Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-07-18
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and invited them to fly TO the land ohDerty. ARC w
not bound then in honor to tell them where they can
get cmplo yment-where they can find home al ied''
equally as good as that which they e't! ohque'-
tonably we are. Has this been done! No' ne
interested have detained the stranger IN me CUES
where he dsembarked and through pretence OF oene-
fitting him have deprived him of his little funds, by
extravagant charges of board &C. we assert lear
lessly that this has been done in thousands OF IN
stances with the poor Irish and English whose all
perhaps consisted of few stray shillngs. But this
/ Injustice was not seen, not heard of in times past
Labor was 50 easy be had and prices SO be-
raj that the most incident could get enough with
which TO bay meal, or TO hire bed to rest his limbs
on-nay, he could do more-he could get enough to
buy two OF three glasses Of grog through the day.
But the is changed. Emgrants flock in
upon at the same rate as formerly. What do they
find! They fad the same sharks ready to devour
them at every STEP but when their pttance is gone,
they can get no employ. A great change has passed
over the active industry of the nation. Capital has
ceased TO flow in regular channels and the laberer IS
the FIRST 10 feel the effect of this disturbance.
What shall be done then? Shall we tell the poor
emigrant who seeks our shores for liberty, who
to provide home for his children by industry
that we have place for him no vacant land which
he can occupy? Shall we bid him re-embark, and
brave the angry pillows again TO seek his fatherand?
No. We will point him to an untrodden sofia land
where milk aad honey fows-a portion of the Union
where industry is sure TO be rewarded We will do
thus much for the sake Of the stranger, and he will
bless us.
Let every emigrant, landing in New York else
where if he have but few dollars in hispocke forth
with start for the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
These are states were slavery is illegal, and where
there are scarcely any free blacks Let those mml-
grants landingin Boston, New York, Philadelphia, or
Baltimore, 60 by the nearest route to Pittsburg or
Wheeling. Thence they can cross over into Ohio, or
descend the river TO Indiana or Illinois. man may
tavel to the Ohio river from the Atlantic ports for
ven dollars if he is economical. If he travel on foot,
il will cost him less. From Pittsburgh or Wheeling
he can get to Louisville or Cincinnati for five dollars.
While the emgrant, then, may be vanly waiting for
work in the cities and spending from twenty
to thirty dollars in two weeks, for half that money he
may reach the great West, where the field Of enter
prise would be open TO him. And yet we see hun
dreds of Irish and others returning by almost every
packet, at three times the expense requisite to place
them in the West. Surely these people do not know
what land is before them.
From Louisville, the journey into Indiana and Hi
nois is easy. One hundred miles will bring you into
the rich region Of the Wabash where eldlabor ranges
from twelve to fifteen dollars per month. The i'm
provements still going in Indiana will afford ample
employment for dggersupon the canal. Once in that
country, there is no difficulty in procuring work The
same may be said of the northern part of Illinois,
about Springfield, Jacksonville &c.
Instead OF going back to their homes then, let the
emgrans start for the west so soon as they arrive.
The East is no place for them. With few months
industry they collect together one hundred and
twenty dollars, and purchase eighty acres of govern
ment land On this they can erect cabin, and thus
ge, start in the world There is an English settle
ment near Evansville, Indiana, begun in this way,
and is the best cultivated spot in the State. All
that is requiredis industry and Bread and meat
abound. No man, woman child, sarvc in
that section of the world.
Why do not the praters about foreigners, coming
this country, instruct them where to go The laws
invite them to 1.-THE people of the United States
don't like the influx Of strangers among them, let
them alter the laws and prohibit emigration, But
while we calling all people to come and help
US, our business is to show them where they go
and be comfortable. There but very few who
would moi cheerfuly embrace the chance of lettering
their fortunes. The cities crowded now TO excess.
Let all VINO can't get work go to the west The west
is the paea for the industrious poor man.
Hear then, ye cmigrants Go to the west at once
and you will find Jour honest hopes realized, if you
are not too lazy to work.
TnE SEAmsTREssEs ONCE xeRE.-Poor souls they