The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1821-07-18
From the Sheffield Tris-l
THE EyuIGRA.NTS.

However easy it may be TO demon
strate the expediency of emigration,
and, under certain circumstances, moth
ing is more easy-it is, at all times,
painful spectacle to behold hundreds of
our fellow-cveatures about, as it were,
to cast their, bread upon the waters,
and trust themselves to the ocean, in
quest of that better fortune, which, if
found at all, must be found after the
lapse Of many days. Men, no doubt,
Ike vegetables, frequently thrive the
better for being transplanted; but the
preliminary process is always painful;
and could we invest a tree with the
! E" sensible warm motion" Of animal
life, it would not, perhaps, suffer more
in being forcibly torn up by the roots,
than mind of sensibihty suffers, in be-
ing suddenly divorced from home, coun-
try, end friends-from the nearest
kindnesses and tenderest sympathies of
our common nature. No matter how
slight a stake the poor emigrant may
have had in that soil which now de-
MES him the means of comfortable
subsistence as he has but one father
and mother, so he can have but one
country and the unbidden tear that
steals down his manly cheek, proves
that patriotism cannot be measured by
the capFices of fortune and the acct
dental distinctions of this life
| g There is tear for all that die,
! mourner DER the humblest grave -
And, in like manner, there is always
some one to take an interest in the for
tunes of the obscurest adventurer to a
new continent and when the emigrant
thinks Of the attentions of this one
friend or relative-of his preferred con-
voy to the place of embarkation--of the
warm grasp of his horny hand, or
choked utterance of the, word " fare
well," he feels that he is still an IN
teger in the great sum of human exist
tence, and eyes the receding shore with
all the solicitude of Queen Mary her
self, when about to exchange the lati-
tudinary manners of French, for the
unbending strictness of a Scottish court
: influenced as it then was by an indiyidu-
J al whom she is said to have feared
: more than regiment of armed men,
Impressed with these feelings and sen.
timents, ] turned my horses head, the
other morning, in the direction Of
: GIencaple Quay, and, almost before
was aware, found myself alongside Of
the good ship Elizabeth, then about t.
embark on voyage of 5000 miles
The scene, to me at least, was ex
tremely interesting. The lapse of ;
: few hours had produced a wonderful
: change in the state. of the weather-the
4 equinoctiaI gales seemed at last to have
expended their fury, and the uncommon
: mildness of the 4th of April was fel
: as not the less grateful that it was il
: some measure unexpected, and con
+ trasted strongly with the angry wind
f and dashing rains by which it had beel
Y preceded. On the one hand, all wa
Y hustle and activity while, on the other
a the spectator found no lack of thos
: parting scenes, which, according t
Byron, cypress the life from out youn
r hearts" Here you had the light-heart
= ed sailor, skipping from sail to sail an
), shroud to shroud, with all the fearless
r ness of the squirrel tribe and Their
v numerous groups of poor emigrant
o cycling, with great anxiety, the flown
y Of the tide, and progress Of thos
L preparations which seemed to hurr
Is their departure, and caution them
y abridge the tender interview. Anon
& the females, in particular, every ey
le was filled with tears, whether of thos
rs that went or those that staid-from tn
h mother, whose affection was divide
Is betwixt the infant at her breast, and tn
children at her feet, to the unincun
b. bered maiden who generously strove
'e assist her in her interesting duties.-
Tx But, amidst all the varieties of Sc
", character, and situation, exhibited in
a mixed company of several hundrt
It's individuals, one little group, above e
It, cry other, forcibly arrested my attic
c, ton. 1t consisted of 5 persons, namel
It, man, bis wife, and 2 children, toget
= er with an interesting youth, who h
hs accompanied the latter to the beac
Il and evidently appeared in the charo
.ir ter Of lover. A few broken Sc
IN fences, which ! accidentally oyerheaI