The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-19
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cur attention WITS arrested, on Saturday lsst
by gate along train of wagons, winding through
our streets, which, upon inquiry, We found 10
belong 10 party emigrzling from Wayne
county, in this State, TO The faI West. This is
but a repetition Of many similar scenes that
aud others have witnessed dur ng the past few
years; aud such spectaeles viii be still more
frequently witnessed. unless something is done
10 retrieve our fsllen fortunes at home.
Il there be any one "consumnlaiion devouily
10 De wished in policy, il Is that oar young
men should remain at home, and not abandon
their native State. From the early settlement
Of North Carolina, the great drain upon her
prosperity has been the spirit Of emigration,
which has so periodically affected all the States
Of the Souih. Her sous, hitherto neglected Of
must say H. BY an unparen,ai government,
have wended their way, by hundreds upon hun-
dTeds, from the land Of their fathers-thatland,
too, TO make il a paradise, wanting nothing but
a market-to bury their bones ia the land Of
strangers. We firmly believe that this emigra-
ton is caused by the laggard policy of our
people on The sabeot Of inIernil Improvement
for man is not prone by nature 10 desert the
home Of his sifeclions.-Raleigh IN. q Reg.
We are very much afraid that the editor of
the Raleigh Register has not EIIwoOd
Fishers pamphlet. Poor man! lie does not
know that all this emigration e adding TO the
prosperity Of the State. The smaller the num-
Der Of inhabitants, The greater the AMOUNT Of
property belonging 10 each individual and ac
cording TO Mr.. Fisher, the greater the prOsperi
~ of the State. This grand principle was not
discovered by TIE political economists OF former
times; but what is ihc use of living sin the
fnll lI.ye of Tia ,.n.fa.pth cansur,.ts ;f "a.
light does not enable us 10 see ihingsl Mr. +
can prove his positions either POLITICALLY or pro-
saicaIly. Does not Shakespeare say"There are
many things in heaven and earth, Ii0raiiop'
This is the poetieal proof The prose proof is
as follows: Ii six boys own a dozen eggs, and
three OF the bows GO away, will no, each Of the
remaining three be richer than he was before
IL one hundred thousand men own the land in
a state, and ninety thousand emigrate, will not
each of the remaining ten thousand be richer
IN proportion TO the number withdrawn lfl
nine thousand more go away, each one of the
remaining tho assnl will find himself becoming
richer than CTusus, and the State advancing
10 prosperity with rspid strides. Let nine
hundred more withdraw, aud each one of the
remaining hundred Will be richer still, and the
State viii be found advancing with railroad
speed. What mathematician can estimate the
riches Of the individual, and the general pros
periiy of the State when all are gone but one
Depend upon il, emigration rs the real Midas |
that turns everything TO gOld--the story about
that heather Midas is nothing but fable. The |
lone island of Robinson Crusoc was the most
prosperous Stale in the world, unless there
could be one found without Man Friday We |
are inclined to think that no such persons as
Crossus and Crassus ever lived, and thar these |
names were merely corruptions Of the hume Of
Crusoe-infant hspipgs Of his name by aniici-
lation. The splendor OF his wealth was so
nlense that it could easily shine far back into
he darkness of the past, and the benighted
,sgans Of Greece and Rome could readily rake
subslance Of the mere reflection.
This theory Of wealth aud prosperity throws
iglt on some very dark passages In ancsent
nd modern writer's. Who ever knew before
hat tie cry for solitude was merely ery for
iches and prosperity When the poet Cowper
onged for ga lodge in some vast wilderness"
e was merely anxious to be in prosperous
tate. saars lss
We hope the editor Of the Raleigh Register
Iill see his ertOr, and be consoIed. He ought !
urge the emgrants on with as much earnest q
ess as the farmer sha's the chickens from his }
heat .