The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1871-11-29

Wh1ch we nave peen SuOJecteu Ut Cue
South, ana which are being made by In
terested paTtie who!seek to otturn;away
the influx of the foreign tide to- other
sections. aT9WH--a1 T.2AI o. '-.uij'
"For years they have; beon taught -to
consider our Southern climate, as deadly
to the out door white laborer; and
have heard 4tasserted' there by int.lfi'
gent!and travelled gentlemen, that the
line of $3.50, was drawn between the
sections here because, south of thai
parallel, out door labor was death to the
white man that. south ;of that parable
the Negro alone couid stand the rays Of
the sun In the open field; and that ii
was. for this reason the hneof 5000 was
drawn. they Hhave 3ni6Feover L been
taughttolopk upon the Southern people
as q lawless set, who delight III blood,
murder and rapine; where the women
were utifhoutS Virtue and the men with
put honesty,Hand where labor was de-
grading.fI79 1sas .fsE ,b0t~rHi = 20
Toeiear away these obstacles requires
united effort at the! South. Says Com
modore Maury: ed; lrvtis.T ,tn-yo -
EN- order to establish prosperity
great works which the South has to do.
These works are too great for individuals
or companies to perform. They require
concert of action, q little pulling togeth-
er, and make it necessary for the States
themselves to render assistance. One Of
these works Is an elaborate treatise OH
the physical geography-not of one
State, by. itself, but of the eSouth-uttered
in a a,manper, and by an authority that
will entitle its statements to credit,
wherever it goes. 1t should be accom-
panied byfmaps showing the works OF
Internal improvement, the railways and
cansls, the coast line, its harbors, and
the extremity of inland navigation OF
oil the Southern States. 1t should also
treat Of their climates, and productions
their social con dition. and religious priv
ileges; in short, this work should EN-
body. exactly that sort of information,
aboatsvery partof'the country, which
an Intelligent foreigner desiring to settle
among us wonld like to haye.. Itshould
then be published in the Languages OF
the various countries OF Europe, from
which We desire emigrants, and circulat-
ed widely among them. When that is
done, then let the agents from each
State and Society, with SO much of it in
their hand as related to their State or di-
vision, follow it up showing the epecu-
liar facilities, advantages aud induce
mepts which their own State may hold
out. As it now is. al? Of these. agents
have to do, to certain extent, the same
work over, as they will tell you. For
example: . An emigration agent goes
from: Yirginia to Europe, to enlist emf
grants, The first thing he has! to do, is
to disabuse the minds Of che semigratirg
classes with regard to his State; he
canzopefate upon but q few at best ;
some of these few he may perhaps set
right about,his own State, but he has re-
moved: nons Of these prejudices with re
gard tosthe other States, and which in
the minds of his hearers, ate common
to the whole South - .att.-2 ., -
:. After him comes, We will suppose,
the OF another State; as Missis-
sipPi, Alabama, &C., and they have to go
over the same groundsin ,enlightening
Ignorance and removing prejudices with
regardSnot To- our. section, but. to their
State; and 80 Of every one when with
q Joint effort, properly directed it might
have been; done once for all So the Eay
would be clear for every State. For nv
own part, I have never been able to dis
cover any way Of getting, 'twithin any
reasonable time, tic tide Of European
emigration to come intalthe South in any
considerable force unless 4 the. states
themselves win first combine to enlight-
en-, In the manner suggested, the tignGr-
nnce, and remove the prejudiees which
exist In the minds Of the semigFatlng
Glasses. of Europe; with. regard to our
sectipl, dts climates, its industries, its
peoples Yit4 their manners and cps- 4