The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1880-09-22
THE CENSU US Ih':4'iIE STIfY'IS,


THE CENSUS Ih*4IIE STATE.
Some Facts About tho Increase in. Popula-
ton in.SOuth CarOlfnu-How tho Increuso
May BIZ Explained,
(From the New York Mercantile t6urnal.l
We very gladly give place to theft
relation to their census, rcSerVinY the
few words VIC have to say about it to
the close:
WISNsDoRo, S. c.. Sept. /, $780,.
The aspersions' OF tho New York
Times, whose vacation sccms.to be tho
exciting Of hostility against the South
by misrepresentation, matter little to
lis, but the INcrc0nfiie .{ou3Wui, which
is supposed to be national in lis SYM
pathies, cNcitcs surprise bv endorsing
charges OF fraud against u State Of
which it is rs ignorant us it is OF South
Carolina. During the last twenty-five
years I have watched with interest the
condition OF the StatcaS exhibited by
the census reports. know something
of the taking ofthe census Of 1880 III
Fairfield, one Of tho counties suspect
ed by the Times OF fraud. While the
work was going Oh conferred with
all the cnntnerat0rs and am sure that
there was entertained by them only
anxiety to take the census accurately
and III accordance with law. each Of
the enHlncr&tors is an honorable man
and would reply otherwise than b.
word to any one personally charging
him with fraud.
n few words will show the ground
lcssncss Of your suspicious. For
many years previous to 1860 Il larger
propOrtiOnatc number Of natives cmi-
grated from South Carolina than from
any other State III the Union. Eight
out Of ten Of the inhabitants had no
other expectation than to move West
at some time. Small land holders sold
out to large planters and emi9ratctt.'
Young men, as soon as grown, took
negroes and went West. Often old.
men would sell the lands they had I'M
povcrishcd and go West with tlcir
slaves. Few immigrants ever entered
The State. Thus the increase Of popu-
luton was necessarily small. Between
1860 to 1870 war to some extent check
cu lncrcnSe, But emigration from tic
state to any large extent at the same
time ceased and there WAS u consider
able increase of population. This was
not exhibited by the census which was
taken in 1870 under The auspices Of the
Carpet BaggcrS by ignorant negroes or
worthless Whits men. They did The
work in Il seatauncr that nearly every
intelligent man in the State knows to
be wonderfully Incorrect. as Il &pcci-
men Of carcleSsnesS, tue population OF
Wmnsboro, amounting to ,l2l, was
added to the county Of Fairfield. In
Numerous cases the vile officials did
not go to tho houses Of decent people
to whom they knew were Justly ob-
nO&lOuS. The whole census Was taken
in the reckless and dishonest manner
that characterized allt G Of the Ga :
pct Bag reign. Since 1870 emigration
has ceased at the South. Our white
people have determined to live and die
here; Tor they can find no Dcttcr. culll-
try. They arc improving their lands
for their children. Untaught by the
example Of New England they still OBJ
| serve the Mosaic injunction to multi
! ply and rcplcniSh the land. From this
time forward tho South will Relatives
~ prosper more than any other part Of
the Union. Heretofore unnatural
causes retarded progress. Slavery, Il
severe inflictioil'upon tho whitoA man,
| but the greatest blessing ever bcstow-
| cd upon the negro, kept down Dopula-
| ton and wealth. This blight is now
removed from this fair land, whose
rapidly increasing wealth and great.
ness Will produce unhappincSs aud
| discontcnt in the minds only Of cue
mics Of our whole country.
GIL. McNIAsrrr.
OF the above communication VIC
have TO say:
!. The editor ofthc Ncrcanfiie JouH-
nat who is addressed is not the stran"-
CT to South Carolina that our currcs-
pondcnt supposcs. On the contrary,
his acquaintance with. the State for tic
past fifteen years has been both pcvson-
and ultimate; he has larger interests
there than the great ma joritv Of the
native born.
=. We entirely agrcc with G.. IT..
Mem. that the people Of that State, ana
and of the whole South, could sind no
better country. They need only fol-
low ont the determination EXPRESSED
to live there and improve their re-
sources, always WclconAn@ help, ana
treating justly both their own people
anit'sloSe who como among Them. So
an uncXaiApHd prosperity is before
cry is forever removed"
3. In regard 10 the census, what is
claimed is that there is something
wrong. Either The census takers OF
1870 or those Of 1880 have gone very
far aNiss. There can have been no
such percentage of increase rs the two
sets. OF figures represent. Which is
wrong, and how it happened, arc. now
The questions to be investigated. The
country asks fair investigation, and
feels sure we shall have il at tho hands
Of General walker and the Census Blu
! rcau:
4. Oar correspondents hit at tlie
| small families ofiNcw. England is Just.
The people OF tho South may be con-
gratnlatcd!on any strictny Legitimate
adherence TO tire Mosaic prcccpt; only,
| the census should not make it appear
that they arc attending TO- that sxclu-