedom and Union and Peace, now opening
before you. Forget that some OF yOu have Deen
masters, Others sayeS-SOmc for DSnniOn, others
against it-and remember only that yon are all
Airglnans and all now and hcncci0Ttn ffee-
mcu. Bear in mind that your State Is the heart
of a great Republic, not the frontier of weaker
Cnnledcracy and that NOur unequalcd combination
of Soil, Timber, Minerals. and NaterPOWer, fairly
cnitlc YOU tO population Of Five Millions before
the close OF this century Consider that the natural
Il&hNaJ Oh chpiit me Hh"itcoo ahu c1aic,S nou'O
from the Atlantic to the heart of the Great Valley
lies up the James River and down the hanawha, ana
that this city, with its mill-power superior
10 any other in our country but that
of 81. Anlhonys Falls on tho Mississippi,
ought 10 insure you speedy development oi Manu-
iartnres surprising any Lowell or Lawrence, with
population OF at least Half Million. before tho
close of this century. | eXhort you, then, Repub-
licans and Conservatives, Whites and Blacks 10 bury
ho dead past in mutual and hearty good WILL and III
general united effort To promote the prosperity and
cXalt the glory of our long distracted and bleeding,
but hencciolth reunited. magnificent country