Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-22

had Its effect upon the people Of the up
| country Of South Carolina, and they, we
learn, have embarked in cotton
mile and wooden mills, witt an srdor
that would DO credit to Manchester CAPT.
tsIists and, not satisfied with what they
themselvs are able to accomplish with
a limited espItsl, the fruits OF the crops
If 1858, have granted extraOFd-
cary Inducements to capitalists from the
North to come among them and settle
end embark their means in mills and
factories, workshops, and foundries. The
extraordinary grant Of the beautifully
constructed canal near Colambiaisa case
10 point. This Senator SPRAGUE has for
& numbe-of years upon the promise that
he will construct mills to cost not less
han $500. 600, which sum he has doubled
IN expectation, az he himself says, OF
profits and productions that csnnot be
equaled or surpassed ia Rhode Island or
Massaehusetts. In Virginia, we do not
near so much Of manufactures, but we
90 Of immigration and settlement OF
well-to-dO market gardeners and farm
err, to whom are held out Inducements
which, al Mr.. DoNOHo ssid the other
DAY at the opening of the Southwestern
Publishing House, If held cut by the
people Of Memphis, ss well able to 90 60
IS those Of NorfoIk, would secure Us
daily accsssiOns OF population and sn
A. 49, 100000 a1aEnw which ~
late, except in 3 few cases, we seem to
have lost. II VS. are to recover the
ground we have lost aud gain more, it
must be by the expression Of a public
spirit, representing fairly the leading
and working men Of our city. We
must cease to talk, and go to work
We must do IS C0lumbis, e. -
has done, We must prepare TO make on
cessiOns, to Offer Inducements, to offer
extraordinary Inducements, to the espi-
taIists who, at the North, are in eseh
cthsI's way, and who have taken 10
gambling for want Of more legitimate
Of profit. Oar mel Of property
mast be liberal. Our citizens generally
must be liberal. They must initiate the
example CT the Norfolk people, who,
strangers arrive il their city, wait
them, ascertain their desires, wants,
and destination, and il on q tour
OF observation, or If thsre IS
" settlera," forthwith procure q reduo-
lion Of hotel, steamboat or EsilrOsd fares,
srn them with letters OF Introduction to
parties of responsibility in the interior,
who in turn see them properly located
and fairly dealt with. In this way the
population of Virginia is bsing rapidly
Increased, and by q character Of people
Of which even the " old Virginians +" are
not ashamed. And to this we MIS-
come, unless indeed we would be
distanced in the race for
and population in
the whole people of the Sluth
have entered. Our Chamber Of Com
mercs must prepare TO participate in
some such labor IS this, as an auxiliary
to the immigration society mentioned
By US some days since IS on the taps
The Irish, Gsrmsu, English and Scotch
benevolent societies will also. we hope,
make an tfrJrt to attract their country
people +; and the property me must
for the Isbors Of these bodies
by ~subdividiug their lands iutO forty
aud eigty scrs tracts, Or less if ne
to meet the wants and the
mssDs of immigrants. We must have
MANUFACTURES snd more people. There
Is vast wealth to come from the intslil-
genes snd lsbor Of the oue ard the
proper management OF the ether. To
secure both we must prepare to initiate
the libsrality Of Columbia and Norfolk.
We must spend and be spent in the
work; we must bss5ir ourselves and
mske sacrifices, If need De heavy sacri
fees ss 3 community, TO secure what all
desire and what 50 mSny are realizing
we are idle. The cotton trade
alone will not support Memphis. More
n manufactures are needed. What gentle
VIII be the ncxs to add his ID ths
honorable names already enlisted in this
description Of enterprise IN Memphis