Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-26
Emigration % tl,e south

LIE 3 matter OF serious oversight on
the part of the South, hat more attention
has not been given TO the encouragement
of emigrants hitherward. We have seen
the West grow populous and wealthy by
their emigration schemes, The lands that
were wild and uncultivated aquarter of a
century ago, are o teeming with a busy
and thriving populace, the vast resources
of the country are being developed, cities
and towns arise as if by magic, and the
clatter of looms, the sound OF the anvil,
the clang of the press and the shrek of the
iron horse are sounds that take the place
of the red mems whoop and the howl of
wolves and panthers. Natures waste has
become mans vineyard, and the great west
will soon be, not only able to make food
for the United States, but for the whole
world.
We know that the west has great ad-
vantages of soil, but nevertheless the peo-
pie deserve the highest credit for provid-
ing the means of cultivating those lands
through their wisdom in holding out in
ducements to go thither.
We think the same plan would work in
the south. Heretofore it was not to the
interest of the white latorers to come
south, for VI system of slave labor effec-
tually shut out all competition. But now
it is otherwise. We have a free labor,
and the mar that can perform the most
effective labor will be secure of employ
ment. There is field open for a healthy
competition in this respect, and if the peo-
pie manage the matter properly, we will
soon see the tide of emigration turning
southwark.
We have a country, the 1.-THE Of whose
resources has never been developed. The
| great coal fields and iron mines of Chero
kee, Georgia, have never been worked to
a tenth oftheir capacity. Their extent is
almost boundless, and it only remains for
the hand of industry to exhume their
wealth and pour it into the Golfers of the
country. We have not n doubt that half
the wealth OF North Georgia has scaroly
been dreamed of. The day is coming
when vast reservoirs of oil, such as have
been running the North wild for the last
four years, will be gushing out of the
bosom Of our State rnd furnishing us
another source of wealth. 1t is a duty
that we owe to ourselves to bring out our
national resources, and develop them TO
their outside capacity.
Again, our lands must be made to Yield
rs lucy udNS AOfoL ylcluGu DclOIc. 1HS
old and ruinous method of %cultivating
them must be abandoned, and hereafter
they must bemade to yield a largeproduct
to small labor. Hitherto the cost of labor
has consumed a large portion ofthe yield.
That could be borne under the then exist
ing circumstances, as b eholders of estates
looked to theincrease of negroes for a large
portion of their profits. Now those who
cultivate the soil, must look to the soil for
their remuneration, and the consequence
is, that our system of fai ming will under
60 radical changes, large landholders will
dispose Of portions of their estates and
conine themselves to smaller estates,
which they can cultivate proftably.
These lands will pass into the hands of
smaller farmers, who will turn their at
tention to their restoration, and gradually
q complete reform will be accomplished
in our whole agricultural system. The
fertility of our lands can be increased, at
a trifing expense, enough to duplicate or
triplicate their yield of grain or cotton.
To have these reforms instituted we
need laborers. We would have the doors
Of the South opened to bid ~emigrants to
come forward. Offer them homes and
work amongstus and guarantee them COM
pensation for their toll. Let them under
stand that there is now no competition
but that which naturally arises between
industry and Incidence. We would like
to see land and emigration companies
forming everywhere, and holding out in
ducements for emigrants to come South
ward. It will be a benefit to the country
and world, and in a few years restore her
to more than her old agricultural stand
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