The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-07-15
Inviting Immigration.

ana style OF the tennessee. COfored
Emigration Company, which has been
/ chartered by the Legislature Of that
! State, with all authorized capital Of
81 200, 900, Of which $4,000 has
been paid in, and the company is now
ready to commence operations.
The object of this association is to
purchase land i'll large tracts and di.
vide it into farms, alternate tracts Of
which will be leased or sold to immi-
grants brought out by the associa-
tion. The company relies for its
profits upon tho ultimate sale of the
reserved tracts, from the building up
of villages and the general develop
ment Of Che agricultural, manufac-
! turing and mineral resources which
are to flow out of the proposed
scheme Of immigration.
On one or two occasions, in the
Phomi.c, we have suggested similar
plan to our large landed proprietors
| and planters, in their individual ca
pacity, viz: to divide their large
plantations into sections, making re-
spectacle farm tracts, and then offer
them for sale, or on lease, to indus
trious immigrants, farmers and
others, rs the surest mode of reach
ing the full development of the re-
sources of our section. These re-
sources have SO long lain dormant
under our old system of agriculture
and labor, which confined itself
almost exclusively to the planting Of
4 certain breadth in cotton, with
barely enough corn, and a potato
patch or two, to support the number
of hands the owner had The rest
of the plantation was left unim-
proved, until the owner, either
through their natural increase, or the
profits of the plantation, could ell
large his working force, and take in
another strip of his land for clearing
and cultivation.
This system, which undoubtedly
was an obstacle to rapid, or even
ordinary, progress in tho develop
ment of our resources, is now broken
up, and broken up forever. 1t is
idle to cling to it under the slightest
hope of its resuscitation-nay, it is
wrong and highly cnlpahla for any
Southern proprietor to hold on to
more land than he can properly ma
mage, or cultivate ut fair remunera
ton. The profits of agriculture,
properly applied, begets other enter
prises, tending still further, in their
success, to introduce others, until
the country adopting this course
abounds in energy, wealth and indie
pendence.
The system Of hirel foreign labor
has been tried in some of the South
ern States, and has proved n failure.
There must, therefore, be some
stronger inducement to the immi-
grant to come among us than mere
,cageS. He must feel that the ground
he tiIls, whether he holds it as his
own or on lease, is entirely for his
own benefit, and he will come cheer
fully and work manfully to cause the
earth to bring forth her fruits to her
greatest extent. All admit we want
efficient labor among us, and not only
efficient, but skillful, labor. The re-
generation of the South is a work of
great magnitude and of vast impor-
tance to her future veal, and the
prosperity Of future generations that
may be born and raised on her soil;
and it is, therefore, n more important
duty that every foot Of her arabic
soil should be cultivated, and every
hidden resource brought to the light
Of day, than if she stood on the high
est pinnacle of politics, and her doc
trines on that subject governing the
whole world.
We, therefore, hail with pleasure
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