The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-12-24
WI I'm M SBOR Il,
IL. MEANS DAVIS, Editor.
Wednesday Morning, Dec. "a, 1873,
Immigration.

In response to tho offers of Rev.
MIR. 'Neumann, Chaplain of Castle
Garden, calls for immigrants have
been made from several counties.
Through the a!ency of Rev. Tilman r.
Gaines, already n number of families
have been brought on. Among others,
fifty havo been ordered for Chester
county. This is but an earnest of
what tho demand will be. And yet,
in Fairfield, not q voice has been
raised by the farmers for laborers.
Does no one wish immigration Is
everybody asleep7 Such would be
the conclusion drawn were it not that
wo have convorscd with a number of
cltlzens,' anxious to have these immi-
grants. But no ono will act. No one
will sound the key note in this enter.
prise. The enterprise requires co.
operation. Lands must be furnished
for tho how rottlcrs, and money must
be raised to bring them here and fix
them comfortably. All this requires
the cooperation, not only of The
farmers, but of tho other clrsses. An
increase of population will, in the
end, bring money, aud this money
will find its way into every ones
pocket. Merchants, citizens and Nom.
bers of every profession will bo bene-
fitted. Thon let every one contribute
his share. Let the farmer give lahd, ,
not wornout broomsodge '6eMs, but
good arabic land, and lot the other
classes contribute the money to bring
tho immigrant hero and establish
, HIM. AS tho Rarmer is expect cd to
: give his Land rent free for term of
years, tho miller should furnish the
first lumber Mt a discount, and tho
merchant should be content with no
profit for reasonable time until the
Immigrant can pay the full price.
All this must be done, and to do this
requires some system. Whore is that
system to Ec faaugurateda We have
an association in our midst organized
for this very work. Fairfield has
ten or twolvo oranges, in active
operation, with live working Nom.
bers. These should sound tho trum.
pet CALL to the people. Let each
grange send at an carly day two of its
best delegates TO Wihnsboro to con.
trlve some concerted plan of opera
tion. Let this convention prepare an
address to tho people, and wake the
oranges. Let q committee be an.
pointed to SEQ how much money and
land will be subscribed, and let them
enter into corr espondence with tho
authorities about immigration.
Tho Foreigners ut Castle Garden
arc in n destitute condition. Tho
panic has prevented them from find
ing employment in tho North, and
they arc on the hands of the Bureau
of immigration. Shall they be sent
back to Europe to check immigration,
or shall they find pleasant homes in
the South ? 1t is in our power to
bring them here, and tho question is
whether wo will exert ourselves. or
whether we will rest supinoly and
permit the opportunity to slip.
Let lis bring fifty families tho fret
year. Treat these VOL, anG wo can
procure hundred more next fall. In
this way, in four years wc will have n
sturdy population in our midst. Tho
question for oaoh man to consider is
this; Shall l oxpend q little time
and money to bring immigration
hero, or shall loso all my property
by infamous, swindling taxation 7
This must be dooided Mt onoe. A
delay will put stop to overy thing of
the kind until next wintor.
We have several times adverted to
tho necessity of immigration. The
question arises how shall immigration
be brought to our midst, or rather,
how shall immigrants be kept among
us after coming hero. A few foreign.
ors come hera from time to time, but
they are very few and far between,
scarcely enough to fill up the gaps
caused by emigration. The difficulty
lies in tho fact that immigrants do
not find q sufficiently hosp,table rocep.
tion to induce them to ramain and