The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-12-15
COME TO THE SOUTH.


LINDBURG ON IMMIGRATION.
Memphis Appeal, Dec. 6: Last
night, in accordance with previous
announcement in the Appeal, Mr..
Emil Liudburg delivered a short adj
dress on the subject Of immigration at
the court house. The speaker has had
long experience on this subject, and
lie has come to the South expecting to
find hGre q home for those who have
tired of the barren land and the
crowded countries of Europe. The
points enforced by Mr.. Lindburg in
his address were as follows:
We do not, he said, come to this
country because of any feeling Of pa
triOtism, nor does charity urge us
but it is merely matter of business
with us. We have an idea that the
and, with reasonable encouragement,
we will bring here our skill, our in
dustIY and our brain.
We have brought great many Leo-
pie to the Northwest, and, in spite of
the sterile land and the hard winters,
we have succeeded. In no single in
stance have we failed. We have ar
rangLmeEts with the steamships and
ram OelNAS ny w iilSll We Odl1 III 1il9 4Lu-
ropeans here at greatly reduced prices.
l don't intend to make any display Of
oratOry, but to speak plainly, prac-
tlcally, and to the point. In 1850 the
Northwest began to be the objective
point of Immigration. Since then
there has been great transformation !;
cities have sprung up, the wild saw.
age has disappeared, and law reigns
Population and capital have done all
this. Central and Northern Missouri
was populated mainly by emigrants
from Kentucky and Tennessee, and
the fostor child may be said to have
outstripped its parents.
The great State of Tennessee, with
all its splendid resources, offers great
inducements to the immigrants. The
South is an immense depository of
stores Of wealth, and if immigration
is invited and encouraged, it will GER
taihly come. ! read a short time ago
an article III a prominent Eastern pa
per on the subject of immigration,
which stated as reason that more
foreigners did not come South, that
life and property were not safe here.
Papers in the Northwest have made
similar statements, and the European
papers have taken up the same idea,
which we know to be untrue. The
way for the South to refute these
falsehoods is to live them down. The
South has never uttered a falsehood
or the truth about the matter. When
the people of Europe know that this
part of the country Is healthy, that the
land is fertile, that law and the rights
of property are grounded on deep and
lasting foundations, theE they will not
hesitate to come here.
The great obstacle to immigration
arises from the fact that the large
landholder will not sell. He thinks
that if immigration is coming he will
hold OH to his land, and it will thus
be enhanced in value. Now, if he
would sell half his land for small
farms he would get the actual value
of the land sold and the land retained
would really become more valuable
! than all he had before. All, then. we
ask is that you will deal reasonably
with the immigrants. Sell them land
at fair prices, and don't put the high
est figure on the articles they need.
We don't ask aims; we merely want
encouragement and fair play.
The speaker concluded his address
by suggesting that some of the citi-
zens meet together and appoint COM
mittees to watch immigration and IA
cilitate it.