The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1817-06-18
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AMERICA.

foreigner OF every cline. II is thus that the
youngest branch OF the human family express
ses her claims. II is thus that America sd-
dresses her older and arrogant sisters
"Scnd your unhappy children hither.
"Comc unto me all ye who are heavily Ia
den with ills Of oppression, and will give
you rest. Those who eat the bitter bread Of
Of persecution will here, taste bread that is
sweeteDed from the cup Of liberty.
"l have land enough 10 employ you.
My territory sweeps from the shores OF the
Atlantic TO the wilds west Of the Mississippi,
from the Lakes Of Canada to the verge OF
the Mexican Gulph. My earliest settlements
are yet destitute Of people---but if you trav-
Ell westwardly, extensive regions lay open
before you-The wild deer sill sport in my
prairies, and many forest has never rGng
with the stroke Of an sse.-Years and eenlu.
ries must pass away before my country Gun
attain moderate ratio Of population, there
will be land enough, and to spare, almost for
the remotcst generations.
"This large belt of country embraces al.
most every variety of climate and soil. The
cmigrant may pitch his tent on the borders
Of the lakes, where winter fingers on the
up of May, or on the boundaries Of Florida,
whore the peach and apple tree bloom in Jam
uary. He may breathe the varying airs OF
tho sea, or be famed by the brcezes Of the
valley. Every mode of coitivasioD, which is
most screcsbie TO bis interests or his taste,
lays before him. He may hew lumber and
drain potash with the labor of the North--he
may reap tho wheat and gather the hemp OF
midland countryside may draw tho coltsn or
cut the cane OF the south and the west. If
he be Swiss, ho msy press the grspe--if
Duchman, he msy fatleh the cattle and man
.ufacture chee.eA-if an Englisbman he may
reap the wheat Of his native kelds-<-or IL he
chooses to launch into mode Of cultivation,
almost peculiar to IN. children, he msy raise
corn, crop tobacco, or whiten his fields with
cotton. There is no culture 10 which he
has been accustomed, which he may not ex-
ercise hcre--and there arc soSnc which he
may acquire by a visit to my shores.
I" Nor arc maEufactures and commerce
neglected The north furnishes manufac,o-.
ne. Of cotton and wool. The middle count
ry calls for workers of iron, IN almost every
variety Of mode. There is no manu!acture
indeed Of which the material is DOT TO be rset
with hore. The mines Of coal arc inserior to
none in the world--,Aoss OF iron arc supe-
rior to any. Ny soil is covered With almost
cvery variety Of wood, calculated for every
species Of wooden work.-My fields arc al
ready whMencd with sheep--apd my cotton
Is uneoualied In its auantity, or the hneness
of i,s fibre. Most sorts Of the cosrser man
uisetories Rave already risen to great de-
gree Of perfection. There h room theo,
and employment, for the most Of the handy
craftsmen and manufacturers, who bring
their skill and instruments with them.
"Ic ship building, who is my superior
From, tho little cock boat, which barely lives
upon HE wave to the seventy Tour which,
thundcrs on the deep, proofs of my naval ar
chi,ectore are aSanSant. My canvas whiiens
every sec. end my searnen penetrate every
branch Of navigation. The atlantic and Pas.
ifc, the shorea Of both Indies, the isles OF tho
South Sea, aro Witnesses of the enterprise oil
my sons. My commerce is extended upon
the wings cf the wipdto almost every depart
ucnt and the same breeze blows into my
ports the spices OF the Moluccas, the tess OF
China, the nankeens Of Tndia, the sugar and
coffee of the West Indies, the oil OF itsiy,
the wines Of France. and the manufactures OF
Britain-&Therc is no country, which Freseo's
as much employment TO the isborer IN pro-
portion TO their number, and none such means
of employing capital, in proportion 10 the a.
mount Of il which is in the market. Come
then, ye faborers, merchants and farmers ny
to a region, where labor end capital aie so
much de mauded where wages are so dear,
and prof, so high where food Is SO sban-
dant and tho poor so few.
"nut these ore not the only benefits which
mingIe ia the csp. rotfer you land OF
libery--a land whose political institutions
are framed upon the wisost model, where
government protects without oppression,
makes the fewest laws for the regulation OF
its government, and treats all men as equal
wlro obey hs laws. There are no mercantile
mooopoiies, no corporation laws or statutes
of apprenticeship to coorou' the exercise Of
industry---6ui, where every man may go as
he pieases, and pursue the oeespetion which
he eonceives best calculated tor his interests
Land /, not confined to- particular families by