The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-07-07

that he "might have it for scyonty.five
dollars an acre this gentleman own.
near fifteen hundred acres. Another
wanted One Hundred acres and wa,
anxious to purchase, ho was charged
ten dollars per aero. or Ono Thousant
Dollars for piece Of unclcarcd, un
fenced land. This amounts to o pro
hibition, and tho "niggor" will go OF
with his leagues untilthe end. ii
~ =. g. TRAVELLER.
coMmuNicArED.1
1fr. Editor:
The articles, that have recently ap
peared in your paper, over the nom
de plume of "EX," contain some sug
gestions, that if carried out, and sub.
mitted to the test of earnest practical
experiment and honest actual trial
will. beyo doubt, result in much
good to our people, both Individual,
aud collectively. Our great want u,
the present. time, is not an additional
number Of hirelings, but an increase
Of white laboring men, aud if this
want can be supplied and this latter
GLASS can be Induced to come to US in
sufficient numbers, it will be but a
very short time before we will be
able to utilize the labor zoe hare in our
midst. For agricultural purp, ses, l
repeat, IN our sable class, we have q
sufiicieney of brain and muscle for
hirelings, if We can but control and
utilize it; but we have not 81. II. lent
number of that class &C 'ch,le c:,iz ms
dcnomihated sm al farmers-whi,e
men, @!.o, hy their own manual labor
till aid cul .lvate their own fa, ms with
ba; little outside help. This is the
class . .il.zens that we stand SO great.
y Ia ned Of, for many obyio4s rea.
sons, not necessary ~ ~ 'l';un,
cl.tvc this greaS want ,.:1 be
met, this threatening haus can Il,
i'ed, If We but resort 10 those mes-
sures, that will induce i'm migration. (
select the immigrant for this pur-
pose, and my minds eye is upon the
Scotohman and the Irishman-from
the fact. that the most casual observer
must be impressed with the truth, that
the European emigrant who is urged
to rupture the ties of home and kin.
dred, to the exchange of flags, BY the
manly hope of obtaining the owner.
ship, for self and family, of a perma-
nent homo, almost in every instance,
settles down in the place Of his choice.
an industrious member of society and
useful citizen, unbiased by politics.
and untrammelled by sectional preiu.
dice, soon becomes identified with The
intelligence Of the community in
which he lives, and loses his foreign
Individuality in the interest and the
welfare of the country Of his adop-
tion. '-'a, ,NF@7F
That we need many more white oiti.
zens, is no postulate, for all feel and
admit the necessity Of having them,
all readily express the desire to have
them, and many are willing to give
material aid to obtain them. sf9
The difficulty in the way to bring
about this much desired result, is the
difference Of opinions that exists as to
the plan or soheme by which it is to
be accomplished. ~ -
would most respectfully suggest
to all those who deeply feel an int ter-
est in this matter. That al who have
peculiar views q the plan, or a ia.
vorite scheme, to combine with suf.
fioient number Of those who are In
their way Of thinking, and submit their
plan or scheme toa practical test,
iDake strenuous efforts in tho trial
There need be no ipimical competi.
tion, but let all be fired with pure
and patriotic ardor, to emulate each
othor In the desire to accomplish this
much needed and greatly to be desir.
ed result. ali'E
| will inset "EX," in the spirit Of
his proposition, I will be another to
obtain one hundred dollars, by the
first Of next November, to be ifead,
TO be appropriated 70 the purpose Of
bringing 9 bond fde Irish or Scotch
set, Ter to Fairfield.
AsSthe Editor is ID possession of the
names of the writer's Of the different
articles In his paper, will he be so
kind as to keep 9 priuase list Of tie
names Of those persons who are vii.
ling to Gooperat6 with "Ex" in the
Practical effort TO bring immigfants 70
Fairfield, BY contributing material aid
70 do % { MORE ANON.
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