The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-04-07

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productive. Thousands of dollars lie il
the vaults of the State Treasury unused
and yet not one cent can be applied to
induce immigration when it, more than
any other one thing, is what the State
needs.
The black tide of negro immigration
from Georgia and Alabama, flows in a
steady stream to the valley counties,
while the hill and pine-woods counties
do not average one new settler year.
The State occupies the attitude of not
desiring white recruits to her popula-
ton. How long is this to continue
Do the representatives of the white
counties intend that the State shall be
completely Africanized, or do they in
tend to put the machinery in motion,
while they have the power, to reap a
harvest of white immigrants?
1t must be remembered that when
the Republicans were in power thousands
of dollars were spent to start the tide of
negro immigration flowing. Dozens of
agents were appointed who visited all
parts of Georgia and Alabama and
pictured in glowing terms the advanta-
ges of Mississippi. Besides this many
planters, lat their own expense sent agents
to those States in quest of labor. The
tide was slow to start but when it did
rise it began to flow steadily. The black
immigrants, in the main, have done
well and have sent back bright accounts
oftheir prosperity and success, and now
nothing will stop it until the valley is
filed with these people, or the fountain
head is dried up. 1t is true that there
was something of cessation when the
Kansas fever was at its height, but
that has been frozen out this winter and
will never be heard of again.
Mississippi is the only State that is in
danger of being aficanized. South Car
Dina and Louisiana have also black ma
critics. but from the first there is a
black tide flowing out, and into both
small stream of white immigration has
begun to flow. With the latter, We
presume in course of time, it will swell
until ii raaohe- something like the
mighty torrent that is rushing into
Missouri, Arkansas and Texas, which |
ause towns to spring up in day and
hundreds of miles of railroad to be built
n a week
Nothing like the influx of foreigners
uring this and last year was ever
nown before since the discovery of
america 1t is to be regretted, but
annot now be helped, that other States
re reaping the harvest while we are
lie. The flow of immigration to this I
Duntry is not continuous. From 1873
, 1880 it was almost nominal, but we
'ust that it will not cease, now that it
as begun again, before this State can {
ct her INCREASED and rusty machinery
motion. Does Mississippi want white
migrants? If she does she must step
tho music of the times and advertise -,
er advantages. She must appoint t
gents and send them out, like COM 6
erciai drummers, to talk up the ;
Isiness. She must have agents for
lie Germans. Agents for the Irish. 6
gents for the French, and agents for t.
e Italians. She must send agents to P
e cold and frozen Northwest; among Z
e mountaineers of Kentucky, Tennes- T
e and Virginia among the .tar-heels :,
the Carolinas and Georgia. She Ii
ust get up an immigration boom. is
get up boom she will have to spend q
me money. The longer she puts it %
the more abe will have to spend.
lie time has passed when immigrants, -
her foreign or native, go prowling 81
out into country of which they y
We never heard. They receive too ar
lch valuable information, and too la
my pressing invitations, from States O'
1t want them, and are not afraid to n
Ike an effort to get them. "
If, on the other hand, no effort is 81
de to induce white immigration,
ZEN the census is taken ten years
nee, it viii be seen that this is the q
lckest State in the Union. The p
lrsely populated white counties win At
completely under the control of Ii
; heavy negro majorities in the valley.
ID right here We viii say that it is as it
lch to the interest Of the white peo- er
who reside in the valley as to those = =
the hills, that white immigrants shall 10
ne and that numbers In ruling the do
tie shall be guided BY intelligence. Of
= are not arguing that colored immi- va
Ints should be kept out. We want IA
ite immigrants also, SO as to preserve 8 s.