The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-10-09
immigration Emigration

"Emigrants with plumber loaded wagons
iocks Of dogs and children following in |
squads, have began their annual Vests |
ward hegira, and can be seen daily mov> /
ing throngh the city toward the ArkanN |
AS ferry boat Some of these DAYS this !
moving squad will reach the jumping {
off place, after which their iourneyings
will cease ":AcGIaRche
To encourage the one, and discourage
the other. Ia plain terms we, caunot af,
ford to lose cur population, but must
use every means to increase it. The true
and urgent policy should be and Is, to
br ng in all, and let none 90 out. Now,
how is this to be done; what are the ar
guments to BE- used, the appliances sug-
gssted and the Inducements offered, to
keep and render useful our present pop
ulation, and to prevent its removal to
other States? These are questions for
the statesmen and political economists
and ordinarily might be submitted to
their slow and deliberate opinions But
the answers come, with current facts and
events Experience Is teaching and has
taught, that we are better where we are.
than to seek other and untried locaH-
ties "From the frying pan into the fire"
An old but truthful adage Men change
habtations, localities, business, to better
their condition, or sometimes from high
er motives, to better that of others. Now
can this be done successfully by leaving
Tenness ee now and moving elsewhere
/ We think it is demonstrable that the an.
swer is no7 And as TO some Of the
reasons
The drouth u? Read yours papers and
your letters from friends in other States
and you will find it prevails worse
elsew ere even than with US Fields
are devastated, crops blasted, starvation
threatening Even in the 'grea- West"
Texas, Missouri, Kansas, &c, &c, this
curse is OF the land. In some places
then do not make bread Can this be
said Of any place in this God favored
land? Drouth occurs with Us but sell
| dom, with other sections is proverbal.
Soil, climate, everything urges US to stop
here, count the cost Of removal. Pulling
up stakes, is no small business Look at
whole fImilies with good teens, stock,
and rosy checked children going in the
Fall to "Ar-KanSaw AID then see the
father repentant, despond mt, wife dead
| children with incurable chiIls, one-horse
wagon (swappedfor two;) even his dogs
absent, killed by panthers and bears ;
all returning in the Spring, ruined,
hopeless an longing for the ''old home,
the old associations and the old Eealth>
full air How many such do we see
passing daily our roads and streets.
Take warning stay where you are.
Politically? Where better off than in
Tennessee If you are colored men
you buy land cheaper here than any
where else you may go-and that too
among people that you know, with your
churches and free schools-provided
| for you too without one cent of expense
to yourselves, your false political teach-
ers to the contrary, and every privilege
guaranteed which you could claim or
ask anywhere-would you try the I'M
certain state of afairs in Arkansas,
Mississippi or Louisiana The field 10
these States for people of your class is
already occupied. The stealing is all
over, and honest labor gives you no bet
ter reward than you have here. The
grasshoppers and drouth have eaten up
the Great West" Even in the mighty
North" "the sound Of the grinding Is
low, mills, and machinery and Com
merce, are paralyzed if not stopped,
money is as scarce to-day in the heart
of New York city, lin proportion) as
here. We implore you to consider these
things. Don't move now even from one
county to another Keep at home, plant
save, communicative on less or learn tC
do SO, which is better Try The old fields
the old water, the old friends. and al
old surroundings one more hitch, one
more pull, and all will be well. lie
well enough alone. "The rolling stone
gathers no moss keep still and t viii
gather around you in shape of prosperity
and happiness. Learn to labor and t.
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