The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-25
From the Southern Cultivalor.
Mt. Dickson on Immigration.


Editors Southern Cultipator II
wish to draw the attention of The cot
ton planters of the South to the sub
~jeot of immigration. 1t is one of
great interest, and if successful, 1
think will prove destructive to the
cotton interest. I do not wish my
views to prevail unless they are right.
I wish both sides to be heard, and
hope those who can WELD the pen, and
who agree with me will be. heard the
other side has been heard already, and
!. we have been taxed to promote this
cause. The State of Georgia is NOV
ing for cur destruction.
The negro we have with us, and We
cannot get rid Of him if we> would.
They will not die out, as most Of our,
Northern friends and many of our
people think. Tho next census will
show large increase. The ouly way
to make it tolerable for them to live
amongst us, is to give them employ
ment. With full employment, they
will steal loss, be more law-abiding,
and less nuisance in every way. Do
we want more labor, and for what
, The agricultural interest at the South
is chiefly valuable for its production
Of cotton, tobacco and rice. Can We
make more money by doubling the
quantity of labor, than we can out Of
what we now have i? Do numbers
increase the quantity of labor pro
rata, OF, will the dividends be greater
for all concerned I Can the first mil
lion Of people in Georgia, having the
first choice Of lands to cultivate and
the balance for pasture, make more or
less than the second million, having
the poorest half to cultivate, and no
waste land for stock to Craze on Is
the second million likely to be more
skillful, industrious,> law.abiding and
enterprising, &c., Sc. adI think histo.
ry teaches ussthat q population, with
plenty of room and land, are moro
cbeaply governed than dense popu-
lation--oanliy better and can have
more labor to spare for improvem ents.
What country has built the same
amount of Railroads and Faotorie, as
the United Statss7 The United
States having plenty Of landsto cul-
tivate, by selecting the best, can, with
one half of it's laborers, make . plenty
of ali the products of the soil, whilst
the other half oan build Railroads
.Sand machinery of all kinds, and work
them. The Cotton States, with its
present labor, CON build more rail.
roads, erect more factories, develope
more mines, carry education, and res
Ansrpent to d higher point than if the
population, was Increased four-fold. .
With cotton st twenty 1--we cents per
pound, you have money to do whatev.
or you wish collectively. In 1913
and '49,, with 800, 900 to 100000
bales Of cotton in Liverpool, cotton
sold in Augusta at from Al to 81 cents.
With 350,00O to 100000 bales at
present in Liverpool, cotton Is selling
in,Augusta from 25 to,29 cents per
Why do you wish to make
y the ohange7 Our Northern friends
say, IL we do not produce cotton
cheaper, we will lose the trade, Lam
willing to lose it5 If it. can only be
ldby making cheap cotton. If they
would take n little more intepest in
preventing the loss Of the cotton
trade, it would inurs to the benefit Of
both sections. q Give us, our libsrtiss
and constitutional rights, with ,ou,
best men to represent as in all de,
partments, and We 6an make as f6ticf
cotton az the wsrld wants, at fai,
priess, II it DO ten ndilliona ofpbalss
without an outside man Dr. dollar
Coed government would do DO more x
aS ssss,Sp Jss ssli q SSSat;y sSa 'he
Cotton iplentefs, Il is hos To goa,
interest to sell your land OF / q mar,
no,ninal pricey How oean syou siaYaa,
your money to any better adyshters.
I,nd must advance Ia price. Ia thir
ty years, without q single immigrant
Georgia will bavc population Of tw