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s securing and protecting his own, whether of little or great value. As the chief magistrate, and as a citizen of Virginia, it is a source of pleasure to me to know that there is no jealousy or distrust, and that harmony and confidence exist between these classes. If the Northern people entertain the opinion that the non-slaveholders of the South are not reliable and trustworthy in all respects, they are most grossly mistaken and deceived. I have seen it stated that in the Empire City of New York the owners of real estate numbered less than 16,000. Do those who are not owners of real estate feel no interest in the property of the 15,000? Would they be unwilling to defend or protect it, if it were in danger of destruction? It might be charged with the same propriety, and with as much truth, in this instance, that feeling no interest in common with the owner, they would not risk their lives for the protection of his real estate, worth millions of dollars. They are interested —