The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-05-16
IMMIGRATION AND WHAT
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historical sketch 81 lbe State ffom I
NJ uyalt is nov In iho sa.iefa pr
lion Of tuf State delivering sJdfesss
upon The su aot n Immigration.
The Newton Ledger ssts
hf Hyatt represents lhat there mr.,
hundreds u thousands Of we'll 10. 4,
fafmofs In New York NE FASTER
and Western States, who arc anxi9n.
10 move 10 the SOuthAt0 sell tbei,
lands Tor from Gfty 10 one hundred
and twenty five dollars per acre aid
foinvcst here OF from ten 10 twenty.
i've dollars per acre, Mass meetings.
10 advocacy Of bis plan, have boen
held OF Columbus, West Point and
Aberdeen. lie thinks that The best
way TO induce immigration is TO pub
lish 10 The world descriptions of our
lands, people and resources. The
Aberdeen Examiner says bis idea is
that we should feel satisfied In the
first place that we have a country
worth advertising, and then lose no
time in presenting its resources and
advantages in o fair light before the
thousands and tens Of thousands who
are preparing to abandon their old
homes in search Of rich lands, bright
skies and a congenial people. m
The Erich lands, bright skies, and a
congenial people" we have in album
dance and 10 spare, and it is well
enough TO consider why it is, that
still the well-to do farmer of the
and East and the immigrant
fresh from the "old cou ntryp
avoid us as q pestilence. With q
'icll, generous, soil, and q climate un-
urpased in salubrity, they prefer the
odd frozen regions of the Northwest
here for six months in the year they
nd their stock have to be closely
housed' from the %inclemency of the d,
FEATHER. Is it any wonder why people
o not go 10 settle N Arkansas as it G
is ; in South Carolina /; or in c
Iouisiana 7? Where bloodshed, thiev. I
g and corruption is the order of the d
ay! Where everything that a per- !"
IN can make, ~ virtue of the afore :,
i'd salubrious climate and generous a,
is wrung from him by taxation, ia
I'd to enrich the political, rapacious, h,
.rpics who have swarmed upon those ia
.tes to devour them. o.
"Where every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile." 81.
I'd is Mississippi much better off
IN these states. Somewhat, we 90
knowledge; but is she in such an ass
irely wholesome condition that she No
confidently, and with any assur- CHI
e of success, throw open her doors cfl
invite the stranger, who con m'
'rs, the first thing a good, honest Ia =
'erl ment, and the subject of taxa wit
d. Let the charges, accusations slo,
developments made last fall by of
opposing factions, of tie party in the
'er, speak for themselves. We are ou
claiming that a Democratic State NJ
'ernment would be more accept A
TO the Immigrant than a Repub. the
n one. Dire
ut we speak alone of Intelligence, avo
lesty, and Official Integrity and pr,
ability. OF an administration ~"
will rule and govern entirely in tina,
interests Of the people, forgetful of clos
party, spoil or plumber. OF a the
Elton of affairs, where white men Gust
they come to the State tc settle, was
their capital, can have WI,
assurance that their voice w
public affairs will have some eno,
and that they will not mitt
holly az the mercy of igno- of Il
negro voters, egged on by IN. form
~rascally white politicians, Al
have no object in view but to ,a"s
der aud despoil. Do we too "A,
y color the picture? Go into dete
community in the State we see upor
wealth, intelligence. and capital lars'
ted in various pursuits /; and an thus
It, determined effort upon the ie''e
-, MEN
the people to better their
mes and build up their waste p,
s. But we also see an opposing men
mt, we see a small clique, of dime
the worst white men liz the thret
y, men who rule and govern that Gro"
with an iron hand. Their Il,
IS law in all that relates to its crov
re. No measure, for The good Of scant
Dlnmunity, can be carried out. il effecl
object or unless thew can ins,r, by bs