The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-25
THE WEALTH OF THE SOUTH.
AN ENaL1sHMAN's VIEW OF OUR RESOURCES
THE MED OF IMMIGRATION.

The English papers bring US report of an
address delivered at Luton, England, on the
28th Of August, by Mr. John Everitt, OF Lon
don, upon the resources Of the Southarn States
The following extracts will be read with in
terest:
This Southern country was waiting for hu
man labor. The soil was rich to repletion,
and there was in it everything that could pos
siLly contribute to the requirements Of the
most polished and most refined civilization. It
was land, 30 to speak, flowing with milk and
honey. It had broad rivers and streams; it
had glorious valleys; it had lofty mountains; it
had everything inviting to humanity. 1t was
country which wanted the simplest require
ments Of labor; and in that country no man
need starve.
The soil OF the Southern States was remark
ably prolific. There were all sorts Of soils.
The great bulk OF the soil he travelled over was
of the garden mould sort, q dark mould from
depth OF two feet to fourteen feet. He had seen
black mould fourteen feet deep, and this not
over garden, not over q parish, but extending
over hundreds and thousands of acres, lying
yonder on the Mississippi, called the Mississip-
pi prairie land, land that would bear any
thing cotton, corn, fruits, in fact they could
not mention anything within the range OF cul-
ture that might not be grown to any extent
without manure. The only thing there was to
keep down the weeds; tho great trouble was to
get rid Of the weeds. What would they say
when he told them that that land had been
bougbt-he believed he had bought some Of
it-at fye dollars per acre, which was about It's.
Cd. in our money.
AS to resources the Southern States had
everything in minerals. They had corn, wine,
Ill kah0 and nnQ nj M
want in the greatest abundance. He had seen
mountains of iron ore, great Jumps, which
looked as if they had been run in crystals.
Again, here were towering mountains OF coal,
coal seen under water, coal in the greatest
abundance and of good quality too. The re-
sources OF that Southern country in minerals
were greater than in any country they could
mention.
Would they believe him? There had never
been more than two millions OF laborers in the
Southern States. He had searched the records
from Tho Mississippi River to Washington. He
had spent hours and hours in the middle OF the
night searching for facts. and there never had
been two millions Of paid laborers in the thir-
teen States-in country thirteen times the
size OF England. Thoy would think that two
millions OF labcrers would do very little. What
was the resultp These thirteen States had e1-
ported, dollar for dollar, more in amount than
the Northern States with their teeming mil.
lions-more than Russia, more than Prussia,
more than Austria, more than Germany, more
than France, and, leaving ou. the manufac-
lures OF this country, more than England.
more dollars worth than any country on the
face of the globe, and they might include man
ufactures of any other country except England.
In fact they might put two or three OF those
countries together, and then the South would
beat them. What did this provef That with
this small number OF laborers, labor was want
ed and was well paid. There was wonderful
field in which humanity might 60 to enjoy its
own industry. The South was glorious land,
full Of plenty.
Tie probable future of the South? What
landscape What panorama How it stretch
ed out over hundreds and thousands and mil
lions of acres Of land to be covered with teeu-
ing population. When he thought of the glo-
rious views he bad had there, and then
thought that that vast country was TO be poo
pied by large populations, by. busy pushing
hives OF men, when he remembered that this
beautiful rich soil was to be cultivated, he telt
that language was utterly weak and inslgnlh-
can't. He saw there country capable OF TAX
ing Within it's arms almost the entire human
race; what future was that country TO nave
Was there any man who could presume 10
guess The i.naginatlon falls, ana the might
lest wing of thought tires and becomes weary,
and we are glad to get away from the theme
II would be q garden laden with the richest Of
human needs, q country full to the overfowing
with all the requirements of human necessities:
Ii was to be country glorously great and
glorously free, and how few years would ii re-
drire to effect the change!
BE should like to see colonies of fifty to one
hundred families go out there and settle in
those splendid lands, not go out solitary like q
marked crow, but in colonies. And 1T was no
use to send men who were not adapted. He
saw many people go to the States who Rad
much better stay at home He knew Of young
men trained behind the counter, o very honor
able caIlng-he was trained there h1mself-go
out to farming. Now farming was pretty
tight job for any of them, and the English
farmer wanted great deal more knowledge
before he could battle with the elements as well
as be anticipate he would. But those young
men knew nothing of farming. They wanted
man who understood land and could cultivate