Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-03-16
The Oppo rtunity to Bring in immigration
Editor Vindicator.

Editor Vindicat0r.
Your kind notice and comments upon my
efforts to aid in i-,ducing immigration and sale
of our surplus lands, embolden me to tress-
pass again upon the patience of your readers
and 1 do this with less scruple, seeing the time
is short.
On the 10Th of May next there will meet at
Indianapolis the grand yearly meeting of the
TINKER church. This will be attended by
men from all sections of our country, North
South, East and West. This meeting will
last for two or three weeks, and beside arrang-
ing matters concerning the church, will afford
large opportunity for Interchange of thoughts
and plans for the worldly welfare of this large,
intelligent, and growing sect. This meeting
will be attended quite largely by many of our
best farmers and most thrifty men, belonging
to that church, and it is very important in
futhering the scheme we have so much at
heart-to build up our waste places and secure
immigration of superior class, that these
men, representatives from this section. should
20 prepared to tell thei1 brethren what we can
do for them in the Valley of Virginia, and be
warmly enlisted in the work of turning the
current of theoverfow of this thrifty, quiet,
law-abiding, honest and intelligent class of
citizens to our borders. In view of these
facts would respectfully call attention of our
to the present opportunity. Ths vast field
that is thus opened for informing the minds
of enquiring men all over the country as to
our inducements and resources is made
much more available in this; that one year
from next May this vast assemblage from all
parts of the Union will come together III our
own neighborhood, and very probably at
Waynesbo'o or Staunton. Now who can tell
what harvest may spring from seed judicious-
ly sown at indianapolis, when these thirty or
forty thousand men of brains come among us
next year==on the look out for lands, that
shall be of reasonable price, fertile, easy of
access to markets, churches, schools, mills,
creameries, &c. 1t is too late for them to
have their minds stirred after they get here.
They should come with view to examine,
and many will thus come who otherwise never
would have left home Then let our people i'm
prove the time and take active steps to induce
our Thinker friends who go to Indianapolis to
go with view to show their friends our re-
sources and induce them in May, 1889, to
come prepared to look around. We can
promise to these people warm welcome, the
full enjoyment Of all their rights as citi-
zens, peaceful society, the entire Enjoyment
of all their religious views and educational ad-
yantages in their peculiar views, unsurpassed
in the Union-in view of the college now in
successful operation at Bridgewater,
Nor should our people be slow to seize this
to bring among them these peo-
pie The writer knows whereof h. speaks
when he says that a life spent anon them in
this and an adjoining county where they are
thickly settled. has only confirmed the opin-
ion be has inherited--that no better citizens
can be found Honest, intelligent, sober, in
dustrioqs, energetic and progresslye-it is but
justice to them to say that in the last half
century, ey haye made larger strides in
wealth, education, social and general improve
ment than any other people in our communi=
ty. CHARLES GRATTAN.