Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-11-15
Sd. The policy of our country

Sd. The policy of our country in
, relation to it. s-7
lst. We say it comes because we
; have encouraged it. by an invitation
to populate our States, asintimated in
Jour Declaration of Independence; by
by fighting George III. for @obstruct-
ing the laws for the naturalization Of
f foreigners" by our course of national
Legislation, repudiating the restrictive
policy of John Adams administra-
ton, and restoring the liberal policy
of the Washington administration;
by our statesmen, orators, historians,
and poets holding out our country be-
fore the struggling sons of Europe as
the dof the free, the home Of the
Jrave, and the asylum Of the oppressed;
and we say that we have encouraged
it by our philanthropy and charity.
You all remember, a few years ago,
when the wal Of starving Ireland
broke upon the American ear--when
we heard that Famine was stalking
through the land, breathing through
its shrivelled lips miEdew and, death
when the strong and the weak fell
by the wayside, and dying mothers
EEclasped their babes to their withered
breasts, that they might exc out the.
last drop Of life; yes, you all remem-
Der how American philanthropy re
Fsponded to this touching tale of woe;
you saw the rich and the poor running
to pour their money into the relief
treasuryAyou saw ten thousand free
will offerings of grain hurrying to the.
sea-board; you then saw the swiftest
winds of heaven yoked to the ear of
commerce, and then turned loose to
fly, like an angel of mercy over the
bounding waves, to empty the stores
of life into the lap of starving Ire
land! The warm-hearted sons Of the
Emerald Isle stretch their hands to
us for help. Our kindness bids them
come and share our plenty. - Ilbt
Another cause of immigration is
THE fact that the friends Of liberal
government in Europe have despaired
Of freedom in the present generation.
Revolution promises nothing against
the gigantic might of allied mon
archy. They are still down-trodden
and oppressed. America swells up be-
fore them, like the. vision of Canaan
before Israel in the desert What
canthey do but sanderl the ties which
bind them to the ifatherland- gather
up their goods, and embark for ior1ill the ]
Aasyli.m Of 5the opprsssed2' 'Ias4 ,eiss
Another cause of immigration is
the sfacbocthat Europe has more
population thana soil,r and we have
more soil than population. Seeing
that we, have illimitable tracts. of va
cant lands, perhaps one hundred mil
lions of acres, which have never been
marked by the foot of the white man;
and seeing that, they can have q
speedy transportation by the power Of
steam, they are induced to, come to
procure homes for themselves and
! their posteritYr : .I,s@aa, 4sJg -. +
Another cause for immigration is
fou our demand for foreign labor Nearly
every every State in our: Union has vast
schemes Of internal improvements.
railroads, and other stupendouss works
from ff96st N which American energy seems
to recoil. We, therefore, invite the
lfereignsons ofilabers .-with frames Of
daaamant," to. come. with the skill and
I improvement @ of the Old World, to
love lover Sai our hills, fill our valleys, bridge
-FOUR streams, chiseI through eur beds
of granite, and tunnel our mountains
Of rock. We stand this day largely
indebted to our foreign labor for the
astonishing physical Improvements Of
our country - -. -.
From this brief review Of the chief
causes cal 5 Of immigration, we deduce two
| eonclusions:-
lst. That these causes, in the MAN,
p
indicate the character Of the imnl-
grants. -.
| Ii2d. That it is impossible, in the
tnatupe Of things, to prevent it. ID &
IS Therefore, when they come to en-
ioythe blessings Of civil and rellgiouss
freedom; whenzthey come with an
|. eternal hatred tostyranny; when they
come to seek unemployment, and to
|tadorna our country by their labor;
when they come to provide homes for
their wives and children; when they
come to Americahizeth themselves, and
Ito swear allegiance to our government
whatever may be said OF exceptions
they furnish, in the main, the hlghes'