Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-26

then sold 60 immigrants at twenty
Eve dollars per acre. The difference
between the two amounts would
only Be- q sinking mnd for beneh-
ciafy PURPOSES. Do not under
stand me as misunderstanding colo
nizatiOn. with my whole heaftdO
approve t. Il properly organized
and conducted, as / endorse and
approve every species Of immigre
ton, end enterprise which tends
to develop our country end. estab-
fishing our best prosperity but let
not this, or any other individual
scheme, be converted into an en-
CINE for general p~r0strasiOn. Let
not the many suffer for the good Of
the few. The statement 80 freely
and unguafdedly made that
planters will not sell THIEF
lands is o statement In
open violation Of fact, most n0t0-
riously 70 the contrary. II there
be q colonization agent Whe ls de-
sirOus Of purchasing lands, l viii
sell hun from one 10 fifty thousand
acres at almost bis own price and
terms, II It be individual immi-
grants / will sell them IN Quanti-
ties 10 suit their wishes and 81
pricesthey shall not object TO. This
l. now q practical proposition.
/. Now, Mr.. Editor, one kind word
10 yourself, Ia regard TO what re-
, gard g policy Of your paper, de-
structiVe to the best interests
7 of 1.-THE country. For years have we
! heard Of the much talked Of lmmi-
/ grafton but no one takes Q practi-
cal step 10 put it In operation, but
the first individual effort to accom-
plish II, Is met with the warning
> from the "HERALD" to planters that
: these agents "neither knew or cared
I what character of laborers they
: furnished planters" aud In a few
q numbers after appears 8 communi-
: cation warning labOrers what
d treatment they may expect 10 meet
# with from the hands Of Southern
s planters" From a letter published
d In pour issue Of the 10th, |
o see that Mr.. Enderes, the Swiss
Consul at Chicago, referring TO the
y article | have been reviewing, un.
J. derstands that 1t receives your ell.
Y dorsenent; for he says that | see
from "this article that tho Editor
" views the subject from the correct
stand point !" and Il sub.agent who
c reached here last night on the
Olive Branch says IL il had not
been for the publication of these
II articles in swiss and German pa
/. pers, that he could have procured
all tho labor he wished. Indeed,
u he says that the appearance of one
a Of these articles the morning before
It he left, caused one hundred and
r thirty laboreFs on his list 10 refuse
i to come. Now, sir, | know your
y motives are good, but your policy
II is bad. 1t aVails nothing for a jour.
d nalist 10 be continually writing for
y immigration, If the policy he pur-
Y sues tends to drive II from nsl-
a Remember that this is q delicate
y question until the food sets in
Il DO not check 1t because II In any
respect does not meet with your
l. views.
n l write this pleasantly in refer.
ence TO yourself, although l am
astonlshed at the unguardcd ex-
y preston, that agents "neither knew
h or cared what character Of labor
b they furnished" Could you not
say the same with equal truth IN
n re ference to any other businessH
: In reference ~ the stupid scrib.
o bier of this communication, Il is
u immaterlal how he views this ar.
. tiele. II he regards It personal, let
him treat it so; for my name Is
subject to bis call at your Office.
n ass