The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-03-31
favor Of Gen. ScoTr as the next Wing
candidate for the Presidency.
Emigration TO California.

Emigration to California.
From Dur published aud private advices
from Atlantic States, we anticipate a very
large emigration TO California during the
present year. While we greet with pleasure
any indication oil IA healthy increase Of our
population, and recognize il us an impetus
10 the fortune OF our common ealth, we
cannot TOO strongly urge upon those contem-
plating the journey,to undertake it dvised-
ly, and cone here with correct purposes
md determination to make California their
permanent Eome. To such. the Pacific
coast presents stronger inducements than any
other country or earth, Here they are sure
10 better their worldly condition. But those
who come with the expectation Of making
fortunes N day, or a year, aud with the 10.
iention Of returning 10 their former homes,
will surely be disappointed,
The whole system Of emigration By which
California has been peopled, erroneous in
itself, has been attended with infinite injury
to the parties themselves. 1t has done more
10 break up the domestic relations Of the
country, than any other one cause in a half
century past. Tho amount of human suf-
fcring that has been caused directly by the
circumstance Very trivial al first view1 Of
men coming TO California without their fam.
lies, If il could be presented in all its real
tics, would exhibit a sad and mournfu pic>
ture. The evils of the system have been
felt and realized by untold thousands, and
made an imprcssion on the moral character
Of the nation that will not be erased for
many yea-s. And vel ali these unbannv
consequences of mistaken uolicy miobt and
would have been avoided. had neonle rome
here with clearly defined and rational ;n,en.
tions. and with a view of making his their
permanent homo instead of a place of fem.
porary soiourn.
Welcome that our reprcsentations with
the experience of The mast. will have , s,Iu.
tary effect upon future emiora,ion. A., we
have said. California offers The sirop,e,t in
ducements TO the industrious and eneroa,;.
Of all classes. TO adopt her a, their Mace nj
abode. But for unsettled adyen,u-er, wbo
have no fixed end in view. his s no lonocr
a profitable or advantageous field.
All doubt of permanency in the richness
Of the mine, may, we think, be safely con,
sidered MS at an end and our re resources, in
this respect, assumed as amply sufficient to
remunerale all who are likely 10 work them
in n century. For many wears 10 come. hi,
branch of Industry will prove more profit,
able Than any Other in The State. and will
continue, naturally, 10 attract the major part
Of our population. But this is by no means
the only source of wealth possessed by us.
There is no longer a question of the adap,
tabilit, of our soil TO AGRICULTURAL purposes
in nearly all its branches. The experience
Of the past year proves, beyord all cayil
that in the production Of cereal grains, and
all Horticultural articles, the capacity OF
California is not surpassed. if eoualled, by
any other territory in the world. Nature,
in her wisdom and benofcencc, has adapt.
ed the physical character Of the country
10 the peculiarly of the climate, and the al.
sence Of rain in the summer months. VIII ch
would be so destructive to the same ,nteres,
on the Atlantic side, does not interfere with
the growth and maturity of the most i'm
| portant crops on this coast. This, of course
| will seem n strange assertion 10 hose unac.
qnainted with the facts, but il is neyerthe
less true. Moreover, very large tracts 81
| land in the country, hitherto deemed value
less, have been found By practical tests Il
be Iillable, and very productive. In the
absence of actual surveys, wo believe il
safe 10 estimate the tillahle lards of Cali,
%fornia, as sufficient 10 support a population
equal to that OF Massachusetts. md more
than will be brought under cultivation for q
great number OF years.
As n stock.ptowinp district, il is general
" admitted that California i, the frs, in the
world. In addition TO the growth oil hor ses,
asses, mules, horned cattle, hogs, &c., (all OF
which are provided for by nature, and NAV
be reared in the greatest abundance, With
out trouble or expense,) the wool-prorer
finds here facilities unknown in any other
country. The soil, The seasons, the climate.
and every arrangement of nature, ARE ne.
c%uliarly adapted TO the growth of sheer, and
we have no doubt that before many wear,
have elapsed, we will he almost as famous
exporters Of wool, as we now are Of gold.
Every succeeding day affords pleasing ev.
idencc that our population is becoming more
and more permanent, and that society, in II
its ramihcalions, is rapidly organizing. The
pursuits oil life are becoming deiii ed and
classified, according to the tastes and capac.
tiles of men, and at an early day we shall
sec each class pursuing ils own peculiar av>
o%cation with the same order, regularity and
success rs in older communities. This is n
point which emigrants should bear in mind
There is ample room here for the prosecu-
ton of every branch of mechanical labor,
and hose who come to our shores, will con-
suit their own, and the common good, by
coming prepared to follow the pursuits to
,ybi,L, ,bav h.ra kaao aorne,o,,.l a.t e.
which thew are qualified nv edncalion and