The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-07-11

ystiSai ahay W iWposeu pyta hostile party will
Se removed. a genefal spirit Of rivalry win
|be awakened, and id q short time the vast for
lists and waste lands ofatho South will teena
with productions for man aud beast. New Gu
terpriscs will be inapguratcd. Railroads will
penetrate our most remote and obscure regions.
and enhance the value Of property one hun
aredifald aud new workshops and farm houses
will be reared in every direction.
q sssIn the third place the introduction Of for
figners will place the government Of tliis State
fn the hands Of Intelligent white men. twill
ultimately deliver US from 5mladoipgrolism and me-
lgrol supremacy, and restore the government in
to To- the hands of those by whose ancestors it
was framed, and to who it was lcgitimatcly
(bequcathed, that is tho Caucasian race. All
Fye want is more white population. The whole
State I bSiiovo is fully aroused to tho. imnpor.
tanco OF the subject. I have conversed with
q great many farmers in the lower, part Of St.
Matthew'S, and i have not found one who is
unwilling to cntot heart and soul id the enter
prise, Siany have expressed their desire to
have two or three white families on their
places Immediately, as laborer tenant OF land
owner. The people are prepared for the
change. All that remains to be considered is,
6rst what induccmcnt 81 ould be offered, and
secondly, what nation should be selected On
the first point, Ct course, immigration Societies
must be formed, and communicate either byl
the press or by other agents with the parties
concerned. My idea on this point is, thst tliG)
most liberal terms should be offered Each
farmer accordin.' to his ability should scllS
from twenty to thirty acres of his land to the;
heads of any families desiring to settle pcrma1
nently and give them from five to ten years to
pay. Tho rest of his land should be cultiyatcR
by laborcrs or tenants. 1t IS best to make a]
large portion of them land owners, in order I'd
give permancncy to their citizenship, and
identify their interests with those of the State;
Upon the second point, would decide unhcs,
itatingly in favor of the Germans. Some have
alluded to the fact that men from the Northern
States are anxious % to settle among us. 1 a,S
sorry to say that I am not favorabl, to this.
am well acquainted with the Yankee charac
ter from frequent contact eaeaqtac with them in our
large cities aud as a general thing find that
policy is too apt to predominant over prin-
ciple in their character The Gorn,a4iss
though generally close in their dealings
arc industrious frugal aud cleanly. They
soon rise to positions of usefulness and
honor. 1t is we'll known that some of
Pur best citizens arc Germans or of German
descent. 1t is my humble but firm conviction
that if these people nrc induced to settle
among us, South Carolina will soon become a
luxuriant garden, instead of a vast waste, with
here and there cultivated field by the
small farm system, and diligent cultivation,
one acre will be made to yield five times as
much rs at present.
/ trust that before tho first of january 1869
three thousand Germans will be landed in
Orahgcburg District S. r. NJ.
The Democratic Convention.