Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-10-04
Gbgsfelb b.gga5srtiser,
Emigration to the South--Free White
Labor.

- Labor.
What the South most needs at present Is
free white laborers, and If within the nsA'
tLroe or four Years she could receive ilVe
+. millions. of hardy, honest. unpervertea;,
um.a;nted sors Of toll from Europe, she would
I've Immensely the gamer By such vast aadi-
ton to Aerlaboring population. IL Is Clearly
the ,nolicy of the Southern people, and ali
Who are friendlyto the development OF the
nre.t .prricnltural aud mineral resources OF
fhe;r Stotes.. to invite this class of emisrants,
n I'm their lands, and to dig out and bring
to the light of day those metals w1cn give
Efa ord vigor to the manufacturing industry
of every country- =, NJ. H..
Up to the present moment the North has
been receiving and eppropristlng to It's own
ussthe labor capital which flows IN upon II
from year to year, aud the result "t TINS ac'
ces,ion.to its wealth is seen in the prodleious
development Of its material resources. Mhy
should not the South receive its portion oil
ltis. capital? - =
It has valleys more fertile than those OF
the North. to be titled it has towns TO bu!ld
I'M. railroads to be constructed, canals to be
duo Its climate is unsurpassed in saluority ;
and. above all, its people generous, hosplta-
ble, brave and free from all those RreJudices
which render Yankee land so. obnoAlops 70
Fnro,,ean emigrants. The honest mechanic
and laborer IS sure to receive cordial wei
come from people whose .galiantry, whose
-.ne c,u,.ce is the best index to their char
oo.sr Tier Industrial system has been over
thrown BIZ couYulsion which has slakfli the
country to it's very foundation, and threatened
The total destruction Of every buiwark erected
around he citadelof freedom. Ihis they ac
knowledce, and they also know tllst the labor.
On which tley forineriy depended has become
,lrnos, yalucieSs. They urgently nced anu
des;rc therefore, white iad;istry, and ste'ning
l.hor markets Of Eurcpc are'readY, sum
Gent management. to pour cut upon ineir
St-tle !.r;s AID i..to their half ruined cities.
lccious oi asricu!tural labofe.s and mechanics;
Rnfora the onward march OF these nlen oi
tho snntri.r race, The inferior must give WY.
,rd tai;,. its Mace IN the swawps, and whsr .
ever else oniy it can be safely and proh:ab.,s
employed. ,,a;ss, ~. craot
navcment :. there is no time 10 be lost. II
e,,;,ra,;on societies and agencies be estab-
Esbsd throughout lha SuuNi, and let them
cooperate WIFE lLosS ih t'S 49,
have no Doubts ready ard willing to do bu
s;ncss on .freasonaJle, terin$." Every able-
boiled crn;grant is WORTH a. Thousand Goiiars
IN the labor capitol ef the ncunry; and there
Is no reason why, unisr: proper regulations !,s
a-d fbron Oh. f,.gs srable inducements, two mil-
lions should not be sdded TO the popuaton
nf tbesSuuta from, this sou.ce within next
Zen Years. This would be equal TO Two th.u.
sand uilloa dollars added 10 its weaita' IN
5cnenden, Of the great natural increase to
the number of inhabitants. Its emigration
that hes bai, ZIP the North, that has mace It
Wbat il x. and wiii 10 more for the South
far the circ,i instances IN that section wlli>be
more. favorable to lis introduction
We hope to seq ere long eeiera' system
adopted which viii secure q large share "i
ernir,s.ion to tie Southern States, great
nortioa os the lands Of which is emnently
lifted for wiito labor liere IN Tie Aortl,
there are Thousands who w"aid su&&ees.
wbetl;er il would not be good thing to send
apents to New England where there are tens
of thousand, OF laborers AMI mechanics VIII
have been proof against its dlsorgaalz,Ig,'
demoral;z;pq princi3 3lcs, and invite them toa
,and where labor will be better reqpited, and
where it viii, in the good tiIlc tbat IS saFsi!
cor;nr. have more political rights and PRIV
leocs.NN. Y. Met. Record.