New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-09
E1uGRAT10N TO SOUTH CAROLINA.

Ahout a wear ago a number of gentlemen in
South Carolina formed an Emigration Society, with the
Rev. b. Baynes President The design OF the S0ci'
ety. the imports is TO encourage the emigration
Of foreign abOrs into the State and far as possible
aid all who desired TO settle there Each member OF the
Society contributed $780, and the sum Of the contributions
was devoted to paying the travelling expenses OF emf
grants the seapOrts and tho current expenses 90
successful was the Society and large its business
that within short time 1t found necessary to ap
pont General Agent for the State to whom was IN
trusted the general business Of the society UP 70 te
tendent has had charge Of 272 emlgrants OF whom ~
were Germans, SO Swedes, 10 Dutchmen, and French
men, OF these more than ninetenhs settled IN the STATE
and with the exception of few who went 10 Northern
and Western States, all remain. MT f. W Buggsnall
port copy OF which has been forwarded to the Comms
soncrs OF Emigration of this state lie says that me
great bar TO emigration to the Southern States Is the
deeprooted prejudice existing among the GeImahs anu
other foreigners many OF whom 6eeye tnG sr ee
in food, but this, he thinks, could be easily opNl,u
The treatment OF emgrant labor too Is e1tremey y
rough or cruel the fault incnng rather TO the oter eN
IRENE The planters arc disposed to be 700 easy wh
dissatisfaction that their hands do not do their duty
There has as yet Oeeh no eeeLnI ,no " Ire
the papers and then publish long articles regaluing
IT, but instead Of deyOtng their efforts toward exposing
errors and endeavOring correct them these articles
miss the main points at issue ana ramDe on INTO Nan
praises OF the South and the Souherners, often making
untrue statements regarding the North. In the
dnicnlties he had encountered, Mr.. Briggemann
always had the support OF the better classes OF lne
popnaton who all seem desire the presence Of stran
gers however little may be the inducements they hOu
ont 10 them The report divides the planters into two
classes-the working planters and those known before
the war as the "sonthen Barons" The first class rap
IDLY became recOnCed to the changes brought about
by the war or az least II not recOnced yet seemed de-
ter1nined 10 make the best OF the situation aud at
oHce commenced the cultivation OF thelr pianta-
tions When they could not obtain hands they
went to work in their fields and the last good crops
have placed them above want ana opened 10 theh u
happy and contened future. The "Barons on the con
trary could not would not accept the situation with
content They could not beat IL into their arstrocrauc
brains "NOt have the niggersT' they salh; why
what can we do without em ~ Not having the " mig
GERS and having neither the inclination nor aDlty 10
work themselves having been educated 10 spend not 10
make money these gentlemen dabbled IN politics. nav
ing been barred Of this profession they lOded their
hands and calmly waited for something 10 Turn up
And IL did turn up with vengeance. From one cnd OF
the land TO the other came the Occseekets, ripe luf
ANYTHING rapaciOus, and scheming, ana because the
woudbe politicians OF the South refused to bend 10 the
inevitable they overwhelmed with swarns OF THESE
potcal lOcuSts who did more 20 nure the country he
10 mort saysl than even the itself. The small lana
ON their labuprstho blacks-but went nuby 10
work themselves The large land owners eould NOT .oIh
they would. aud would not II they could, ana 50 they
let their rich lands lie fa0w. Mr. Buggeinann recon-
meuds TO this class the partition OF their immense planta
ti0ns small farms 10 be rented To emgrahts OF ese
As the former plan would he mpractcaDle Tor want OF
means leach farm requiring house stock @cl, tbe
latter might be- considered, provided the planters ma
confidence IN the Industry Of the eingrants or conrse,
Mr. BiiCgemaun that the places should De worked
on half shares. the which has been successfully
with the freedmen ~ many portions OF INC
Souh In conclusion report shows that the ngricul
tura condition Of the State Is rapidly Improving In all
of the counties Agricultural Societies have been organ
lied and agricultural papers circulate more largely han
at any previous period tho history OF tine State. All
that is needed labor and this tho Society leeln CON
fdent OF its ability to supply providing the planters
will do their share IN providing Tor The emigAh'S aer