Litchfield enquirer., 1834-07-03

ple. Throughout the whole course of his
life this venerable patriot seems not to have
wavered in any particular, from the support Of
republican principles. In his youth, at an age
in which the principles of most individuals
are not formed. he left the splendOr ola court
residence, TO fghtin thealmOst hopeless cause
of America.
F He encountered many dangers, made heavy
sacrifices, and persevered in his exertiOns, I'M
til he saw our country independent. ION his
return to France he still possessed the same
principles, and in every subsequent act of his
life, SO far as circumstances would admit, he
endeavored to put them in practice. The
world has seen few such men as Lafayette.
10 his private character he was amIabie and
conciIiating, in his public life firm and decided.
He possessed, in an eminent degree, the hap
py faculty Of securing the esteem and good
will of ali around him, and he has gone down
to his grave, at an advanced age, with much.
more honor and renOwn than usually falls to
the share Of a single individual. His memory
will ever be respected.
The Emigraxts.-The other evening, our
attention was attracted by steamer passing
by, with tow boat under one arm, and two
under the other, slowly champing its way up
the Hudson. They seemed full Of passen-
gers, and we could distinguish the languages
Of half Europe amidst the confusion Of vol
ces. They seemed gay and happy too, foil
Of health and full Of hopes, which we trust
/ 10 Heaven will be amply realized. They
were going TO seek their fortunes 10 the far
!. vest
! "Where goodly farms for almost nought are sold,
! "And honest men worth their weight in gold"
They had come, some from the farthest parts
| of Europe; from the interior of Germany
[ and Switzerland; from once gay. but now
troubled France, and from the lands whence
our ancestors first emigrated to the new world.
| They were going into the wild west, and in a
! few years they were about to make some
! wilderness blossom like the rose, and some un-
| cultivated region wave ia golden harvests.-
They were about to introduce the arts and
| habits of civilized life into regions but the
other day roamed by wild beasts and wild
! men; to lay the foundations Of new commu-
mites, new states, perhaps new empires
/ They were about to learn a new language. to
1 adopt new social relations, to taste the sweets
i Of independence. to become new beings. and
to procreate long race of American citizens.
! One cannot help being proud of his coun-
try, when he behods it thus holding out to
{ strangers thousand OF miles distant, allure
ments sufficiently strong to burst the ties
Of kindred, nativity, and early associations
( and to tempt men, women and children
to undertake pilgrimage to what to them
must appear she utterfnost end Of the world
/ There is no other land on the face of the
earth that works such miracles as this; nc
other country that SO irresistibly, fascinates
: the poor and laboring classes Of the old world
) and none that can perform such miracles. II
J Europe, the mao born peasant must die
! peasant, and his posterity from, generation t
( generation must live and die the same.---
8 There is scarcely the reaotest chance Of thei
E lever emerging from that state of hopeless de
8 pendence to which the stern pride and jcal
!. Gus seIfshness Of the privileged orders hav,
assigned them Tor long ases past! an q s EhsI
They are doomed to life IL labor, withou
the inspiring rope that il willlead to new com
I forts, new enjoyments, or new honors. Al
they have lived. SO must they die, laborin;
: one day for the landlord, another for thl
church, and third for the king.
But they hear ola land afar off in the west
: which holds ont 10 them the almost certain
! prospect Of independence; which, while i
gives the means of making them equal with
the highest, withholds the power Of oppres.
J sing the iowly; and hither they come az to a
promised land, which always fulfls its prom
ises to the industrious and sober emigrant.--
Letnone but such come here. Let none but
those who are willing To labor and willing to
save, come to the United States to better their
fortune. The only boast we can make in this
respect is,that here the Industrious man is sure
to reap all 1.-THE rewards Of his labor. He does
! not share them against his will, with The state,
the church, or the landlord; what he earns is
his own, without deduction; and what he can
earn, If he chooses to save it, will in few
years place him above dependence on any v
ing being. except in SO far as the social rela.
tons make men dependant on each other
But the wealthy nabob and nobleman had bet.
ter not come here, for he can neither purchase
honors nor challenge superiority over his
fellow men. He will enjoy no privileges but
in common with the most humble citizen, and
exercise no power but that Of administering
to his own qualifications by means of his mo-
ney. He had better stay at home.
The class of European emigrants, howey.
or, to which this country holds out the great.
est inducements. is the small country tenant
~. who can bring little money with them.
We mean those from the continent Of Eu
rope; generally, we believe. the English far
mers don't succeed so well amongst u.s.
John Bull, and most especially John Bull the
farmer. thinks himself one Of the greatest ag-
ricnlturalsts in. the world; and so he is in his
own country. But it takes him a good while
to adapt himself to new emergencies. He is
too proud 10 learn any thing Of brother Jon-