The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-30
HOMES FOE THE HOMELESS.
FIRE. FARMS FOR WHITE SETTLERS.
Important Meeting of Landowners.


Pursuant 10 public notice, meeting OF the
proprietors OF land was held on the 2lst instant,
at the store Of Colonel J. f. Jandon, in Bazaar
vile, three miles south Of Robertville. On mo
tlon, Colonel JanGon WAS unanimously invited to
the chair, and Mr.. Vim. Tison requested to act as
secretary.
After the objects OF the meeting-for the pur-
pose OF obtaining immigrants and labor Tor this
important section-were clearly stated, on mo-
ton, a committee OF three was appointed lWm.
F. Robert, John Boyles and Colonel F. CarrolD to
prepare and present 10 the meeting q report IN
accordance with its objects. On which the iol-
lowing report was presented, read and adopted
There was no objection made, except Colonel t.
and others thought our proceedings should We
private; that all were willing to donate lands anu
make any sacrifices to obtain labor, but that we
should so manage as not to let The negroes know
it. The report was as follows:
Your committee beg leave TO say, that they had
previously considered and now present 10 you
three conditiOns-tas published In the Rural caro-
lnan, December number)-as proper IN donal'
ing our lands tOimmigrants:
list. That we will donate lands Of al least aver
age quality, and with due proportion OF araOie
land, to European farm hands. Immigrants 10
occupy the lands for live years. Improve thein,
and at the end OF that time, il they sell at ALL the
sale must be made TO other immigrants. BcSldes,
II the occupant has no means, lie must work lor
the proprietor for the first six months, Tor me
usual wages or two days In the week during lilc
wear. and II at the end OF that time he does not
Improve his land, lie must go on anu WORK 'or
donator, and ,..
2d. Donee to have no dealings or intercourse
with any OF the African race
3D. That so long as the ignorant negro sits upon
q inn In H0Qee9
sort to law, except through ineXOrable necessity,
but must settle all disputes, through aroitratl0h
courts established In every township or nelgh
borhool.
Your committee cannot but believe that the
landholders In this formerly the wealthiest, FAIR
est aud best portion OF eur whole state. now des
olate and ruined, were TO donate NJ ieass tnlce
feurths of their now valuelsss lands, they wouia
ultimately be great gamers. Few doHers would
object-perhaps none-to the first ana third con-
dltions. Nor can your committee conceive why
the second condition. Why should such an enc
wish TO deal with the negro, whose theft, practl-
cally not punishable here would destroy the value
OF the lands reserved, and greatly impair that Oh
the lands donatedf livery case OF larceny mas 10
be tried at the courthouse on Beaufort Island
1fty-fv miles distant from here. VINO can al
ford to 20 there and carry ais WltpessesI Alsel
he gets there he finds his case has to be treu oy
negro Jury. We see around Us innumeraDle tneltS
committed; cotton houses, etocki everything cas-
ily movable, even wheels robbed from wagons;
yet all say II ls worse than useless 70 go 10 Beau
fort with a case and consequently no wnite man
about hero will prosecute case or larceny
None would therefore be more oenehtted oy tue
second condition than the honest lmmigrant. ~
may seem like too great restriction upon ilocrty
or privilege, so-called; but the donee snouid NOT
look the valuable gift-horse In the mouth. and re-
member that lands are not donated abroad, and
II he wishes 10 deal and tralc with tnleveS, they
can buy for pittance OF $40 per acre "Ian9 anu
libertyn at the same time-lands that Win eHi-
lob WOul6
more.
Your committee fully believe that II We could
obtain along the gulf coast q million or TWO oi
Asiatic laborers OF the Mongol race these rulncu
and desolated sections would soon be restored 10
more than their former prosperity, great as II
was; and we further suggest to you 10 Menoriai
ize the Congress OF the unllea Sla.es ,e, toro W
could mortgage their lands and crops, anu
soon repay all advances with interest lour
committee fully believe Chinese farm hanus are
far more skilful, energetic and enlclent iaoorers
than the negro ever was In the cotton anu
rice feds-that they can live or be easily salts
ned on vegetable diet; can stand any climate,
and can and would do In this Citrate What
white man cannot do and the negro VIII not.
Such an accession OF labor would not benent us
directly alone, but eventually the whole country.
AS we are now situated, II would nave been DelIer
for the greater part OF this country hau congress
confscated our waste, heavily.taXed lands at
the same time the laborers were emancpated.
This assertion is easily proved by our tax BOOKS;
by the sickening ruin and desolatlon around us;
by the fact that there is not in tuothirds or the
country, the one hundredth part now cultivated
shat was before the war, and that little Is but
nominaliy tendedenot enough even to destroy
the broom grass in the growing crops-and ,Ne
negro constantly deteriorating In every respect.
Ali OF which Is respectfully submitted.
After the above report was read and adopted,
the land proprietors came forward and agreed to
donate lands as follows: William F. Robert, 5000
acres; T. G. Bolar 1000 acres; John Boyles thalf OF
all he has, 100 acres; John Boyes Qor Henry
Brabham,) 100 acres; Robert Sauls tone-fourth')
40 acres j. E. Jandon, 100 acres; Colonel Carroll,
100 scres; Reuben Nssn, 1000 acres; wsi. Tison,
200 acres.
Many others are willing to donate, bat wish 10
do SO privately, and many, from short notice,
were unable to attend the meeting.