The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-03-03
The Way 10 Increase the Value OF our
Lands.

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While we are un9ualfedly averse to
agrarianlsm, we are perfectly confident
that the public, as well IS private, inter-
ests demand speedy sub division of
large landed estates, and the multiplied.
tion of small freeholds, The immediate
effect OF this measure would be the in.
crease of our farming population. We
should have a numerous body Of indie.
pendent landholders; and they would
constitute that "bold peasantry" which
are at once the pride and defence of all
free countries. The negro quarter would
be succeeded by the rural village, with
its church and school.house crowning
the neighboring hilltops, and all the
other evidences of modern civilization.
Another result would be the enhance.
ment Of the value Of real estate. 1t can
be rsadily demonstrated that it would in.
ure to the pecuniary profit. Of our large
landholders TO donate to actual settlers
every alternate fifty acres of their plan.
tatlons. Suppose for example, that on a
plantation OF one thousand acres you sue.
ceed in settling ten thrifty German or
Irish families; is it not morally certain
that the, remaining FIVE hundred acres
will be more valuable than the whole
tract was previous to the settlement.
Arrangements are now in progress, we
understand, to colonize ten thousand
acres of landin one county in Georgia
upon similar plan. Let this policy OBJ
tain foothold, and our planters will be
well.nign remunerated for the loss of
their slaves in the increased value of
their lands. A cheerful accommodation
ofour plansto tle great change which
has been effected, and skillful improve.
ment ofour present advantages, is no
less the dictate Of prudence that of pa.
triotism. 1t is indeed the paramount
necessity Of the timea, and any roac.
tionary effort can only be productive of
evil to all concerned.
While, however, we feel the immens,
importance Of the policy herei,, indicted,
we would by no means counsel its en-.
forcement by law. Our State Legisla.
ture might encourage it by proper legis.
lation, but ouranain reliance for its sue.
cess must be on the progressive enlight.
enment of the public mind. If lema-
gogues will only refrain from agitation,
and if some Of the presses of the country
will cease to .in1ame. the now shoulder.
ing rrsentments brought about by the
late war, we may then look for an agri.
cultural prosperity unparalleled in our
past history Chronicle d Ssnttnal.
THE Baltimore Sun mentions that
some OF the newspapers are discussing
The number Of native and foreign.born
citizens who served in the army during
the late war. The Rev. Dr.. Bellows,
in alluding to tho number of foreigners
who were in the Federal army in the
war, lately remarked, that ninety per
cent. OF the army were purely Ameri.
can" The STATISTICS complied for the
United States Sanitary Commission, by
Mr.. Il. B. Elliott. hardly warrant these
statements, as in 1861, ont of 200 regi.
ments, taken at random from each diyi
sion Of the army in tho. field, aud then
examined. 763 per cent. were composed
OF a little more than half Of native. born.
aud 63s per cent. showed majority of
Germans, and 81 per cent. majority OF
Irish, and 81 Of the native and foreign
were about equal, and the report says
that it was at the time ofthe inspection
fair representation of the whole army.
The subject is one Of interest, and the
public would be glad to get at the exact
facts.
GEN. FoRResr.-This distinguished
soldier was in Memphis last week, and