The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-07-02
Written fof the cineinnsu nsily Time,
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NUMBER KxxvTi
THE BMIGRANTS.
BY IuNIUs


r'.r BY JUNUs.
America is The bright star Of earth, which,
amid waste Of clouds, slsnts its beams to
bands the most remote, and cheers the strug.
Cling, the suffering and the crushed with the
hope Of reaching that home where liberty is
centered and comparative happiness enshrined.
Like the distant heaven to the Christian,
Columbia promises rest to the toil-worn spirit,
and waves her noble flag in every breeze that
floats towards her shores, reckoning the op-
pressed of every cline to the great asylum Of
all-the temple Of freedom and equality. Be-
meath her broad banner sleep the fears Of tyr
amy, lulled by the knowledge Of security, and
transmitted into gladsome conceits by imagina-
HCu Of the future And yet, with all the priv
ilegCs aud blessings our country confer, her
realization iulfils not the dreams she inspires,
nor answers the Exaggerated expectations Of her
adopted sons. Expecting too much, and weay-
ing rose. .garlands with fancy, instead Of draw
ing sober pictures with reason, they come and,
though greatly melorated, are still deceived.
The purple hues vanish with diminished dis
tsnee, and smooth curves exhibit rough
.angles--angles that ever protrude in life, and
sharpen desires into enduring longings after
the vague and limitless archetype Of ALL
Ship after ship, whose believing sails whiten
the sea- bears emigrants from the old to the new
world, tearing their affections from deserted
.hopess to be reborn and blossom anew upon a
strangers soil. What trials, What hardships
what miseries oft have they to sustain before
what they seek is their These we shall at
tempt isintly to describe.
Like multiplied waves, constantly and un
osasingIy flow the emigrants to our land, peo
ping It in the North, the South, the East and
especially the West, crowding our cities, settling
onr territories, aud diffusing their energy and
industry into the great arteries Of agriculture
and trade No end is there to the stream; and
the period seems approaching when the kings
and poteutates of Europe will have no people
to govern.
The spots where parents live, perhaps have
died, where dwell friends and relatives-where
every object is entsngled with memory, and
even the bitter past assumes lingering fond
ness--they leave behind, aud, with tears and
mind, tortures and heart aches, consign their
fates to the bOisterOus Ocean--frequently less
rude than what lies beyond. Outstanding
their little means, they are thrust into rude
cabins lily ventilated, and, half-starved, half
suffOcated, their ordeal begins upon the first
day Of their voyage Sickness and disease
breaks out and ravages their thick ranks, snatch
ing many an unfortunate into the Opaque
realms Of the great 10 be Corpse follows
corpse into the tomb Of waters, aud the vessel
glides on lighteued of the freight Of one hu-
man soul, deep resting in coral caves that
plummet never reached. The living, with
mind and body racked, gaze one last farewell
upon their companions, and stifle feeling they
cannot destroy. Soon "the Land Of Promise"
bursts upon their sight, and cry Of Joy from
their lips.
Driven like swine into railroad cars, and
hHddled together upon decks Of steamers, won
derlng at all they see; and cursed, and iOstled
and cramped, they finally arrive
f'Where ialr Ohio rolls her amber tide,
And nature blossoms in her virgin PRIDE
11;a o,,u;c,,a s;s,hi 10 oksorsys khb,,, &c vr;fh
gaping mouths and staring eyes, their odd cos
TUNES and Oddsr selves, they gaze about them
At theiffirst entrance into the Queen Cityl-
Imagine their emotions in strange land amid
strangers, Of whom their partial knowledge but
augmsnts their mystery. Rough commands
mechanically they obey, and, following each
otherlike lost sheep, wander through the streets
often unconscious where they shall lay theit
heads. Nor do they care--they are in blessed
America, and surely they cannot want in their
new home. Deluded creatures! ere many day,
they will discern the tsIlaey Of their dearly
cherished ideas, and learn the great bat fearful
lesson: The world is purely selfish, nor cares
only for itself! They have entered upon
another Stage Of tribulatioh. upon which many
viii perish and others remove sll difficulties
between thsm aud fortune.
II not stripped Of their means before their
arrival, they soon viii Be. Is the ignorance and
inO1psrienes Of the smigrants serve as pretexts
for plundsring them Of their little store Of
wealth. They probably seek . lodging place in
one Of the filthy boarding. houses which are nu-
merOus about the Ieves and ia other quarters Of
the city, and where they ere charged any rate
they viii q cen pay, though The accommodations
are not worth twenty five eents month. These
low 6carding.houass employ spies 70 ferret ont
good customen, and get large percent. for
bringing them ihithsr to be fairly robbed -