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up as follows: 1st, Furnishing to all who desire to emigrate full and reliable information as to the plantations upon which leases may have been obtained; 2d, Obtaining, from owners of plantations, leases on the most favorable terms that can be obtained, both as to amount of rents and duration of tenure, with the optional right of purchase, and sub-leasing them to settlers; 3d, Determining the most suitable points of rendezvous for settlers, and providing the most economical mode of transportation for themselves and families from the place of rendezvous to the place of settlement; 4th, Rendering such pecuniary aid to settlers as the company may be able safely to do, with reference to its means, and the ability of the settler to repay with interest the amount advanced for the purpose of assisting the settler in emigrating to the plantation, and establishing himself in a condition for its profitable occupation; 5th, Making contracts with freedmen to labor for the settler on the plantation; 6th, Assisting the settler in obtaining the best price for the products of his plantation; 7th, Assisting him in purchasing the lands he occupies, or others convenient and desirable; 8th, Protecting the settlers in the occupation of their plantations by means of aid to be derived from combinations of settlers effected by the agency of the company and (if it should become necessary) the military power of the Government, and, in general, by overlooking his welfare. 

The enterprise now presented by the company of occupying Southern plantations with a hardy, patriotic, and loyal race of Northern men, embodies two principal motives on the part of those who embark in it: first, patriotism; and, second, hope of pecuniary advantage.