Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-09
EMIGRATION

Vi oAA AAel GAA NIC G&AAI
thrifty emigrsnts, of the lands of Ten
nessee and Of the South, o waste for
want Of population. In Eastern and
Middle Tennessee the subject Of emigra-
ton, especially, has for some time been
receiving the close attention of leading
men, and here in Memphis, under the
active influence and exertions OF MI.
DoNoHUE, we are happy to learn 1t Is
making 8 healthy progress in public es-
TEEN.
It is to emigration that we must look
for the settlement of the South. The
country must be divided into small
farms, such as will enable the c%uitivstors
to rotate their crops, and, by diversity
Of production, maintain a steady COM
mereial activity, based upon wheat, po-
tatoes, fruits OF all kinds and vegetables,
corn, with cotton as the basis, as noW,fo r
eight months in the year.
From the earliest inception OF the
United States we have been
benefited by emigration. Whoever will
take the pains 70 reflect upoR the rapid
growth of Chicago and the States now
tributary to a city only second to New
York, will realize to what extent they
are indebted for what they have
achieved Of success to the large emil
grafton steadily sustained by State
aid, and the Efforts OF Capitalists whose
colossal fortunes have been amassed
fron the honorable industry Of poor emf
grants-poor emigrants who settled up
their lands, increased the value Of others
and became, in time, the means Of that
wonderful accession of population and
enhancement Of property that re-
mains to be rfvslIed by the growth of
Memphis and the settlement Of this por-
ton Of the Mississippi Valley. It is by
the hardy emigrant that We are to real
ize the f1l6llment Of the old prophecy
that this ia destined to become the " gar
den spot of the world" and it is by
TIE hardy emigrsnt of u own
race and color that we are to turn back
the tide Of vsgraney and untlriftIness
with which we are threatened on account
Of the negro enfTanehisemeat.
What hiss been accomplished by emil
grafton, snd may be, let these figures
tell: From 1920 to 1880, IA. 400 persons
Of foreign birth anne among US; from
1880 to 1910, the total OF the preceding
decade wss more than doubled, being
$50, 600; from 1910 to 1850, this last total
wss almost tre5Ied, the figures standing
1855 $500; from 1850 to 1860, the total
vas 2.7o7,62 We have here an aug
nentation Of our population exceeding
FIVE millions in fOEty years, from emil
grafton sloue-an snnual average OF
l26, $50 Tor the last four decades, ana 270,-
762 for tins last one Of the four. Emigra-
ton reached its highest point in 1854,
when the reports showed that Al, S33
aliens arrived at our ports.
The number of emigrsnts coming to
the United States during the first
three years OF the war wss greater
thsn the number which arrived
during the three years preceding
the war, as is proved by the following
figures: 1855, l23, 600 1853, I21, 900 1850,
I53, 600; total, 997, 900. During the war,
1851, $50, 600; 1852, 100. coo 1858, 1S2, 900 ;
totsl, 452, 900. The estimated number
for 1854 was 300, OGO, making 752, 600 per-
so2s Who were willing to seek q home
With Us during an unparalleled wal and
take the chances.
Competent statisticians pat the present
yearly average OF emigration at 300, 009
souls, and argue that, each of these being
worth an average Of 500 in coin when
they land in the United SAFES, they
come prepared for a campaign in the
forests and The wastes, and are enabled
from the first to be self sustaining, and
the secoad year begin to add to the sggre-
gate OF the wealth Of the country.
4 writer upon the productive capa-
city Of the emigrsnts, says: at will
scarcely be questioned that those who
come here are capable Of equal produc-
ton with the negroes Of tine South, and
the avsrsge production CT these, even
under slavery, was set down at $500 per
bead, which WsGld give q cash value to
the country OF $50, coo, coo e year. AS
suming an average Of only go, Geo emf
grants a year, from 1865 to 1870, we have
as the result an addition OF one billion to
the cash value of the country during the
current decade. That $500 per head for
the s~b!e-bodied, healthy emigrsnts who
come here is q very low estimate no one
can doubt who has examined into the
matter. The figures ought, really, to be
placed at $1,000, in which case the sggre-
gate would become 5000, OO0, 600 a year,
and 81 OOO, COG, 600 for the decade from
1850 TO 1870"
AS the Pacific Railroad is finished it is
reasonable to expect vast sccessions Of
population TO the West, perhaps exceed
ing even that which now seems like e
dream rather than reality. The South,
too, recovered from the political strifes
engendered by wicked legislation and
the perverse measures of a partisan Con-
greEs, will throw open her doors and in
yite ~emigrants from a. lands to settle
and compete with her native children
for the prizes that await every industFi-
GUS effort.
Tennessee, most pleasant Of all lands,
by the richness Of her soil, by her vast
and yet virgin resources, by an extensive
railroad system penetrating and to PEN
citrate every county, and connecting her
with all the States and territories of the
UBion-Tennessee invites, she calls for
the hardy soDs Of toll TO come from all
assuring them Of peace, of good
neighborhood, Of hearty reception and
the kind offices of her people. Our lands
are cheap; water and railroad communi-
cation MAKES every village, town and
city easy Of access, and affords uDparal-
leled facilities for the movements OF the
eB1igrant in quest Of a favorable loca-
ton.
MADISON, INDIANA.