The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-10-28
TIE GREAT QUESTION OF TIE DAY
w. G. ALDEN & Co., No. 343 PINE STREET,
NEW YORK, October Il, 1869.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEWS.

u,
NEW YORK, October Il, 1869.
TO TIE EDITOR OF TIE NEWS.
take the liberty of addressing you, asking
for Information of the wants and desires Of the
people Of South Carolina in the great question
OF the day, so fur as the South is concerned,
viz: Emigration. We have had Southern Com
mercial Conventions, and they have all rcsolv-
cd that emigration must turn from It's Westward
course and seek the rich fields of the South.
But when are we to have the emigrant? be-
licvc that the only means Of turning cmigra-
ton Southwark is through individual gene
rosty and individual enterprise. A real cs-
tate house In Memphis las just made arrange
mcnts to forward laborers from this city to
Tennessee. Already thirty or forty families
are leaving daily for that country. They Sc
cure them labor before they engage them
here Very liberal terms are offered them OF
course. The South is regarded by these
people as frlghtful country 10 live In, and MS
one that offers no inluc emcnts to the cmi-
grant. Offer the German bonus of land as
an induccmcnt, though, and he will fnce all the
imaginary evils lie fhnces must he confronted
In the South. II Is true that our people are
poor, but they are rich in land, and land is tic
greatest inducemcnt thaL can be offered the
cmgrant. Will our people give of their
abundance, thereby increasing their wealth
four or five hundred per cent, ut n modest
calculation? i have OH my books over u mil
lion acres Of unsalcablo South Carolina lund,
varying in price from fifty cents to five dol
lnrs pci mere. IL .cvnry wouu give oil
his thousand ceres one hundred, and of his
hundred acres ten, the vast, desert places
would be made to blossom, and prosperity ana
plenty would once more reign in the much
loved land. Instead Of the prices of these
lands varying from fifty cents to five dollars,
and no purchasers, they would find ready sale
ut from five dollars to lly dollars per acre.
On these terms 1t win pay to he generous.
why turn attention to Chinese emigration
when we can have while men, and such n
thrifty race of whites as the Germans, among
us?
propose to open at this Office n SUBJ
scrlption list of lands to be given bonus
to Germans or Irish who will 20 South
to labor-planters TO name the amount of
land they will donate to each laborer, and the
ratc Of wages he pays, promising ut the snme
time to employ those who are sent to him on
MS order ut the customary rate Of pay-tho
land to be entirely bonus and given In fee the
iaoorer to work for certain number OF
months, at the expiration of which he must
either improve his land or continue In the en-
I'llnyinent OF tho planters. Tho land to bc
good arabic land OF unlnipVrct. '~"hs of same
agricultural value, and not marsh or sw....,
lands. Should these liberal terms be offered,
I have no doubt that could send thousands to
our agent In Charleston. The only question
Is, can the people of South Carolina see the
great advantage of this liberal policy to the
stranger? VIII they donate lands to enrich
themselves
Respectfully yours,
]. H. MORGAN,
p wv. C. Alden & co.,