Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-06-05
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Immigration and Direct Trade.

Immigration and Direct Trade.
The Hon. John Everett, Of London, deliv-
cred Ian address on Saturday night last, at Pc.
torsburg, Va, on tho subjects indicated in
The above title. AS his remarks are as appli
cablo to Charleston as to Norfolk, to South
Caroline as to Virginia, wo gave our readers
( tho following synopsis, promising only that
Mr.. Eyeret is an Intelligent, we'll informed
gentleman, and has been somo months in this
country. He has travelled all through the
South, and acquainted himself with our eli
mate, soil and resources, and is competent
I fherofore to speak to and advise us.
He said he camc to this country at tho so.
.hcitation of many people in tho South, pro-
fesscdly aud dcsigncdly to sec if the great
heaps Of money lying across the water, unused
and pseless, could be proftaby loaned among
{. our people, either on their property or on their
growing crops. He had been here but short
while before he found this to bo impossible.
The old regime was destroyed, tho system of
labor changed, and property worth almost
nothing. All idea of any benefit to be de-
rived or bestowed by this means was bonish-
ad.
81 Tho speaker hore digrcsscd and amused his
audience with some account of tho estimation
in which they were held abroad. It is the
general impression, said he, that the South
lisa God.forsakon, man -forsakcn land-inhab-
tied by people devoid of refinement, given
to orime, and destitute of the advantages of
& pn civilization. But he had been here
1t Ntle while before he discovered how
Aoip malinged, misrcprcscntcd and miscon
lot we arc abroad. He found not God
seclen land, but on the contrary ono of tho
/ ..aIeast and richest portions of the earth tho
sun ever shone upon-rich even unto rcplc-
tion, delightful in climate, possessing un-
bounded wealth Of soil and minerals, and
Heaven.blessed in all respects. Hc felt
ashamed of the malign assertions made upon
people whom he found to be so gallant, SO
chivalrous, SO refined, SO Intelligent and 80
cultivated. He held that an entire people
should not be made responsible and culpable
for the offences of fcw-clse how would it
be at the North and in England? There is
o deeper motive for these malversations than
appears on tho surface, and he would feel it
to be his duty to make proper representations
when he returned homo.
He referred to our past, and what we had
lost by the war, but when he considered the
vast mineral resources of the country, the
the great advantages of soil and climate, he
felt that we still have left that which is far
more valuable than what wo lost We hare
wHeE robbers 0uuho0
,thah will enable us by labor and time to build
up our material interests and reap incalcula-
bic results. 1t was estimated that under our
old system thoro were about one million col
ored and one million white able-bodied abo-
rors in the South, and with this force we had
raised and exported more than many coun-
tries. What would bc'accomplishcd were two
million laborers thrown into each Southern
State?
: He could not send us money, but he could
send us millions of laborcrs- sturdy, honest
men--to cultivate our soil aud build up our
country We want labor VIC want mon to
settle upon aud occupy our lands, mon who
VIII Hhu al AulciCeI III anu popuiutc tnclll.
The speaker ridiculcd the idea of South
orner leaving this fair land. He would be
unworthy his Saxon blood to run away from
astrugglc. Stay at home, work, and leave no
|Aetono unturncd to gain success Work with
fresh motives, with stronger resolution
&rave tho trial with manly vigor and con.
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lposcd to send men Of moderate
= Awho arc capable, industrious, hon
es.-ano them in colonies. 10 secure
TINS, tracts Nand must be guaranteed, and
the prlco thefor be fixed low We must
break up our &c plantations, divide them
into smals onc\ Md adopt the system of CO.
operation and atination. There is no 9th
or means Of gettA Alaborers.
The speaker tAturncd his attention to
the subject Of direax axade, which ho adyoca.
& tod as a measure Of Bat advantage to US
II is desirable that wAS Stuin tho consumorss
price for everything Nell, and the manu-.
r ss''..s' po"a.oa.ss W. .ho.o
by escape half dozen inevitable profits to in
tervening parties. His remark on this branch
ofhis topic were very interesting, but we must
consult them.
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