The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-11-05

a. Southern immigration to Missouri
ne Why Does it C0me-A Vindicati
,e of Radicalism.
ol From the Springfield Patriot.J
,e From all parts of the South the
:. = IS strong immigration pouring I'M
. Missouri. And the numerous lettel
. OF inquiry from that direction bein
81 received by our real estate agent
:, indicates that there is growing an,
y iety to come to this State, and tbs
> the immigration from the South vii
( be greatly increased during the ne1
= year. This is all very desirable, bu
y the question very naturally arises
why is it so? Immigration does nc
usually flow northward. 1t has nev
er done SO in this country excep
when forced out of its natural cours,
by unusual and unnatural causes
The tendency has always been an,
-, still is the other way. And Their
must now be some cause or causes
other than those which ordinarily
prompt men to seek homes in distan
lOcaliiies-such as climate, the char
acter OF the country, price of lands
etc.-that are prompting so many
Southern people to come to Missouri
And that csuse We believe to be 6
political one.
| OF all the States that were oyerruu
and devastated by the contending
armies during the war, Missouri is
to-day the most prosperous. Her
prosperity commenced Immediately
after the war, and has been constant,
and almost marvellous, ever since
Radicalism has been in the ascenden-
cy, and has controlled the govern
ment OF the State. Immigration has
been invited and welcomed from eve
ry quarter, and all men have been
made secure in their persons and
property. On the contrary, the
Southern people have pursued the
blind and foolish policy Of driving
out, 80 La, ,-..- sa-oy rOtiiu, aii ifnmf
grafton not In harmony with their
political views. The people of the
North were attracted by the genial
climate Of the South, and by the
grand opportunities presented for
the investment of capital in manufac-
tories and other industries, and when
the war closed, thousands Of them
went there with capital and willing
hands. But they were met with cold
ness, and even persecution. The
newspapers advised their readers not
to deal with them in business, nor to
countenance them In society. And
in many localities their lives we're in
constant peril. Often they weresu
jected to the most cruel indignities,
and not few of them were the vic
Tins of bloody assassinations. The
result was, that those 1ho could, left
the country, glad to get away with
their lives. Immigration, of course,
ceased, and the promised prosperity
of the South was at an end. Added
to this cause was the further fact OF
the obstinate resis .ence to the recon
struction rnaasnrss of Congress, and
reorganization Of their States on q
loyal basis. All these things were
too much for the material prosperity
Of the country, and, of course, bust
ness interests languished and suffer-
ed.
And, under the continuation of this
policy, there is still no advancement
no immediate hope for better
times. And the Southern people |
people themselves would now gladly |
abandon the country their own short
sighted policy had SO effectually |
crushed. Having driven out capital
and immigration, they are now anx-
ious to get out themselves. They
made the country too hot for North
ern men who we're not of their polit |
ical faith, and are now struggling to |
escape the consequences by fleeing |
to State where they can enjoy the
blessing of good Radical govern
ment, and the atten dant prosperity.
They are willing to live under |
''Drake's Constitution" submit to
the Test Oath, and all that, rather
than continue amidst the ruins their
own insane hands have piled around
them.
Let them come! Their coming is !
an acknowledgement that Radical
blesses the people-that
or Rebel ascendency is
ruinous to the material interests of
the country. This is. of course,
by all unprejudiced
minds but when bitter Southern
violate the natural law of
emigration, decline to 60 westward,
or further south, and come North,
where they can find a State under
the control of the purest Radicalism
in the Nation, the proof is doubly
strong. Missouri, under the effects
Of loyal rule, has risen from the ashes
of the rebellion to become one OF the
most prosperous States of the Union.
This can not be said of any other one
Of the States that was materially
injured by the war, because in no
other one has the loyal element been
strong enough to crush out the pro-
scriptive and intolerant practices Of
the rebel Democracy. Hence, OF all
the old slave States, this is the one,
where Southern men seeking for
homes amidst prosperous people, find
the greatest inducements.