New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-30
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE ENIGRANT QUESTION.

of the present aspect of public affairs, which
characterize this pamphlet entite i. 70 more
than passing notice. Very rarely does al oc-
casional discourse exhibit such profound reiec-
ton. such solidity and strength Of reasoning, or
such sppositeness of Illustration. The author
discusses his subject not only Ike man OF
philosophical and cultivated intellect, but as
shrewd observer of the signs of the times aud
with remarkable degree Of political insight
and prescieuce. His discourse Is, ia no respect,
sectarian or PARTISAN; but aims to apply the
broadest principles Of history and Christianity
to a theme of vital Importance to our national
prosperity He Justly claims TO b. thoroughly
American in his principles and ideas, aud none
the less so because he enforces the duty and
propriety Of cur extending the welcoming hand
Of national Hospitality to the large portion OF
that foreign immigration TO our -hcres, whose
living food is fertilizing and enriching our
plains and valleys and making rs, in ell that
pertains TO industrial, commercial and mate
rial strength and greatness, the foremost peo-
ple OF the globe" NJ. Lord commences his
discussion Of the subject with the following
lucid statement:
The questions arising ont OF Tie errat afux Of for
cicn regulation 20 our laid arc OF sufnclent moral,
80, al and religious conseQu 10 demand the most
careful investigation ami lie utmost canqor IN as
cussion Thev present subjects for consideration a.
loctnc our political interest through the entire future
of our history and 10 be- settled neither 10y neca-
nation nor passion, but with the camest and most
di.pnssouO,o reasoning from those profound prnci-
pies which the germs and viil forces OF national
exstorco and growth The position from which we
should regard them would reach Their solution must
no b,sh al he a.
md eectaiiau warfare. We must look at them m tue
Hclt Of the past in the light Of those general laws
which have ever nodded end controlled the social Gnd
political forms and movements OF our race. We must
look at them "a matters whose decision Is 10 affect the
future mCro than the presents the countless millions Oh
our poscry more than ourselves and the entire civ
zation Of ho world more than the interests OF any
poIty. religious sect or national government lhoy
are not questions Of pretermel or office or cxpeien
cy but Of history and philosophy and human progress;
not LEGAL and sectional but general and universal Nor
are they new and peculiar TO our politics for they
have lecn discussed and settled practically az least IN
almost every form Of government 10 which the pro-
grcss ard wants ofmon have given birth.
The benign policy OF the Jewish dispensation
in regard TO BE treatment Of strangers is allu-
ded to in an eloquent passage:
Tie oldest law Of - hch have record adjusting
the relations end defining tha duties OF aliens who cane
within he limits az the state was incorporated IN the
statutes Il fhc 1Cwish fhcOCracy. In that textbook
of the mCsi admirable civil urs rudence the world has
seen We find 10 e. joined upoa the nation that - Ii
stranger CwclCth Will the IN Your land thou shatnot
vex him. But the stranger that dweucth with You
shall Ia unto YOU as ore born among yOu ANA thou
elalt love him as Myself for &c strangers m the
land Of Fg,rt; am Che Lord your Cod Such was
the beautiful enuuoiaon end the divine autheniica-
ton Of the principle o. national hospitality, The rea-
son or H. or rctl lie motive TINT should ncite to II,
is Given rs the occasional rcquis0n for s exercise
toward Ourselves. IL is 6n imperial fruit Of the com
Irchersvc law Of true charity, which IN the mutations
If society and in the orcrngs of Providence that drive
the various individuals Of the race from one land 70
aroiher may become Of practical advantage 20 all.
Nor was this an isolated Injunction. The same terms
OF hospitality often euOued upon the chosen e0-
pie in language equally emphatic and significant.
Most careful provision was 10 be made for the inter-
csts Of tho alien and IN return for such courtesy and
the legitimate result OF It It promised that stran
gers shall stand and feed yOur i0cks and the sons Of
Ike alien shall be Your plowmen and vine dressers and
shall build the ed wastes end Npar the dCsolatOns OF
the cities. National courtesy would result in national
ggandizemeut and the hospitality which cheeIed the
stranger should return a eeveuiOh blessing upon tho
and Thus in the Jewish tleocracy, that perfect
model Of a State because lie laws were expressive
OF infinite wisdom and prescipve OF tho Divine will
was furnished safe asylum for the oppressed of all
nations; and sooner had the foot of the stranger
fallen On Judoan soil than Lis peTsOn was invested
with the respect and ELECTION conferred upon a citi-
zen. Over him the law spread ifs protecting ggs AMI
secured 10 him the rights of one born IN The land No
matter from what lTbc or OF what religions whether he
had Joined in the fanatic reyeries which bad RULED
the bosom ofthe placid Nile assisted in the services
of SdoDian worship bowed at the affairs Of Baa an1
Asbaroth, or offered bis children to the brazen arms
OF an implying Moloch; be lie who come he whence
he might be 10 be embraced in the enclosure OF u
sacred hospitality and loved and protected born
to the manor. Say what may of the policy OF such
Il law for aliens We can but admire It's generosity
and beauty, and revere i's principle az the expires
zion Of the viii Of Him beside whom oil the gods OF the
heather were vanity and a lie.
This is succeeded by general view of the
progress Of emigration from the primitive nur-
seIy in the East to the hospitable shores Of the
West. The broad elevated region of Asiatic
Tartary was the cradle Of Siberia aud Mongolia,
and from these countries erratic hordes swept
down the inclined plane Of Western Europe to
the sea; one tribe pressing upon another and
each driving its predecessor before it, until the
European continent became only the continue
ton Of Asiatic manners, institutions and Ian
guages. Ever since the birth OF man, has he
thus been steadily moving westward to the oc-
cupancy Of his heayen-bestowed possession
This mighty current Of civilization loses none OF ts
npressiyenoss when We consider lis several succesye
con Etiiueuis ina ls various epOchs. Ia Southern
Europe first appeared a. C Pelasgians from the golden
East. They steered their course through Thrace and
tic HelcspOnt, westward and southward, and gradu-
ally spread over Greece. One tribe followed and
pressed upon another. The Helleni brought new
kiowed &c TO the ancient Peiasgi and made the land
OF tie HeliCon and pauassus red0l0nt with art and
roely and philosophy, while the Phrygian contributed
the influence OF L.s religion and fables 10 the Greciin
mythology. Then followed the scythian, the cult
waited CONNIE rcia and peaceful Euuscau, and pe0plod
Iely. Afier them, with bis colony from the famous
and mythical Hum, came he founder Of Alba LOuga,
the ancestor Of Roman Empe-0rs and the parent Of
4rI.f0 ffs fuHn