The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-14


ing them he can receive as gooI wages as
are given In the Northwest. Besides, we
want foreign capital and skilled labor TO
make use oil our water power IN the mannlac'
ture of cotton, thus giving 10 the cotton plant
er the benefit of a cotton market at MS OWE
| door, I could wish to see the day when not q
bale of raw unmaButactured cotton was eX-
ported from the South.
1t has been possible only 10 glance at the
| objections to immigration. But l trust that
the points OF reply are sufficiently distinct.
In regard TO direct trade through line OF
ocean steamers must be very much governed
BY the opinions OF others better informed than
myself. To determine the praclicability of
establishing such line requires knowledge
of commercial and maritime affairs Whicn
| do not possess. Gentlemen who are well IN,
| formed and whose opinions are worthy OF an
weight assure us that such line Woulo oe
: remuuerative; but that as we must use loreisn
steamers and as capital is limited, 1t will be
necessary for the State 10 give guarantee
| against loss for given period.
| Ons thing is certain: Such line iS almost
| indispensable to an immigration which would
| be really valuable. The immigrant who LANDS
| at Castle Garden is almost certainly lost 10 us
| In consequence of the Misrepresentation oil
our condition, to which he will be subjected
II We desire the introduction of foreign capital
and skilled labor direct communication with
Europe seems to be an indispensable condl-
tion precedent.
It is with regret that have heard that the
| remark has been sneeringly made that TINS ls
| q scheme of Savannah to ~'tain line OF
steamers at the public exp. .-.. This Is un-
kind, and more foolish than unkind: SaVan-
nah is In a sense, the mouth OF the State. Tne
human body might as well refuse suslenance
because IL enters at the mouth Instead OF De.
ing absorbed by the pores. My nome Is
among the mountains OF Georgia. The INTEL
n ,kot ltnn ~ Of Dno n.
larly between our ports and Europe, giving
us q reasonable hope OF the Introduction OF
the capital and skilled labor for want OF which
we suffer so much, will be received by the
people of my section with thrill Of Joy.
The bills before the Legislature OF Georgia
direct trade and Immigration on broad and
extensive scale. In our impoverished state,
nothing but urgent necessity would Justify
the necessary expense. That necessity Is
upon US, not self.imposed, but forced. The
State is sinking daily, our lands decreasing in
value, our laboring population leaving us, our
farms increasingly thrown out TO grow up In
Jungle, aad our public credit daily sinking.
This is no jeremiad. 1t is simple, sad etale-
ment of facts. Anxiously have pondered
the subject. can see no remedy but the In
troducLlon of foreign capital and skilled labor.
Poor as we are, If It be necessary to spend
money to secure this result, spend 1t. 1t Is
wise for the poorest man 10 spend ten dollars,
If he has it, to secure one hundred dollars.
Public representative bodies who expend
money, however wisely, In unaccustomed
directions, are always the subject OF cavil by
the ignorant or querulous.
When the Legislature Of New York, under
the lead of Dewitt Clinton, determined upon
the construction of the Erie Canal, clamor
was raised against this wasteful expenditure
OF the public moner. Those who clamOred
have been forgotten, and the name OF Dewitt
Clinton lives, as Ut the grandest beneactor of
that great State.
When the Georgia Legislature passed the
bill to construct the Western and Atlantic Rail-
road it was stigmatized as q mad scheme to
build road which 'began nowhere and ended
nowhere" What would Georgia be this day
without it2 1t is now au honor to be able to
say: I was member OF the Legislature which
created that road.
II the body now in session would adopt mea-
sures which shall bring to US foreign capital
and skilled labor, in short time the murmurs
OF discontent will cease, and. as the fruits be-
gin to appear, will be followed by the piaudits
Of an approving. and grateful constituency
Before the Convention Of the Georgia State
Agricultural Society rises, hope that 10 the
warmest and strongest manner the members
will pledge themselves to sustain the noble
spirits in the Legislature who are devotlng
themselves to this great purpose. II the bills
fail now let them be introduced again. Let
their motto, and ours, be agtatel agitatel
agitatel until these great wants are supplied.
After these dry. and perhaps wearisome details,
indulge me In moment of sentiment.
Georgia is the child Of immigration. Many
wears since, as stood by the tomb of Ogle-
thorpe, the founder Of Georgia, accompanied
by two Of his servants. each more than ninety
wears Of age, the thought occurred to me that
could that great and good man rise from the
grave, cross the Atlantic and revisit his little
settlement at Yamacraw, with what delight he
would witness the result of his labors-a beau
titul city, with every feature OF his original
plan reigiousy preserved; q stately Common
wealth, with o population healthy, virtuous,
Intelligent and refined, happy in their homes,
happy under wise and equal laws.
But since that day there has been change.
The State has been swept over by an enemy,
WHO, as weapon Of war, preferred the torch TO
the sword-burning dwellings,, churches and
school houses; carrying on cheap contest with
women and non-combatsnts, IN which starva-
ton was the cblefiInplement of torture.
The tranquil sceLe OF former years Is chang
ed into one Of deep anxiety. Without our ac-
customed labor. without money, with impaired
credit, with increased responsibilities, with the
heavy hand OF the government bearing US
down, we stagger under the burden.
Would that another Orglethorpe might arise,
who 10 this our hour Of necessity. should bring
again the capital and muscle OF Europe to as.
sist in our defence. Defence against what and
whom? Not as of yore, against the beast ofthe
forest-they have disappeared as the forest Yves
laid low. Not against the merciless savage
he hes passed away in the dim and distant
West. Not against the Spaniard-he has lost
foothold upon the Continent. But against men
of our own ruce and religion, speaking the
same language, living nOmlnally under the
same laws and the same government; against
the finger OF scorn and the encroachments OF
power with which might is right. Assist 10
our defence? Hyw and in what manner? By
the arms and munitions Of war? By shot and
shell? By cannon and musketry2 Oh, no
Far be the day when grim visaged war shall
again show his horrid front among as. But by
the omnipotent arts Of prosperous peace, arts
omnipoteat as is the sun, whose genial rays
melt the very bolts Of winter, penetrates and
warns the frozen earth, vivify the torpid seeds.
paint their leaves with the emerald verdure OF
the spring and then the golden yellow Of the
harvest. AS is the sun who dlspeIses the pelt-
ing, binding rain drops into mist, drives it
into it's fantastic home amid the clouds, and
lights up the darkened earth with his noontide
rays. AS is the sun who by his silent but resist
less power overmasters rude Boreas, consiRns
him howlin to his cave, and bids the fright
ened denizens OF earth walk forth secure in the
peaceful light of lay. All hull, bright, beamy,
balmy, beautiful, bountifnl Peace. alma mater
OF unnumbered blessings to mankind. BY her
arts we propose defence. By the white sails Of
commerce, by the tireless muscle Of the iron
horse, by the teeming products of the soil, by
the busy bum of machinery, by the hammer
and the saw, by the fires OF the forge, the fur.