The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-09
Political Advantages OF Emigration to
the Sentfi. nFf


the S0ntfi. nFf'
Mr.. J. B. Clymcr, in the Cincinnati
Enquirer, makes All appeal to the yohng
men of tho North and West 70 turn their
eyes in the direction of tho Southern
States, to find pleasant homes, profitable
occupations and superior advantages in
every respect. Mr.. Clymer has travelled
extensively during the last two months
In the Southwest, and refutes the mali
cious ISLANDERS and falsehoods of Morton,
Blaine and other politicians, who have
deludcd the people Of the North with
fears of insult and danger, If they should
cas-; their destinies with the South. Af-
ter. travelling forty-fyo hundred miles !;
and mingling with all classes, it affords
him genuine pleasure to testify that dug
ing the whole tour he did not see any
abuse, quarreling, violence, insurrection,
or even an armed or drunken man. He
summarizes the advantages offered to
emigrants i'll n terse and vigorous n..n-
ner, and as these inducements arc not
confined to tho region visited by Mr..
Clymer, we append his truthful! state
ment as applying in the main to this
latitude:
What are the tactical advantages of
emigration to the South l.? Among many,
/ will present the following:
l. The soil, quickened and enriched by
on abundant annual rain fall, is general
ly of the most fertile character and capa-
bic of growing the most exuberant crops
lotten two in one scason,) with the less
labor and greater certainty than else
where.
2. Tho climate, except in low, mala-
rial districts, is pleasant, salubrious end
healthy, the weather being tempered at
al! times by gulf, lake, river or noun
tain breezes. The heat of Cincinnati
and Central Ohio, though less continu-
Gus, Is more oppressiva than the heat of
Memphis, Mobile aud New Orleans.
8. Excepting few isolated portions of
country, good we'll or spring water for
drinking purposes is abundant.
4. While there is no necessity to feed
stock. Of any kind longer than one
month, the winter being mild and the
grasses ever green, juicy and succulent
it is necessary in the more rigorous North
to feed from five TO seven months. This
is highly important to stock growers. 81; Il
8: On account OF the NUMEROUS navi.
g;hle streams and lines of railroad, what
eveI is produced can be easily and cheap.
ly transported, and, rs consequence,
the markets arc excellent.
6. AS general rule, although average
Southern people do not seem to appreci-
ate the fact, the cost of living is less than
in the North.
z. Families moving South, unlike those
who formerly cmigrated to the extreme
West, can locate in good nclghborloods,
where there are churches, schools, good
society, court houses, and whore olT the
machinery of law and good order are 10
full and successful and successful opera
tion. This is notably the case since the
despicable carpet-bag regime has been
supplanted by Democratic, intelligent
and honest government.
8. The families that may settle in the
South will be at all times, by railway OF
steamer, within cheap, speedy and con-
vcnient reach Of their Northern friends
nearer than in Nebraska or Colorado.
8. While farms in the North range in val
uc from $50 to $3.50 per acre, according to
location, improvements, buildings, &c.
the very best of Southern farms, with
few exceptions, cs.s be bought at prices
ranging from SO to $15 per acre. Any
farmer who understands the value o.
money will appreciate this difference.
TO- The Northern tradesman, with his
superior industry and sagacity, seldom
fails to achieve fortune in Southern
cities, where opportunities are SO great
and manifold, end competition is sc
small.
II. The manufacturer eau find in thu
South iron, coal and limestone, for max
ing the best qualities of iron and steel
cotton, wool, wheat and cane, where they
arc grown, for running his spindles
looms, burrs and refining apparatus, to
gether with the finest water power fo
propelling engines and machinery max
ing this, what God intended and destinet
it to be, one Of the finest and best paying
manufacturing districts on this continent
IL. Summing up the case in u singl,
paragraph, it is my deliberate conviction
that there is no territory of equal pro
portions to that Of the ''Sunny South
that is blessed with 80 many natural nd
vantages, and that has so many possibil:
ties of material prosperity.