Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1838-05-24
MIGRATION I'd rnE WEST.


According 20 the 9uGllo CONNER
oial Advertiser, lie ,idc OF emigration
Is setting As strongly % tho WESTWARD
as GGrins ai.y preceding season. Not
less thau ore thousand passengers LETT
HAT pot on a'insle morning, en- their
Way 10 tie land VI piouisc 10 which
30 n any lcos % 'tc 'crri~1'.cr. Of uiI
then laCoIs. CoG.I lie Truth be ascor.
tanned. VIC are iGe..cd 10 think Al
would Lc found tL-, maay a family Las
regretted leaving SIS huu BE lat cheer.
til hone. ~ he midst of relatives and
iuccds; and were tie same hing TO be
'crc over scale v CulG nc,crCCnsentto
make themselves CNi,es iron tie scores
OF their na'INi'v. Ii Z, bored that the
oNerlions made bv some @. tic govern
ir'uis OF the old States a. favor q their
agricultural population Udl have tic
effect on putting a ,top 10 4 system of
explanation som, utjou, 10 tic Interests
oi &C good old thirteen" One Of
lie causes which have operated most
Pow Cr!c'iy IA Tio1uoiog The feeling H.
iaNCr If miEr4'i.r. l. the undue arrsc-
cation attached 80 the acquisition of
teal estate. Persons tliuk that g., be-
coming abe owucts ol hundred or
two acres n slil they elevate thcr-
selves IN The sca'c o: society rot5,ccct
ing that TIC enlightened uc,laft- OF
manufacturer Is certainly 10, inferior
IN importance - tie uuirarrcd nud
scqucsfcrcc cul'iya'0rcf'rr earth and
That worth IS 10 Ic estimated - ~
with reference - Usctu'DCss ~ society
md a foil participation "a o., aGai.5
Than ~ negotiating away m existence
among thc woct. and q, d. stance
from our kind. We mus, .o, be IN.
dcrstocd as wishing 10 untcr,aluc cur
brethren Of the remote interior. or ic
deifaei from their usefulness as iurui l..
cFN Of tho products Of the sol We
only viii thu, those whose l-, may
have been cast an the more uhlcLly IN.
hao'cG potion OF our cauatiy. where
1.lhousl he sol may be poor. tie "a
ci.i;ies @! Carving on pursuits vhlch
DEPENDS on sli.l aai ilscuuI'y arc in.
;fni'cly greater, nay rot bc iod sva,.
~ desire Tor change. IS injurious 10
iheuScl'c- rs itis rUinous 10 the com.
munii.cs which they abandon. Let
coTPafe for an instant The civil and
moral condition 81 The industrious. IN.
'eli'scnt mechanic among us,wi.h that
81 ihe emIgraut "a a EcNly scaled ccuE.
tax. The former cams H.. WAGES
which Ice cXpcGd, ~ r..susia. cIuca-
Ton for hI' children. and comforts fst
hIs LILLE domestic circle ~: .ne /,
srcIi ~ happy converse with recIlc
ui hIS own station IN iiic. and the crlov.
ment of oil tic privileges y Lroh oi,i'l-
zaiion bc,:ow-. lie sees ils Oh ping
grow w around hin, and, " ben thcy
arc ready to enter upon Tie theatre OF
he world. boholds them possessed Of .
good iF''" viri'hy 20 procure a CON.
Portable iivc' cod " hen acc over.
tales liu !: End, LIN surrounded So
relatives aud friends, lie aGrl,iara.c
attentions OF whom bcgule hi- .,ay 10
The tomb aat when be :. called hence
he h1s ttc S7'i.'1-''~7 ~ tlvin- Tho
pillow Of death soo'hcd ~ those wh,
have been dear to him through n.e
What on the otter hand i.'ho f.to OF
ihe settler 10 new Ccur'yr lie be.
sins and ends with discomfort ana
alienation from his Kindred old .ricnds
Ills life isorc ofscoiuHon ard pfya1on.
and a''"r tn.Iug aNay his existence. 10
dies and leaves his acres ., tho heritage
e those who ere 10 come after hir.
and who perhaps yil forget 20 whom
ucy ore indebted f5r what they pos
scss.- Baltimore .71er.c7..