The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-28
THE aRElfY QUESTION OF THE DAY
. ALDEN 4 Co., No. 342 PME STREET,
NEW YoRx, October q, 1869.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS.

W. c. ALDEN & Co., No. s4s PnSH STREET,
NEW YORK, October II, 1859.
sis;s'. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS.
] take the liberty Of addressing you, asking
for nformhtlon Of the wants and desires of the
people CT South Carolina in the great question
Eof1he day, so far as the South is concerned,
VIZ: Emigration. We have had Southern Com
mercial Conventions, and they have all resolv.
ed that emigration must turn nom its Westward
course and seek the rich fields of the South.
But when are we TO have the emigrant! l be-
iieye that the only means Of turning emigra-
ton Southwark is through individual gene
rosity and individual enterprise. A real es-
tate house in Memphis has just made arrange
ments to forward laborers from this city to
Tennessee. Already thirty or forty families
are leaving daily for that country. They Sc
cure them labor before they engage them
here. Very liberal terms are offered them OF
course. The South is regarded by these
people as frightfnl country to live in, and as
one that offers no inducements to the emf
grant. Offer the German a bonus Of land as
an inducement, though, and he will face all the
imaginary evils he fancles must be confronted
In the South. It is true that our people are
poor, but they are rich in land, and land Is the
greatest inducement that can be offered the
Eemigrant. VIII our people give Of their
abundance, thereby increasing their wealth
four or i've hundred per cent, at modest
calculation? have on my books over mil
j,on acras of ,.1sueable South Carolina land,
varyfnp IN -trice from nEy yCents 10 Hvo vrv'
lars per acre. If every man would give OF
his Thousand acres one hundred, and OF his
hundred acres ten, the waste desert places
would be made to blossom, and prosperity and
plenty would once more reign In the much
loved land. Instead Of the prices Of these
lands varying from iifty cents to five dollars,
and nc purchasers, they would find ready sale
at from i've dollars to ffty dollars per acre.
On these terms it win pay to be generous.
why turn attention to Chinese emigration
when we can have. white men, and such a
thrifty race OF whites as the Germans, among
uss 's9. 49,
propose to open at this office q sub
scription list Of lands to be given bonus
TO Germans OF sIrish who will go South
10 bor-planters to name the amount OF
land they WIN donate to each laborer, and the
rate Of wages he pays, promising at the same
time to employ those who are sent to him on
his order at the customary rate Of pay-the
land to be entirely bonus and given in fee the
labcrer to work for . certain number Of
months, at the expiration Of which be must
either improve his land or ccntinus In the em,
Iployment of the planters. The land to be
good arabic land or uninlproyed lands of same
agricultural value, and not marsh OF swamp
lands. Should these liberal terms be offered,
+ have no doubt that could send thousands to
our agent In Charleston. The only question
is can the people of South Carolina see the
great advantage of this liberal policy to the
Stranger WIN they donate lands 70 enrich
themselves
Respectfully yours,
- J. H. MORGAN,
(W. G. Alden & Coz