Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-08-21

/ plants and then to the staples. l. remember
very we'll how gladly-in 1861 the report wa
received that here and there in the Southern
States provisions had been raised plentifully
and it was deemed worthy Of special men
ton that the German farmers in Texas hat
raised great quantities of wheat, rye, barle.
and corn. And may not the farmer be al
great as the planter? The one, like the other
tils the land and cultivates the soil, only will
this difference. as 1 have already mentioned
that the farmer bases his pr sperity upon the
food products and the planter upon the sta
Pile articles of commerce. But do. you con
tinue to plant, if you prefer, and let the i'm
migrant come to farm. A gentleman wrote
me from New York few weeks ago, if ht
had the control of affairs, the South should
not plant single pound of cotton, to punish
the New England nabobs for their bloody op
preston. l do not agree with him at all
Let US raise as much cotton as we can, along
with our own provisions of every kind, stock
fruit, &C., and then let US manufacture oul
cotton first and send it to market afterwards
a pound of cotton will triple its value in
thread only, and the machinery is not so very
expensive but that it might be had by com,
bined action. Besides let US multiply our In
dustry in every respect, and let US get the i'm
migrant and the immigrants capital to help u.s.
Just here it occurs to me, you might be Gu
rious to learn the product of large German
farm / copy register from a prominent
agricultural work as follows: " Wheat, rye,
barley, oats, peas, beans, lentils, millet, buck
wheat, clover seeds, fax seeds, fruits, vegeta-
bles, potatoes, horses, oxen, COWS, hogs, calves,
sheep, fowls, butter, cheese, milk, wool, flax,
skins, honey, wax, beer and brandy"-re'
ported as having been sent to market The
great variety of this produce will be observed,
and the general results are sometimes aston
ishing. And they have need to be so, the
rent alone of aefarm of such q description, OF
one or two Thousand acres, being from III, Ooo
to $4,000 thalers per year. But you will
a. ain observe, that there is not mn article
mentioned, which you could not raise here
with facility and profit, and have your cotton
besides To explain the two articles, "beer
and brandy may mention, that in Europe
every large agricultural cstablishm mt has Il
distillc-y and brewery connected with 1t,
which add doubly to its profits, first IN the
clear product of the manufactured article,
and secondly in the off.l as valuable food
for fattening stock. !.
England demanded free trade as manu-
featuring county, anxious to sell the commo.
ditics she produced in the best markets, and
to import in lieu thereof what were to her
the luxuries of human existence, such as corn,
pork beef -four, etc. Our Northeastern States
demanded protection by high tariff for the
purpose of securing the profits Of the agrlcul-
lural consumption of manufactured goods at
their own rates. Our Southern States wanted
free trade to choose the hest market for the
sale OF their staple and tie lowest for their
purchases. Bat tile richest and most indie
pendent country is that winch can supply all
her necessaries and luxurics from products
at home, and yet have enough 10 spare OF sta
pie articles 10 make market wherever she
pleases, and this is precisely what our South
can do. She need not fear tariffs nor manu-
featuring competitions, Batashe- wants aadjs
tional population and capital to be successful.
a people, which possesses cotton as prlncl-
pal product OF It's own soil could increase be
yond precedent in The production of that class
Of fabric which now enters the most largely
into human consumption, and which holds
the highest rank in the industrial occupations
Of the word" Sir Morton Pcto, in his re.
cent work on the resources AID prospects Of
America says: From returns made to the
Governments Of Prussia and Bavaria for sew.
en- years by emigranls who lef these countries
with official permission, it appears that theT
carried each to America an average amount
of $50 dollars in cash. TIE United States
officials calculate that the Immigrants have
brought into the country not less than 400,
100000 dollars in cash. besides the much su.
perior values represented by their physical,
intellectual and moral powers"
have already, on furtner occasion, re-
ferred 10 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 immigration from 1920 TIL now, the
extraordinary Developments of our Western
States might easily be accounted for will
not, however, dctain you by going over this
ground again, and ] should not have raen-
toned this much, were it not necessary to
combat again and again the uuwholesoIne
prt iudicies against the foreigner. | have
heard gentlemen of intelligence ridicplc the
language Of the stranger rs q disccrdant jab-
Der. Others lave objected to his unbecomins
garb or bis foreign manners. Others again
have avcrred that q majority of the foreigners
are thriltlcss and inbecile paupers and depen
dents, who are incapable Of gaining their sub
sistence any where, or Of taking care of it
when it is earned. The New York Commis-
sioners, in their official report in 1856, say:
"It would be obviously erroneous 10 measure
the effects Of immigration among US by the
necessitous or worthless few, and overlook
the great bulk OF directly an oppt tie cbarac.
ter. Adopting the latter as the legitimate
test, it might be shown that thevast influx of
fore gn capital, skill, and labor, through this
channel, has been slngu arly advantageous TO
this country" / must here ask forgiveness
of two gentlemen of our own Site, u men-
tion their names in connection with this sub
iect. Mr.. Farley plants on one OF the islands
near Charleston with near seventy bands
mostly industrious Irishmen, and he is c'ntl-
dent that the result of his venture will Com
pare favurably with the mos prosperous. Mr..
Kennedy, of Sumter District, wrote me re-
Gently, that some time ago be got one iamily
and two other men who did not understand
word of English; he had much trouble at
FIRST. but they have already acquired moss
astonishing knowledge of our language, And
he adds: 81 wish to say to you, tor the en-
couragement Of your great enterprise, that 1
find these people the most faithful and COM
petent laborers have ever had in my en-
ployment."
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1t is probable that the tide Of emigration
to America which commenced to set in
strongly about 1925, was occasioned BY the
opening out Of the Northwestern States IN
that year, and by the prospect afforded Of %,
tanning land in the country at exceedingly
low rates. The opportunity of settling them