Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-15
IMMIGRATION.
The South Misrepresented by Parties
interested at the North.
Why we do not Get a Larger Share Of
the European immigration.

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the European immigration.
From the Baltimore SUM-
The tide of immigration to this eoun-
try from Europe has from the very be
ginning been directed chiefly TO the
North and West. So scanty has been
the flow TO the South that the pop
ulation there remains in the main al
most as free from admixture with for
eign elements as il was in the colonial
era. That the South had climate and
physical advantages not inferior to those
Of any other section; that it possessed
eXclusively'the peculiar agricultural sta
ples which formed the chief basis Of
American commerce, seemed to be eth
er unknown or uncared for by the great
majority of emigTants. A country haT-
ing as large territory as Great Britain,
France, Austria, Prussia and Spain COM
bined, fertile territory, whose staple
productions none Of those great countries
could grow, with three thousand miles
of continental shore line, so indented
with bays and crowded with islands
that. adding the shore lines, there are
twelve thousand in all-this great cOun-
try. penetrated by the mighty Missis-
IL
thousand miles Of tributary streams;
that such country as this should look
in vain for immigration is phenom-
enon which can only be accounted for
bv the peculiar bar which slavery inter
posed during its existence to settlers
from Europe, and the force Of the preju-
diees engendered thereby, and sedulous-
9y cultivated before and since the war
hv enemies Of the South, who have
spared no pains to misrepresent the
character Of the population, and even
the natural advantages Of the country.
The Northern and Western States, in
their eagerness to secure and even to
monopolize immigration from Europe,
have not hesitated TO eXalt all that ap-
pertains to their own section, whether
Of character, soil or climate, at the ex-
ueuse of all that is Southern. They do
not hesitate to report Southern society
as depraved, brutalized and ferOciO1s
undey the influence of slavery. They
describe that part Of the population
which was once slavehOlding as brutal
and vindictiVe, while the nOn-slavehold-
iug are stignatized as base and void of
ali intellect. They seek even TO recon-
mend the wintry rigOrs OF their own
cline by declaring that in the South
ssthe hot sun would not let a white Ia
boring man live" Having the means,
through their press and emigration
agents, under the auspicies OF selfish
speculative enterprises, and the great
number of Northern travellers In Europe,
TO obtain a hearing on that continent
which the South has not, they have sue
ceeded, until lately, in poisoning almost
all the sources Of information concerning
IL awaa hnW
euIistipR the press Of Europe in the dis
serniuation Of false intelligence. Not
only this. but opposition to the emigra-
ton to the South is said TO be perfectly
orOanized in the notwithstanding cOun-
tries Of Europe, through the workings Of
Western and Northern emigration
agents representing either States or pri-
v3te land companies and railroad lines,
which are in possession Of vast terrific
ries uUrightfilly given them at the pub
lie expense. In a very able series OF ar
ffcles contributed to the Southern Nag
Crzins of this city, by Colonel +. Schaller,
of Athens, Georgia, We find some ex-
tracts from various foreign journals, all
in the spirit OF the following from Da-
uish iournale 1--WE again warn them
against emigration 70 the Southern
states of America, for the men who go,
either voluntarily or bound by contract,
10 those States, run into the abyss OF the
most frightful destruction, and VIII Ike
Iv become slaves worse than ever were
the black slaves 1t is even asserted
that societies and firms IN this section,
composed Of men who make money
from the Southern people, use direct in
fIuence to misrepresent their social and
Dolitical condition and hinder their ef-
forts to secure immigration. Some OF
tbe leading German papers, however,
are now taking a more intelligent view
of the subject, and placing before their
readers the inducements and facilities
Offered by the South to emigrants. A
primary condition of success in obtain
ing immigration is TO spread informa-
ton concerning the South among the
European people by means OF such agen-
,.ies as will command confidence, and IN
such manner as may be least Objection
able TO foreign governments, which nave
found il necessary to establish laws regu-
iating the sphere of action OF emigration
agencies. in order to protect their people
~ far as possible from the fraud, extOr-
tiou and inhumanity practiced upon
them by emigration agencies and CON-
r,auies pursuing their own private aims.
Colonel Sehaller contends that this can
lsa most effsctually done by establishing
Strte agencies in European countries
ond by the gratuitOus distribution OF
namphlets, spread by them, al OF which,
however he considers bat a small pari
Of what Is Necessary to be done. There
il no doubt that energy and promptness
are needed TO diSacuse the minds OF ior-
cigpers of the ISLANDERS which are indus
triously propagated against the South,
including Maryland, which, according
10 a book published in the interest OF
some New Jersey land spectators, needs
10 be 'unionized and emanelpated," " anu
within whose borders education anu
morals have been neglected and free dis
cussi0n forbidden The 'mOrals" OF
the author OF that statement can scarce
ly fit him TO sit in judgment on the char
acter Of his neighbors. Some measures
should be taken by the South TO protect
its reputation from such injurious publi-
cations, though it may be a question
whether emigration can be best secured
bV the States in their capacity as States,
or by county and local associations, act
ing i'm unison, or through intelligent
general agents. The success OF any
scheme must be largely dependent upon
the capacity and character of the persons
employed to further its objects abroad.
The New York World very positively
eontradicted statement made In the
Tribune that Richard Taylor, son Oi
President Zachary Taylor, was IN tavol
OF the Cincinnati nominees. The New
Orleans Times SAYS: 1--WE do not know
l,y what authority the World contradict
what is universally accepted in this city
as fixed fact, that General Taylor doe
believe that the Democratic party hai
no other way of 'deliverance Of the land
than by the acceptance and indorsemen
of the Cincinnati nominations. be
however. is here on the ground, and vii
be very apt in due time to speak To-
himself"
, The Italian people are suffering from
the effects of q disastrous visitation
caused by a sudden inundatiOn OF th'
water OF the river Po. The desolatloE
Is widespread and the suffering extreme
Forty thousand persons have beer
made houseless. This condition OF ar
fairs will tend TO impress the mind Q
Christendom still more fOncibly VIII
tie idea that the Italians are being spe
cIaily chastised from on High just nov
for some Offense.
we presume the friends of Mr.. Collar
viii ratify Wilson with awhoop, whoop
burrabt The nomination Of Wilson sets