. Incidents of western travel [electronic resource]: in a series of letters. ced to change Sunshine* for Shadydale,or some other more accessible place. Early next morning we set out to reach home,and relieve the anxiety of those who watched forour coming the last night. The light revealed thefact that we acted wisely in not braving the should have been swamped in the swollenwaters. Our team, refreshed by a nights repose,and urged by the appliances for such cases madeand provided, trotted along right merrily, and erelong our glad eyes looked upon loved faces andscenes familiar. We were
. Incidents of western travel [electronic resource]: in a series of letters. ced to change Sunshine* for Shadydale,or some other more accessible place. Early next morning we set out to reach home,and relieve the anxiety of those who watched forour coming the last night. The light revealed thefact that we acted wisely in not braving the should have been swamped in the swollenwaters. Our team, refreshed by a nights repose,and urged by the appliances for such cases madeand provided, trotted along right merrily, and erelong our glad eyes looked upon loved faces andscenes familiar. We were at home. Virgin lands,unfelled forests, rolling prairies, all have their * The name of Bishop Pierces residence in Georgia.—[Editor. 134 INCIDENTS OF WESTERN TRAVEL. charms; but the old fields, the well-known roads,and even the red hills, endeared by long associa-tion and consecrated by toil and self-denial, are tome dearer still. As a man, I should never moveto a new country for the sake of gain: as apreacher, I may, from a sense of duty and for thesake of INCIDENTS OF WESTERN TRAVEL. 135 LETTER XVI. END OF THE FIRST TOUR—THOUGHTS ON EMIGRATION TOTHE WEST—APPEAL TO LOCAL PREACHERS. My last letter brought me back to my starting-point ; and now, to those who have followed me inmy wanderings, it will not be amiss to close with afew reflections. Besides the intrinsic fitness ofsuch a conclusion, I am prompted by the expressdesire of some friends to give my notions of emi-gration to the West. To the Southern AtlanticStates, this is a question of vital interest, not onlyas it may affect the private fortunes of individuals,but as it may determine the position of the Southin the Union. Population is vastly importantto us, in view of our numerical strength in thepopular branch of Congress, and in the ElectoralCollege. And it is a singular feature of the insti-tution of slavery, that the very prosperity of thecountry, so far at least as the rural districts areconcern
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