The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-08-12

That the South Is, on the whole. improving
its condition both materially and socially, we
presume there is no doubt. That its growth in
common sease does not keep pace with Its in
dustrial progress, and that its advancement In
any regard, Is not half as rapid rs 1t easily
might be, are equally obvious facts. In many
communities ut the South the hatred OF every
thing Northern Is quite as bitter and demonstra-
tive as at any time since 1860. For time af-
ter the close Of the war there was disposition
on the part Of many European immigrants and
not few families In our own Northern States
to settle at the South, make its interests their
interests, and find their own advantage In help
ing 10 rebuild the broken fortunes OF the war
stricken section. The Southwark movement be-
gan, aud attracted mnch attention. But II has
almost wholly ceased. Not one In one thousand
of the Immigrants who land at our sea ports
goes South Of the Potomac or the Ohio to es-
tablish his home, and the removal Of n "Yan-
kee" family to Southern State Is becoming q
novelty. Sunc months ago prominent polti-
clan Of Washington organized Southern Emil
grafton Bureau, his object being the mixed one
OF realizing n profit on Southern lands sold to
the emigrants, and ofintroducing good Northern
and European blood Into the morbid veins OF
Southern society. In pushing Ibis commenda-
bic enterprise, its protector made energetic use
Of the newspaper press, Of political machinery,
of intelligent agents, and Of q wide personal &c
quaintance, and yet the movement has utterly
failed. Virginia was the principal objective
point, and several hundred New England and
Middle States people were induced to buy lands
in the Old Dominion mt moderate rates and set
lie beyond the Potomac, The experience OF
most OF these can be inferred from this one case
A New England farmer. Of considerable means,
bought a tract Of land not far north OF Rich
mond, and placed on II q very costly lot Of fancy
sheep and Cashmere goats, intending to make
Virginia his home and devote himself 70 growing
this valuable stock. Imagine his sensations on
going into his field morning after morning and
finding several Of his sheep and goats lying dead
shot through at night by his eI-Confeierate
ncighbors as an evidence that he was Yankee
and was not wanted there. Not content with
shooting some, the chivalry mutilated others
and len them alive. After losing about half
his flock, our Massachusetts, friend retired north
Of the Potomac, as our armies had done before,
and now ut least one Virginia plantation Ii for
sale very cheap. In . word, the almost uniform
experience q been that when. Northern families
have gone South singly and settled among
Southern neighbour, their position has been
rendered next to intolerablo by the meanest and
pettiest sort Of persecution. As last device 1t
Is proposed now to send people South In colonies,
40 that they may be independent OF Southern
society and able to protect themselves against
Southern meanness. But even under such
ausuiccs the inducements to Southern emigration
ARE not entirely irresistible, 30 long as the free,
aud cordial and decent West Is 'cpcnf to oil
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