The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-12-20
Emigration from Great Britain.

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What hss appeared TO be tho. a,,raor,,i,,,x
emigration of ths last i've year ra,',;nnss nnsh.
ted. and nromise--or sbail we rathsr SOW ,,,.,.
tens to be the permanent dra;nyof IN. Bri,i.h
population The number ofthe emiv,an,. a, New
York alone for the gr-t epht month, az Ills vs,r
has been 1872 $50. nrainst nbout th,.. cmr,5. -
that number last wear To Mi. n,r., n. .,la.d
the numbers that still 90 bv thu rou,e NJ tho 81
Lawrence, and the Increased emora,ion NJ which
there are symptoms already in The port Of Lon.
| don. to our Australian colonies Thorghit i,t,us
that many Of these are Germans. and that sons
thousands arrive at New York every y.ur drect
! from Bremen and other Continental pGr,s. still by
! far the greater part are our own peonle. As far
! Ireland, whnt We see thers i. absoluiely without
parallel in history: and there is nothing like il,
even in fable unless it be hat vas, and impatient
multitude which EsrAs il related by tho poet To
have beheld on the shores us Styx.
! Evervwherre we are told the lirn,rs are fitting
with the produce Of their crops and the lshnrers
with their wages for harvest work Employer.
have been forced to pay ,hi. wear a trh. moro
than heretofore: and it nov appears that 90 far
from This proving a temptation TO remain ~ home.
il will only increase the difficulty next wear.
Though this Is the most unfavorable season uf the
year for emigration, the terrors of a stormy pas
sage and IN American winter seem 70 TO lost ON
40 inhosritablc Il, tha, which has given then,
birth. The railways are loaded with enigsnt..
who. their arrival at the mort, race TO the shin
rs if flying for their lives Fortunate are thav
who arc not left ON the 1unys 10 iiu,rr for wesl,
in the hope sl another vessel Ii is not merely
the bone and ,incw the rude material of ofind,istry
that ia betGkinr itself elsewhere. MANY Of tho
vessels are freightei with a superior clss. csrry-
ing often not merely their savings, but hll tLe
qualities also that belong to their position
When an emigration such as this has gone on
fnr five years, it will become a matter Of great
interest TO inquire how long Il il likely to con,in.
ue, and what will be its probable effects on the
c 'untry that suffers this drain As tV the frat
of these questions II reasonable to -up,os4 that
81 long a. the United States ofrur the advantsgs.
they now do so long "a the transport is an cheap
and expeditions, and so long rs British labor suf
teTs lis present difficulties and turlens there will
be no dminutlon, but rather an increase Of this
wonderful movement. Unless the United S'p,e-
should quarrel among themselves. or amy other
great calamity befall them, they muct evsrv year
become more and more capable Of accommodating
and employing the stranger Their greatest pro.
gress has lstl erto been in chief line, Of cnmmur
cation, and other such works, which muc, cnntr
butte to future prosperity and grandeur. Bv
means Of those lines tina valley OF the Mississippi
near 10 New York az if they wore actually within
sight oflt; and soil which twenty years ago wss
untred. i. now trayelsed bv thoroughfs'e Of m.
tons. At this day, throughout greater part of
the United States the c'y Is s',ll for more herd.
and as proluctior ia still rapidly increasing it 10
evident that il must be long before there are In"
many mouths. As to the mean. OF transport. g.
very year new lines Of ocean steamer, ore lrojeo-
ted, ofincreased rapaciy aud speed a, dsrreas-
IN fares; SO that 1t is not Improbable that before
long twelve tays passage will be brought with
in the means Of the common run Of emgraD's.
Meanwhile many lines of first class sailing vessels
are profitably employed IN the service and eve
rs week during the present year vessels Of tho
largest size might be seen in our docks fitting 1p
for emigrants under the eve Of the Governments
inspectors. II it answers the purpose Of several
thoutand Germans every wear to take Il passage
10 this polt, and TO be at the cost Of resiGenc4
here for some davs or weeks, in order 70 avail
themselves Of orr ships it il clear the British ara
long likely TO possess the grestest facilities for
emigration in the world.
As to the causes at home which haze ir,rart-
ed to the present emiyrants its melancholy char
acter flight from personal difficulties and ma
tonal ills, whether they are likely to continue.
or even to increase is question Of grsnt dera.
cy. No; to 90 further into it, We may reasoon hiv
doubt whether within the next twsuty years ths
pressure Of circumstances will be 90 materially
reduced as to effect the calculations Of the would.
be emigrant or whether the avenues IN wealth
and position will he 60 much widsDed and
snoothed as to diminish the contrast supposed to
exist in this respect between British and Amer
lean society The institutions and customs NJ ,his
country are all adapted to the supOsi,iOn Of .
vast difference of classps--a lower class redund-
ant, neccssitous, ignorant, and manageable ~,
upper class, wealthy, exclusive, united, and pow
erfal; and middle class struggling to emerge
from the lower aud attach itself 10 the uppey
The suppositon must long hold good, and will
probably reign az an opinion even after It hns
been considerably qualified as a fact; but whe,b.
CT as flct or an opinion, il will long exorcaO .
repusive influence on the poorer the les, fsr'u.
nate, and more struggling classes, and will drive
them to seek their fortunes where society 10 i'm
agined to be clearer Of such barriers and dis,ine
lions
Should this emigration continue a. the sa,ns
rate for Tie next twenty, wears, it canno. but
have important ciicct, Tn this country. As il
happens the number happens almost exactly to
t4liy with the natural increase -four population.
su that a continued drain to this amount aud no
more, would leave our population At q stand.
Such a result. it might be supposed, is both na,ur-
al and desirable. For long time it has been
firmly believed that We labor under arednndancs
Of poulatjon and that in one island at least ~
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