The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-01-13
whv Emigrants Should Go South.

Public sentiment at the South has expe'
rienced change on the subject of diver
sifed labor that is destined to render that
section the most prosperous OF any portion
of our country. Formerly they preferred
to. paysthe profits on manufactured pro-
ducts and transportation, rather than en-;
courage the artisan at home. All their
energies with slave labor were directed to
the cultivation of those rich products OF
cotton, rice and sugar, for which their
section enjoys monopoly. From the re.
cent speech of General Wade Hampton,
at the Georgia State Fair, as we'll as from
every representative Of public opinion, we
perceive that the people are alive to their
true interest, that Of encouraging not on
". the cultivation of their old staples, but
Of every other product for which their soil
and climate is peculiarly adapted. Every
portion of the South produces corn equal
to the West, and some sections grow the
best wheat in this country. There is no
section SO rich in the various natural ad
vantages.as the Southern States. Almost
everything that is grown in the Northern
and Western States fourishes there, and
besides their soil and climate, they are
rich in valuable timber-the hard pine, ey-
cry variety of oak, ash, poplar, cypress,
and other. woods, are abundant. And
along the Alleghanies, from Virginia TO
Alabama, is probably the richest section
of theaworld for the variety of its miner
ais; coal, copper, zinc, marble and lime,
have been developed in a rude-slave Ia
bor--way for many years. Skilled labor,
science and capital are now directing their
attention to this region. But perhaps the
greatest advantage the South possesses
over every other section of our vast coun-
try is its immense water power, scattered
almost everywhere throughout the. hilly
sections of the interior, surrounded With
the raw material for working into manu-
factured products, and contiguous by rail
and river to the markets of the world, not
requiring three bushels Of corn to send one
bushel to niaSket. - -
True there are 'localcies along the low
flat-lands of the coast, near swamps and
sluggish water courses, that are sickly
but the whole interior and hilly sections
are more free from local diseases and epi
denies than the West or the North. In
proportion to the population, more old per.
sons can be found throughout the South
than in any other section.
We learn that in many of our cities or
ganization of colonies are being formed
with view Of exploring the Southern
States, and of establishing at suitable To-
calities, the nucleus of manufacturing towns
and cities. These combinations among
artizans of the different, callings is much
more sensible mode of improving their
condition than trades unions to coerce
higher wages. The contributions required
to support strikes, if applied to sending
inviting opportunities awaiting their en-
brace, would enable many family now
struggling for existence in the crowded
North to become independent in few
years in the sunny South, where now there
is none more welcome than the manufactu
rer and the skilled laborer.-Northern Er
change.