The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-05
Ffom the Savannah Republican.
DepopuIaaiau-

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! The following paragraph from the Green's
borough (Ala.) Beacon, notices a process o
emigration too well known to the elder State,
Of the south:
San unusually large number of mover:
have passed through this village within the
past two or three weeks. On one day Of
last week upwards OF thirty wagons and
other vehicles belonging to emigrantS most
ly nom Georgia and South Carolina. pass.
ed through ON theta war, most OF them
bound TO Arkansas and Texas"
Thistide of emigration does not emanate
from an oyerfiowing population. Very far
from 1t. Rather itmaIks an abandonment
OF soil which, exhausted by iniudicious
culture, will no longer repay the labor Of
hiiage. The emigrant, turning his back
upon the home Of his childhood, leaves a
desolate region, it may be, and finds that
he can indulge ia his feelings Of local at.
tachment only at the risk Of starvation.
How are the older States of the south TO
keep their population? We say nothing Of
an Iiicrease--but how are they to hold their
own Il is useless to talk about strict con-
struction. State rights, or Wilmot Provisos.
OF what avail can such things be to a ster-
lie desert upon which people cannot sub.
sist p , se
K The south mast adopt other sorts Of IN
dastry besides that which is employed in
the production Of cotton. Il must encour-
age q variety Of pursuits adapted to the
manifold faculties and capabilities Of an in
telligeni community. La word, manu-
featuring and mechanical industry must get
toothold at the south, il she would find
profitable employment for her people, de
velope her own resources, and maintain
position among prosperous communities.
7 There is no help otherwise. Out Of no
theory of political construction can the
Hputh derive the elements ola substantial
growth and strength lii that varied indus
Try be wanting which blends the intellect
OF man with the materials which nature
furnished for articles OF use. Whether our
government. be federal or national; whether
the constitution forms merely league Of
independent sovereigntiess or is the cement
ing principle Of ono united republic;
whether the States are the constituents Of
the General Government, ofwhether the
latter is an eman,tion from the great mass
Of the people-thess are questions which,
important as they may be in their place,
will never restore fertility to an impoverish.
Cd cotton plantation in South Carolina, let
them be discussed from one years end to
another.9 ,hs.a5od IA s,fesesaV sdf srll
The nextseensass will he likely 20 an.
nounce some important fscts-facts for
which reasons viii be demanded. is Where
there are results there must be Causes
Where tendencies exist and continue to OBJ
crate steadily and uniformly, there must be-
principles at work which take particular
orms Of manifestation BY reason OF newt |
ahIe laws. Neither progress on the one
hand nor decay on the other, characteristic
he history Of States, can BE- deemed acct.
lsntal---unless upon the assumption that
MI distinctions between wisdom and folly
are imaginary and null. The next census,
No repeat, will contain vast volume Of
II will speak, not in the Ian.
piage OF passion OF excitement, bat in the
lialect Of facts stamped with their ,unmis- |
akeable aspect of inaexible reality. Il