The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-09-11

their life.blood on her shores, thus furti,
lizing soil constantly exhausted by tho
rich brains transferred to our inviting land.
THUS has Jonathan insduously drawn from
his impcrious father John, and even in boy
hood has become rich, compared with those
who raisoltheir own labor, while other ma
tions, who2heyo been pouring their treasures
at ourunprcccdented prosperity.
"With this idca in Wow, compare In Q South
and North, and ono reason for tho greater
wealth of tho latter will at onco be seen
the Southern States who raiso the labor,
even if they sell it,must bo comp paratively
poor, whilo slaves cotildbe imported at half
tho cost Of raising them, the wcalt, of tho
country receiving them will correspondingly
rise; but when that resource fails, some
other means must be taken to gather wealth
gather is tho Keynote to wealth. Pro-
ducc is an old fogy--honcst, conservative,
Christian, but q slow coach.
''Tho facts of immigration exhibited dur
ing the past year, arc Of great commercial
importancr to our whole country, while
those Of emigration nro unprecedented in
their Importance TO tho financial inter-
ests of tho State The Immigration
into New York during the past year,
is nearly, 100000 fewer than during tho
preceding year. If these persons should
he valued at only $500 oacl, tho total in
which our country has suffered, is not less
than SlOO,O00,O0O. (Omitting tho faot that
immigrants bring with them an average Of
more than 500 in gold oach.) Immediate
measures should be taken TO correct an evil
OF such magnitude, extraordinary provisions
| should be made for tho comfort Of immis
grants who land on our shores, to rcinducc
| tho current Of wealth which hos boon staid
by the we'll meant but cvil.working opera
lions of the past year or Two.
can history will show, that the material
| and the mental prosperity of nations, thcir
| activity and position in respect to influence,
has corrcspondcd with immigration. Tho
Assyrians, tho Greeks, tho Romans, the
English, and still moro ourselves, are cx-
| amplcs of this truth which arises from two
| roots. lst Immigration is tho most profta-
bic mode of gathering wealth and I'd The
! mingling of blood, derived from various
sources, cnriohcs the products.
Mr.. Editor:
In application Of the above truths taken
from Northern periodical published in
! 1857, what man with any love for South
| Carolina can hesitate to encourage mmigra
| ton from Europe and from the North in
order to build up and enrich our State. If
we were taxed an amount averaging ono
hundred dollars to each man in the State,
andif by the expenditure Of that amount,
one Immigrant could be brought for each
hundred dollars thus expended, Tho wealth
| added to our Stale would be immense We
would all bo benefited, but especially would
tho landholdor have riches showcrcd upon
him.
We may compute what millions Of wealth
have been poured into tho North from this
| source, and what enterprise and energy
have been infused into its population, when
we know that in 1860 New York State alone,
contained 9oS, ,Gl0 foreigners. More whites
than South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
| together contain.
Tho enterprise Of tho North and tho lcth-
| argy Of tho South can DO accounted for
when wo know that in 1000 people, North
Carolina has only 4 Foreigners, Georgia has
only II, Mississippi only II, Alabama only
13, South Carolina only Ii, whilst Penn
| sylvania has $50. Illinois 100, Rhode Is.
| land 2l0, Massachusetts $40, New York
2G0 and Wisconsin $50.
Men who como 4000milcs to improve their
|
fortunes must abound in energy and enter.
prise. But somo supcrcliously ask, "who
will come to settle upon tho worn out lands
Of South Carolina when thcre is so much
bcttor land ont wcst?" lcyo our old
State yet and could not find it in my heart
to speak contcmptuously of our old war
worn mother. But the remarks Of these
men have no foundation in truth. The
stream of emigration to tho Northwest il
no evidence Of its being better country
than this, but is tho result Of slavery hero
| (now no longer an obsaclc) and of tho fact
that those States court mmgrntion and en-
courage foreigners by ovcry means in their
power to como amongst them. The fogics Of
our Legislature wcro prevailed upon by the
earnest efforts Of tho patriotic Gen. Wagner
to take ono stop in tho samo direction, but
many of our people are so blinded by pre-
judice, as.not to appreciate its Importance
Tho lands Of tho Northwest, though capa-
bic Of producing more grain will not yield
as much money 10 tho acre as our lands
Our benign climate fosters the products Of
the South and tho cereals Of tho North and
causes even our exhausted lands. to yield
moro money with tho samc investment of
capital and labor than tho boastcd lands of
tho Northwest, and contend that our farm.
ors have always prospercd moro than tho
| farmers of those Statos whom unaidcd by
cxtrancous circumstances,
The agricultural products of Illinois ac
| cording to the census Of 1860, consisting of
wheat, corn, oats, rye, tobacco, maple sugar,
| sorghum, vino, hay, irish and sweet otatocs,
| amounting at q fair valuation, to SIO4,.
G9l 900. South Carolina produced of tho
samo articles and Of rice and cotton, Si1,-
07O,0O0. Tho number of acres cultivated
in Illinois bcing 13,251,473 and in South
Carolina being 4,572, 2,0GO, the average pro.
duct in Illinois is eight dollars and in South
CaroIinai is nine dollars per acre.
Now, Sir, givc..us tho industry and oncr.
gy that white laborcrs would bring, togcth-
or with agricultural machines, both Of
which advantage Illinois enjoys, and Judge