The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-12-15

The mind that does not Comprehend it is
incapable of the simplest idea What
ever may be the natural wealth of coun-
try it viii be poor indeed without the
population necessary to develop and util-
lie it.
1t would seem like exaggeFation to say
how vast the undeveloped resources Of
Mississippi were before the war; but vast
as they were, they have fallen of i'm
mensely since that time. Ofootton, but
little more than one third the quantity Is
now produced In the State than the an
nuaI average during the decade Of 1850
and 1860. The falling of, however, it
is proper to say, is largely in excess in
the swamp regions Of the mississippi n
yer and its tributaries, where the labor
was performed chiefly by the blacks In
some of the counties Of Northern and
Eastern Mississippi, the diminntion has
been trifing. In other productions, and
in the raising of animal food for .subsis-
tenee, the decrease has been equally as
great, except in those favored localities.
The immense tracts of land once highly
cultivated, and now returning to their
original. wildness, which In consequence
of enormous taxes will become an insup-
portable burthen to their unfortunate
proprietors, also furnish impressive les
sons on this subject and supply all the
argument that is needed in favor of en-
couraging immigration.
HotO to do It is an important question.
The answer is, by every attainable and
practical method; but not by main reli-
ance upon the Importation Of the idle
material which drifts back from the rural
districts, and can be gathered up in
masses in the Northern and Western cit
les. PROFESSIONALLY many good people
can be induced to immigrate from that
quarter, but the proportion of bad 50
largely overbalanees the good, that unless
caution be observed in the selection,
heavy losses and grievous disapppintments
are likely to follow. The mass of the
foreign immigrants have their destina-
ton in the Northern States and Terri
tories They are ticketed to those re-
gions, and it is rare that they can be in
duced to change their course. The prop
er way is for communities to cooperate
and send one of themselves abroad tC act
as agent for the whole. Let this person
go to England, Scotland, Germany, Ire
land, or the scandinavian countries as
the caSS may be, and there mingle per-
sonally among the people, and explain
without exaggeration the advantages
and peculiarities of our country, the
rewards of agricultural and of
mechanical labor and household
service, and also prepare the mind of the
emigrant for all the troubles and hard
ships and SORROWS that are ineviMbly In
cident to change of home, the rupture
of old ties and the formation of new
ones. The agent who goes abroad to de
scribe. this country as land flowing with
milk and honey, to be had without mon
ey and without hard labor, will sow
the seeds of discomfort. But clear
statement of all the surroundings, the
fertility and variety of our soil, its diver
sified productions, and the pleasantness
and salubrity of its climate, with true
statement of the compensation which
will attend patient toll, while awakening
no delusive anticipations, will present a
contrast to the unwearying, 1inadequately
rewarded and hopeless toll of the Old
World that will prove sufficient stimu-
lus to immigration without the certainty
Of creating expectations that may not be
realized. The Western States have got
ten so far the start of us in foreign i'm
migration that at the beginning, we must
prepare to ecounter considerable difficulty
in efecting a diversion; but when the
channel is once fairly opened we may ex-
pect a constant flow of the tide, which,
though slow at first, will increase in vol
ume by degrees. We would not advise
that the plan Of advancing the cost of
transportation be adopted as rule of
agents; but, rather the. exception 1t
would be well, however, in consideration
IF the disadvantage to be encountered in
he first movement, for them to 60 pre-
pared to furnish facilities of this kind in
cases clearly meritorious 'aa -
.Whdtto do 1cith them when, they arrive
S question n05ess seripus. Care should |
De taken that immigrants are not fattered |
INTO. the belief thatit is possible for them |
o grow rich the first year, and proprietors !
Who engage to furnish them land to cult |
rate should not expect to make 1t all |
themselves within that time Due allow
lnce must be made for the inexperience
# the newcomers in our peculiar system
# agriculture. They must not be ex-
,ected to conform to the mode Of living
which has been the custom of our laboring
lasses; nor to subsist, on food to which
hey are unaccustOmed. In the prodae-
ion of crops, it viii be bad policy, until
he immigrants are acclimated and are
omewhat trained in the cultivation of
otton, to plant an exceK of that staele.
Is cultivation involves the hardest, most
nrenitting and prolonged labor, and the
everest exposure to Che summer S. heat,
f any other crop raised in our State. -
humanity, as wen as the permanent in
srests of Immigration itself, require that
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