The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-06-10

Mn. EDITOR: Please publish the fol-
lowing extracts from letter received
from the up.country, on the subject OF
immigration. They are interesting, and
may assist US in our present move and
in opening our eyes to the mistakes we
have made in our former efforts at immi-
grafton:
A Furmer-DEAn SIR: Your article,
Redemption of South Carolina" in the
PHOENIX. Of Juno 3, fell into my hand,
and l read 1t very carefully. I am a
German, and have lived in south Caro-
lima since 1867 and am, therefore, inte-
rested in Immigration. You say sha. the
whole matter is in our hands, and if we
fail, the fault is, as always has been, our
own. This is true, as also your state
ment in regard to climate and other ad-
vantages which South Carolina possesses
over many other States Now comes
the question, what must be adopted to
gain portion of that immigration? It
has been tried often, and ae often failed.
Now, why has it failed? There must be
some cause. Let me try in my poor
vay 70 explain why the immigrant fat
least. the Germany does not like to live
IN the South. The Southerner, who is
nuie TO hire, has been educated &c
slavery;;the black man was his subject,
over whom he could rule, almost, as he
desired-in word, he was his slave.
But now he is free. and the black man,
Ignorant as he is, wishes to become q
master, too; at lenst, lie cannot under
stand the real diffsrcnco between en-.
ployer and employee. He only sees the
difference OF color. He has to be trained; :;
put that is task the present generation
VIII not succeed in. On the other hand,
the white man, for reasons above stated,
(oeing used to absolute control,) does
not really understand the difference he
tween employer and employee, the re-
oiprocal duties and benefits, and you will
pardon me when 1 say couriesies
Now comes the difficulty. Let us take,
first, case: A man and wife seek em.
pjoyment Ia Germany and finds it in u
family-he as general servant, she as
cook. They labor, first, under q great
difficulty, by not understanding nor be-
ing understood, and are often the objects
OF laughter, which hurts poor man as
we'll As n rich one; however he works
faithfully in the yard, the stable, the
garden, &c.; in fact, is handy wherever
he ls put, and does his work we'll. His
vile is O model cook, clean, 60, and
both very honest, and receive together
Sl5 per month and bonrd Should it
tappen that few black persons arc en-
ployed about the house, they are per-
mltted to domineer over unti mahe fan
OF our honest white immigrants. An
other case: A planter wishes ten good
stout German 1aborcrs, and succeeds in
getting them, (for they come over to
work. does your planter inquire before
they arrive about their habits, customs,
No.? Oh, no! They are hirelings; I pay
ana iced them. and there is an end.
People who hire out have no business,
except to obey my will and pleasure.
Well, they arrive. Dirty out-houses are
shown them, containing O bundle of
straw; then comes man along, gives
each one peck of meal. and perhaps
three pounds Of something fat, dirty
looking, called bacon. This is to last
you week. None of them ever saw
corn meal before. nor bacon in such q
form. Then they must worry themselves
with cooking that mess nnd go to work.
Now comes your plan of giving away
lands. l am sure the gentlemen who
originated the plan mean we'll, and are
well-wishers to the State and to the in-
migrant, and if carried out properly,
will work we'll and become benefit to
the State, the land owner aud Immigrant.
How the plan is to work, am unin-
formed; whether these lots should be in
certain neighborhoods, close enough to.
gether for the immigrants to build them
selves church, school house, form SO.
cleties; or whether it is to be scattered
affair, to please this landowner or the
other, to have one family here, the other
two miles away, a half dozen in this
County and another in another. II the
last, then the scheme will not work. When
the German immigrant comes over, he is
at first very Aome sick. He hears a diff
ferent language, sees different manners.
and has to change his habits very consi.
derably. Then, unless you can get neigh
borhoods close together, where they can
assist and console each other, build them
selves church and school, (thcse two
being the first things German settle
ment wants,) and whent heir work is dono
visit each other-unless these things IRE
done. your enterprise, laudnble as it is,
will foil. I Ipray GOO you will succeed.
We have few men in this State who
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