Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1865-10-21

, ny or France above 10000 900 souls. And
yet Germany in spite of all her increased tax
,es, the. disadvantages of her innumerable mo-
nopolies and corporation privileges, the ex-,
travagant prices of her arabic lands, which
sometimes is as high as 800 to 400 thalers'
per acre; in spite of her enlistment laws that,
take the young man III his very prime from
tho plough and scythe to make him a.soldier
for several years; inspitc of all these burdens
and a thousand othdfs, is made by the indus,
try and economical habi@ Of her people to
yiold sufficient not only for home consunp-
tion, but a small surplus for market and has
enabled her people to lend to the United
States. the erormous sum of six hundred mil
| lions If dollars. @
Michigan and Wisconsin,, comparatively
new countries,2are already, and have been for
anumber of years, large exporters Of grains
and breadstu1fs, and these are nearly exclu-
siyely produced byimmigrants that have set
tied within their territories dYying the last
thirty years. Of these facts those States, as
likewise all other Western States, prove their
cognizancc by their official acts and the APP
pointmcnt of commissioners to encourage and
aKaale9 aKaaltset ,ao; us9r arc
all great producers, and are largely indebted
to immigration for their qhexamplcd prosper,
ity. In u country like ours, labor is capital
and population is wealth and where. there
fore, the one system of labor has been disor-
ganized, another should Immediately be intro
duccl without cavil and with the least delay.
Lands rise in value with every new settlement,
and decline with the discoftinuance of any
old useful establishment Communities grow
in resources with every increase OF their pro-
ducers, and become bankrupt where the con-
sumers largely outnumber the former. How
are we to expect new settlements, how are
we, even to keep up the established ones
without immigration? There may be some
| i'll feeling in oar State to the immigrant, on
account of the large and effective part he has
taken against us in the late war. But if we
| view the matter rightly, fairly and justly, we
shall findithst the Immigrant i,us only proved
his faith to the community which he resi-
! ded. II the Northern AMI Western adopted
citizens and their countrynien have sided hon,
orably with their respective States, have not
pho Southern adopted citizens and their coup
trymen done the same for their Southern
States l. know that every community In
the South, where sufficient numbe of adopt
cd citizens resided, has sent forth its corps of
adopted warriors to.the Southern armies. Ii.
a letter which I had the honor to- address to
his HxcelcJcy Gov. Manning. in 1858, on
the sabjcctof German immigration. pledged
the faith Of the immigrantto our State in her
hour, Of specd. Let us see how they have
redeemed that pledge. Let us take South
Carolina for an example. The city Of Char
lesion, with a German population of about
! 5000 souls, hassent four full German compa-
nies to the field, and las kept them there un,
| til the final surrender of Jphnston, besides
having furnished from her old German Fusi-
licrs the one.half Of the bravee,old company Of
Scotch Union Light Infantry. The. Irish 6f
Charleston have furnished two full llcompanies,
besides nearly onehaf of the heroic regiment
of South Carolina First Regular, Artillery
I Not another company he's gone from Charles
ton, and not regiment from any part Of the
Btatc, in which there have not been adopted
! citizens. TIE German settlement Of Wafhal-
! la has contributed to @Orr''s and Dnnovant's 5
Regiments nearly everyman capable Of hearing
arms, ,and s:almost destitute Of sound working
Fmen, so many having been killedsor crippled
4 If I may mention There, ! can aver that Ger-
imam Blood first dyed the soil af Carolina in
this contest, my own tamong the rest y This
1should beconclusive proof to .eyeiy fair and
impartial mind that the Immigrant Y may be