, 1870-01-21
EMIGRATION TO THE SOUTH.
Mas Meeting Mt Farwcli Hail.
Full Account OF MiEsissippI-Tne
Land and lis Coar--
Crops Raised.
The Payment for Iabor-The Black
Rsce-A Reconstructed State.
AdvantaEss for the EmIecaut

Adrantasss for tbs Emie1aut
Hass meeting wss held IN the lec.ure-.oom a,
F&rve1! Hall ll1t evening TO near di,oou,ses on
tie State Of Misstasippt, delivered with tbs y1ev
OF encouraging emigration TO that s:Ate Tbs hsU
VIZ crowded 90 exeesa.
Nj. v. G Mcclure moved tia. H. JobA II.
Hitchcock, Superintendent Of the Labor Bureau al
The loung Menh Christian Association, sate the
chat.
The motion VII socouded and carried.
Nj. n1tcacock took tho chair. ard thanked the
ynfettrg for the honor done hin. The room thev
wese IN was dedicated TO ths Lord. and was tn
the pu1pose Of punlic meettnRL II v.s iptended
fer the public, and ths public should be a cs.aruf
q IT - oi tasr own, and Be proud Of is uea. AID
ads ,ppsa1ance ps Ne tae1store vond gently saS.
tohaoco Juice, % nos e1pectortod therrupon.
Win that prelude, he would remind tho s1di-
enoe aoat lhaa ~ ee3 se1aos men aod
weets that they might IND wort and horaea Il
KnAt toey were do1nG wa4 Right they should 20
should cesse. There were gentlemen present Eno
conld alve Information Regarding tho country, rs
sS.! climate e. ssSeo,a msnnera, customs. aud 80.
AlhsAsppl. who Tonld address them.
REAARLs or COLONEL GEcgaE.
ri cooael 90 t Esosxs ss:d ne xas reared 10 Ahs!asip-
na1t Of TIE country rebel states. He cana to
Chicago for the purpose OF indacinE the surplus
lasot Popn!ss,oa q tais part q sae soany e e.
ore Of the Gulf States, bounded on the north By
Tenrs7tee, On the Eoutn By the gull. On the xest
BY the Ecas nvss sttss whlsa she xas
i1s Tns STATE na W 1ns III i.sxer tn.e kET 9aMa Yora
The southern part was saadS ard sterile. ,.The
Ml!s,ss'rpi bottom ran suo .uiles norta acd esntn
~ ftYFn N n ~hH a11rI
million sc1ea Of the 1nest cotton a1d IN the world
II tEa1 l3nd Eas confined BY 1eTeet and kared
fron tic .nuIdas1ors ott1e Mississippi RseE, IT
that TIT Eat subject to the ovei1oWH 0! the
river, and only cce ecfe IL one hundred Has Co.
nstlc o. cut!Taston- l.cd5tu tnat bo:lo1n, whlen
&cie, we're sold Since the TE for ten ce3ts
an acre. utfo.tunate!y the wa destroyed the !
turning 10 the s'atcos ; pn=evn fore,t. Ee aid
mol Enow What the EoseEnCe5t Eoold DO for the
StSte. II ws2 cot yet rest1red to III former re-
nor no;c oalce. He belesed, ho1erer, that the
government Wills In the haods Of far-see!1g
r. ocle, asn tsas so1essirE would be done TO r.
nett =ould 10 nothIc2 Tor then, they hoped to
he aole 10 do It thense1ves. as they
q he nee gansgsee l1's ee' E4sr Ias rs nss
IN importance 10 the bottom land. 1t produced
STAN. corr. ard esezJth,n2 in aouuaance. The
pcor. he large majority Of it tolerably r1cn and
nuch Of It v6ry r1ch. The SOL vas mostly 0ll1-
lta.iy fertile, being considered the best l3nds Ia
that coEluJ. outslte the great 1tser bottom. He
Has 1rora that oistrct and, considered it the best
The best place for capitalists who could AFFORD 70
wait Tor return Of 1neir Uouev, hut for the man
who vsnted to md home for hts family, tho
There ere there some Of the finest farms In the
Ssies Of CO. cotea, IL sud ID one @ acre @ TON sse4t5 q
g1oV corn there a. they co1la IN Illinois, as that
Hk8 cotton country. From ffteen to twenty
bushels Of oats to the acre Vas an average CROP.
slp-6scd farue1G there, and did rot Know how TO
raise wheat They produced from dfe to fifteen
bushels. very rarely the last quantity. [Lsughser1
when he Wa prisoner On Jona4on1 Island dur
tpR The var. T1ey t10k 1f0u ITO TO 800 bushaA
q sEee. potatoes out oi an aefe. Tasy I'D yeus
spples there. TOO, but sneJ would moi Keep over
o.t no 9efy raley i1sesfea sis = lie appea tos q
naa had nia oseaaId- Tns1 esre1tnen1a
fu. lie vas no1 q ,estoue,: had lasted the
E1rc, and iounds good. IN reply 70 qoes:on
gfono1pdsd ~ me ana'eass @ 1s M aaa re aaud naa
1aon OF $50 acfee, with nye'Ioo1ed frame house.
Z NICE fnruepcry. Al! within one m'le OF the town
@oneier 5 fsreiy vent hishsr tasn ao1, and peser
there vaat zelo reant. r. lce ea1e once = :
as i tel They y baa iots ii AN June. ju5. md
AEgnlt we're pIe:ty hot he telt hotter da,s @ ID
washington E % Than Re ever iels "a n M1ssis. ~.
way compromising for the hot daSs. Whlte
nen could wore IN summer there TGe only
rh'ta E,en who coald not voft there very ie1y
men. lLsoghter1 1t Us1 not TOO hot for men With
Vim aoo eGetg T. thea, Tnsy kns1 snas that
she vss Nas over.
were hearty Reconstructed; they had ratified the
Fifteenth Amendment a7d elected Radical Gov
ns'3 sheos1 sOg he E. soe5 no sars y Tasy
tr1ala BY General AIaes' coarts.ma.:ial, aud
The hal<as eorpus and tt1al b. jury would be soon
oes Ps1cs 11d 1s eFae5 senea u
d:11urbed for his political op,piouE, They 1oud
hsEe common schools, ~ the constttutton appro.
that Was 'aFgs Item. The common schools also
AZ, p ! toTanseip apptopt!suoa, sad s POI! =:
lesr thAt the. children would cot have
% k,sa ss5 & '0f eaus ,ssfs rns! IT,! Rss
rome rions people there, and others wao were not
p,cuE. &c thought the people mad a due regard
p9ofes q 1t be ii. 10: Te1 na1 noaess
meu and "a. caiz. he would call the community
In which he llycd an honorable and highly religions
TheIe wan no atardasd OF wages In the soath.
Tasy a1xa5s gave pors3oa l o. s1c eron 20 1ast
hbref, mo II the Aboret Has Inefficient or indp-
tent ru'n might not CONE enstrey on the enploJer.
Ing rn,E The time Of respiEg. 1t was therefore,
necessary for TEE lsooref 10 STAY itom the begin.
ming OF the scsfoa until tne end, Or the crop
could 60: s'e rscpersy cultivated. Il laoosess .ett
ttey could not empIor others. and would lose the
crop. TIE leoofet II Mississippi. II IN no other
place IN ire sofid, was master q tie situation
services all TINT captat could anotd 70 pay. That
wss not 20 IN any other place IN the world. In
bns IN Misst4s!pEl tnev got a1l that capital could
AuoId 70 pay. Before the w1r tha negroes were,
right or wrong, s:nyes. Men aud women worked
were active, Constant Agricultural lsborers. s!nca
the vas he had ~ Idea that there had been. non
zone csuse OF other, = large dm1aution Of the
armies and settled around tie fortified towns,
nilon- Around y,ctsbaIg. li1mg ID hoses s,oax
s!r, who did not RISE cation, .hatever else tner
did. The negroes we're not 81 e!ucleht or a WILL
1ng wo1fssf @ a. neoe s "a W. a99s OF ~ fns
tact retained, however, That where cotton end
corn grew neiore the wss. there were tnisttes snd
Of Nifsl sppl Was under calirnnon. Tac sons or
men Nho tad oHued their hundred aaves had
net the situation, And when tnt1 i0rt1ne1 were
taken from theu they tooE hold OF
tho p!ow and fhe ahorel and went
TO earn IN honest lv1ng. T1e laaorer OF the
South wAs the peer Of the g1ea'ctt man In t.
The social line there Va1 drawn By races and
net BY clEktea al raeeE a In other p!sces where
The Boct4i line Eas drawn between wealth snd
pcTery, besEeen ease End labor. DoEn there
the back w1s on one aide AID the watte man
on the other. 4 communion OF suffering tur1nQ
the va. eommon hopes csa.ned out. msde :
better atd stronRet fsate1nity eesveen the r1th
and the poor. They found thGt tue bl4c1s
would Lot WORK, and thts without aoae tnInl-
grafton and l4nor the l1Id OF the
south woald go bsck to the wilder
neaA The gentleman farmer stuck to
hiack labor unst be found 1t ntelees- BE did not
mean that back labor WES uurlhlesR. but when
they wanted ten men they could not get one. for
many thought ihAt freedom meack freedom from
labor aud license 10 trein idleae&a At tue public
experse. The back mtu WAS not 70 be driven
from the soil, bnthe might % induced 70 work Il
he aaw o:her labor coming Ia 70 compete Ntsh
him. The ahste BJ8tem Was found 10 Wort beat
In she South, because u nun co1ld not cheat hta
employer without cheating himself, and be would
not be likely to Do th8t The fefH1d Of his labor
was acco7dt1g TO the energy aad e1eraon
applet to hts crop. Tue l2rner supplied the
qutrtc,p, the implements the team, everIthlnG
c1crp, :1od and c1oih.ue, ana then tne crop was
dtsIrfd tGrklls b',Weco HEN. The feAdetce1