The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-02-27
Immigration for the South.

1t is we'll recognized rule in journal
ism, that newspaper is not responsible
for tho opinions of correspondents, unless
it gives them editorial endorsement. The
Chronicle is m independent Democratic
journal, and gives both sides of every
question that comes up for discussion.
Contributors are always allowed IL wide
latitude, and are permitted TO express
their views, whether they agree with its
own ideas or not. Bu. the Chronicle
would fail in its duty rs n public Jour
nnl if it did not cmphatically express its
dissent from some of the propositions ad-
vanccd in n letter from Charleston, that
appears elsewhere this morning. The
letter is n review of the ono from Gen.
Sherman on Northern immigration,
which WIS recently given to the public
Our Charleston correspondent asserts in
substance that Wholesale immigration il
not desired by the South because tbs
country would "pass into the hands of
strangers" because its manners and Gus
toms would be changed, aud because
large numbers of Southern people "who
cannot now OBTAIN employment" would
be- driven away by the 'stranrers."
Our correspondent expresses the opinion
of an iniinitcsimnl portion ofthc Southern
people. immigration, Wholesale immigra-
tion isdesirable and il most earnestly de.
sired. The hills and the valleys of Georgia
and South Carolina can support in comfort
millions of additional population. If
foreigners, or Northcrncrs, will come
among US and buy homes and improve
the soil and develop tho country, let
them como and welcome, and let these
two States "pass into the hands of stran-
gers" as Texas and Kansas are doing.
Our correspondent complains that "the
thrifty and economical foreigner will, In
nine cases out of ten, commence with q
low salary or small capital and in the
course of few years build up lucrative
business, while the average native South
erncr, with limited means, ,,:.i find him
self at the end of each year scarcely ablo
70 make two ends meet" 1t is Just such
people as he describes that the South
needs. They will not only increase our
population ard add to our wealth, but
they will tel the Southerncr how to
be thrifty ana economical, how to build
up lucrative business on small Toun-
dation, and how to make "two ends
meet" So far rs Southern manners and
customs are concerned, it would be a
good thing if they did give way, in great
measure, to those of the stranger"
There are number of Southern Gus.
toms that could be dispensed with to
great advantage The South of to-day
the new South-is vastly different in n
material point Of view from the South of
twenty years ago, and the sooner the
the people put the past resolutely behind
them the better. This ia q practical age
people cannot live on what has been.
They must adapt themselves to their
surroundings and cease vain repinings
for that which has gone never to return.
There is ''room tod for the hundreds
and thousands of o. young men" whom
our correspondent says are out of en-
ployment. There is no reason why any
man in the South who is able and willing
to labor should be idle. There is no rca.
son why any man able and willing to
labor should not support himself. 1t is
truo that employment cannot be readily
obtained in the towns and cities. 1t is
true that there is superabundance Of
lawyers end doctors. It ~ true that tho
merchants cannot find places for all tho
young men who wish to be clerks. 1t is
true there are not official positions
enough for all the young men who wish
to live upon the public. But for all those
who are willing to quit the cities and go
out into the country, who are willing TO
put their hand :, the plough and the
hoe. there is employment and liveli-
hood. There is no work on tho street
corners, but there is plenty to do in tho
| field and in the forest. The great need
of the South is igration-immigra
ton that will settle unoccupied lands,
that will develop great natural resources,
that will build up and enrich the coun.
Try, and that will stimulate our people to
put ior,h ali their cneIgies in tiic 6a,tio
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