The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-10
COLUMBIA, s. G.


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Immigration and Direct Trade.
These subjects, intimately connected
as they are, were considered together at
the late Charleston Convention. We do
sire 30 commend to the attention of the
public the propositions on these points
adopted by the convention. The follow
ing were considered practical measures,
and these were the recommendations of
the convention:
/. The establishment of direct steam
communication with Europe.
2. The establishment of rates of rail-
way transportation for immigrants from
Charleston to the Northwest.
8. The formation in Charleston. and at
the principal points along this proposed
route Of Immigration and travel. of So
oieties, on the plan of the German
enco in the city of Charleston.
4. The formation, in all the healthy
Counties of this and other Southern
States, of COUNTY LAND AND IMMIGnA-
TION SOCIETIES." having for their object
the settlement OF immigrants upon free
farms.
s. The establishment, in Charleston,
of O Central Board of Immigration.
6. The publication of matters relating
to immigration and of interest to immi-
grants. .aa
T., The encouragement of emigration
from the Northern States to this State.
The convention also recommended q
specific PLAN of action. and proposed
constitution and bye-laws, which we
have already given in these columns. 1t
remains now for these measures to be
carried ont. All that reports, resolu-
tions and recommendations can do have
been done. The essential part is yet to
be done. The Augusta Chronicle &c Sen
mel we'll says:
tsThe records of the past TEEN with
reports, resolutions, speeches, essays and
editorials touching the desirableness and
the advantages of promoting immigra-
tion to the South. Every variety of in
telectuM effort has been put forth by emf
nent Southern citizens. We have had
arguments in abundance and statistics in
profusion. No one has appeared to
doubt the reasonableness of these argu-
ments, nor the. soundness of the logic
which gave point to their deductions;
questioned which made apparent the ad-
vantages which would follow upon direct
intercommunication with civilized Eu-
rope, and healthful increase of homo
geneous population from her swarming
hives. But what has been accomplished?
We have had charters passed by our Le-
gislatures, and high sounding phrases
and brilliant prospectuses from very en-
terprising men, setting forth alluripg
schemes and promising rich rewards
But there the matter, in great measure,
has ended. Now and then O small cor
poration would introduce few Scotch
weavers, and some retired merchants or
wealthy planters would secure for n few
years the skilled labor of Irish or Ger
man gardeners. But even in the cases
which form the exception, there was no
direct communication with Europe. The
Intervention of New York bankers and
New York agents were requisite. All
that has been accomplished has been
reached through New York and by New
York.
''The recent proposal of the South
Carolina Railroad Company to subscribe
800, 900 for a line of European steam
ships from the port of Charleston, is the
first practical proposition of any impor-
tance that has been made within our
memory. The proposition, as we under
stand it, is to raise an amount sufficient
to build four first class ocean steamers,
and this company proposes to invest
$25. 900 in each, and promises aid from
roads friendly by connection, in proper
tion to their respective interests. This,
as beginning, looks we'll"
A Practical Point.
In the report of the Committee on
Cotton Manufactures, Col. J. 3. Palmer