The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-01-06


The influx of emigrants from Europe through the past
year has been in the annals Of
the world The tide set in with amazing rapidty early
in the spring. and continues undated to the present
moment the great majority arriving in tbs most
fearful state Of restitution and misery having
neither friends nor money. Starved at home, and all
but furnished sufocsted ship board it Is
Of astonshment that many die at are placed
in hospitals on their arrival 1t is indeed surprising
that any OF them touch our shores alive No one who
has not Witnessed them in their misery In the old world,
or their wretchedness in transit term the most dis
tant idea of their suffering Their frames emacated by
famine and often by disease iii provided with food and
raiment for the hardships Of seavoyage huddled to-
miserable filthy hold Of ship dgnihsd with ths cap
tvsting names OF" second cabin aud Storage breath
ing air imprsfnated with the most deadly poison
may consider 1t next to miracle that 40 many escape
with their lives. Our government With praiseworthy
zeal and humanity has taken the matter in hand aud
passed stringent laws regulating the number Of passen
gers to be- TAKEN aud the amount of food to be dtr
buted during the voyage They have also shown that
they fully determined strencousy to enforce these
enaotments several instances having occurred In which
captains Of vessels have subjected themselves to heavy
fines and serious Inconvenience, by their infringement
OF them This Is as should be- and we rejoice and glory
In the protection thus extended to the poor and needy
Great however has been tbs amount Of emigration
iu ls47 We may expect 1t will be very considerably in
creused in 1913 The immense number OF artisans and
laborers thrown out Of employment and rendered
destitute by the commercial failure Of England, can
mud no relief save In smigraton to North America And
there Is country under the which presents such
an excellent field Is there nation more anxious to
receive them In kindness and love. than the people Of
tnS united STATES Inpy sympatnlzs ueepy Win ther
brethren In their Distress and have been and still are
willing to do their utmost for their relief not for that
Of the pampred srisocracy nor those rotten CONNER
cial establishments which ought to have crumbled to
pieces long but those designated by English
poet as their countrys prde''-the hard worked, Ill
led and poorly paid artisans and peasantry Yes let
them come here have plenty Of land rich and fer
tile as IL to be found on tn face Of the globe land
which costs little and may be purchased easy terms
or on which they may squat till they are able to pur-
chasei themselves No person need sarve here, who is
willing to work. There Is abundance for all, plenty OF
work good wages equality of privileges In IL most CON-
prehensive terms These and othef considerations pre-
sent America desirable field for the emgrant and
his time In the CT but proceeds to the country at once
We can promise him, trough he will not find America
an al dorado where gold TO be picked up the streets
yet he will at all events find plenty to eat plenty TO
drink and plenty to do.