The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-08-28


says "From returns made to tie Gov.
ernments Of Prussia and Bavaria for
seven years by emigrants who left these
countries with official permission, it ap.
pears that they carried each to A Amcrica
an average amount Of $50 dollars in
cash. The United States officials cal
culate that tho immigrants have brought
INTO the country not less than 100000.
600 dollars in cash, beside the much
superior values represented by their
physical, intellectual and moral pow
ers.
| have already, on former occasion,
referred to the above subject. 1t strikes
me that if any one would only take The
trouble to calculate the amount above
mentioned in interest, and compound
interest, in proportion to the immgra-
ton from 1920 Till now. tic extraordi-
nary Developments OF our Western
States might easily be accounted for.
J. will not, however, detain you by going
over this ground again, and | should
not have mentioned this much, were it
not necessary to combat again and again
the rnwholcSome prcjndicics against the
torclg"cr. | have heard gentlemen of
intelligence rdicule the language of the
stranger as a discordant jabJcr. Others
have objected TO his unbccoming garb
or his foreign manners. Others again
have averrcd that majority of the for.
cigncrs are tlriIrcss and mbccilc pau.
pnrs and dependents. who are incapa.
ble OF gaining their subsistence any
where, or taking care oft when it. is
earned. The New York Commission
ers, III their official report in 1865, say,
"lt would be obviously erroneous to
, measure the effects of immigration
among us by the nccessilous or
worthless few, and overlook the greater
bulk of directly an opposite character.
Adopting the latter as The Legitimate
test, 1t might be shown that tho vast
influx of foreign capital, skill, and labor,
through this channel, has been singular
ly advantageous 10 this country |
must here ask torgivcmcss of two gen
Clenen oi our own State, if l mention
their names III connection with this sub.
ject. MIR. Farley plauts on one Of the
islands near Charleston. with near seven.
ty hands, mostly Industrious Iris,mcn,
and he is confident that the result OF his
venture will compare favorablv with the
most prosperous. Mr.. Kennedy. Of
Sumter District, wrote me recently, that
some time ago he got one family and
and two other men who did not urler-
stand word Of English he had much
trouble at first but they lave already
acquired most astonishing knowledge
OF our language. And he adds: 81
wish TO say to you, Tor the encourage
mcnt your great enterprise, that
lind these people the most faithful and
competent laborcrs l have ever hal in
my G employment"
1t is,probabc that the tide o! cmiera
ton to America which commenced 10
set in strongly about 1925, was occa.
stoned by the opening o't Of !hc N.r,h-
western States in that year, and by tho
prospect afforded Of obtaining land in
the country at exceedingly low rates
The opportunity Of settling themselves
in districts, where aand could be had.
which they could cultivate with profit,
and where the reward Of industry IS
consequently certain, was irresistible.
Throughout Europe, passion 10 become
the owner of land is universal, whilst the
difficulty Of gratifying it is infinitely
greater than with rs. 1t is from lh:s
! universal passion, that The vast annual
! immigration 10 this count, Y derives lis
mighty impulse. App, eciating this,
and requiring AMI increase ofpopnlation,
why should YOU not, having 500 acres,
give away l25 acres at nominal ~ ice,
and thereby serve yourself and the Stale
at the same time. In all probability,
such procedure would, in few wears,
double YOU tho valCc Of your remaining
lands. What arc your lands worth
now? What yon can cultivate and
must nece. .:&arlIy use is worth iust so
much rs what your income thcrefrom
amounts 10 the alancc is worth no;h-
ing, and it is just now po,ilivc cy.
pcnsc. excepting for ne prospects Of the
future. But auch a future as now awaits
you, without tho increase and plcnondc.
renee OF the white population. viii bring
no enhancement fprrcr., but may pos,
slb'y totally en3n'r', "vc,y acle of vour
plantations. Grn. Bulcr tells us That
'it is seif.cvidcnt political trd,h that
where the la:d is held in large tracts by
the employer to be tile ,iov The employ.
cd, here can be no just end true field
for the exercise OF Republican citizen.
ship. "And il is ono Of The pre-: sinr
esxSencics of the country, as ihc very
basis Of reconstruction, ihrs some plan
must be devised, by which the lands
OF the South may be divided amorg
those who shall occupy and til them
WIN any sane man in his extremity
hold on to straw when he rap orasn
the strong and saving limb What IS
now The value OF lands in Newbcrry ?
Is IL worth now what it was worth in
1860 Or, perhaps, there is no ratio at
all. No one can tell what it IS worth,
or whether it is worth anything. Land
IS always cheap where labor is unccr-
tam and scarce. Wloneycr laLormn
power increases and becomes pro-
ducLiYc, lands rise in value o,.or1;no