, 1869-08-10
THE ADVANTAGES OF THE
SOUTH,

Letter from the Secretary OF nu 1m-
migration Society In 51tsstssiPpt.
To sh< Editor u The Chicago tribune:
| The South Ia but Just recovering from the terri
Tie shock Of the war, which left our cou1t,y I'M.
| roSer1shed, our people d!sneartened, onr systcta
OF Iattor overthrow, and pubic sentiment On The
verge OF necessary revolution. This revolution
Of sentiment ia naniiestng Itself strunEly IN
tho destruction VI the old p1etudices og.uss
Northern men and Foreigners We feel that the
need OF the South to-day is euergrtIc honest men
| VINO come 10 buy or rent our lands md TIL them
| With tlez own hands, as well as those having
larger capiial+ Who Unrest more largely and carry
On more extensive agricultural and manufactu1tnx
operations. To s1l such We exteut our hands In
fellowship, Irrespective Of nationality. political
opib1ob5 or religious belief And to such our
country Oilers unparalleled advantages Our
planters possess uany times more land Than
their present reduced circumstances, and the
supply OF labor enables them to cultifa.e or even
10 hold until the finances Ct tho country have
oeeoue settled. The consequence Of this Is tAst
hundreds Of Thousands OF the richest lands In the
south arc offered for safe at les2 In 1any instances
than Wns originally pait to the government for
1heH, and plantations a1e selling for less than the
cost u! tht Improvements. That money Il 10 be
made By buying thcsc lands Oh speculation IS
beginning to be realized, but that more money Is
tt nIAtlt, aud at the samp ttue desirable houIes
secured by settling On them, the experience VI
ulau, Northern tlen, within the last few years.
Las atuu.lanslJ prOren.
Cniiont the great stapic OF this country, can he
ptoLta"ly Produced Ut leas than half the present
lrlttr, even With Hucl cultivation the lAIis
have heretofore received, ana 1t IL confidently
inserted. lis the result ot The fen experiments
already made. tflat luPrUFgDeIit4 III machinery
It'd netfe Ut cutiyattpn Will greatly IncSease the
pttdtR rral1zcd l.y thu PLANTER.
HUI of cary aLd Hu1t'A aete"s 10 the Ercht Softh-
eft harkeEs has ted sost1rs Within Inc pa"& le~
lealsr u III 1he experiment Ut ralaE FeRcthblGa
Aad Jfhlts as feAa"ii "hrn th"J ca1Iiot iHs'.diJ
IL pfu'iuccd 81 the North. The reaults have teen
fnoef tat'tt:GsoFT Our vegetables arrive I'll taS
Ercat cities of tie North nt time when they Gull.
fnalttl cnurnIcus t'r4cee, al!1 eonc 1T those NAu
ha'e H'n'lc the experiment shn I1erent 'eA'oll
hnte trputied tIIpst hnfHlsvl" pfuIlta rum 1Rh'a
which e selling ut fsuA nse tu fifteen d1llAra per
Art..
lhe Rfcntrf fnst of tfIr country "a 1et coTrTett
Win IT. pflia'll'e 1orrat" " Jrom p!s'". Tl.eHo
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