The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-01-22
COLUMBIA, S. G.
Thursday Morning. January 20. 1874.
Prepare tho Way for Immigrants.

counts OF meetings Of the people te
form immigration socic,ies. Decisive
action has been taken in Bsrnwell, Ker
shaw, Fairfield, Chester, Anderson
Oconee and in other Counties. Reso
lutions have been passed in several o.
these places. not only expressing the
desire that immigrants shall come, bu'
providing fund to bo used in bringing
them on. Resolutions we're adopted in
Camden in which good citizens, regard.
less OF political opinions, were invited,
from every Stete in the United States
and from foreign lands, to come and
share the blessings of our soil and eli
mate. All good mon and women were
assured of kindly welcome and suitable
aid. A land and immigration society
was formed with the object of inducing
immigrants to settle there, by donations
of land, or by leases on long and favora-
bic terms. Each share is placed at $50.
When the sum of IS, 900 shall havo
been subscribed, the subscribers will
meet aud organize for active work. An
executive committee of ten, and com
mittecs of three for each school district
in tho County we're appointed. Similar
earnest action was taken at the Barn
we'll meeting, and steps taken to raise
funds. A society has been formed in
Fairfield, and stirring address issued
to tho people by committee appointed
for the purpose. a small fec has been
fixed upon to entitlo to membership,
which is expected to be large, and the
fund thus accruing will be devoted to
assisting needy immigrants OH their
arrival. On Friday of this week large
meeting will be held and the organiza-
tion of tho society completed. An i'm
migration society has been formed in
Walhalla, and the secretary directed to
correspond with Rev. Mr.. Neumann, of
New York, and General Wngener. OF
Charleston.
We trust that this movement. which
is u response to the known fact that
there is abundant labor in the North.
foreign and native, which is desirous of
coming here, may go on. A great deal
has yet to be done to make its flow easy,
agreeable and profitable to both parties.
There must be County societies to rep
resent the people in each. and receive
and forward their orders, and there
should be central board to act as in.
termediste between them and the cen
tres where immigrants are gathered
and Gun be treated with. Constant I'D
ditions to our population, increasing
our bone and sinew and brain. and
bringing in capital, though small it may
be in money, yet large in energy and
industry and fertile in exped.ents, will,
by and by, tell upon our fortunes, and
be felt on our prosperity. There is
nothing that we can SEQ that is half so
promising. The convention soon to
assemble will probably give attention to
this growing interest. An authoritative
expression going forth from it of the
desire OF the people to receive immi-
grants, of their readiness to extend aid
to them in coming here, of liberal ar
rangemen,s they may be willing to make
with them in Leasing land on favorable
terms or in payment of wages, or in fa-
cilities they offer to those with small
means who will combine to develop and
improve water powers and start manu-
factories. or initiate new forms of Indus
try, such as fruit and berry culture,
wine and silk making, truck farming
and the like, would no doubt have i'm
portant effect md influence suitable
action in the Counties; and proper in
strncton to the delegates will pat it in
their power to do the planting and other
Interests which arc suffering from lick
Of labor, skill industry and capiIul, n
real aud lastiDg service.
THE TRUTH AT LAsr.-The Washing
ton correspondent of tho Cincinnati
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