The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-01-21
To tho Citizons Of Fairfield County,

grafton Society of Fairfield Count,
the undersigned Committee reapcct
fully and earnestly address thoi
fellow citizens Of Fairfield.
lst. On Immigration gencra,ly,.-
On this comprehensive subject W,
feel that lite need be said, as it i
Il matter Of sufficient moment to have
commended itself to the particular
consideration of every one who, il
our afflicted Country, looks bcyonc
the year curront-yct when wo con.
slider tho vast results arising from the
removal Of Il heavy percentage of the
population of the Old World to the
ever welcoming shores of the New,
We cannot but invite most earnestly
the attention Of our people to the
| numbcrloss advantages to bo derived
therefrom "providcd it bo properly
| and prudcntly dircotcd.' No ono
doubts that the wealth and prosperity
of every community is in proportion
70 the number and prodScing oapaci-
Of its popula;ion.-Tho dcnser tho
rc"rliug, the greater tho value of
land aud it's products, and the higher
TIE cultivation and civilization, at
least il chvistianiZed communities.
The wonderful results Of immigration
have never been SO plainly exhibited
as in the progress Of the grent West-
crn and North Western sections Of
the United States. But Il few. years
ago an uncxplorcd wilderness, 1t now
boasts large cities, prosperous manu-
facturies, thriving farms and alto.
gclher life and sigor in human i'm
provencnts scarcely to DO compre.
hcndcd. For these results they havo
neither to thank more productive
soil nor happier climatic Influences
Than ours, but Ike steady annual
How g: the strength, industry and
intelligence which Europe pours into
their borders. With these oatent
facts before us We come
II TO the effect of wholesome
streams OF immigration directed to
our own state and County. The vast
areas Of waste lcads-the compara-
tive sicrility to which they have been
reduced by the rrovcrbially thoughl~
Tess anu expensive culture by slave
labor and its even more unfortunate
successor, that of tho omuncipatcd
negro, call aloud to every intelligent
c'''Sens for some remedy or re-
dress. liunairua IT ti,c lands of
acres, new, Mt o!.,y ,u!u,!css, but a
positive burden to their owners,
would be brought to valuo and
fertility beyond their virgin condi.
tion. Under the intelligent direction
and cancst Industry of tho steady
Enropcan, the wilderness of barron
fields and quilted hills would de-
light u3 with an aspect Of tecming
plenty, and our desert places "blossom
Ike the roho." But it is not our
ru;roSe to hold up to your eyes any
lanc!iu1 picture Of how born prospcri-
ty, but simply to enlist your aid and
sympathy in sober truths and this
brings us
3Iiy. 70 the social, moral and po-
lItlcal Significance of II healthy i'm
migration.
No man who is bringing up or cx.
poets to rear family in tho land of
his forclathcrs, can view with indif-
ference the great question which We
| lay before You. Guarded as it may
be, the social system Of tur communi.
ty is i'll peril. The influence of
negro sumrrcmacy will tell upon our
children, unless tho balance be quick.
ly changed. With no uukindncss
to the recently cmancipated colored
men, wo declare that tho stan
dard of morality will DO lowered if
they be permitted to stand as tho
prclimlnating race. This needs no
elaboration. Politically who so blind
as not to see tho advantage of taking
from the hands Of the party now rul-
lnE, the power so long hold and 30
ba'oly abused. Prcsuming that there
10 no citizen nor taxpayer who has
not Poaderod deeply upon tho in.
famous corruption Of our present po'
litie"l systcm, wo will not insult your
intelligence ~ calling to mind the
advantages in this respect to be hoped
for.
ll'vng thus tuchcd briefly upon
tbs necessity Of introducing immigIa.
ton into our State and County, will
call your attention to tho recent efforts
that have been made to effect this
much desired result.
In response to tho callof a "Mor-
chant" the citizens of Winnsboro as
scmblcd at the town hall on Saturday y
tho 10Th of January, and organized
the "Fairficld Immigration Society"
for tho purpose OF introducing i'm
| migrants into Fairfield. They cor.
daily invite all citizens of this Coun"
ty to cooperate with them, believing
that only in this way, can any. prac.
tical good be accomplished. The so
ciety proposes to aot as II medium Of
communication between tho immi
grants aud tho farmers, in,roducin,
the former into this County, at til,
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