Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1871-02-11
IMMIGRATION.

So mucl, has been said on this sub
ject that It seems like t%autology, to
pursue 1t further. As we have said,
on former occasions, the character al
ready given to the South, as the land
that abounds In all n of evil,
and the presence Of a peculiar class
Of laborers, preclude a rational hope
that day laborers from the North, or
from Europe will seek employment
here, with the exception of mechan-
les who are able TO have their own
workshops. Then the only class OF
immigrants we a hope, successful
ly, to induce to come here, are those
with means to purchase small farms,
at low prices, to be titled by them
selves and such labor as they u
bring with them.
But there Is another c~orsiderati IN
too much overlooked heretofore, and
that Is the habits and previous pur-
suits of such as we invite to immi-
crate to the South. European and
Northern laborers have been accus-
toned to the cultivation of the ce.
reals, and to raising sheep and cattle,
and the grasses to pasture them on,
and To feed them in winter. When
such men come S Juth and see large
fields, naked, but for the unsiyhtly
stubble Of cotton and tobacco fences
rotting down and buildings in q state
OF dilapidation sheep carrying more
burrs than wool and cattle diminu-
tive and poor, they are Disguised with
the prospect-believing, Of course,
that these things would not he so,
unless the climate and soil are not
adapted 10 the growth of anything
hut cotton and tobacco and that these
must be Improbable, or the country
would present q much better appear
ance of thrift and comfort, than is to
be seen IN the farms Of nine out OF
ten of our wealthiest landowners.
Then to induce immigration of the
most de irable character, u different
system of farming must be adopted
n system that will show the adapta'
ton of climate and soil to the profit
able production of the various grains
and grasses, and the consequeh 1T rails
Ing of the most valuable animals, In
even greater peri, ctiou and at les
cost than they can be raised in the
North, or in Europe. The immi
grant wants ocular demonstration
that Southern land will yield, abun
dainty, all that Is grown in the cOu
try he leaves. 1t does not suffice t.
assure him that such Is the fact; he
wants to see it, and If he sees it not,
there Is no use in telling him about
the chemical analysis of soils or OF
what has been done here, or there
His inference is that it may, or may
not he so, but cannot realize the fact
that pro luctions SO essential to com
fort and prosperity, would be neg
lected by n sensible people, and sac
raficed to the production of II single
staple, which however valuable, does
not supply their every day wants,
but leaves them dependent upon Il
distant people for every necessary
bought at prices that more than all
sorb the yield of that single staple
leaving them wornout lands and wild,
spread dilapidation to show for year,
of toll and anxiety.
Though these remarks apply more
particularly, To States south of this
yet 1t Is deeply to he regretted tina
they have n significant application
to the system of agriculture pursued
by the border States. We have II
Tennessee, II climate and soil capabl,
of producing everything needful 70
man and beast, yet with these natur
nj advantages opening up to us
boundiess agricultural prosperity, ant
with every facility for manufacture
ing more than all We need, rs u PEG
pie, every one, could he see tn
figures, would he astounded Mt til
amount Of agricultural and manu-
featured products imported into til
State-the profits of which go t
swell the wealth Of IL people who hat
us and laugh at our stupidity in no
becoming exporters of the article
they furnish us, at n cost ruin0us t
our prosperity and commercial indie
pendrnce.