, 1865-08-26
EMIGRATION. ro T1IE SOUTH.

~ JOAA4% ctOGA A9aDClul3OU uNs QEEU 1Ol1Qcu
al Washington, calling itself the United States
Mutual Protection Company, for the purpose
Of facilitating emigration from the North to
the s.uth. II calls 1t capital stock s5oo, 900,
issued in shnres Of t50. The holder OF five
shares is entitled 10 all The advantages Of the
company. whntcvcr they may be. But we
fail to rec where he lnan who puts ee50 Into
tlis company will be likely to cam dividends
for himself, though he may help do il for such,
If any, as get their stock for notling. We
ica:r, however, that II Is expected to make
The thing profitable 10 stockholders, and as It
is ulvay y impossible 10 predict by what means
this Lay be done, VIC hazard no opinion on
is elcccss as money-ma King operation. But
as political cid society, for the regeneration
Of tie South, We arc doubtful Of
thc wisdom of the measure. There
arc several kinds Of population which
this company mny MIN to import
iHte tEe South, some Of which the South needs
AIT come oil which It does not. The South Is
pcor and needs capital, but men Of capital
will go into the South very cautiously and
slowly IN the present disossanized and inse-
cue condition Of Southern society. Few cap
i:al;ets w;1l make Investments there until all
thr questions now liable to agitatc Southern
soctcty-1}sc ncero, labor, wages, and suffrage
Guestons-arc settled For until they shall be
finally settled upon the basis of liberty and
tsur dcnocsatic equality, II Is too carly to de-
Glaze that war With all its attending dangers,
evils .ud financial losses may not grow out Of
thin, Besides when capital goes into the
Ear:.. :. all: il will find It's OWE way there No
c1ni.ss:2nt aid society need tender its cumbet-
soLae and expensive assistance 10 the shrcwd
CAPITALIST.
The South docs rot at present necd labor,
especially does she not need ignorant, un-
skilled, Cheap labor. OF that the negro 7,cpu-
lation furnishes hcr with m abundance, 11ro1.
ably III scnc districts with surplus. Every
lalp:: lalorcr from Europe, whether Irish or
German, whom this society mny dcpor irto
tho soath will lie welcomed by the negro cx-
teim.l2:oss now rarnImnt there, and the Com
l'aay Instead Of rcscncrat;ns the South will
tc s,nd.ng white competitors to bid awav the
rssrt's work and bread. The negroes have
Ia:,cd sii The crops Of the South for two cca-
tu,i.@, and now that they are free they must
rot lie systematically superseded by white
latcr anC lett 10 starvc. Let their masters
who haze enjoyed the fruits of their
forced labor be compelled for wpnt
of wIltc' 1aborers to hire md
Ims tol their iabor now Tint IL Is free. This
will pace the entire labor and the entire
capital Of The South upon relations of mutual
dependence end consequent friendship. On
the otEer Land, every Ir1shman sent South by !
this society would only be another recruit to !
tho forces Of the negro hatcrs. Therefore the |
South docs not need this Society to import I
cheap or paupcr labor from Europe or the
Nn.th.
Bct,-es1 tho capitalist and the 2anpcr 1a,,orer
Is The large class of men Of small means
Lut ti.csc Lave generally learned TINT It sell
dom rays for person OF small means to cmI-
srs!e> rs tie chances OF large gain by change
Of r'eGIiiy are more tllnn bo1anced by the
certainty Of moderate gnins by remaining in
cue srot. Eithcr the capitalist, to whom the |
cont o. mere migration Is SO slight that he |
Goes no: feel II, or the panpcs, who has no |
thing to lose by it, can better Afford to NIL |
crate than the working 1nan Of moderate
means 10 whom emigration involves as the
irs: step the sacrifice of half his little for
t1:tc. Etsidcs most mcn Of small means have |
families, and arc thoughtful Of the education
Of tLeir children and the influences Of
c.41:-2hes. schools, and society ul,on them
selves and their offspring. Not until The
South Is orderly, peaceful and industrious a;
rt: ,:nt:! schools and churches arc protected
ard encouraged by the population already
1lc-e, will The moderate farmers of the North
think o. emig7atinE thither. To those who
dv migrate. the West aad Northwest, or even
I" the Rocky Mountains, will still te the
promised lani.'' No Land can be cheaper or
more ;:!:ile, and In but few parts Of The South
dec= land Of equal cheapness compare In fer
tili;y with the millions OF unoccupicd aGcs
t1lll a:a:!ablc in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin c
The e;iu7ts 10 excite nctitious Southern i'm II
migration hy artificial mems, therefore, will n
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