Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-28
CoLYARAND

Ia another place appears q communi'
cation from "X. Y" who proposes the
creation by the State of 8 buresu Of inn
migration. The bill in behalf Of this
scheme is one of the few sensible pro-
ducts of Mr.. Colysr's brain. It proposes
the appropriation, as we are informed, of
$50 Oe0 to be expended by Mr.. Colyar and
HE agencies; one to be fixed in Nash
Vile, another in Knoxville, and the third
in Memphis. Which of the three would
secure the lions share In not q point pro-
posed to be defined by the bill before the
legislature.
The facts affecting this question are few
and simple. The Allan line Of steamers
from Norfolk to Liverpool, is advertised
in English journals TO make monthly
trips till next summer. The State nesd
therefore make no investment, IS was
once proposed, in a Southern line OF
steamships. The land for sale, Of quail
ty and prices and in q climate to meet
every possible exigency Of foreign or
American demand. constitutes the rich
est valley in the world. We hsvs rail
ways and telegrsphs, and newspapers and
churches. What need have we for the
emigrant's bureauf It can only
difuse information throughout Europe.
Fifty thousand dollars should send g little
job press to every leading European city.
Il should put dodgers" on every railway
line, and an advertisement in every great
European journal. What's the use? The
press and railway system Of the whole
north is combined against us. Grants
ku-klux Proclamation was s bombshell
that destroyed millions Of property i
values, not only in South Carolina, but
the broken, kissing fragments fell in
every center of population in the southern
States, snd the frightful explosion startled
all Europe. The ku-klux committee.
travelling to gather materials for the on
duct of the next presidential contest, and
to assure Grants reelection, will soon fire
q mighty magazine beneath the founds-
ton stone of southern prosperity. Lies
serve the purpose of facts, and every lie
concocted by the committee viii traverse
every state Of Europe.
It Is the sheerest nonsense for Tennessee
TO undertake a contest with the system Of
roads, crossing the continent, controlled
by Tom Scott. BE may define for
us q rate Of local taxation ; he
will more surely send the migratory
multiLudes Of Europe into western wilds.
his SCENTS are not only thick in Nash
vile, but in every European city. His
stock in trade consists In the tears of the
Banner, weeping over countless corpses
of those who fell beneath ku-klux dag
gers. He will distribute over Europe
myriads Of copies Of the forthcoming re-
port Of the psripstetic ku-klux commit
tee. He will'invest in Alcorn's exasper-
sting hsrsngues. he will show how negro
ssvsgss MAKE districts of the south as I'M
hsbitsble as hell or Nova Zembls. The
wealth Of the mightiest combination of
railroads, and of the most remorseless
band of public plunderers, holding office
under Grant, welding the whole power of
omnipotent Congress, will be directed
sgsinst the little $50, 900 immigration bu-
resu at Nashville. What will it be worth?
However, if Tom Scott wants it, and
MCGEE ~sssents, it is all right, and we can
make q little experiment. We suggest,
modestly, however, that the time has not
come. We must wait. When truth can ]
its way through mountain barriers :
Of falsehOod; when the Banner weeps no
more: when the world has Learned why !
The ku-klux committee travels and lies; !
when honest men sit in courts Of Justice I
and administer the law in Mississippi; {
when we are no longer taxed to poverty .
n behalf of thieves that plundered us :
when Brownlow reigned, then thu tide Of !
immigration may be turned into the south 1
and not till then. c