The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-15


They were design practically to incits anG
fo1 er the imp jrtation OF European laborers fo
hire on The plantations ia the state with the
view ungenerousy to supplant the colored agr:
| cultural laborers with whom the State was
aoundahtly supplied, and VINO were able and
| willing and eager to perform fair days WORK
for fair days wages.
However desirahIs European immigration may
be to our 81 ate those plans failed. as they ought
to have failed, aud every humanitarian In our
State should have been delighted at their failure
Uader the operation OF the act nrst cited q
limited numb"r OF emlgrents arrived at Charles
ton 10 the year 1857. Pursuant to The 7th sectl n
OF that act they were on arrival duly registered
| at the Office OF The commissioner OF immigration,
/ and were classified as artisans, mechanics, farm
| lIberers, house servants. &c.
They were nearly all, II not entirely, from Ger
many, q land that furnishes our country with q
large fraction or its mcst intelligent aud enter.
pIl5ng adopted citizens.
Many Of them were speedily employed by
planters In the interior at what should be re-
| carried as moderate rate Of wages, or about SO
q mon aud ''lounGn IN provi .lons.
On arriving at their new homes they found
| themselves utterly unfamiliar with the customs
and the language nf our people.
Their wonder was much heightened when the
usual plantsnon ration was Issued TO them. con-
| slspg OF bacon, corn meal, salt and molasses.
Their astonishmeus at being expected 70 De pc
| satisfied with such food equalled that OF the
planters who wondered at their repugnance TO
such stable articles OF plantation diet.
The natural result wss mutual dissatisfaction,
and the return OF the European farm lab6rers to
Charleston, where they were humanely PROVIDED
for by their countrymen.
The vast tide OF inmigratisn which annually
pOurs into the United states leaves scarcely q
| ripple OF It's mighty stream upon our shores.
During the wear ending June 81, 1871, there ar.
rived IN the United states from fore!gn countries,
thie ee hupdre and twenty one thousand three
hundred and hfty immigrants, or whom but tWrn-
ty.nine nrered this ST g, namely, one from Ire.
IN r
Germany. That immense llvlng wave In great
part rolled on wesr ward.
Yet there is no STATE In the Union that offers
greater natural fractions TO the agrcu tural lm-
migrant than onrS. 80
Sirua ed between the thirty.1fth and thirty.
second parallels OF north latitude, and oeIWeen
the seyenry ninth and eighty second merlalans OF
longitude west on Greenwich, II lies a.ong inc
is,,thermal belt or line OF equal temperat re,
deemed the most favorable for the lengthenin% OF
human life It 1, auisc 10 the same parallel OF
latitude with southern France, Italy ana SPAN,
aud has all the advanta: es Of climate which tney
The fru ts Of the tropic and temperate zones,
and all the cereal. known to commerce, nnu mere
a con. enial cline while the yellow pine, cenar,
the red aud the white OAK. me nicKory ana tne
walnut are among our forest trees.
Orr soil Will compare favorably with that or
most OF our ster State., and our seasons are as
regular. and tnev are so tempered that mechani.
cal AMI agricultural laoors may oe proseoutoa
throughout the entire year. -.
our climate. TOO, exceeds IN health1ulness tnat
OF many Of the northern ttsr OF Sta es. In proot
OF tnI, refer to the fact shown n tne notaa'isy
tables Of the egh "c"sus Oh Iae eI IsaS Tho, the
number OF deaths liz IAssachusetts was one lo
ar y.seyen while 10 south Carollo8 the rate Was
q. e In seventy.one, the percentage 10 the I0rmer
State having been LIS, anu ~ tIs t., r,,uIono
we have In roun numbers, fourteen tnlitous
OF acres OF aranle land, and less IN. n ons,tnIa
OF thus In cultivation; the total qnantlty OF Isnos
iu this Sia, In improved farms oelnR Aoout Iout
millions OF acres, Jwo.thlris OF the arabic ianas
'tIs Our taxes have never been. or are they now,
0E TaSsuon In the State for the past four years
| has not averaged even nne mills on tne ooiIaa
| for State and county purposes, and tne taxes
for the present yer. amounting, for all I,. PMT:
pos.s in the staso and county, 70 ni.eem T,, ,h.,,
on the dolsr, are actually Iar nelew lila sna'
| aqure in view OF the great under valua ol prop
| erty Of all cass.s, rot IN lhh assessment IN al
| c ses. but In The e,timate on wmcn tne rate oi
| taxation ls based. ,,~,,,,
For Instance me average pr pre- aoro VI wSi,e .os
| same lands are valued for taxation az cnlj ont
| dollar and altY cents per acre.
| we have also adopted the admiraoe New Eng
land system Of ire SCHOOLS nGsLS icn bencsio, n
| will NOT fail OF application 10 tner VIAL apu
| cred object. In Id tlOn % all the'e mahilesL aa
vantage. OF soil and climate, tnere are sose,a -.
L
| connecting with line, running Noun, makine
| markets OF easy access AMI we nave lloela
homestead law, which exeupts nneen huaalcu
dollars worth Of Teal and personal propsrey I,on
| execution and sale for debt, anu lmprlsonuen
| for debt has be abolished
| In view, therefore, OF The pressing Importance
| Of invitinx immigration to our State ano W 'nt
end that it may be fostered anu encourage,
that all persons who immigrate 70 TINS STATE prlo
to the nrss day OF MaIc 1876, aud eogage ID Ine
cultivation OF the soil, shall receive from tne Stats
| treasury bonus In money equal ln aHouns =.
| the state and county taxes a>ees'ed upon tGell
| cultivated lands and farm oullulnxs; sucn oouus
| to be paid annually. and to be continue ior wv
| wears q ter the cultivation ol sucn lanus snai
| have been commt nced ,..,. 4.
motion q current ol domestic immigration hon
| tGe Northern STATES OF tne UNION 10 our owl
| State. As much to be deslI ed as Is an lmmlgra
| sk,lful farm population OF Eutope we have NJ
agencies at our disposal by which we can no u
| Iuru The stream II forelgn Immigration lIsm Ins
| new states OF the west INTO winch ~ 10 sceaui,
moving. It il practicable, however, to secure
| large acc .sslons TO our rura populatlon from ou
ki.ier States OF the North. whlcn nave ieWer nat
nrai advantages than ours for agriculture, hnc
have q population which IS iast oscomh1 eA
| tremely dense In proDurt on to tnelr areas
In illustration or tGis fact refer TO the census
OF the United states OF ls7d Wh.cn eaves .nt
popuation OF Conneotcut at l9e nuhncen ast,. sue
| thirty Sven thDusaod four hundreo aao aity
| four; Jnat OF Massachusetts at one mlLlon iou
| hundred and fifty seven thousand three hundred
\ and nfry .one, and tina; OF PeabsylVanla AT lnre'
million fye hundred and twenty.oue thousanc
| seven hundred and ninety one. ilVldln2 tns
numper Of Inhabitants In those states Respective
| Iy py the number OF square miles contained II
areas, we nud that the population OF Connecticu
| ia as the rate or 1l6 70 the square mlie tnei y
Massachusetts 1875, aud that OF PehnsylVanla 70
Sonth tIarOlln, has an area nearly i've ttnss
large q, that Of Massachusetts, aud less tnan nal
\ of her populatlon, while the NUMBER OF our IN
| h ,hitAnts Is only 10 to the square mlle ln tn'
| tale OF New York the density OF popu atlon is u
i to the square mile, and in Rnode lsianu loo. !
l the Northern agrlcuLurists and mecnanlc-, Wnl
srs now uncomfortsDly crowded together 10 tnei
naive States can be Induced 10 settle mere ID an
| considerable mum ,er W, Will thereby aaI al
| eemeut OF immense value to our population
| They are the class OF men who make great clue
uur of small towns. aud build mighty STATES II
/ the wilderness. an,
| OF uoInestlc immigration, ai herein propoueu
| r,commeud the creation OF the of1ce OF cnnlmis
| soner Of llnmisrat'on, with such shiaty US III IL
your wisdom you may think proper, anu tntis ~ ~
\ an m OF ten thousand dollars oe aPproPlia.su ~
the pay .uent uf such SALARY anu osnei eApsi.H ps
| incI,ient 10 the purposes or SAID Cmce. namely
TIC dissemination throughout tine Northern
States OF rrecG Inform ation In regard 10 our CIV
mate aau sgrcul, ural resources. Tne commis
| e,nnrr M Immigration should oe seeeteo Win tu
s1e view 10 his especial quaIihcaI ions Tor the Pc
stiou and one OF his duIles should oe ID IlaVel II
the interior Uf the Eas ern and Middle States an'
| invite immigration through occasional puolc zee
tures. set,iny forth toe value and location VI on
| M ,st desirable lands, with exact Information y
| ,egard m the mineral wealth, vegeta'le products
climate and sanitary condition OF our State;
Tne duties now devolyed upon tne commlss' on ~