The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-04-05
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1a1ds, ,ImniErntion, Diversified LABOR.

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iIn the Western States and Territories
are immense bodies Of public lands.
G99tr0lled by corrupt Congress-, many
OF whose members are Interested in the
opportunities for speculation Which this
vast capital furnishes this the aide i'm
migration, and by enabling them TO con-
t1ollitI l i; iJ5i. y 81 u = ,(ii 4s,ltll a
I fsAlthohgh there are no public lands in
tho iSonthern States, there is vast
amohnt ofiunoccupisd and unproductiye
land entirely worthless to tile owners of
IT, or TO the States, Except for the space
it0ccdpies in lengthening roads and dis
tances, and as furnishing pretext on
which to levy taxes to snpport and con-
tinue in power party of vampires
whose only regard for the people is to
secure their votes that they may line
theirioWn pockets. These facts require
no argument or illustration, for they are
palpable to the most casual observer.
But is there no remedy for the devasta-
ti0nt land the impoverishment that is
going on? No hope but in the politi-
oian and in ! change of rulers? Our
present politicians are all demagogues.
and most Of unfranchised voters are like
SAVeAO Al viz h4uthob1 1oI Shto ~ bQ6 ulRu.
est bidder. While. political changes for
the better are to be wished for, they are
not to be relied on. a better remedy is
in the hands Of the land d-owners The
idea of being ",monarch of all survey
should be abandoned; and strong induce
ments offered to- invite emigration of en-
terprising, industrious, skilled laborers,
and of encouraging them to attach
themselves to, the soil, make permanent
improvements, engage in all the arts of
diversified dustry-bailding factories,
villages, towns and cities. and thus con-
vert our .,6la fields, wild lands, water
power, into active agencies for develop
ing the national wealth and political
power. within our reach, if we will but
extend our hand in the right direction.
The best titled cotton field, with good
seasons and high prices, cannot be made
ito pay the landowner title of what
canitbe realized from an nnprodnctive
tract of land, suitably located for estab-
fishing: o colony of enterprising and in
telligent families of small farmers and
mechanics, striving to secure good
homes, and who will make permanent
and handsome improvements. They will
make intelligent, patriotic citizens, inte-
rested in maintaining the honest admi-
nlhtratloa or good laws and the credit of
the State, when an ignorant tenanLry,
and foating hirelings, furnish the mate.
rial on which demagogues thrive.
The machinery required to carry this
project into execution, is much less than
many imagine. If the owner of the land
will furnish that, as his share of the
capital, on fair terms. and divide the
profits of the enterprise, he can readily
find associates who will do the balance.
There are many ways of encouraging,
as well as of discouraging immigration.
The present policy or rather practice OF
the Southern planter operates against
immigration. By concentrating all his
force and energies on the production of
staple crop, to the neglect of every
thing else, he is furnishing good mar
ket to the stockraiser, the grain-grower,
the mechanic and the manufacturer, who
while thus made prosperous and happy
in1hls home, has no desire to emigrate.
81. w. RISLEY.