New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-30

and Continuous progress from the plains OF Shin
ir"m the siefpes Of Asia, ever ErroPe over the All
&c, and nov spreads i,s1if out over a new contine
This steady and unbrVkcn progress OF the rsce has
ne soemnsty OF a lroviiential event Il Is Tx
ccluge OF men, rising unsbaicily, and daily dives
Onward by TIE hand OF the Almighty.
After adducing variety of historical parsi-
les from the annals Of Rome, Great Bri,aina a.
other nations the auihor proceeds to consid
the character Of the European emigration
this country:
The eInigrntion TO this continent has been IN m,
particulars dssimlag 70 all former coloHiz1,iOus
man The tribes Of Asia ard Northern Europe "
rowing invaders borne forward both By constitute
instincts and he pressure OF nations. Rome exten
her influence by tic sword added Island 10 contr
end crushed out the various nauonaltles OF En-.
that she might become the mistress OF she world
Give laws 10 MAJ Kind. Yet wherever shc vanquis
a reorle she conferred the night Of citizenship ga.
every person. and thus augmented her power as Sac
enlarged her territory. And :. Paul, though q jew
and Crn in lGrsus, could yer claim IN ms defense the
privileges OF Rom,R and APPEAL from the COUNCILS
of LIS TCol lc 20 tie tribunal OF Cssar.
Eui While lie more recent migration OF tho race 10
these shores : bot the continuation Of its snclcn, and
former movement higher principles at work 20 pro-
ducc have imT orted 20 IL morc exalted character.
Il demonstrates 40 one and TIE same time Che General
unity Of the race and the advancing Influence OF CIV
Hzation Tie generations that hand the torch Of nth
along The lines of time themselves become dust .ac
aslcs; but the hght still increases rs lame aud - -
,c.e md more with cOusccrpted oil. So purer prrr
pies and forms than ever before guided ald aIer
lie onward coure OF man have given bIth and y
cross 20 the emigration this continent. Hchcr 49,
Ineuts of socia moral and political life aaye been
Transmitted with tie iream OF humanity. ioui"uo
hes been In better classes Of sociyi u mas u,eh cor
drcfcl for uofe useful and bouedccnt puroso The
Institutions OF tie Oh World have no, cmi-raiedwta
It's reputation. Tho principle OF monarchy h1s " .fed
old and the feudci grisocracy has accom- ,Shei ts
mission. The munlc gal corporations o inc hhroiSln
commercial states ere lett behind. But little has
come from Europe Int free people or a people
longing TO lie free; population .ep@anng iiscii inn
ell DE elements O. prey -ous eiNHAaloh fet-,oi,d-
rr lillful and INDUSTRIOUS AMI seeking ~ .he ana
home that shall bc the unmolcscd rIa1rt 81 peace
plcniv and happiness Overwhelmed and buried up IN
EuIole popular liberty, Ike The i,oicd i'ilnn 81
Tie sacred AWbus0, forces DE- W y throu-h muuorn
channels and cusles oiih profusely IN remote heka.
This view is enforced by some interesting STA
tistical details.
For the century ard half that this country 70
manned depondency upon the crown Of Gngland, We
eo M no loss for data o. infer tie fact OF continual
influx from the European nations Every year siAps
came with English or French or German colonies, and
the increase of population was neorY as mu,h ny mn
migration ne by birth. I'm 1870, tie compu ed number
OF The inhabitants 3,929.e2l. There Is sutieient
reason 10 suppose hat oneihl Oh TINS number were
fotln born. 49,,
S.rce that date tie number Of emigronis who have
landed in our ports is reckoued at three millions eight
luuGfcd and seven thousand four hundred ald ninety
one In accordance with these estimates more man
one ind If our present white population are either
foreign born or the descendants in the first ana &c ona
degrees Of foreigners. And these last are denunei
viii native citizens in habits, sentiments, onipns ana
customs and regarded such, we may safely reckon
our foreign population to be not more man one sNn OF
tie whole OF abort three millions, nine hundred th0u-
sard. Thee lRs been a steady and constant increase
I'M tie flood of immigration, aud within twenty-five
ycars the auiyOls have edyenced rom twenty nvc
thousand to three bundled thousand per annum in%
N4afH1
Ieroeived causes. Tie famine in ireland len s siaFY-
ING masses no alternative but emigration. The eject
ment Of tenants by landlords has Also proved fruit
fu source of the continued exodus from that quarter
The roactionary movements on the continent, event
uang 20 dsastrously TO the dreams Of popular liberty,
must also be rcck0red az grand cause OF the aug
meutaon Of this tide. There have been, also,
tivCs 10 attract ns Wen as reasons 10 drive, the p0pu
aton of the old world 10 shores. The boundless
regions of this continent, waiting 10 yield their rcif
resources 10 d tiagc Of the husbandman; the vast
schemes of internal Improvement, demanding immeisc
aInbs Of aborcrs Cor their completion; the almost fab
uous rocOmponse offered to labor; the inccssant calls
from those already here % then friends NJ home fur
is cd irresistible attractions 70 tho oppressed and ex-
ausied masses Of Britain AID the continent. With
uch reasons 10 oxIc dom, aud such temptations to
lure them. we need not be 0tonishcd that almost
yeiy ship from Europe came freighed Wit a living
ago. But now that tlcfe causes have "a a manner
xlausiod hoir force, or their influence IS neuraizei
by the action Of other principles; now that me mystic
seventh Of tie ioc has rushed across the ocean,
nd broken It's majestic front against our coasts, we
may naturally anticipate the recession OF tie Hood or
an abatement Of rs volume
That tie character Of the emirants whole has
somewhat Deprecated with the ncrease OF then num-
ter is susceptible Of easy proof Formerly the emi-
grafton from the old countries was confined 10 that
class which possessed both substance and Intelligence
and well fitted, oflcr suitable interval, 10 be-
come useful and valuable citizens. Bat as TIE food has
increased in size it has brought much Of the irsga Of
EuroIean society," and It's stream he's boon fDui with
tire sediment and drift OF the Old World. Mun'udes
have been brought 10 the land whose expariation has
been assisted by tic selfish generosity Of their various
Governments,
"Who have lea hlr country for their co1ntrys goo5P
and have but little claim upon our charity or hospital
iy They Of class most itiy designated by Car
yie as the devils re- monts of the line for whom
he would neither build "modd prisons" nor inclose
them in tie loving embrace Of a sentimental Qhilsn-
tLopy. Thus al the same time that thlstiie ss been
draining Europe OF her pcasanry and art sans it has
drawn in also by the helping hand Of foreign States
far too many criminals and paupers. These, Ike
heavy and decaying subearcos are for the NOS part
stranded IN the large cities where they land and ln-
stead Of scattering through all our States polac-
tive agents they become the lowest strGta Of that
Of corruption and crime and misery that uadee these
narts Of trade and Of commerce; and u Ia this icscr-
inc, whitening consumif curse which has aroused so
strong reaction against foreign influence and power.
The comparative Analysis Of he statistics II cune and
paurerisTn in these cities Gnd in the Western agrci-
Ural comm unity where Dne-tcnihs of the emi yra1ts
have found home Will show that these evils n.e local
and owing to peculiar causes which do NOT affect the
general character OF the mmi1 reOl. We could 10
les than cxTect the xlOrcd paupers and Conycis a
Europe would FL 70 repleiiOn our pcnieniares and
alms houss. But while tie vagrGnts and the boggan
have stuck IN scapors and CONNER ial ard manu-
factming towns n great stream purified from "a
feCucIce. has been flowing on over our western
States and Territories 10 ieIlize and enrich ihen In
the two cities Of NeW-York and Boston, with iOrein
&C Il .icre