Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-03
fEEMPHIS APPEAL
wEpxESBAr. SOvENBERa, 1875.
,norrEnIGRATIoN sorrm.

ABOUT EMIGRATION SOITH.
The southern people are encouraged
10 believe that the south is about to At
tract that attention its natural al
yaptsges, restored condition and general
Improvement deserve. The resources
and at.ractiveness Of the south will soon
be known ard appreciated, not only by
ovfr-crowded northern States, butby the
civilized world. The APPEAL has long
iabored 10 attract labor 10 the south, and
we are gratified - see that even north
ern uspers are beginning TO recommend
er1f grants to locate in the south IN pref
erence to the west. The Philadelphia
North American ssy7:
Anerthe civil war, northern enterprise and
capltal and emigration would IAN nave
furued southwark, and nave doue AZ IhS
..-,r,s7 What mad been so brilliantly achieved
AZ the west Political troubles pTeNehteI iutnl
and 10 is nov doubtful II the attempt VII De
renewed. IL j. OF no use 10 tell our PeopIe 'laI
they Cggbf 10 20 south. We have done our
share ia urging attention 10 lnat nelu, puL ~
vain. We say ~ IN SOrroW ana not ~ "a. an 81,
for we believe that the north could to-uay
easily spare a million Of emigrants 10 ald ~
the development Of the southland he Denented
by the change.
Ia commenting on this extract the
Washington Chronicle, a Republican
psper, ssys: what We desire is to im-
press our friends in the south with the
real difficulty in turning the tide Of emf
grafton, go sc % be beneficial to the south
as well a the west. Once turned, the
channel will grow deep and strong, and
the great field upon which you are now
but comparative cleaners, will be SO fer
tilted by its presence as to produce
burden Of harvest beyond the cOncep-
lions of the most sanguine. Now, when
We reInem Der that vast areas ofunworked
territory, and the hsppiest combination
of exUberant production, long seasons
and healthful climate abound in the
south; and slso, when We recollect that
communities are organized, market GEN.
tiers established, and the means of inter.
communication, by rail, ordinary roads
snd boats, are well defined, being the
result Of steady occupancy for genera
tions. Then, why go west and
meet climatic rigors half the year
round, and be Invested for the best
part Of a lifetime of the advantages
which cluster about a crystalized settle
ment rather than go south? We re-
peat, there is a yesrning among those
who desire to better their condition by
getting sway from the crowded hives OF
the north, to obtain a lOdgment in the
south-nOt for the purpose OF controlling
the country, but for the purpose OF OBJ
tanning a living and of procuring room
for their spreading hOuseholds-IOt for
the purpose Of becoming drOnes, but for
the purpose Of becoming good citizens
and honest taxpayer" These are the
emigTauts the south needs and wants.
We have enough carp. t baggers, men
who associate only with negroes for the
purpose OF aGrsying them against the
whites that they may thereby get
Office. The clsss o. emigrants go graphi-
cally depicted by the Chronicle. are
welcomed by the southern people with
open arms Great inducements are Of
fered such people, and still greater at
fractions shoul be offered, for the land
owners Cf the south begin to see that
the whole south would be much better
off il ne had better cultivated and
smaller farms and mora Of them. This
idea of man owning the whole cCul-
try aud paying taxes on it when it is
producing nothing is ruinous to the
country. Far better divide a thousand
acre tract betwC en- ten men who will Gull
tivate it than for all of it to be owned
by one man who only cultivates two
hundred acres OF it. Many Of our farm
els ale Gland poor" They are kept
down by enormous taxes on lands that
bring them no revenue. In order TO
overcome this, some Of them have tried
to put large quantities of their land into
cultivation, but even this has not re-
lieved them, for they have not the force
10 work it successfully. Labor is too
scarce aad high, and farm products too
low to justify them in hiring help, and
as a consequence they are often
over. cropped aud over-worked-they
are necessarily always behind
hand with their work and pressed to
the earth with taxes, In our humble
opinion, the farmer who owns hun
bred acres, well improved and well Gull
tivated, is far better off than the man
who owns a farm twice that size, poorly
improved and half worked. The former
makes living easy, and pays his taxes
without any grest sacrifice, while the
latter barely succeeds in making liv-
ing and is worried almost out OF his life
whenever tax-ga,hering time comes. II
any OF cur Tesders belong to the latter
class We would advise them to embrace |
the first opportunity that may be pre- |
scented to sell whatever amount Of land |
they may have that they cannot culti- |
vate well, to some one that will Guilt |
vate it and hep 10 build up and develop
the latent Resources Of the country. You
viii then have money with which to
stock your farm aud will not feel the
pressure Of hard times and high taxes