The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-28
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{ MONDAY MORNING, JUNE Is, 1869.
How to secure White immigration

How to secure White Immigration.
There srei two chief reasons why it must
be many years before the tide Of white i'm
migration will flow TO the South as it now
flows to the North and West; and these res-
sons are, Il that Europeans have deep
rooted prejudioes against the South; and
e J that the European immigrants naturally
f,lfow their friends or scquaintances, not
one In q Thousand Of whom had any idea Of
coming to the Southern States. The preju-
dice of which we have spoken can only be
removed by time and patience; but We may
each day do something towards giving our
selves good reputation, and securing ad-
vocates who will plead our cause across the
broad Atlantic. -
While we need not expect white immi-
grants to come to South Carolina by the
thousand, they will still come in small num-
bers-few and far between. These may be
made the. lever BY which to overturn the
barrie. of falsehood and Misrepresentation
which now stands between rs and the Ger
man, Irish and English peoples. Each i'm
migrant who settles amongst us must be
made an apostle to teach the doctrine that
In. the South the white foreigner is, what
the African can never be made by any de-
cree or ststute-ths equal in svsry particular
of the nativs. born American. This can be
done by giving the new conner An active
and not passive welcome. We know that
the immigrant will have equal protection
and equal rights under the law; but this is
not enough. A little personal attention
goes long way, and this attention 1t is
wise to show to the man who comes to toll
and work, not to steal or play the politician.
Take the case Of German or Irishmsn
who buys or leases farm in this State, and
by so doing casts his lot with ours. His
interests are then our interests, and our
interests are his. He will be as eager as
we are to preserve peace and quiet, and
fully as anxious to have an honest just and
economical government, both State and
Federal In living with us he becomes
part Of our system, and he should have
practical proofs that the accession Of an
other white man to our ranks is properly
appreciated. Being stranger, he requires
advice and ASST Instance, and these should be
given in no grudging spirit. This may
seem triae; but We say that personal at
tention to the new conner will do more than
any books, pamphlets or resolutions, topper
suade him that he is the right man in eright
place. II he has any difficulty in procur
ing stock, show him where it can be had
upon the best terms. II he needs help in
msuling timber and fencing his land, give
him that help freely and generously. 1.-The
Is ignorant Of the peculiarities Of our farm
ing system, give him al the advice that he
requires. In short, let him be treated as
though he had been born within the limits
Of the State.
These things have not hitherto been con-
sidered as seriously as they deserved; not
so much from lack Of generosity as from
carelessness and want of thought. Now,
however, we must seize upon every oppor'
tuuity of strengthening our position; never
forgetting that every white man from
abroad who comes into the State, and is
we'll cared for and made thoroughly at
home, may be the means of bringing here
dozens of men like himself. As the letters
describing the manner in which the immi-
grant has been taken by the hand reach
the English hamlet, the Irish county town
or the villages Of Northern Europe, they
will be read and discussed by scores Of
hearty men and women, and when these in
turn determine to immigrate, where should
they 60 but to the State in which one Of
their friends was received with opea arms
and welcomed with every kindness that
good feeling could suggest!
There is no theory in this; it is 5 hard
fact. All that We desire cannot be accom-
plished in month or year; but we may
make every honest white man who settles
in this State the means Of attracting here
many others as respectable and a. diligent
% himself. This We can do; and it is in
any event, worth while to prove by our 30
tions thst for the industrious immigrant
there Is not better and hsppi.r home than
can bs found in the Palmetto State.