Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-11-22
sEDGEFIELD S. O.. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1855.

1x"The revenue Sf tGgsg Government il4 3 would
be Of course spondingly. increased and
the Burdens lifted from the shoulders Of the
people. Every manufacturing village in, the
extreme, North issinterested' IN the cotton
crop Of next 5ear az 4sfr as every every farm n
the Northwest. s, ss' 80 - - - y's
- - :: .e.sa =. ,.s,.., -. -. .
: Emisrationsand .DeBow's Letter.
'Tqhe South atpressnt stands in need Of
working men, farmers and mechanics
for former being particularly wanted. Their
speedy introductian by organized effort should
engage the attention iof every ,rnan..Rho de-
sires the quick restoration of prosperity, and
the Developments the great resources which
nature has bestowed upon US. Much Of our
former system of3Sorking the soil will have
to be changed, ana the scientific farming sys-
TEN, practiced al the, North and in che. best
cultivated counties Of Europe, be substituted.
Should not'oun districts Immediately eorgan-
ize emigFation.assoeia which should ap-
point agents to pFioceed pro- 10 the North, Scot
land, England, Belgium and Germany, who
should be empowered to offer Inducements to
farmers. of good character to come and settle
on the soil of Soath4 Carolina? The 9lgents'
should be men thoroughly ,conversant with
the soil and climate, aad such as would pos
sess the energy it9Sxiisais it9Sxisais the farmers at their
homes, and TO set. before them the. great ad-
vantage Of ap ,imlnediate settlement in The
South, Our, former 4ellow.citizen, Mr.. j. D.
B.. .DcBow, has been writing antarticlc in the:
Northern press and addressed to Governor
Perry; fayoring emigration to this section.
In the following statement, he exhibits, by
facts taken from the Census Of 1850, the
rapid strides Of the North and West as com.
pared with the South, (which difference vas
largely owing to emigration; He says: =
ItfoIlowed that whilst the Northern and
Western, States from the constant stream Of
hardy and industrious Immigrants who were
poaring in, exhibited miracles of progress
and .deye!opment,shes South, with vast natu-
raj resources for mining; manufactures and
agriculture, advaneed'in but the. Slow ratio of
its natural increasefand immense dominions,
capable Of contributing untold treasures 10
the commerce Of fthe world, remained her.
metically sealed; & .s,....,,. ,...... :. -
The census Of the. United. States was con-
elusive upon this point, and I.quote from the
compendium off 1850 s!pagel 10: sis.ss'a7l 2.
4 : 4 sIHprdsssd % ct.g Wax por aero.
New England S Statesss.:s ;.262'3 :. s5qS3027
Middle States. :s:Ss;:. ss$5 "a. "a 2ss0s
Southern States /. ..ss., y = -. 1874
Southwestcrn States ,s1O tss zGa6 ~
Northwestern Ssatss.s '..;ai 1l.39
Speaking of the olicy necessary to be pnr-
w Il ssalne Inc of her inas
mense resources, he remarks that the South
must throw her immense unoultiYated do
main into the market at low price; reduce
the quantity of land held by individual pro-
prietors, and. resort to intelligent and vigo-
roue measures at the earliest moment, to in !
duce an influx Of population and capital from.
abroad, This is entirely practicable.
) That the landed properties of the South
hare=been,i' general, too large, and that
"oat Der It would result to the proprietors
BY dispensing at low rates, of the surplus
can scarcely be considered open to, ,argumen-
tation. Several years since caused tho. re-
turns of the United States census, Of (which T.
was then in charge, to be examined upon, the
point, and the result for the number. of farms
which were selected at random, wasas follows
) Eormy 0ver nm ,cros