The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-11-01


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pOpalllinn he indueed % purchase g very i9w
tNlsA ena AettIes and relnglllute An improved
hulDAnelys Ne etate might ~ become highly
pEqapetuos.
On returning recsntly from England, where !
learned several things worth recording. and N
passing eOnihward. especially through Virginia.
ne same renecliOus forced themselves upon my
mind foE . mora f0rlOFu, wasted, worn, aban-
,aoned hAct 0f country could scarcely Be limag.
ined than & observable on The lines % travel
through shat oAcs aieh and grand cid O0mmdn-
wealth, The colnfed people, who were onca the
principal Agricultural labOFeTs havelaFgsly given
up pillow ana Doe, and have belaken themselves
70 sOMns and elties. 70 driving caring. waiting.
jObblngs o. o hile On railways, and publlc
woFka The earth does mos yield her wouted
increase; and tie lSantial conalsiOn and -bahie
Of all wealth productive induslry--is languish-
ing. That want must be snpplled. elsa. no
amount Of trading, travel, or railway huiiding,
OF aught ofefoet. can ever restore assuteti pfOs.
perity. Our wealth must come nom the bosom
Of the fruitful earth By The dlliRent hand Of The
husbandman. and hv the supshlue and the show
ers, and the gentle dews AZ heaven. The tenn
ing millions Of the lal,OEing population OF Eu-
rope have been and ara moving wea,ward bot
The South has proilted little a. vet from this
possible source Of productive wealth. The pres
ence Of the coIOred race has stood IN the way
somewhat; the superior organization Of imrni.
grafton systems 10 the west: cheap and fertile
lands and other caasesL have carried the Emo
mean settlers n the valiav. ~ me Assa,e.rr 1ha
Missouri. and The Ohio
The German win vo ,vhera other Carcg N.
have gone and prSuApered that Il. 70 The Waat.
The Iriah not an aoy,cnitur.i nacnla will 90 ~
the other Irish. - New 1cnvlsnd ana ,ha gras,
cities of the Middle STATES. The refi,ae Of The
Latin races wfll 90 where thev are hired n %
and stay where INV are pald 10 nav.
By far the most irnmieraut pouula-
ton for our purnoaes 4 ,h.t 81 the thr,flv Eng.
lIsh and Sco.ch small farmer.I Who ara .k,lIed
IN bushandrv. who have some Received cssh y {
ital and Who are = moral lar-s.h,dirg r,eoDI.
whoae .oc;.l hshi,s . = ,,o,. ~. 49,, o1n
The repeal of the corn laws IN England. bv
which br,.adstufis llwere allowed a. ~ imnor.ed
duty free, under the administration Of Sir Rober,
Peel. sealed the fate of Bri,lsl, agriculture in
competition with American grown wheat and
corn. More and more Of the aver Increasing
harvests of the great Weat has heen carried 10
England at cheaper and cheaper rates mill the
English farmer. after protracted strueele. has
found he cannot pay rents. and taxes. and wages.
and compete with American products in the
London and other great markets. In other
words, he must change his business, or change
his home. cOnYersed with many intelligent
business men in England, who, ffom these
causes, expect large emigration from thai
country of this impoqtant and valuable class
within period Of some year OF two, and more,
to come. With proper action, come Of this class
can be secured for the South. But Il We expect
anything Of Importance 10 result ftom our home
operations, and little pamphlets, and county 90
cietiea. and speeehes, and such like things, sn-
aided By ether meaRs, we dream awake. We
don't talk loud enough to be heard across the
Atlantic, NOR even 1t the distance Of Castle Gar
den, N. Y. .sxy 4.
Now, what would suggest with very great
Differences b something AFTER this manner:
Let few gentlemen. owning large areas Of
the lands referred 70 form themselves into an
immigration society, under the general inoorpo-
ration act subscribe, a. joint stock - thous-
ands Of acres of open land, of really valuable,
improbable class: subdivide into 4O-acre tracts,
and file careful surveys and numbers; tx The
lowest cash price per tract, 70 actual settlers !;
let that rate he 90 reasonable ~ to invite settle
ment connect With the association the name OF
q lawyer whose high moral character will TO-