The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-01-28
IMMIGRATION
Col. Henry MnsgrOTe's Address at the IL
IinOis Capital.
From the Springfield (Ill.) Register.l

From the Springfield (Ill.) Register.
Col. II. Musgrove, an accredited agent
of the Mississippi State Grange, Patrons of
Husbandry, delivered an address in the
House of Representatives last evening on
the subject of Southern immigration, par
ticularly to Mississippi The Colonel has
been here in attendance on the Illinois
Grange, and we presume has delivered a
similar address to that body. Hon. G.. W.
Armstrong presided over the meeting His
remarks were well received. He is a fair
and impartial speaker, and evidently sincere
in his convictions. He was originally from
the North, and at one time was prominent
citizen of Illinois, and known to many of
our citizens. In 1868 he went to Mississippi
for his health and after a short residence
there, became enamored of the country and
climate, and ever since has been actively
engaged in sounding the praises of that por-
tion of the Sunny South. At the close of
the war, and when it was known how much
of desolation existed many Northern people
went to Mississippi with exalted ideas of the
ease in which they should live and accumulate
property. With little Impractical knowledge
and less adaptation, great many such
failed; they lived eXtravagantly, and at last,
becoming discouraged, returned North to
| inveigh against the Southern section. The
cotton mania, which brought many farmers to
the South, soon exploded. Farmers who had
been successful in Northern ATTITUDES in
cultivating the cereals, found sad lack of
the knowledge necessary to make success
full crop of the great Southern staple. Those
who failed, and did not return North, threw
themselves Into the maelstrom of politics;
and, being Northern men, took the lead in
reconstruction measures, then agitating the
South. This they did the more readily, be-
cause many of the old time Southernors, who
had not yet recovered from the animosities
engendered by the war, were not content to
accept the situation, and avoided politics
out of opposition to the acts of Congress ac-
cording the colored people equal rights. In
this they had acted unwisely, and the singu-
lar political condition in the South was
largely to be attributed to this fact. For
the condition of affairs in the South the
eolored people were not wholly to blame, and
much might be said in justification Hof the
Southern people, but he-the speaker--did
not propose discussing politics-though it
might be stated that reconstruction best sue
ceeded in Mississippi, but rather in a plain
straightforward manner to present the advan-
tages and resources of Mississippi, inviting
immigration.
The Southern people were hospitable and
the Mississippians would welcome all from
the North who came to identify themselves
with the Interests and prosperity Of that
State. ses Ms@ Kg@w aaA @Eses e-e
(The speaker here dwelt at some length on
the agfieultureal resources and climatic adj
vantages of the State.)
The speaker, In response to interrogatories,
gave a history Of the Vicksburg affair.
and thought both parties to the conflict
were culpable. The colofed men generally
were behaving themselves well, inclined to
work, and some had a.nassed considerable
wealth. Replying 70 acolored man in the
gallery, the Colonel said the negroes of the
South we're very kindhearted and disposed to
do right
The Colonel spoke at some length, and
excited no slight degree Of interest in his /
cause. he predicted bright future for
Mississippi BY the infusion Of Northern men /
and Northern capital