Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-07-20
VIRGlNIA. ARGUS.
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Aiehmond, Jaiy 20, 1916.
EMIGRATION.

tesh from the hands of tlre Creator, DISPLAYED be-
tore man, IN all Their i0agn,kcence, her virginia.
beauties; when the Earth. destined to be his
Empire, poured OIL every side its p,eDteous, un-
disputed treasures, and invited him 10 explore
the various parts OF its susiace--what a fine
thing EMIGRATION must have been.
such was the .iuiation OF things, when the
sons OF Adam spread themselves over the coun.
tries adjacent 10 that where God bed placed the
cradle OF the human sfiecies-and when those of
Noah were scattered Abroad from the land of Sh;.
mar upon the surface OF all the Earth = Nothing
arrested the steps Of those happy wanderers
Their ciiiosity was incesssndy excited and ~
cessantiy gratlted--their wants literally SupDE-
ed lovers OF fertile and well.watered val;ies
those VINO preferred the SUBMITS of Lofty
northumberland as delighted in level extensive
piau.s-ali IeUultlinduge their peculiar propen-
sihes-reside where they pleased, snd SO lone as
they pieased--seeking new habitatiors, whenever
taste Inclined, or want coinpel!ed--s Let there
DE no strife between me and thee said Abraham
70 Lot oetw cen my hetd.men and thy herd-lnen;
Tor We are brethrsn. Is NOT the whole land be.
tore thee Separate myself, pray tilee, frem
me; At thou wilt take the left hand, then vii.
80 to the right; or il thou depart to the riSht
hand. then win so to the isft"
About this tine. OF, perhaps, sooner, CAV,
ulidisturped, uncontrouied,: bands of E,nigr:aits
proceeded enthusiastically. They probably
asSiSN- W SplSnlttu
whence the sun appeared every morning to issue
Arrived at tie Pacric Ocean, they spread alonr
It's borders, aud founded those Empires, whose
antiquity has in it something SO mysterious a,,
so venerable yet, some pursued farther their
search after the abode of the great lumnary of
| day, waom their oblivion Of the primitive and
true worship had suffered them 10 convert into
! Deity passing from island TO island, they at
length csne TO Arieeica, where we find the
worship or the Sun 10 have been prevalent, from
time immemuriai, As well rs in the East Man was
lendued With constitution suited To every cline
Ibis reason conbuied I'll the instructive faculties
Of tue different inferipr aaim:is-and Jew circum-
stances then Restraining unTersal compliance
with the great law Ut the creator for the increase
! oil the species, populous Empires, immense and
magnificent Cities, soon rose on all sides--Of the
spiendor ofthcse ancient times, only faint yeSti-
ge5 now reman--sulicient, however, To astGnish
ana puzzle us---to c0niouiid our res :srches, and
! mock our boa9ted knowledge.
| Scen EsIiGRA1loE assumed different and
less pleasing character. itbecame the result of
necessiV. a crotded population, the r.yages OF
wac, Internal discord, or the pursuits of com
merce carvied u,en far from their native seats.
The influence Of climate, and other causes, had
s1bssqueatlyto the first dispersion Of mankind,
altered, in BONE degree, the human character in
tcertain countries. Colonies from IDcre genial
and more refined regions, civilized rude aES. bar-
lbarous hortles ancient history furnishes liIou-
ssud examples of ,liiss Wandering tribes, TIM
| y scat;ered over immense tracts OF uncatle2ted
tcountry, cede6 10 commercial or otssge .siyeu-
turSss, portion of their lands, and received N
iEeturn, tue benefits of civilization. This WAS
chlstiy thec case IN the west Of Europe.
J. s3IGe AMI Carnage bad themselves original
jiy been Gsyiaa,ss " erwsrds they sent forth nu.
lmsrOus colonies to different places. Did time
lpermit Us, it would be a pleasing and n@eiut
ask TO delineate the character and system of the
irrespective eraigratans from those two rival
longer was distinctive feature of those great
movements, by Whatever cause they might DC
llSradncsd.
The sceptre OfImrerial Rome extsnded over
tue greateg portion of the globe at that time
known. II was then, 70 use the language Of the
eloquent Gibhon, that the earth becalne vast
iprison. Under those EInfesors tll2t disgraced
fehe purple, aud stained with blood Italy ant
tine provinces annexed to il, woe to tile nsers
ote Prescribed For them, tAsre remained no
place ofrefuge and Ssfetyi no haven, 10 which
they could steer their frsil bark lashed BY the
IpuIleSs storm Ateyery step, they met The iron
tbSrrier OF tyraGlny-T unreieatng satellites vi
ne mfuriaied aespot every where stared them in
Tie facs--they felt in It's full and terrf; force
The AWFUL Introduction from IRE anil zsGfei-con
sarguimity, friendship, hospitality, COMPASSION
~ NsAt " utClt oiSStitls appeals ACCOl ding
ly, we find that no effort, or scarcely any effort
was then made 10 avoid exile on some barren,
Uncomfortable rock in the Mediterranean. or
death by poison or BY the dagger-Tame and
Suilen subDiisson--or desperate suicide, was re.
sorted to, according to the temper Of each VIC
itm.
We havenot spoken of warlke emiaration,.
that IS, OF those great movements made BY Whole
nations m arms, IN quest Of milder climes, and
lhappter settlements. OF those emigrations, his
tory affords several instances, especially, at The
epoch When tue northern Dtrbarians seized on
the fragments of the Roman Empire in the West.
Those singular expeditions, of which we al8o
Ind iAany examples IN Asia, were marked with
devastation and blood Man seemed 10 have be-
IcoUe every where the worst enemy of man.
i Ihs Vars inspired By fMat;cism---the
loonquests of the MlIlometans- eAer.
yards, the Crusades, wore nearly sJnllar cha
racter A military spirit, a spirit Of violence,
raPile, and ambition, without concouilsit VI eva
I Iof sound and liberal policy, Eervaded those
dark ages. Yet, civilization gained something
by those events In spain, The Arabs piesery.
ed. especially At Cordoya, the sacred hre of SCI
ehce and in the East, the rude warriors of Ger
iiuany. France, England &c acquired a taste loy
the arts the comforts, the elegancies ofpotshed
hse 7 he capture OF Constantnoplc by Malo,
met the second, threw many learned natives oil
: that city into the west of Europe There, they
principally contributed to that revival Of The
I arts and The sciences, which constitutes so me
morable an era in modern history.
Then came the discovery Of passage 10 The
Fast Indies round the Cape Of Coed Hope and
the discovery Of America. Those two impor
,snt events gave to Emigration a new impus,
and a new direction The Portuguese, thc
: Dutch. the spaniards, and afterwards the En-
2 glish, and the French, fofmed establishments IL
5 the East and in the West. The wars TO which
those establishments have given rise, are well
known, as also the transition Uf maritime prepon