Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-06-20


States number Of persons as ereat,--with
their natural ncresse.--a as Asia sent into En-
rone IN these armed immigrations of barborous
raees.
| Here ofeonrse the parallel ends. The n
ees that invaded Europe came To lay waste and
Ia suhjugate, The hosts that cross the Atlantic,
are peaceful immigrants. The former burst
upon the Roman Empirr. and by off repeated
strokes beat 1t to the ground. The immi.
grants 10 America from all countries come 10
cast IN their lot With the native citizens. aud 10
share with US ,his great inheritance OF civil and
religious liberty. The former were Ierocious
harbarians-hall.clad in skins-speaking strange
-worshiping strange gods nh bloody
rites; the latter the children of the coun-
tries from which the first European settlers Of
this continent proceeded, and lelong with us
To the great common family of Crisiendom -
The former destroyed The culture of the m
clent world; 1t was only after a thousand years
hat better civilization grew up from its RUNS.
The millions who have established themselves
m America within sixty years, are. from the
moment of their arrival gradually absorbed IN.
TO the mass Of the population conforming 10
the laws. moulding themselves 10 tie manners
Of the country, and contributing their share TO
its prosperity and strength.
II is curious coincidence as the first mighty
way tefhe hostile inning ratlon that burst upon
Europe Leiore the tune of our savior consisted
OF tribes belonging TO the great Celtic race, the
remains Of which, identified by their original
dialect, are still found in Brittany. IN Wales IN
the highlands Of Scotland and especily in Ire
land-so by far the greater portion of the new
and friendly immigralive aud too often express
ed race. | have heard in the mountains oil
Wales and the highlands oil Scotland the Cos
pei preached IN substantially the same language
in which Brennus uttered his naughty sum
mons 10 Rome, and in . hich The mystic songs
of The Druids were chanted in :he depths oil
the primeva forests OF France and Eng land
in the time of julius Caesar 1t is still spoken
by thousands Of Scotch. Welsh and Irish i'm
migrants in all parts OF the United States
This great Celtic race is one Of the most re.
markabc that has appeared in history. Wheth
or II belongs 10 that extensive lndo European
family of nations. which, in ages before the
dawn al hIstory,took up line Of march in two
columns from lower India, and moving west
ward both by northern and southern route,
finally difused itself over Western Asia, Nor.
thern Africa aud the greater part of Europe
or whether, rs others suppose. the Celtic race
belongs TO a sill older stock, and was itself
driven down upon the South and into the
West oil Europe by the overwhelming force of
the lndo- Europeans, are questions which we
have no time at present 10 discuss However
il may be dc cided, it would seem that for the
first time, as far we are acquainted with the
fortunes of this interesting race, they have
found themselves in a really prosperous con
dit,on in this country Driven from the soil
to which their fathers have chung for two thou
sand yearsthey have at length and for the first
time in their entire history, found real home
in land Of strangers. Having been told, in
the lrghtfu language ofpoltical economyhat
at The daily table which nature spreads for the
human family, there is no cover laid for them
in ireland, they have crossed the oceanic find
occupation shelter, and bread on a foreign
soil:
This Celtic Exodus" as it has been aptly
termed. is to all the parties Immediately con.
nected with it one ofthe most important events
of the day. To the emigrants themselves it
may fc regarded as passing from death To
life. 1t will benefit Ireland by reducing sur
plus population. and restoring a sounder and
juster relation of capital and labor. 1t will
benefit the laboring classes in England, where
wages have been kept down to the starvation
point. by the struggle between the native pop
ulatiop, and that of the sister Ireland. This
benefit will extend from England to ourselves,
and will lessen the pressure ofthat competition
which labor is obliged to sustain, with the
i'll paid labor of Europe. While the constant
influx into America of stout and efficient hands
supplies the greatest want in new Country,
which is that of labor,-givcs value to land,
and facilitates the execution of every species
ofprivate enterprise and public work.
am not insensibe TO the temporary in.
conveniences which are to be offset against
these advantages on both sides Of the water.
Much suffering attends the emigrant there, on
his passage, and after his arrival. 1t is impos
slble that the valure of our native labor may
have been depressed by too sudden and extern
sive supply from abroad; and it is certain,
that our asylums and almshouses are crowded
with foreign inmates and that the resources oil
public and private benevolence have been
heavily drawn upon. These are considerable
evils. but they have perhaps been exagger-
ted.