San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-11-23
The South for Immigrants.
southern World.
ny COL. A. POPE.

-, he traced 10 TWO general causes
CAL a. overcrowded population at home,
a. nrelling a migration of some, foi
cunt 0ant Of adequate support for all o,
van VAN the opening of distant and in
As fields, where, to better their
'"andition, energetic and enterprising
WITS S betake themselves. t...
Roth of these causes have operated
A. J;rect to our shores q large number
Stsxcellent and desirable immigrants.
These persons have come from their
Tnropean homes with a purpose to
iocate permanently in this Republic,
and 10 share with ourselves the for
tnnes that may befall our country.
They are, in many instances, pos
sessed of considerable means, which
they expend in the purpose of home
steads; they are generally frugal, tenn
nerate and energetic, which, qualities
thev devote to the good of the com
munity in which they make their
For many years this tide of immi-
ontion has been towards the West.
Tbe effect of it is seen to-day in the
remarkable growth and prosperity of
those States within whose borders
these foster Children of our land 'have
been induced to settle. States that
but few years ago were covered with
unbroken prairies and unsettled wastes,
now stand high in. the financial and,
political world. No thinking man can
fail to see the sequence of cause and
effect.
The influx of immigration islgreat-
er now than it has" ever been in
the past The class of immigrants,
are as good; and the great results that.
have accompanied their settlement
heretofore can with certainty be pre-
dicteds of their location now.
The South, during those years in
which the western and northwestern
States were being filled up and made
prosperous, has been busy with right
ing her own internal troubles setting
in order her educational, political and
financial machinery. She has had no
time to devote attention to the great
movement going on in all other Sec
tons. ID =
With her home matters now regu-
lated orprovided for, her public schools
erected and prospecting, her colleges
filled with her sons and daughters,
her credits taking rank and promin- |
ence in the markets, and her manufac.
turing and mineral interests attract
ing the attention of capitalists and
investors throughout the entire. Union
the South finds herself in a position
to consider the important question of
immigration, and to offer inducements
to immigrants that can be presented by]
no other territories. r>j I--
The most intelligent of our people
have long anticipated this period in
our history, and all of the southern
States have signifed a willingness to
advance and foster the cause Of immi-
grafton within their own borders.
Wise governors and statesmen, well
knowing that when their fertile south
ern acres shall have settled upon them
an intelligent and energetic farming
class, and the present system of labor
shall have met it's reformation from
this source, the era of prosperity, de-
layed but not despaired of, will dawn
upon the land, and the South take the
place she is so eminently fitted to oc
cupy, among the foremost in the agri-
cultural, mineral and manufacturing
world. = 4-1E F,i1 ,~lkgd
The mineral wealth of these States
is very great; within their borders.
as was shown at the recent Exposition
at Atlanta, are to be found all the
known and. many entirely new species
Of ore and gems. A large proportion
OF the gold and silver sent to the U.
D. Mint at Washington comes from
these States. Their water power IS,
beyond comparison, the best and
most satisfactory in the land. Winter
does not stop operations. Summer
does not hinder them ; and the mate 1
rails for spindles and looms are at the
factory doors. Their forests of hard
and ornamental woods are easily
reached, and the supply apparently
iineXhaustble. The naval stores OF
the world are supplied from the.bornd-
less pine forests that skirt the whole
Seaboard of the four States; while the
middle and Piedmont sections afford
timber for agricultural and manufac-
Turing purposes unexcelled in quantity
anu quality. The climate OF these
ota:esisohe Of their chief attractions,