Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-12


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sc hare sufficiently adyeFtised
ndrantaees Of ths South over
World i climate, soil, pro-
asB, eonvenienes to market,
hospitality and generOs-
aa * her citizens. These are the
aiaa that the world already
Knows and admits. And as proof
of Il. the emigratng portion Of
the verdi anxieusly desires to Sc
cure 4 home here.
Bul Just here comes the great
question, how are foreigners to
aot homes heref The State can
not provide each settler with one
hundred and sixty acres Of land
= Is proHered in Montana, Col
0rado and Nevada, simply be-
cause the State has no lands worth
having to give away. The yalua-
be lands ia the State are all own.
"a BIZ the citizens Of the State,
and they can neither give nor are
they willing to give away their
lands.
IN fact, the people Of the State
in possession Of lands, seem
ayeEae TO parting from them upon
any terms. The great desire is,
apparently, to retain possession
81 tie lands and TO put laborers
npon them 10 cultivate. To all
those who can procure labor in
this way, it Is possibly we'll
enough, although looking at it
IN il effect upon The common
monwealth, we are inclined to
think Il injurious. Many Of those
laborers will remain but one year ;
they are usually furnished to the
planters through the medium of
"agancies" which contract TO fur
niah q stipulated number Of men
and who neither know nor care
what Is the character Of those
furnished and thus many worth
less men are introduced into the
State 10 cnrrupt lie morals and
disgust the people with the stran-
gers coming 70 live among Us.
To build up, and TO permanently
enrich the State, want bona Fde
settlers. hen Interested as much
in the welfare ofthe State as those
who are already in IL. Such men
must have homes of their own.
How can they be provided 7
There are many land owners in
this State having 3 thousand OF
ten Thousand acres. One tenth,
only, Of which are they able
to cultivate. The other nine
tenths lies idle and is in con.
= sequence, now. utterly ant
totally yalueless. The pro.
prietor halters himself with th'
hope that i will some day be val
liable, but It WIN never be pntil 4
Il cultivated. The misery hoard
ing Of this land IN the possession
Of one man who cannot himsel
use Il, will never cause It to be cul
tivased. This nine-tenths Of IN
cultivated land 10 the State mus
be surrendered TO men who vii
cultivate them. We do not ask
nor anticipate, that they shall b,
donated outright. But We do asl
that they be sold at their aCtua
value now, not held for prices, t.
which It Is hoped they win in tim,
atlain.
Nov We approach somewhat
our idea Of how . healthy emigra
tl0nmay be invited and retained
Suppose Tie Swiss Consul writes
to the Governor Of Mississippi
that there are one thousand o
his people Who desire to buy small
farms offoriy, eighty or one hun
dred acres, what answer could h
return2 The general reply tina
land can Be bought in the State
Nothing more This is too in
definite when other States hayI
FURNISHED tlsla officer with maps o
land descriptions Of them AMI