The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-02

newer Of the United States; portion Of has attained
the civilization Of the OLD World wns o.nsf po s
Of the Frontier settler the cabin OF the tspper ana me
wigwsm of the savage. Within this vast doosn there
are millions OF acres fertile land Tn be parcha 1T
moderate Prices according its p,sition and its state
Of improve nent and The are hundreds of millions OF
acres in the stats Of nature ana Saaag sss A. 'n'
II Is this .hch most strikes tbs European msgina-
tisn The Ola World is nearly all appropriated y ind
countries but of comparatively small amount aud
mostly forests With this exception every acre Of and
Elglsns the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Italy,
What little is soldis sold Oh y at high price presume
the nu.ber Of aneholder. England far les. than in
the State Of New York. In the OF the French
Revolution The land has been greatly divided and subd
v6a in France ard in Germany and now held in small
farms but ewing 10 tie limited quantity of purchaabs
land these when sold sold only ut hi RI prices
Generally spesking the mass of the inhabitants in Eu-
rope regard the ability to bod snd occupy eonsierabs
suggestion that there is country beyond the ocean
where fertile land to be purchased IN suanty at
dollar and quarter FER acre. and that dollar and
quarter TO earned many Of the country by the
labor of single day, strikes them like the tales Of
Asc. lamp or All ssvs nns i9 & ,s
the weary yntim'se in the land OF strangers after
their arrival 1hey nothing With the minds eye but
the "land of PROMISE they reflect upon nothing but
the fact that there il region the earths surface
where few days uDsLled labor will purchase the lee
Il .ms WOULD 4 q under any .
cumssnce, the population Of ola country, where,
as have just said the land is all appropriated and to
be purchased on'y in any con.iderabls quantity At
prices which put its acquisition seyond the thought Of
the masses But this j. but half tale It must not
he forgotten that in this and venerable Europe,
whose cviis ton is the growth Of two thousand years,
where Of the luxurious re1nements OF LIE ear
ried TO perfection of which have scarcely idea in
this country considerable part OF the population even
in the most prosperous regions pass their lives In state
but remove from s'arystop-poorly fed, poorly
clothed poorly housed without ton ~ithout po-
hticsl privileges without moral culture. The average
wages Of the agricultural laborer in England xes esti
week he con.ton II the working population on tos
comment Of Eu ope Is in Do degree better II A. good
They but lite animal food either in England or me
continent We form ntic notions a. distance az
countries that abound in wine aud oil; but il TIE bess
go, erped States OF slyin Tuscany for instancetha
ess,nry, though they their lives Ia the vineyard
ard the olive orchard consume the fruit Of neither
have the Iu,can Tea ants unable TO bear tho cost
of he most dinary vine from the vley ards in VII
their cottages are ebossoned and VII ch be bought
at retail for cent the fash-pouIing water over the
grape lins IS they from the wine press, and ma
Even for persons in comparatively easy circumstances
in EuroEe there s.rosg Inducements 10 enisae 10
taxes op sivethe exnctons Of military service
in the add o all this the barassiDg
nifty CT he For sixty seventy years the continent
has been wide theatre Of scarcely ntermtted coDvui-
zion Every country III l. has been Involved in warthere
is scarcely that has passed through revolution.
We ad If events le these the newsps look
upoa them with osty articles of mere intelligence
they awaken limoges of our o~n Revolution which we
regard only With 10, GUS associations Far different the
Of things in crowded Europe, of which the airest
felds in every generation traDped by mighty armies
into bloody mirs Daz,ed by the sncy Of the military
exploits Ct which read at safe distance va orget
the apxietes OF those Who grow Eitha The sound 4
the capnon'e rear whose prospects in life ruined
Their business broken up th.lr ute mo swept
parayis OF the industry Of the country their torn
from them by ruthless nscriptoDs. the means Of edu
eating and bringing up their families Consumed by dsas
tous emergencies Terrified by the recent experience
the Tradition of these iserie thousands emgrate to
the land Of promise flying merely before the prese
Int y witch the Great TonCher
level with the reality. (Applnuse)
Ever ard anon some sharp specific catastrophe gives
an intense activity to emigration When the reign OF
terror enhroned in France and when everything in
way conspicuous whether for station wealth. talent
seiyjceof every age and Of either sex--from the
crowned the gray barred magistrate aud tie
tind naiden-wss brought TO the guiotipe, hundreds
Of thou.ands emigated at once fom the ee,oed king
European population Of that island 20 the United States
But beyond every thing else which has been witnessed in
modern times the famine which prevailed fe~ years
since in Ireland gave terrific impulse TO emf alton
Not lees, probably than million of her Inhabitants
issnd as highly favored in the gifts Of nature a. any
spot the face of the earth has actually diminished
more than 500 coo since the IA aine year llondon
Quarterly Revsw for December, 1851, III The only
example, perhaps in history OF similar result in
county lot ylte5 BY fo eign civil nvulsion.
The population ought II the of nature have
IN rein, Of fact betseen 1910 ard 1850 popua.
tion increased by more than six millions.
This prodgous increase Of the population of the United
SAFES IS partly owing 10 the graft fon foreign
countries which has place der the influence Of tic
al and specific, TO which have alluded OF
late years from three to four hundred thousand emrant
registered ct the teyera Custom houses arriving IN
this country 10 the of the ,sar !. y prooi PIE
tat ihlfo az many by the Sanadisn fronuec
Not aueh les Than tw9 o n'i Is - rs ~ up
lota 20 Is csIcpIa.d that there are living al The
Ieseni day H. the lbted States fze millions per
ioresn.rr Who ha emigrated sin 1880, ard their de-
c. Ddans.
There is nothing in the annals Of mankind 10 be
compared to This; but there lie series of great
lerlod OF thousand years which began about three
or four hundred years before Saviour, the Roman
republic and empire from ttme to time invaded
by warke races from the North and East who burst
with overwhelming force upon the South and West Of
Europe, end repeatedly carried Oscillation to g.es
Of Rene Thee nous Invaders wers not armies
Of men they IL reality nations Of h title emig anti,
They CANE with their wives-with their 'young bsrba-
rhps-wih their ecythian eavalry-aDd their herds Of
cattle and theJ came with no purpose OF going a~ay
The antfrus nsdnerdt made up before they aban-
doreo their ice clad homes They let their arctic L.
glance behind them They ou I'd the banks of the
ArBo and the Rhopc more pleasant than those of the
Len ana the VolFa. Unaccustoed the sight OF asy
tree more inviting than the melancholy fir and the stunt
ed Birch its branches differing With snowy crystals
brought under climate the generous fruits are
uBknswn. ihete children Of The North nush
ascnsted bsrldefed lin the lard Of the cit-on aod
myths - they gssed ~h delighted astoRis hnent at the
spreading elm fsstooned with FAsrnian custeYs they
cuched with kind of frantic JOY at the fruit OF this Gs
tree aud the olive-a Inc melting peach lie il sssus
plum. the folden orange and the pomegrsnats whoss
tinted cheek outbu,he. evers ng but the living
With grim delight the brood OF winter view
brighter day and heavens Of azure hue:
Scent the lew fragrance Of The breathing rose,
And quaf the pendent vintage as it grows.
Applause)
By the fortune Of war. Jingle detachments and even
mighty armies frequently suffered defeat but their place
"a. immed'sel. tale BY new hordes, which fell upon
declining Rome the tamished wolves one Of Catlins
pictures fail upon Al aged buffalo in Western prares
The imperial monster vsrul in his decrepitude
would often scatter their updcipned array with his
iron tusks ard trample them by thousands under hs
brazen feet but when re turned back and bleeding
10 his hills tens Of thou came no wirg nom
the northern forests wis sprAng his throat and buried
their fsngs in his lAcerated sides Wherever they con
quered-Apd in the END they
estsbi med themselves he Soil invited eomers-
anc from their uros with the former inhaba nt the
Nations OF the South and West of Europe At the present
day, FOR the most part trace their de- cent
We know but little Of the numbers thus thrown IA upon
the Roman republic AID empire in the cour.e Of eight or
ten centuries They we're no doubt greatly exaggerated
by the panic fear OF the the pride OF the
Roman historisns would lead them to ssny the DO YER
before which their own legons hsd Often quaed But
When we consider the difficulty q suSsisting large mum
Der OF In march through an unfendv country