The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-06-20
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.tsevery town ndsvillags n Germany has
}"contributsd its squota of men to build up
"these thriving settlements. constant
3"Gorrespondsnoe with their relatives and
friends, keeps those who have. 80 fer, re-
"msined at home fully informed Of the
prospects and advantages which the West
"offsrs to the industrious immigrant; and
ESQ ii is but natural that the great majority
"of those who desire to exchange their
"Germsn for an American home, and have
''the means of crossing the Atlantic with
"their families, should join the friends who
"have preceded them and have met with
.'success, instead Of risking their fortune
"in comparatively unknown regions, where
.their Language is not understood, and
"where they cannot count on the advice or
tsthe helping hand Of their oountrymen.
"Still, it might be expected that, were we
.sto make the superior advantages of cli-
"mate and soil which we can offer to the
"foreigu immigrant sufficiently known in
"Germsny, we might induce many who are
s.not attracted TO the Northwest by the ties
"of friendship or kindred to settle among
Gus. But here an almost insurmountsble
"difhoulty-insurmountable, at least for
"the present-would oppose our efforts.
"The prejudioes which exist in Germany
"agsinst the South, both with regard to the
"salubrity of its climate and its social CON
edition, are as deeply rooted as they are
"unfounded. The belief prevails that the
"foreigner falls an easy prey to malignant
efevers, which attack him in every portion
"of the South, and against which no pru-
"denoe or caution can protect him; that the
"heat of the climate prevents the success of
"white field labor; but, what is still more
"absurd, and at the same time worse, that
"the planters of the South, now that Afri-
..scan slavery, has been abolished, will en-
"deayor 70 make the white immigrants slaves
..in the place of the negro. This ignorance
''and distrust of the people Of Germany
sis purposefy and, constantly kept alive
"by the: most shameless lies, with which
'the Red Republican correspondents from
"the North and Northwest regale' the Ger
"man newspapers, while all, with hardly
zone exception, are bitterly hostile to the
"south, and do all in their power to warn
"emigrants against directing their steps to-
awards the former slave States Of the
"Amerioan Union. Nor oan the editors Of
.'the German liberal press be induced to.
sspublish statements contradioting and dis
0proving the slapders Of their American
correspondents. It is their interest to
.'prsise the Radical North at the expense Of
"the Conservative South, because their own
"polioy tends to social radioslism. They
"therefore close their papers to Southern
communications which might rectify and
''remoye the prevailing prejudices.
"Under such circumstances, 1t is hopeless
'sto expect that the publication Of pamph-
"lets, setting forth the advantages which
eithe South offer to the foreign immigrant,
cor the labors Of travelling agents and leo
sstursrs in Germany, however ably and
.ssealously directed and performed, will
stproduce any beneficial change in the feel
s.ings which there prevail against us, or
athat we may look for any immigration
"worth talking about Of those who have
"property enough to transport themselves
aand families across the ocean. We must,
etherefore direct our attention tora GLASS
"who have not the means Of paying their
"passags, who are in 8 hopeless site Of
s.poverty and dependence, from which they
olong to be released; and we must make up
sour minds to bring them across at our e1-
"pense, expecting to reimburse ourselves
BY deductions from the wages
"whioh we agree to pay to those whom we
"thus employ" q 80
Professor SAoHrLgBRN concludes that this
is the only practical way in which large
numbers of German field laborers can be
obtained. He adds: cat an expense of sixty
.'dollsrs they can be brought from their
sshomes to Charleston; q further expense Of
sstwenty dollars for the necessary furniture
"will settle them in their new homes; half
"wages paid during the first two years will
'.rspsy the outlay incurred by the employ.
"er; and if the planters will only: see that
"liberal treatment is their own interest as
"wiell as it is that Of the foreigner whom
"they employ, thousands Of others will no
"doubt follow, and will, in the course Of
"time, build up ell over our State settle
"ments like our own Walhslls, which re-
elects 80 much honor on it's founders, and
(Which, by its prosperity, proves what
s'thrifty German population can accomplish
"in q few years"
TIE RIOHMMoSD DISPATCH sssy: "The
"recent elections in South Carolina were
'for Judges of Probate, Sheriffs, Clerks Of
&c. The thirty-one districts are,
.we suppose, judicial districts"
The "distriots" of South Carolina are
what are known as counties" in Virginia,
T.