The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-13

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Emigration from Europe and the Know
te Nothing Continuation.
From the London Times, Oct. 25.l
A very small deviation from tho existing course
8 afAtrs alsays seems strange and unaccountabls.
Not many yearsaeo the emigr alton from this coun
Try never exceeded two or three thousand, ana II
anybody had dared to predict an early drain at the
ssse s 2, eaSn u three ys.r ne y,u4 have bssn
prediction, II it ever was hazarded, fsnlled, and
for the last six or seven years tho tide Of population
has directed itself to North Amsrica with an impe-
tncsity ana bulk that nothing could Withstand.
only dozen years ago, Is now law Of satnre. In
fhct, We arc witnessing one Of those miehty set
Elements left undone at the Dispersion II nations.
= great gulfstream has ret In from the East to
bis eyes the graf social @ q III the pword
might readily suppose that population always had
flowed - It BOW flows. The great author Of the
7" Az a0gy" desc ibes the Argument Of probability
gradually swelling In the mind Of man who should,
DAY by Cay, see the ocean heaying Of certain inter
walls to cover tho sands. After many repetiions of
tho spectacle prsdigious ss 1t might seem at first,
1t becomes law. and 10 believed to be perpetual
recurrence. Suddenly there comes check. There
are hegulerttiss even in the tides. But in the
tide Of population we have mentioned the check
Y no lese than vast annual re-enigration to the
Old worlds re emigration far greater than
the whole number Of those WAC annually left
n Europe for AmsIica thirty years ago Strange
greater change, os some people have thought is We
must plead lOngereSperience, and elsim not to be
surprised There is nothing really surprising that,
Of three hundred thousand persons going snnually
10 America, six, ten, or even twenty thousand
ahould return to visit the Old World. II assumes,
however, the appearance of q reaction, and, as it
has increased hitherto from year TO year. there are
people who conclude that ere long there will be as
World will thus cease to pay its ANNUAL tribute Of
souls to the New.
But, there is nothing surprising is this
novelty, ihow is 1t to be accounted for The
American journals suggest some account Of it, and
we should think there are few people who do not
know something about the matter from their pri-
vate experience. The love OF the native soil is ni-
verssl and ineradicable and it would irdeed be
very surprising II two million persons should leave
tbeee shores IN ten years without once revisiting
the land OF their fathers and Of their own birth and
education, either to seek again settlement in il,
or to satisfy the desire Of the eyes, and return con-
tent to the land of their adoption. We see h1w
man win remember with sentimental interest the
dulest, the most disagreeable or the most inhospi
table place, il it be but his native soil. He will re-
tain ell bis life the picture Of the long, dull narrow
street. the homely market place the dark and pesti-
lental marsh, the barren heath, the hungry shore,
and, worse than all, the vulgar suburb annually
bursting out Of the smoke into fresh bricks and NOR
tar. He will revisit them II he can, only to be dis
appointed BY the reality OF that which memory
had clothed with hues of its own. But even
o man to n1inquish the land Of his adop-
ton, his new friends, his new home, his new
employ ment his new schemes, to return to those Of
his youth. Men are ashamed to confess themselves
trace their steps. They win not exhibit in the
sceEe of their boyhood the failure waith almost
every life 10 when compared with the hopes that
give It its first impulse. To these considerations
must be added others Of more material and prac-
I'll al class. Society soon closes and alls up the
opening man has left behind him return 70 the
seat you haze left at . spectacle, sod you lind
anosher In j.. But . very small portion OF those
who have left Great Britain and ireland to try their
fortunes in America would find place open for
them on their return. They would find friends de-
parted, homes destroyed, goodwill gone, services
obliterated, friendship chilled, and possibly their
very names forgotten. Hard, difficult, and unkindy
az the new life may be, the old wiz be found worse
worse in ell respects, and especially in th's that
j. ought to be better, and Is not
5ame doubtless return, as ve have Observed jast
70 Ievisit old scenes and old friends; some to parad
their succesa; few, perhaps, to resume, with thsir
newly acquired wealth. the hopes and pursnit5 they
were forced to relir quisb; very mary 10 look on.
their friends and relations. end to take them back
to their nsw home. But we cinnot believe tina
any considers able number of people who have oncs
become acclimated to new and omen couRtry
with its free institutions, its rapid growth les mary
opportunities, and its fnexhaust,ble resources vii
willingly return to be again crimped and cabinet il
diffcultles in the United States, and some Of the
new migrants may not be Of very robust, pushicg
and enterprieing class. Yet we do not see why any
language, as We are informed is the cass when ters
are bali . million Canadians speaking French,
enjoying institutions Of their own, and possessing
great weight In the government Of their colony. As
for the Germas il is Impossible they can be worse
off in the United States than they are In their own
country; and, as they have now whole towns and
districts In their bands beyond the Atlantic, thsv
carry Germany with them. The Italians, we are
told, are making their way with their usual versa
tnsy, nna sne young savoyards have relnfashed
can Re very few substantial reasons to induce any
youpg lscolT or srtan to yetrace his steps TO any
part Of the Old World for ali over .ns pars OF the
earth there y poverty, inequality, crowded trades
and PROFESSIONS. heavy taxes, military consclip.
through the INDY ing Jealousy Of rival States scd
the ambition Of prin es. On the Other hand, there
is only. one thing really on the other side to
rerel the emigrsnt, and that is the jealousy
Of the native Americans, As they call themselves
who profess to have no. sympathy with the ne "
cemers. Their ancestors were new men; bnt what
Of that2-they simply wish to refuse the hospitality
they have received. They found the United States
an sdva1 &c uoon England, and they would leave
tue II III tHc Iehr vi Japan. LIE dDxufu uIo OF
!" Know NothiDgs" taken by these people expresses
The irrational character of their opinions ana their
determination to listen to no arguments. Ia point
OF fact, the party is by no means new one. For a
whole &c neyatiop, that is for thirty years at least
there has been o fear Of the rude and impulsive
population Of Ireland, and disposition to combine
seainst strangers. Sucii feeling Ia nothing less
than treason to the spirit Of The America consitu
ton. and the genius OF liberty itself, than which
nothing Is more hospitable and kind. We feel very
u at INV (0mbinatigu nuirs. in the
United S3ates must fan To the ground from The very
fact Of its having no hoi on The constitution tho
history, or the prospects Of the country As must
prove powefless end fall TO decay, 50 ne should tiok
new comers.yeTy preciri,ate and fo5sa II thay
aloy themselves 10 be terrified by its lasnsces into
az Abandonment Of their nc home.
Loss al fisc arctic
IErTTR rRoN Np. siHvit CrtApD.
Atthe present. time while ths loss o the Arettc -
ainiully fresh ia remembrance, the iciowio9 ie'te
fom Mr.ssnuel CuDaId will 10 rest WIFI interest;
10 TnG EDITOR oF TIE LospoS TIyEs 3 "