The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-08-12
Emigration from Germany.

Emigration from Germany.
that letters received from the continent of Europe
announce the coming Of thousands Of Germans TO
the United States. One letter states that 20, 600
about to embark from one district, and that the
ragc for emigration perva1es the whole of Gcrma-
ny and Holland. The only event tha, can posi-
bly, preven, the coming of these masses OF emf
grants, is the want of vessels. An immense army
Of emigranls are on their march int" France TO en-
bark from French ports. Gaignani's Messenger
a Paris paper noted for the accuracy of its state
mcns, says that whole villages, including the rich
as well as the poor, arc emigratng from Germany
to North America. Three Of those i'll Upper
Hesse have, within u few months, been entirely
abandoned, and several in Rhenish Prussia are
preparing TO follow the example. A short time
ago the whole population Of one Of these villages
passed through Mcn,z on lis way to America, ac-
companed by its pastor and school master.
Fears are entertained by many narrow-minded
folks tina, the arrival of so many Foreigners in this
country, who ale unacquainted with the nature of
our institutions and yet in short time will have
an equal share in their control, may become I'M
mical to their welfare but these fears have, we
think, no reasonable foundation. The great body
Of foreign emigrants, though they may be pas
sionately attached TO the soil where their fathers
arc buried, and tear may start to theif eye at the
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lily despsc the institutions under which they for
mcrly lived, and soon become attached to the free
spirit of ours; and, though at first they may be bu,
little acquainted with the nature of our govern
ment, they need but witness |. few elections to
learn the importance of handing them down I'M
impaired to their postority. But as regards the
grea, mass OF the Germans, want of at least
theoretical knowledge Of the nature of our inslu-
tons is sin of which they can by no means be
accused. Revolution and the establishment of
republican form of government in Germany are
there the themes on every tongue, and nothing
bat the immense but waning might Of that inhu-
cnce against which even Napoleon, mighty as he
tia. lettering humbug legitimacy, and of which
Prince Mcltcrnich of Austria is main pillar.
has hitherto prevented their contamination. From
Germans, then, on that score we have nothing TO
fear, and we apprehend as little from any others.
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urged doubtless is that, when they first come here
being "sttangers IN n strange land" speaking, &C.
Morally, a different language, and not enjoying all
the privileges of the natives, they are apt to con-
ceive themselves regarded with an eve Of jealousy
as distinct caste, or class---to engender unsocia
and pickering feelings towards the native born, and
thus tend to create laciious divisions and coatcn.
tons in the community. But this objection los
cs its force when it is considered that the proper
ton of foreigners TO natives can never be much
larger than it is at present. and therefore the evil
if it be one, will hardly increase Upon the whole,
We feel confident that the people of the "prairie
state" would joyously welcome the intelligent,
hardy, and industrious Germans to her soil, and |
tu,ions. And in all the United States we know
Of no place that holds out greater inducements to
the emgrant than does this state, and particulars
ly the northern part of it. Here the emigrant
with capital will find innumerablc ways to invest
his money to the very best advantage; and the
poor cmgrant, without iarthing in his pocket,
can, by little industry and perseverance, become
the owner OF fine farm and a comfortable home.
Along the line of the Illinois and Michigan canal
there are thousands of acres of the very best land
lying vacant upon which the emigrant can move
and commence farming For most of his pro-
ducc there is good market within short dis
lance. When the land sale comes OH he can easily
pay the first instalment for his claim will be worth
more than that will amount to, and the rest he
will have 20 years time to pay. Nor let any one
be frightened Mt that bug-bcar our state debt for
the people are not going to tax themselves more
than they can bear on its account and, at all events
tho settler on the canal land will have no tax TO
pay until twenty years after he purchases VIVA,
region, then, can suit the emgrant better than
just this We confidently believe none in the
whole wide wo;ld
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