The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1869-12-24
Why Emlgrants Should Go South.

y friend has handed us a Cony of
the Brooklyn (New York; Union
from which, we copy tho following
wcll-timcd remarks on the subject of
Southern emigration.
Public sentiment at the South bes
Experienced IL change on tho subject
Of diversified labor that is destined to
render that section the most pros,er.
GUS Of any portion Of our country.
Formerly they preferred to pay the
profits ON manufactured products and
transportation, rather than encourage
tho artisan ut home. All their ener.
gies with slave labor wcre directed to
the cultivation of those rich products
of cotton, rice, and sugar, for which
their section enjoys monopoly.
From tho recent speech of General
Wade Hampton, at tho Georgia State
Fair, as well rs from every represen.
tative OF pubic opinion, we rerceivs
that tho people aic alivo to their true
interests, that Of encouraging not on.
ly the cultivation Of their old staples,
but OF evory other product for which
their soil and climate is peculiarly
adapted Every portion of tho South
produces eorp equal to the West, and
some sections grow the best wheat I'm
tins country. There is no section go
rich III tho various natural ADVANTAGES
as tho Southern States. Aluiost
everything that is grown in the
Northern and Western States flour.
lshcs there, and besides their soil and
climate, they are rich in valuable tim
her-tho hard pine, every variety OF
oak, ash, poplar, cypress and other
woods, are abundant. And along the
Aileghanies, from Virginia to Alala.
bama, is probably the richest section OF
the world Tor the variety Of its miner.
ais; coal, copper, zinc, marble and
lime, have bcen developed in rude,
slave labor-way for many years
Skilled labor, science, and capital are
now directing their attention to this
region. But perhaps the greatest nd.
vantage the South possesses over ovcry
other section of our vast country i
its Immense water power, scattered al.
most everywhere throughout the bill.
~ SECTIONS Of tho interior, surrounded
with the raw material for working in.
to manufactured products, and contir
uous by rail and river to tho markets
of the world, not requiring three bush
els OF cUrn to send one bushcl to mar.
kot.
Trnc there arc localities along the
low ii"tlands of tho coast, near swamr
and sluggish water courses that arr
sickly, but tho whole interior and hill
Iy sections arc moro free from local
diseases and epidcmies than the West
or North. In proportion to the popu
lation moro old persons can be found
throughout tho South than in anysoth
er section.
We loarn that in many Of our cities
organizations Of colonies are being
formed with view of exploring thu
Southern States. ond nf on."bli~l,iug
ut suitable localities, the nucleus o
manufacturing towns and cities
These combinations among artizans O
the different callings is much more
sensible mode of improving their con
dition than trades unions cocrce high
or wages. The contributions required
to support strikes, if applied to send
ing delegates to spy .!o2t the fertil,
nelas ana inviting y, opportunities await
ing tnelr Embraces, would enable ma
ny a1aihily now struggling for exist
ence in tho crowded North to becom,
independent in q few years in the sun
ny Sonth, whcro now there is no class
moro welcome than the manufacture
and tho skilled laborer. II. W. Il.