The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-07-10

: QuCeQ, IN the DeSt iHafhelS aDu "
import in lieu thereof, what were
to her the luxuries Of human ex-
/ istencc, such as corn, pork, beef,
! -four, etc: Oar North eastern
States demanded protection by a
high tariff for the purpose Of secu-
ring the profits of the agricultural
consumption Of manufactured
goods at their own rates, Our
Southern States wanted free trade,
to choose the best market for the
sale of their staple and the lowest
for their-purchases. But the rich
est aad most independent country
is that which caAE supply all her
necessaries and laXuries from pro-
| ducts at homo : and yet have
enough to spare OF staple articles;
| to make i market wherever She
pleases. And this is precisely
what our South can do. She need
mot fear tariffs nor manufacturing
competition: .But she wants ad-
ditional population and capital to
be- successful. "a people, which
possesses cotton as a principal
product Of it's own soil, could in
crease beyond precedent in the
| production Of that class of fabric,
| which now enters the most large
II into human consumption and
which holds the. highest rank
bin. the industrial occupations of
the world" Sir Nation, Peto, in
his recent work on the resources
and prospects of America, says:
::from returns made to the govern
ments ofPrussia and Bavaria for
seven years by cmigrants, who
left these countries with official
permission, it appears, that they
carried each to America an average
| amount Of ,18O, dollars in cash,
| The United States officials calcu=
late, that the immigrants have
brought into the country not, less
than 400, 100000 dollars in cash,
| besides the, much Superior values
represented by their physical, in
| teIleetual and, moral. powers !
have already on a former occa-
sion referred to the above subject.
1t strikes nc ttrat if any one
! would only take THE ttt5uble to
calculate the amount. above nen-
toned in, interest and compound
interest in proportion to the. immi-
grafton from 1920 till now, the eN-
traordinary developments of our
Western States might easily be &C
counted for. Twill not however
detain YOU by going over this
ground again, and L should not
have mentioned. even this: much,
were it not necessary to combat
again and again with the unwhole-
some prejudices against the for
eigner. I have heard gentlemen
of intelligence .ridicule the Ian
guage Of the stranger as a -diseer-
dent ;abber. Others have object
ed to his .unbeeoming garb or, his
tforeign manners. !. Others again
have averred; that the majority of
the immigrants arc thriftIess and
inbecile paupers>- and: dependents,
who are incapable Of gainingth
subsistence any where or oftaking
care of it when earned. The New
York Commissioners in their off,
cial' report III. 1855 say: :. 1t It
would be obviously erroneous to
; measure the effects Of i immigration
among us by the :necessitous Or
worthless few, and: overlook the
great bulk Of directly an opposite
character, Adopting the latter
as the legitimate test it might-be
shown, that the vast influx of for
eign capitol skill and "taborE
through this channel has been
sin gularly advantageous to this
country" / must, here ask for.
giveness of two gentlemen of1ur
own State, if l mention. their
t names in connection with this
subject. Mr.. Farrell plants onone
Of the Islands near Charleston
with near seventy hands, mostly
Industrious Irishmen, and he is
confident, that the, result of his
venture will compare fayourably
with the most prosperous. Mr..
Kennedy of Sumter district wrote
me recently that some time ago,
I he got one family and two other
men,, who did not understand a
word Of, English; be had much
trouble at first, but they have al:
ready acquired most astonishing
! knowledge Of our language, And.
hs adds Swish to say to-. you
| for the eneouragement of. your
! great enterprise, that / find these,
] people the most faithful and COM
petent laborcfs I have ever; had
4 ip my employment" - It will, be
impossible and. it would perhaps
be tiresone, TO repeat all tho ar
! guments, that l have already -ad:
Vanced nfavor Of Immigration and
not one of which has; been eontro-
verted.. Icommeneed to agitate
this matter in my: published letter
to Governor Perry in 1855: Ny
l.speech in the legislature in 1865,
and my report in 1886, together.
/ with my recent, address at Flo.