The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-06-03
COLUMBIA, S. G.
Friday Morning. June 8, 1870.
InmiRrntion-..Ves or South
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Immiarntion-.westw or South
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In the New York Times, OF May 31st
ult. we find some observations on the
above subject, which we deem sensible
and suggeotive. The Times, alluding to
the small proportion of the volume of
emigration which reaches the South,
comments thereupon and undertakes to
give the philosophy of the flow IVest-
qoard. It admits that the South is o re-
gion, in many respects, the finest on the
continent-that labor is in demand
that hearty Welcome awaits the settler,
and yet it correctly states that, in spite
of all these circumstances, not one-twen-
tietho of the emigrants landing upon our
shores go Southwark. The Times says
Assurances of the most friendly re-
ception have been promulgated, and spe-
cial pains have been taken to awaken in
those who have arrived, consciousness
of welcome. All, comparatively, in vain
A few Swiss have struggled into Tonnes
see; German arrivals are heard of here
and there in South Carolina and Louisi-
ana; a beginning has been made toward
Polish colony in the mountain region
of Virginia, and there is some talk of
expected English colonization in the
Southwest, and also in the tide-water
region of the same State. But the real
lied results of not little jealous exer-
ton are Insignificant. OF twenty emf
grants who land upon our shores, nine
teen go elsewhere than to the South"
It then proceeds to consider 'whence
this marked preference for the more re-
mote West" In our judgment, our New
York contemporary gives satisfactory
solution of the question. It finds the
primary cause in the strength of the
foreign-born element already in the
West. and shows how the reports sent
back to Europe by the contented settler,
have the effect of attracting his friends
and relations at home to follow his foot
steps. As the Times suggests, the settler
in Illinois, Iowa or Minnesota becomes
an effective promoter of emigration to
the same locality, and the simple annals
transmitted to the fatherland are more
convincing than tho most plausible book.
w y bA4AAA choV bAO L tUtCo COIIcCLlH I6-
CARDS these family and social influences
as amongst the strongest in determining
the flow of emigration. Another cause,
the Times observes, is ''the familiarity
which the emigrating Glasses in Europe
have with the geography and advantages
of the Western States" Our cotempo-
rary says:
t'While the South is there M almost
unknown land, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Iowa and Kansas are familiar rs house
hold words. The cost of emigration
thither, the chances attending it, and the
liberal provisions of the local laws, are
tolerably we'll understood. The persis-
teucy with which the State authorities
have exerted themselves to foster emi-
grafton, and the judicious help with
which the emigrants have been met on
their arrival, are now turned to account
by the managers of Immigrant railroads,
whose prosperity is largely contingent
upon success in attracting settlers from
abroad. The Illinois Central has de-
monstrated the wonders that may be
achieved in this direction, and other
railroad companies are profting by its
example. The Hannibal and ST. Joseph
OouIpauy iS pOWeTlul eluiSTdClOu nSoQ-
cy in behalf of Missouri; the st. Paul
and Pacific is carrying stream of Ger
mans and Scandinavians into the heart
of Minnesota; the Kansas Pacific will aid
Kansas similarly, and in year or two
we shall have the Northern Pacific peo-
pling it's magnificent belt of territory
from the higher latitudes Of Europe"
Another point is made by the Times,
and this is equally we'll taken. Itaffirms
that the West has this advantage over
the South, viz: that the West better un-
derstands the art of organization. The
Times says, OF this point. that sit is or
ganized emigration which has contri-
buted greatly to the growth of Wiscon-
sin and Iowa, and is to-day doing moro
than all beside to multiply settlements in
Kansas" It then speaks of certain ad-
vantages which the West has over the
South in the control of large bodies Of
public lands, and holds that the South