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Louisville, Oct Ia, 1869 The Con-
vention session was opened at halfrpaat
twelve p. m. James W.. Gaslcy, OF
Virginia, chairman of the Com mittee on
Immigration, submitted a report which
was adopted after some discussion.
The following is a synopsis of the re-
port: 1t says that the population Of
the whole country was according to
the first census, in 1890, very nearly
equally DIVIDED between the North and
the South. According to the census Of
1860 the population Of the two sections
was, North, 10, Ss9,182; South, IL, 048,-
149. This shows that of the emigrants
and their descendants who had come
into the country during the seventy
years from 1890 to 1860, aud were
than living, 1921 ,033 more hadssettled
in the North than had settled in the
South. According to sestin ates made
every foreign immigrant who settles in
the countryIadds ST. 500 to the nation
al wealth; but to be clearly within the
limits your committee will assume it
to be $500 per head. The industrial
capital of the North over and above
the South from immigration alone has
thus been increased . by this enormous
sum. The North has outstriped the
South in the struggle for mineral
wealth. The object Of your committee
is to devise means which may enable
the South to participate in the advan-
tages OF immigration: Most, if not all
of the Southern States since the war
have adopted measures for the encour-
agement of foreign immigration.
Tbeso measures have not been attended
witbmuch success. ~
The en- grating class of Europe is
wholly uniformed with regard 10 the
Southern States, and is, from ignorance,
and in some measure misinfsrmation,
greatly prejudiced against them. Igno-
rance must be dispelled and the preju-
dices removed This obstacle should
be removed. An impression prevails
that the climate of the South is unsuited
to the white man. Europe has heard
Of the parallel Of thirty six degrees and
thirty minutes as q dividing line be-
tween black and white labor in Ameri-
ca. Spain, Italy Barbary, Egypt and
Asia Minor, which lie south of this line
anda within: the same parallels oflati-
tude which include the Southern States,
are inhabited BY races having tanned or
black, s.iias. From this it is inferred
that the climate Of the Southern, States
is unsuited to the Teuton.. So long as
these hateful prejudices exist the emf.
grating stream OF Germans, Swedes,
Norwesians, Britons and Danes will
.o75a nuw into the Southern States,
= ereincsh Of these prejudices can hest
be oa.plished by united effort sfhe
plan eontemplates Site organizations
for the encouragement Of Immigration.
The committee propose that this con-
vention appoint general agent ofim-
migration; that the States be requested
to appropriate sum, to be placed in
the hands Of the general agent, to be
used in preparing, publishing, translat-
ing and circulating gratuitously among
the emigrating Glasses a report showing
the physical. geography of the States
adopting this plan, their industrial re-
sources, the special advantages which
they offer the immigrant and other me-
cessary information, r in reference to
coolie labor the committee said the inn
portation of Cinnamon and other Asiatic
labor does not require the means sug-
gested in the report. That could be
accomplished by separate State and pri
vate organizations. The future ma
develop the necessity of using the
means in Asia now suggested in the re-
port. Therefore, 'o,3s,q ~ !, " q
| Resolved, First, that this Convention
concur in the foregoing report; second,
that the great learning and deservedly
high reputation at home {, and abroad Of