The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-21
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"A few words will show the ground
: @ ;sncss of your suspicions. For
many years previous to 1860 u large,
proportionate number of natives efI,i.
grated from Soitth Carolina than from
any other State IN tic Union. Eioht
out Of ten Of tho inhabitants had mo
other expectation than to move West
at some time. Small land holders sold
ont TO- large planters and emigratcd.
1oung men,, soon as grown took
negroes and went West. Often old
then would sell the lands thcv had i'm
povciished and 60 West with their
slaves Few immigrants ever entered
tfic State.' Thus the Increase of popu-
latiol was necessarily small. Between
1860 TO 1870 war to some extent check
ed increase, but emigration from the
State to any large extcnt at tie Same
timo ceased and there was q consider
aoie increase OF population This was
not exhibited by tho census which wns
taken IN 1870 under the auspices of the
carpet Baggers by ignorantnegfocs or
worthless white men. They did the
work iii manner that nearly every
Intelligent man in the State Knows to
be wonderfully incorrect. AS Ii spcci-
men OF carclessliess, the population of
Winnsboro, amounting to 1,124, was
added to the county Of Fairfield. III
numerous cases tho vile officials did
hot go to the houses Of decent people
to whom they knew were Justly ob-
noxious. The whole census was taken
in tho reckless and dishonest manner
that characterized alI ec,s of the Ca: s
pet Bag reign. Since 1870 emigration
has ceased at tho South. Our white
people have determined to live and die
here 4; for they can find no better coun-
try. They dro improving their lands
for their children. Untaught by the
example Of New England they still OBJ
serve tho Mosaic injunction to multi
ply afiu replcnisli the land. From this
time forward the South wi1l relative
ly prosper more th0n any other Dart Of
tho Union. Heretofore unnatural
causes retarded progress. Slavery, a
severe infliction upon the white man,
but tho greatest blessing ever bcstow-
cd upon the negro, kept down poDula-
tiuh and wealth. This blight is now
removed from this fair land, whose
rapidly increasing wealth and great
ness will produce unhappincss and
discomfort III the minds only of enc
mics Of our whole country.
GIL. MchAsrEn.
OF the above communication We
have to say:
/. The editor of the Mercantile Jour-
nal who is addressed is not the strang-
er to South Carolina that our CORES
pondcnt supposes. On the contrary,
his acquaintance with the State for the
past fifteen years has been both person.
anainti,natc; he has larger interests
there than the great majority Of the
native born
2. We entirely agree with G. II.
McM. that the people of that State, and
and Of the whole South, could find no
bcttcr country. They need only fol-
low out the determination expressed
to live there and improve their re-
sources, always welcoming help and
treating justly both their own people
and those who come among them. So
an uheXanpled prosperity is before
the South now that "the bli ght Of sIav-
CRY fs forever removed"
8. In'rcgard to the census,. what is
claimed is that there; is something
wrong. Either the census takers oi
1870 or those Of 1880 have gone very
far amiss. There can have been no
such percentage Of increase rs the two
sets Of figures represent Which is
wrongj and how it happened, are now
the Questions to be investigated. :. The
country asks fair investigation, and
feels sure we shall have it at the hands
Of General Walker and the Census Blu
rcau.
4. Our correspondents hit at the
small families of New England is just.
The people of the South may be con-
graduated on any strictcr legitimate
the census shouRt not mako it appear
that they arc attending to that cxclu.
sivcly.