The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-05-07

dined and spent the night. says: ''His
household was pattern of neatness and
comfort-thero was an air OF cleanliness
and nentness throughout-which one
rarely ever sees in q bachelor establish
ment. His servants were all Chinese
and males. Chihi and Hu Chin, and the
rest of them plowed his fields, moved
his hay, stabbed his horses, cooked his
dinners, waited on his guests, washed
Ills linen, mado his bed aud marked his
game OF billiards. If there had been u
nnoy to nurse. it wonld have been all
the same" We think that the Chiua-
man cannot be surpassed either as ser.
want or lnborer, by any other, whether
you place him in the house, the garden.
the field, the work shop, or on the rail
rond.
1t IS gratifying to yonr committee to
beablc to report, on reliable information.
that the Chinese laborer can be brought
into our Stato Mt price within the
means Of most of our planters. Say at
IN expense of not more than 1925 per
head, tho whole or greuter part of
Which would be refunded by the laborer.
LII one instance, when q number Of Chi
nese laborers have recently been brought
to New Orleans, the cost per head was
SG3, al OF which the 1uborer contracts
to refund from his first earnings. These
people have contracted for Eve wears at
fifty cents per day, and all lost time to
be accounted for at the same rate. They
work from sunrise until sunset, allow
ing one hour for dinner, and agree to
obey, unqnestioned, oil orders from the
owner or manager. Your Committee
think that it is ouly necessary to use the
same means to Introduce the Chinese as
is employed for the introduction of other
foreign laborers. Money and concert OF
action will bring them.
Aud they are needed. A vast portion
of onr lands are lying waste and uncnlti
vated. We can give employment to all
who may come; and while giving hearty
welcome to otEers, we hope the conven-
ton Will not overlook thut source from
which an almost inexhaustible supply of
labor may be obtained, and which, per
chance, may do as much towards devel-
oping the resources of our State rs any
other.
Col. ". l.. Trenholm offered the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were adopted.
ReSoired, That this Committee is sin
cerely convinced of the paramount i'm.
portnnce of foreign immigration into the
South, no only for the sake of its direct
result upon our population and industry,
but for that of its indirect effect in
leading to the establishment of direct
trade
Rcsol.c,i. That this convention earn
estly commend to all the people of the
State the subject of foreign immigration
US one worthy of tlIeir early and most
nssiduous attention.
ResoiOed. That in order to give effect
to the report of the Committee on I'm
migration, the President Of the conven-
ton, ut his leisure, and after conference
with representatives. from the various
County delegations, appoint a perma-
nent Committee on Lind aud Imnligra.
ton, to consist of one resident land
owner IN each County, and Of not less
than twelve residents of Charleston.
Ihe committee thus appointed to be in
structed to keep the matter before the
public. to encourage and advise the
formation Of County Land and Immi-
grafton Societies, and to collect whatever
information IS possible for the use of all
persons and corporations desirous of
making practical experiment.
Resolced, That this convention extend
to all persons in the United Stntes or
elsewhere, desirous of settling in South
Carolinn, cordial welcome, and the
assurance of kindly feeling and neigh
borly offices on the part or the citizens
of whatever portions of the State they
mny desire to make their homes.
The Committee then resolved itself
into Committee Of the Whole, Mr..
VIM NJ. Lawton in the chair, when Mr..
Se,bles offered the following resolutions:
Resol0ea That the thanks of this con-
ven!i"n arc respectfully rendered to the
President, General johnson Hagood, for
the digniticd and impartial manner in
which he has presided over our delihera-
tions; also, to the Secretaries, Tor their
very efficient services; and, also, to the
proprietor of this building for its nse.
The Committee then arose and Presi-
dent Hagood addressed the Convention
us follows:
Allow me, gentlemen of the Conveu-
ton, to congratulate you upon the Iibe-
raj. practical and earnest spirit which
has marked your deliberatiops-every
movement going simply and directly to
the purpose for which you assembled.
Our principal object-the introduction
from nbroll Of Il thrifty and hardy non.