Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-10-07
Virginia Lands and Eorthern Settlers.

SOluCliAl3C iJS tiiS ~"
lished a notice of q catalogue OF Virginia ianHs
offered for sale by the firm Of Cabell & Wat
kios. of R;cbmcu I, in Which notice the III
bune took ~occasioa to advise lmmigraEts not
to bug and settle in Virginia save IN i '+"
Yankeeized localities 1t gave Is l reason
for this advice that our people prefer North
prnprs a hundred miles of rather ;lan i hun
dred rods"
7, reulv 70 thi4 Messr.. CabeIl 4 Watkins
wrote a letter 10 the Tribune, which iapuoIlS''-
ed in that paper in full. 1t is al able defence
of the Eirginians, and u caustic reply TO their
slanderers.
ALTER reviewing the history Of our society
since the war, and thereby exposing me uh-
founded charges of bitterness and hos'iHty'
Messrs. 9. 4 W. say that the FirginlanS have
all along seen the necessity of increasing our
white population, and welcome enterp1lslng
and skillful immigrants from the North, VINO
bring among US their intelligence and capital:
to aid US in developing the resources OF our
State. They very properly say that when Such
Northerncrs come among US Their Northern
preiudices will soon subside, and a little while
with us will make them Of US, S. fact which
is illustrated In Il score or more instances III
| this very city. They add: -,
1--WE only ask that, with capital and labor,
and energy and skill, they bring honesty and
rood manners. The educated gentleman, the
man of wealth, the intelligent mechanic, and
the honest la6orcr from the Northern States,
will be treated with the same consideration be
would receive in any other wcll-ordercd com
muDity. All who will respect the proper laws
of society, and observe the prophecies OF lie,
rich or poor, professional or I~aboring man, will
have no cause to complain of their reception.
It will depend on themselves entirely whether
thew be received with politeucss and treated
with kindness, OF be rebuffed.
That VIC do not welcome the universal
Yankee nation is certainly true, but the rca-
son for it is found in the following extract from
the letter referred to:
Some "Northerncrs" have come among US
who are not welcome. They come not to build
up, hut to destroy; not to cultivate the SOIL,
but to toment bad feeling between the present
cultivators and the proprletors OF the land TO
array one class of the community against the
other and by appeals to the bad passions OF
an ignorant population, to excite prejudice and
unkind feeling between those who should be
friends, making the life OF all uncomfortable,
retarding general prosperity, and cndan"rring
the public peace. Fortunately these bad men,
who have no permanent stake IN the colninunl-
tv, who do not come to be citizens OF Virginia,
have as vet been able to d. little serious injury,
but we heartily wish them a hundred miles
off,"
81 here is u social reserve, especially III the
intercourse Of our people with the army OF
occupation IA feeling which, refined, sensible
minds, everywhere, will respect. 10 be sus.
pected Of Il disposition to tawn Oh those i'll
power, or Of paying conrt to men having I'M
limited military authority over them, Is re
Voting to Il ligh-minded people. There can
not be social equality between a prisoner and
hiS iailor. Give Us our liberty, and we shall b
free to select our associates; but not TIL then.
Unlock our prison doors, and the doors 81
hospitality may be- thrown open. There Is
little disposition to hold the indi 'ldual citizen
from the North responsible for all We have
suffered and now suffer by the acts OF the Gov
ernmcnt; but the barriers OF unreserVed soclaJ
intercourse cannot he entirely removed, 50
long as the Southern States are held 10 sub
lection, and the property and liberty Of the
Soutilrrn ~ci!zns are at the mercy OF 4 mill
tary commander AID hi, >ubor1inatcS.
A c3nventinn Of Radical Delegates ttHm the
counties of Spotsylvauia' King George, and
Caroline was held IN Frederick bnrg on SAtur
day, and the following persons nominated a.
Peter Couse, Of Spotsylvania; William II. Sic
vcns, of Caroline; j. II. Thomas, Of Ming
George.
THE WEATHER. The rain ceased on Satur-
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