The Daily clarion., 1867-04-26
s,nn,igra.ion tc .I.e sontIn.

this direction:
We have no doubt that this may. in a
slight degree, be attributed u the small
effort made by the Southern States. il CONF
pa15son with the Western, 10 attract imini-
g-asian; but it is owing In a gGuGn larger
mo sure 70 the unsettled condition oT affairs
ia she South. free political institutions
order, the chance for acquiring land @nd the
or. 9-tunlties Of labDh are the great fsttrse-
tuas TO Immigration and untn the south
- offer these as the West offers theIAs I'M
gratiou VIII prefer tie latter
These reasons, as far as they 90,
ere correct The people of the South
have not used efforts to promote i'm
migration, corresponding with the
magnitude Of the benefits which would
flow from It. Nor hafe the condi-
ton OF her affairs seen such as 70
attract population from ataer nations
The former cause is attributable to
them: the latter, to the iIliberal and
ongcnerous use of its power by the
F6deA,< Gevernment No intelligent
people in selcctiug homes viii connect
their fortunes with q community whose
political condition and governmental
policy are undetermined and uncer-
taiu-a people whose lives, liberty,
.-..,s 1--~r --t5y hone no better security
than the unbridled will of a reckless
and untoleraut sectional majority
Especially is capital proyerbially
timid, and viii not flow into places
where it is not believed to be secure.
The opportunity is now offered the
people Of the excluded States to place
themselves in position in which they
can at least have the protection afford
cd by a share in the legislation Of the
country, and voice in the common
councils Of the Government, and iftley
refuse to improve it. the blame viii he
Transferred to themselves. 1t IS true
the terms Of Reconstruction are not
such as they would have preferred but
they arc the best they can get from
the Government which, by the dcci-
sion of war, has acquired the power
TO determine the question.
Our section can never prosper until
IL has the population to afford the la
bor-suppIy which is now so deplorably
deficient: and our people in deciding
upon the means Of securing it, must
bear in mind, that immigra-
tion has its laws which must
be respected. Water will not now up
hin, nor viii the tide Of immigration
set towards a country where there is
no neutrality-suspicious. Of the ad-
vautages which it offers to settlers.
First, they must feel assured that
the Government is a stable one. No
one but an adventurer will seek land
which is heaying with the throes Of
revolution.
It must have advantages of climate
and soil, and possess such other natur-
al resources as will tempt the inhabi-
tants Of other climes.
Its accessibility and the expense of
reaching it, must not be overlooked
Tn3nierants who now sail for BE South, I
'or the mostpart, come by the way Of
New York. This can be remedied .
when Southern enterprise establishes
4 cheap system Of direct communica-
ion between the ports of Europe and
5fthe South. 1t will facilitate inter
course and lessen the cost of travel, .
which VIII be great point gained
But, however rich may be the soil of .
.he South, however genial her climate,
however abounding her advantages in 1
IN agricultural manufacturing and
mechanical point of view, however
;heap and convenient the mode of
she may devise-all
viii amount to nothing unless sys
cmatic measures are adopted to cor
ect misrepresentation, and to impart
eliable information of her resources
md advantages.
When the work of Reconstruction
han have been finished, and these
additional steps are taken,
We may with confidence of success, en-
er the field Of competition for the sur
lus, industrious population Of foreign
adons. And when these results shall
ave been accomplished, it viii not be
he mere vision of an enthusiast to an
le.ra,e that our wilderness Of waste
laces viii blossom as therosc. Look
ls beyond the darkness Of the present
Cur INTO the future, we can even now
imose realize that we are standing
pom the edge Of a vast expansion.