The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-03
Immigration Laid to Rest In
this state.

Is for the farmers daughter.
Immigration Laid to Rest In
this state. sss
Editor Eeho:. Your readers have
doubtless read Washington Irving
inimitable sketch of Rip Van WIN
kle, of how the old gentilnfan, &C
companied by his faithful ard in
separable dog, wolf, after imbiblne
very freely of the, key of HOLLAND
with the bearded stranger, laid dowr
on the mountain side with his trusty
rifle by his side and awoke up a
sunrise after a twenty years mar
with his senses completely Devil
dered, his rifle, rusty and worm eat
en-, the only object he recognized
his old cabin dismantled and
tumbled down, his dog, wolf, gone
and the lights of his home scattered
"Some at the bridal. and some al the tomb
Ten or twelve years ago, manis
seized upon the people of the South
to bring white immigrants into their
midst to: build up the waste places
made by the ravages of an ungodly
war. The opportunity was too good
to be lost by such greedy harpies as
Blitchfel6t, aid so that inhuman
crew went to work, gathering up
the paupers from the crowded cities
of the North and West, the most of
them of foreign birth, Scandina-
vians, f'ett0hs, Liatins, Jews and
Gentiles, and by their attfpl and
abominable wiles induced the cred
ulous being to believe that here they
were to find an earthly paradise,
where no desirable good could not be
found to crafty every seHse. AS
mi CHIT have been fatetold, aid was
accurately foretold by few thought
full minds, the scheme ended in an
ignominious failure, forit has had the
effect of inducing long, criminal
Rip Van Wrinkle sleep, from which
Mississippi, at least has not yet
awakened. ss ns
Not SO, however, with the great
and growing empire of Texas. Her
nap was of very short duration.
With ar enterprise and liberality
worthy of all COMMUNICATION, her
Legislators have been making atinual
appropriations of thousands of dol
lars for getting up pamphlets, des-
criptive of the soil, climate, produc-
tons, price of lands, &c, of every
portion of the State, what portions
are adapted to grazing purposes,
what to the growth of cotton and the
cereals, and what to the production
of tropical plants, the orange and the
sugar-cane. These pamphlets were
accompanied by Accurate and well
executed maps, and thousands of
them translated into several of the
languages of Europe, and placed in
the hands of intelligent and reliable
agents for distribution. AS gen.
eral rule these agents were selected
from a class of men who were ma
tives of the countries they were sent
to represent, as they could more full
ly explain the topography of the
State, the course and character of
their rivers, the pecularities of, sheir
gulf coast, the number of miles of
railroads in operation, and others
in process ST construction. Thous-
ands of these pamphlets were re-
tanned at their different stations and
distributed among the inmates of
the uniformly crowded cars.
Is it therefore the subject of any
wonder that her cars have for years
past been crowded with immigrants,
and thus adding annually thousands
of dollars to the wealth of the State?
Is it any wonder that from being a
few years ago about one third, she
has now become the first State in
point of productiveness of cotton
Is it any wonder that after this
year enumeration, she will be en-
titled to twenty members of Con,
gress, instead of eight by the miser-
able farce of a census iniIS7o? With
such momentum as these agencies
have given her, it is impossible to
.foretell the future wealth, glory aud
renown of that great State. Should
she become a member of some sep
arate republic, which may heaven
grant, what towering intellects
would appear in her Congressional
halls!
With such startling facts and fig-
ures as the history of that State has
afforded us for the past ten years.
it is matter of establishment tina 4
Mississippi has slept so long, and
this feeling is increased when we
reflect that the war left her with a
light debt compared with that Of
Texas and other States. For the
past two or three years Alabama
and Tennessee have been waking
up, but, then, it must be remembers q
they have vast coal and iron fields
that are being rapidly utilized for
commercial purposes, and hardy
population pouring in and reapinp
some of its great results. Our State
derives no momentum from factor
les compared with Georgia. When