Daily Republican., 1880-06-02

ind ssw hsmss. The most Of thsn-
ItWethifds or more make fer the risf
Ipralris and mining lands Of the West
whore they not emily Ana ready sn
plsyment at labsr but becoming farm
ers and miners they soon have a
abundant and speedy return for thsil
labor. 0Ae place the tide Of smigra
tisn does not effect in great degree,
and that place is the South. The liv.
ing, tesming, moving stream Of human
| lily comes down upon us until 1t touches
the old imaginary historical Mason and
Dixon's line, which is still as potent
in geographical meaning as it was in
the pAlnisst days Of slavery. Reach
Ing this line but few 60 to the south
side of it, while hundreds Of thousands
spread along it and hnd happy homes
from Wilmington to St. Louis.
The Louisville "Csurisr-J Journal at
tempts 10 explain away the cause why
all the immigration that reaches this
country finds its way a. general thing
to all the Northern and Western States.
It says In substance that in the Arst
place, the cotton states have made no
systematic effort to obtain their share
Of this immigration, and, secondly, be-
cause the Southern States cannet CON-
pete with the cheap prairie lands Of the
West.
Both these assertions are at variance
with the facts and the truth. 1t Is we'll
known that quite = large number Of
the Southern States have emigration
bureaus organized with the special pur.
rose Of securing number Of the new
corners, as soon as they reach ouz
shores to induce them to make t,Nr
homes in the South. Some have even
sent agents to Europe to f6restal the
work there, but somehow evil reports
reached the old country ahead of them
and the smigrants turned their faces
away from the ge1ial climate and fer
tile soil Of the Southern States. Neither
is IT true thatthe cheap lands of the
West are the onlz/reasons for drawing
the surgJhg cr1<d in that direction.
There I NO land south of Virginia in
WHICH lapds, and fertile lands at
tbAt, caHnot be bought as cheaply as in
any Ssate west of the Mississippi. There
areg Gillions Of acres in the Carolinas
T. Annssee, Georgia, Alabama, Missis-
sippi and Texas which can be had at
almost nominal prices, but for all this
the tide Of foreigners refuse to be at
tracted in that direction where a congo
NAL climate and most bountiful soil
invite men who are In search Of pleas.
ant and happy homes. The people Of
the South deceive themselves most
wofully il they attribute this refusal of
emigrants to locate in their country to
the two reasons assigned by the Courier
Journal" The true reasons have a
far greater meaning and can readily be
arrived at. We need not wsnder why
emigrants will not go there when the
negroes who are to the manor born and |
are acclimated to the south and ought
70 know the great advantages of the
south, seek to leave their dear old ma
tive homes and find quiet, work and
homes elsewhere. No stronger argu-
nents are required than these to show
he potent reasons why southern emf
grafton does not seek homes in the
outh. The emigrants generally being
Imongst those who have felt the lash
# tyranny and have bowed beneath the
'alling yoke Of oppression in other
ands, decline to go where their condition
ould not be improved. No wonder they
moose the fertile plains of the West
Vhere although the climate may be
somewhat insalubrious they can at
east be protected in the liberty of
peech and the liberty of conscience.
Ed where they can be secure from the
ltle club and ku,klux organizations
the south. The "Courier- Journal {"
nd other papers of that ilk, will have|
, 60 a little deeper into the actual
1erits of the case before they find that ii
here are other reasons which
etards emigration to the South than
hose alluded to. Whenever the South
'anI emigration to pour into her
orders as it is now pouring into the .
Vest, she will cease her politital per- a
eoutions Of the colorsd people and the '
hites who seek to vote thsir prinoi- 4
les and to carry out their political p
the same as those who have q
cen the lords Of the lash, have been = =
the habit Of doing. Whenever the B
'uth allows every body to exercise +
ntranaeled the right Of free speech =, D
I'd free voting then may she expect
70 tide Of foreign emigration to pour n
to her borders, the enete and worn
1t lands will be brought up and re-
affiliated with new life and beauty.
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