The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-09-08
A PLAN TO PROMOTE 1r1m1GRArIoN.

A PLAN TO PROMOTE IMMIGRATION.
The Richmond IFhig, o. the Cd, publishes the
following interesting letter on the subject of the
above heading, with these remarks:
The subjoned paper was prepared will, refer;
tions) may be applied to any part Of the South.
AS an cid to those who considering the yitnlly
important subject discussed, we lay tho plan OF
MIR. Marshall before the public. His name will
0nsure tho perusal Of his communication, and
command respect for his suggestions:
To the Editor Of tic Wig:
sIn-The following outline contains some of The
3eaIling features of plan for the encouragement
of the Immigration OF population into the State OF
Mississippi and the sale and best9wn,ent Of land
for that object. In compliance with my promise
send you the notes, etc:
1. Let tho landholders of any county unite and
subscribe their lands SO as to obtain sufficient
be easily induced to settle EmigraHts always
want to settle il colonies for the sake OF angnagc,
religion, schools and social relations. Several
Thousand families should be gotten into colony.
2. Let commissioners he elected by the compa-
ny to estimate the value Of each separate tract of
land, and let each subscriber receive certificates OF
the number of shares the value OF his lands eni-
tie him to. The company, and oil similar ones, to
be Incorporated, of course.
3. Survey the entire body of land, and lay It eff
into lots of nil desirable sizes to suit al sorts of
comcrs, with roads. and lanes running through
and rendering acceptable the entire property 80
inid of. Furnish water privileges ;or mills, sites
for institutions of learning, and farms ranging
from ten to three hundred acres.
4. Lithograph the plats and publish pamphlet
describing the advantages Of climate, soil, pro
ducts, and their market values, together with all
the necessary information, i'll various languages,
for Europeans who may desire to remove to this
favored cline.
5. Send agents to Europe; open Offices there;
charter your steamers, and send forward tho rco-
pie. Have agents on this side of the ocean ready
to receive them and send them to their new
homes. The Legislature ought to advance the
means for the purchase OF two or three steamers,
necessary to facilitate the object of the compa
MES.
G. Houses, cabins, or comfortable quarters
should be furnished on the lands for immediate
occupation. These the eInigrant wonld pay for at
once, or as might be agreed on with the company:
These would be of very cheap style to serve till
the occupant could build to his taste.
T. Sell the alternate lots and farms ct q low
figure, on condition OF remaining on and cultivat-
ing the grounds for five years, paying the taxes
and the interest on the purchase price, etc, ETC.
In many cases it will be the interest of the CON-
pany to give away lots and small farms to settlers.
Indeed, it were better, and would pay immensely,
tlers of the soil, who remained for five years on
it, rather than that the enterprise should fail or
be long delayed.
Besides on fair and reasonable terms the resi-
dent 1andhOlders could continue to cultivate their
lands for one, two or more years, till required by
mn emigrant or needed by purchaser.
o.
would invest largely, and at once, as soon as a
great body OF superb plantations and rich lands
belonged to the Company, and it could show
solid basis for energetic and busness-like optra-
tions
Lands for raising hops in the Mohawk Valley,
New York, are worth $500, s4oo, $500 and 1900 per
hops, the castor bean, cotton, sorghum, rice, to-
bacco, corn, wheat barley, potatoes, peaches, ap-
pies, pears, plums, and numerous other things
grow to perfection, can now be purchascd in Mis-
sissippi at SO and s12 per acre. -
Bnt, with such emiSrant organizations and land
companies, those lands: in ten years, ought to be
se oil the financial losses Of this transition state
.H9ge we the energy, unwarering purpose, patience
and faith for the performance Of this work? It
muat be done; and If We fail, somebody will do it,
antNreap the compensation.
A4few Mississippians are solicitous to promote
ths public good, and deem this the great lever
State. We believe in q few years the population
OF the State may be swelled from 400,000 whites
to several millions Emigration and cheap homes
will do the work. am asked, do you want
THE NoRrHMAS?
Why not I? He fought against you. Yes. and 80
did many Southmen-not i'll the open fieid-not in
the manly measurement of swords-but in the
cowardly and money-making Offices Of spies, in.
formers, extortioners, croakers, deserters and de-
tractors. o.. ~ =
take the Northman. who fought me as brave
man, thousand times sooner than the base South
born pretcndcr and parasite; and yet the latter
class are here, and here they will live and die and
rot In Southern soil. No braver men defended the
flag Of the COnfederacy thnn thousands born out
side OF it's boundaries. Yes; come from the four
winds OF heaven-reople these beautiful yaeys
and make the desert blossom az the rose. No true
man breathes the Southern air, knecls to pray on
Southerns soil or consents to harmonze with South
ern society for ten years, who does not feel pdis
solubiy welded to the fortunes of the South and
people, and thy God my Cod Then open the
gates OF Europe and let them come from over the
seas-omr forefathers came over the seas Yes,
let the Northman come also.
CAN WHITE MEN MAKE COTTON?
They always have made it. What is the reason
that cotton cannot be made by white men now,
after having done it for near o hundred years?
In oil the less fertile and less afuent districts Of
tWeptietha Of all the cotton that is made. have