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FALLING OFF IN IMMIGRATION.

FALLING OFF IN IMMIGRATION.
The leading journals of the German press, which, pre-
vous the rise and progress Of know-nohngsm were
strong advocates of emigration the United States
now with accord strenuous in their advice to their
counrymen not to quit their homes to settle in land
where religion and foreign birth incapacitate them from
the possession of social and political rights.
The AHyemeine Zeitung the paper which, next to the
London Times has the largest and widest circulation IN
the Old World despite its absoust tendencies used for
merly contain articles this country describing our
institutions and laws in the most eulogstc terms and
advising all those contemplating emigration to settle in
America This is quite changed Their correspondent in
New York. whose letters used to describe us living in
the sunshine of freedom (w leben i'm sonncnscdetn der
freiheit0 and population as "the people OF tho
good example, das polh des gaen Bcispiels) writes
no more, and his successor here, well as the other
correspondents of this journal throughout the Union
men long established in this country, of high lite
rary standing and republican opinons-now their
countrymcn against settling here alleging as their reason
the crusade waged against all foreigners by the know
nothing party This paper also devoted two columns TWO
Of its numbers description of the election riots in this
city in which the full particulars of these dsgracea pro-
ceedngs given with remarks the woundlng 70
national pride they were undenably and literally
true The 1asand another paper Of very great influence
founded specially for the diffusion Of information in Ger
many concerning foreign count les contains the erces az
acks upon country and its system OF government ana
only seeks dissuade emgrants from coming amongst
u.s. but endeavors disus Of American securities
The Ko1nische Zetung daily circulation 200oO,) which
used to regard every one dolt criminal who ven
tured not agree with it in lis enthusiastic andaton
the United States has also changed its tone completely,
and violent rest Of its contemporaries In it's de-
nuncinton of the know-nothings and of knowncthngsn
The National zeitany too very influential daily news
paper Berlin the organ particularly Of the middle
classes in Prussia and democratic in its opinions and
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opinions concerning the know-nohing movement and the
emigration question, although in other respects it APP
proves and admres the principle Of sefgorernmen as
practised in the United States These journals us
tanned again in their views Of the above questions BY pub
LEGATIONS such the Aaaniscle Studie periodical pub
shed since 1853 in Germany, written by Germans resi-
dent in the United States and highly valued calm and
sensible exposition of American affairs
In the grand Duchy OF Hesse Darmsadt whence NOT
whstandng the active cxertions of the government
prevent it, numbers used to emigrate every year since
the riots in Louisville and Cincinnati have been made
known there emigration has almost entirely ceased and
throughout the country panoramas exhibited by show
in the streetsby express instigaon Of the govern
mentreprcsentng the slaughter of the Germans by the
know-nothings. These exhibitions accompanied by INC
most inflated and exaggerated description Of the horrors
they purport to represent naturally have very great
huence the minds OF the peasantry and deter them ron
taking their and their labor to country where
they told that their brethren oppressed and W
treated If not murdered because they foreigners
The consequences Of this obvious they exhibited
in the great falling OFF in the number of German imn
grants during the last year. The loss Of labor and capita
is easily calculated and ask is il compensated by the
advantages which the know -nothings promise TO confer
upon us9 We distinctly no. The damage which the
sn-oregn party has already done and will yet do to be
VITAL material interests Of country by the check given
to the tide Of foreign immigration is papable and may
be computed while the benefit be derived from the tr
umph OF acknowledgment is matter Of conjecture