Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1882-05-05
Immigration.

We publish elsewhere the prosp ectus of
the Southern Land an Immigration com
pany, an organization having its principal
office in New York city. This company
has been formed with a special view OF
laying before immigrants who come to
this country the great advantages to new
settlers afforded by the South, and thus
divert portion of the great flood tide OF
foreign immigration that is continually
rolling Westward and bearing with it
wealth and prosperity, to the undeveloped
South. We do not as yet know anything
of the merits of this organization, except
from its prospectus; but in due time this
will be investigated and re liable infOrma.
tion given This company solicits CORES
pondence from all sections of The South
and gives promise of being a valuable a,
gency through which the agricultural pop
ulation of the sparsely populated Sorth
may he successfully recruited with thrifty
husbandmen and its antiqua' ed system o
agriculture be effectual revolutionized
This company gives promise Of accom-
pbshing for us that very intermediary as
sistance that we asked the State to render
us; and which would have been done, but
for the lukewarmness Of those who assum
ed the responsibility of pressing the mat
ter, and the concerted action of the Repub
licans of this section to rhwart us in ou.
purpose We have always predicted iron.
the Grst that the Republicans would d.
this, because we knew that so long as they
can own and control the negro vote on th.
CLOSE corporation plan, that they wou c
prefer that things should continue to NOV,
in the same old grooves. DR.. Wilmer. it
is understood, promulgated dec, ee tha'
the immigration movement siou d lie
squelched il tpossible, and we see how faith
fully his subalterns have carried out hi,
mandate
This effort on the part of this interested
close corporation to thwAr' the movement
ought to make the representa- i've people OF
the county more in earnest in pushing it
to a success Thio New York company, il
it b. under the management and control
of Honorable and responsible men, of which
the indications are favorable, promises to
he valuable agency in sending us desir
able immigrants. All it asks is an intel
Iigent and accurate descrip ion of the na
ture ard reS,prnaa af tha Il ;narart san,;o,S
of country, with their advantages of soil
climate, market aad transportation iacili-
ties, the quantity OF land fer sac, with
the price of same and other similar data
The making up of a circular giving such
intormaioo concerning our county was
one+of the first works contemplated by he
''Immig,etion Society,"" But al the work
the I'm migration Society" has yet done
has been in contemplation. II has ali
who. knows but that the "Immigratior
Soaiety" may yet, by some singular in
spiration, muster up the courage and en-
Aergy to ms ke up descriptive circular o.
Charles county, and find out and make &
list of the numerous lands that are for sale
in every section OF it, and thus prepare it
self {" bold intelligent communication
with such an organization as The Southern
Land and immigration Company Strange
things have happened. If the "Tmmigrs
tion Society" should do this, and shou d
maSs ---s.s.,s. .sSs prenar.s.ons 20 receive ans
locate immigrants who may be sent her'
it is no, improbable that in few year
the great advantages to result from imni
grafton would he in some measure realized