The Russellville Democrat., 1878-01-24

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 Iis necessary, and if they will not believe one Of their own sort, they would not believe though one was to rise from tue dead -and go and tell 1 them.
 We'll, after we did this, the cry was we are humbuggcd. This may be so, but if one or their own, chosen at that, writes ard publishes what 1 you and others have done, and put in their own papers, where thous- ands of people can see it, why should you still cry for more printed matter2 I Now I ask who are the members of the immigration society? Are they not all the people of Pope county :? Or arc they the chosen few who have lands to sell and rent? 1 never joined any such society in my life, yet was chosen as President and have received numbers of communi- cations from different states asking me about our country, which ] an- swcrcd with as much precision as 1 could. Then 1 received few com munications asking for aid to pay their fare on tue railroad to this place. To such I replied we had no means to spare for that purpose.
 Now, Mir. Editor, we may all look at things differently; but l am guid- cd by the light have, (that is req son) and l can't see where 1t is our interest to hire those people who are not able to help themseves, to come to our country. It IS true they can buy lands from the R. R. company and by SO doing keep some responsi
 ble man from settling on it. l can't see why we should make such howl about immigration. Tell facts, let them come and see. We want immi grafton, but who do we want, or who do we need? Responsible men, tax paying men, honest men, working men, men of little means, who can buy land, pay half or all down; those who do not ask for credit the day after they get here, and tell us they have fortunes behind that they will get in short time, and so it goes l for twelve months, and then the debt is often settled one day after date, and wait until time shall be no more. No, we want good honest, industrl- ous people to come and settle in our county; we care not from whence they come; we as people know no North, South, East or West in this matter. We have good country, pleasant climate, good water, good land, good timber, good people, good society. &c., and room for numbers of good people. If we have lived here for 20 and 40 years, came here poor, felled the forest, paved tue way, raised and educated the chiI- dren, why should you, immigrant, fear any danger coming now, when all things arc ready? The richest men in this county made 1t here. We want our county to fill mp with good people. We want capital men, who are able to help to develop the resources of our country. But we want everybody that comes, to come of their own free will and accord. If you want to make wagons here is the place. If you want to manufac- ture blows here is the place. If you want to sell goods on short profits here is the place. If yon want to farm and raise stock here is the best place. If you want to practice law or medicine here is the place to starve to death. If you want to build up high school here is the best place in the government and you can make itpay. But for us to hire other states poor people to come to Old Pope, I for one am not willing; but our invitation is to all, come and see for yourselves.
 We don't want to hear any excuse for hard times; they are over, l want the Editor to solicit writers from the different townships; let us talk and reason together, swap ideas Aon farming, stock raising, &c. Good Friends of Pope, come and subscribe for the DEMOCRAT. Try it one year and you will not do withoutit. Wake up, Editor, the immigration society is not dead! We are all rightl Come along immigrants, if you don't we will soon put up our own manufacto- Tries. for our farmers are getting ahead-some of them almost rich, commenced on nothing. Come on capitalist or you will soon have no chance bere, a goodly number of our farmers have money ahead, and they will look after this matter before long! x
 Now, Mir. Editor, I think the best way to circulate printed matter, is for us to begin at home. l want our paper to have n wider circulation, and the way to do that is for every good citizen of Pope county to take the DEMOCRAT, and when he looks over it send it to friend in other states. l think the price ought to be reduced, SO as to bring it within the reach of all. Then l would say to as many as are able, take 3 copies mail of them to people in other states, 4 or 3; who will say five? who four? or three? or two? or one? Now tax payer, the more capital comes in |fo ho toxyad tho tl;fvhtor if will hp 4nn