Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-10-27

WIN no expression OF dissatisfaction, uni
within lew wears past, with the sing
exception, as believe, Of the lIattiol
Convention, which sousE. to revive til
fourteen years term.
I Under this legislation. the course Of en-
igrat!on has been rapid, and as was genei
ally supposed. uatil lately, beneficial 10 III
country. The foreigner settled beside II
To participate in our hopes apd cafes, t
share With US the chances OF He. ard con
tribute the resources OF his mind and bod
to tile growth end prosperity Of Americas
society, in which, for the most part, h
| felt a common interest with ourselves =
Ii was tie boast Of the Old Hua th2
"gtass never grew after the tread CT hi
horse hoof;' il was not so with the emf
grant who came here. lie made twt
blades OF grass grow where one grew be
fore, and elped 10 gladden. the waste pla-
ces Of nature with all the arts of cuItiya-
toa and civilization. TO trace the agen-
cy OF this foreign element in the yaFol,
Developments of American society, be-
lieye, would be startling enough to those
who have not much considered the sub
jet. Certain it is that our growth would
have taen much less rapid uitheut il
think, too, that al examination of the his
tory Of this emigration viii show that II
nature be left free to pursue her course.
there can be no danger that the foreign
i" III oveiPower the native element in their
Influences UPON our state Of society. In
looking over we'll reasoned analysis OF
TAG statistics Of emigration as given by our
receh. census. "hicit appeared in one OF
results for w..ich confess, was not pre-
pared. lis general geographical distlibn-
ut:on was net, in some Important res pccts
such rs had expected TO find 1t. OF the
2.236, geo foreigners in this country. only
abon. 3o3. eco are in the slave States. In
the northwestern free States, less dian one
lhlra q! ihese emf grants is to be found, and
Of so 090 inhabitants ofthese States cot
bofa within them, 1880, eco are native
Aneaeans. As a consequence CT all this
ii .oio,gs thav Dost of these foreigners are
III the Atiautic non slayeho'ding States,
among which Nesv York end Massachn
sets share most largely, aud nearly six
sev eatas & iiieir number are to BE found
moth Of tie 9th parallel Of latitude.
It Appeals thea, the! the Mass OF these
foreieRess settled in the cid States, where
the bone influence was strongest, and re-
placing as many native boiu citizens, these
last took Up their line of march TO TIE " IL
aefHess. 10 add to the domain Of eultiva-
lieu, to 6uild UP another addition to the
American Empire, 10 found Eew States
and mold and form their Institutions. In
stead, then. Of EnIo peauizing Americans,
Eaa opeans we're thus Americanized. The
A nle. icaa influence predomnates every
where; aud notwithstanding the number
0! these foreigners, they are sc distributed
rs To make lie process of their assiniia-
iian Wit. Amerleaa society more RAPID
aud easy. This country then, has been
indeed The ;fi:c sogieiao genfiam," and no
only the workshop in which many na!ious
have toiled, but grand nasionsi manu-
factory, IN which men OF various races
lave received The true American rsold.--
Il is estimated, in the article of which
,peak, that 40J, 900 able bodied iatorels
OF both sexes are now annually coming to
this eoan'r, from abroad, and II this state
ment should startle those who have seen
that the Custom House returns give only
367 600 Us tAe total Humber OF foreign en-
grants, lat him remern Der that both Chick.
cling and De Bow estimate their returns
as being 50 per ceA., under ihe true count.
Ofthese, very large proportion has been
asfer,ained te be over 10 and under 40
ears Of age.
When the statistics uoor ,b,s s,b;cet
arc. ca,lafed and coo,ar.d !, ,.;,l r., fa1nd
| think that the es,'pa,,, or aoo n00 ;s a.
least. A arobablr annfox;,naiio, ~ The t,,,,.
number' Now wbilr most of,be.. Jabor.
.rs ,e,fle in the fire. A,I.r,;. S,ases 10
The looms ot' New I,noland and Keen
the workshops Of New Work and penn.
s,h.nia busF, larger number Of native
born eitizeas march ANNUALLY into the vii.
derness TO add a new h.,t 10 ,b. domain
OF cultivation and CIVILIZATION. " bo can
estimate in fiaures the etY4r,s If This donble
process upon HE q,owth and urosptrity Of
The Con!ederaey. and particularly Of he
free S,atesa ,fveu estimate IN. annual
prediction Of each emiorant labcree Of ON.
~ SEQ. -ou have IS COO Goa far his
iIpn elons. "a say no,bina of the ,oney
which many OF Them bring to pay thrir
passage aud establish themselves in the
country. Now, does any man suppose
Chat The free States, ard Massachusetts es-
peeiaiy, where this Know Nothing Order
seems 10 have established its headquarters
can intend to stop the influx OF such a