The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-02

hearted as wei as loyal OF all tue STATES winch
are in any fraction doubtful, that the mind of
the North is made up, and that its fiat, however
gainsayed, will be in the end irresistible.
and Its Prospects.
From the Times
Whatever be the misconceptions which pre-
vail throughout the South concerning its politi-
cal relations and interests, ON the general ques.
tion of material interest there would seem
to be ground for complete agreement, Flnan-
caly and industrially bankrupt its old labor.
system suddenly overturned, its vision of indie
pendent prosperity collapsed, the people might
be expected to realize the necessity of vigorous
effort to escape from the ruin that surrounds
them. Their journals, formerly foremost in
partisan discussion, now proclaim the first duty
of man TO be the cultivation of the soil, the
introduction of greater diversity of crops and
the organization OF an industry to which they
have hitherto been strangers Especially is the
need OF imported help admitted. Northern
capital is prayed for, that the recuperative pro-
cess may be accelerated.
Northern men are invited. that lands now
valueless may be made marketable and produc-
tive. Northern enterprise is called upon to
extend Its ramihcations southWard, that home
wants may be supplied, and places now desc.
late may become scenes of thrifty labor. Olall
these points the more influential of our South
ern contemporaries have for months past
e.vinced a keen and withal a sensible apprecla-
uon. And we have been inclined to accept the
tone tone that has been cultivated as an assurance
wants and would be prepared to taFn ID soo ia
account every available means of help.
Thus tar, we fear. these expectations have not
been fulfilled In the easily managed matter OF
Immigration literally nothing has been done.
AT this moment the avenues of travel to the
Western States are choked with families in
search OF new homes. The human stream never
ran that way IN greater volume or with greater
velocity than now. Minnesota reports more
newcomers than in any other season. From
Iowa we hear of crowds of settlers in all the
more sparsely peopled counties. Missouri and
Kansas are receiving daily large accessions to
their population. The land sales in Wisconsin
tell of a similar state of things there. Indeed
everywhere throughout the West the tide of set
tlement flows with a steadiness that knows no
ebb. Doubtless very large proportion is fur
nished by the population Of older States. In
migration, however, supplies its ull quota; not
only swelling the immediate amount of settle
ment, but multiplying the sources of future
growth,
And ali this time what is the South doing or
acquiring2 What State in that section can
truthfully tell of well.consldercd plan for
drawing immigrants thither? Which of the
number can report accessions of foreigners or
of newcomers of any class? So far as we
know, not one. Speculative companies exist
in this city, and elsewhere in the North, having
for their object the introduction of immi-
grants with a view to profit through the sale
of land; and now and then we read of twenty
or thirty STRANGERS who have gone South to
farm, under the auspices of one or another or
these organizations. Apart from these move
ments, nothing is being done. Certainly
nothing by the authorities or the people of the
States most deeply interested in the subject
Of this there is ample testimony. The New
Orleans Piodyene the other day commented
upon the tact that five hundred German
immigrants who had arrived there, and whose
continuance in that State might have been
nm hn nj
Louis without an effort being made to retain
them. The labor-system OF the State is con-
fessedly disorganized. White labor is urgently
required Yet Louisiana neither attempts to
draw thther immigrants nor uses its opportu.
mites TO influence the choice OF Immigrants who
touch there in the ordinary way. And as it is
with Louisiana so it is with Georgia, Alabama
Mississippi, the CarOinas, and Virginia Not
one vigorous effort has been made by any of
them 10 acquire share of that stream OF inn
migration which is with almost incredible
rapdIty filing and enriching the more remote
and, in many respects, less attractive States of
the West.
The comparatively small accessions which
the South has received since the war have
been nearly altogether derived from our own
population. Our traders and farmers have
contributed percentage that might be vastly
increased were the conditions favorable Our
merchants have crammed Southern stores on
credit. Many OF our traders have gone to
Southern cities with large stocks and the GO
ahead spirit OF Northern enterOrise. Adyentu-
rous operators have entered extensively into
numbering, milling, and a dozen other busi-
nesses, profitable IN themselves and beneficial
to the localities in which they are carried on.
Small bodies OF agriculturists have gone into
Virginia, especially into the counties adjacent
to Washington, and their dexterOus industry has
already shown how much might be done IN the
line Of Improvement Had these persons been
| able to report lavorably of their reception of
their intercourse with the Southern people, and
OF the prospect in respect of comfort and pros
| perlty, they would have been quickly followed
| by tens OF thousands who now look TO the
| West Tor fields of future labor But the reports
| have not been favorable. They have on the
! contrary, been calculated to dishearten and to
| disgust. We have striven to cultivate
| different opinion. We have cherished hope
that the unfayorable representations which
from time to time found their way into print
related to exceptional cases, and would be
counteracted when the whole truth came 10 the
nght. But the evidence is unfortunately con-
elusive the other way. There is no longer 1ea.
son to doubt that, as rule, the Northemers
VINO nave gone South 10 trade, to grow cotton
OF TO farm, have encountered reception the
| reverse OF friendly There are localities OF
course, where courtesy and kindness have been
displayed. Generally speaking, however. there
mas not been kindness, or courtesy, or fair play
or even adequate protection TO life and property