The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-09

In 1851 there were as many as 2bl ISL Irish emirrans
II is therefore, from that side that the decrease proceed
and the report Of the commissioners shows the
it hus-From l841 to 1850 the population Of Ireland
6ecmaed by want and famine, had fact unheard of n
the history Of modern naons-decr eased from l75 1874
inhabitants to 65l5 79i then the three latter years
thrown upon the shores Of the New World its surpu
Of starving and people to the amount Of abou
$50 0O0 so that at the of 1854 the Irn
population could have hardly reached six millions Of
souls II ca lily understood how thus reduced it
have he'd in 1854 smaller contingent to emigration
and this has been also naturally attenuated by the cri
which then operated in the United States, reducing H.
industry and BY certain dimin dton of the California
v h psh
political party Of the Know Nothngs.
Whatever may be attributed to these incidentstrans
tory, perhaps-the general emigration of 1851, wei
through the English ports as through Havre, Hamburg
Bremen, &c. appears to have reached to some 10000
indi, iduas What and miseries
seductive perspectves Of the future must have operatc
thus to have the sweet and holy attachment
to The native hamlet and the domestic hearth
Nor is f. an Insignificant capital that is ,equrea
to transport annually from Europe this movement vi hal
a mlioa OF colonists.
We estimate 400 francs sso) as the minimum expen
diture of each Of them in travel by land voyage
equipment expenses Of soourn at the ports OF departure
and find annual total 200 900 900 Francs
4ocoo Coo) half of which, at least goes to the ma
time industry.
And Who then besides the unfortunate Irish, the Eng
sh and the scotch provide this vas of coonz
pnY IL Is generally the peasan of Western and Central
Europe the aborers Of Asace who leave in groups
in families headed by old parents and the curate
PASTOR then the Badenese the wurtembergers the
bava,ians, the Hessiana, the ryrolese, and the Ia.
lar spectacle presented by that country--thepe
is perhaps none that counts upon its territory u
greater number Of resident foreigners, aud yet, v,
caravans Of emigration, to those nomadic toilers
who go seeking abroad better SOIL better remunerated
fortune Snd Of day returning wealthy to their
try. IN 3D. that which distinguishes from the Irish
emigrant the emigrant Of our Asace, OF Switzerland,
OF southern Germany is that the latter, unlike TIE for
mer, hardly expatriatc themselves except with
inten'i n and in the hope of returning The Swiss j.
y nature essentially emigrat i've. Besides the military
ecruits which the country furnishes, as Is known, T.
oreien States, the Swiss peasant artisan williagl,
gees wherever there ia land or trade to exploit; bu
h.ither he the German dcnationalzes himself 70
whatever place he exiles his hearth the recoec,ion
country, Of he valley Of the mountains which enclose
him. In every far eff land the Swiss, like the German,
seek out o.her JOIN together form tribe c,lo
lions Of lis least DAYS converse abo. Their nsatution.
and political viossitudes, intermauy, and their
terpifes prosper hasten TO call around them their
patriots and to send them to assist them In
c. ming TO share their lot
But every medal has its reverse, and unfortunately
does always happen that the emigrants from old
EUROPE meet that material prosper,y @bo.e sedncty,
mirage makes them thus incur the chances Of the
lpowp, and desert the cradle and the tomb Of their
hers without speaking of those lamenabe disasters
by which yearly deliver hundreds of victims into the
depths of the six and e0 passengers lost In
their arrival on the foreign soil, destroy tn
sai Dis OF emigrants, how many uniortunatos, de-
ceved in their hoIes have deplored too late the facility
with which they have ed theuseveso tho tricks
and the deceptive promises Of speculation For at length
emigr alton has become trade, organized trair
like many others, having Office and counting ouse
olen and in this surprising Dhan,asy which exci.es
draws on emigration, We must recognise besides the
will OF Pre- yidence The part also by the skifu
influences Of brokerage
Thus then let IL be But since a'ion-since thi
r, es tibe necessity Of displacement appears 10 have
penetrated into the customs OF portion Of the popula
tioIs Of Europe, win say 10 tbem, will say par
ieulary to our countrymen look around you, beside
every land 10 coone, to make uitl is IL
ariy beyond the AtaDticy Why should you all exile
ourselves hey ond The eas, at two thousand Leagues dts
lance from ynur country, when here, beside you. at
hee Gays distance, Algeria FOR example, that African
France which Is growing maryellously presents
your efforts 10 your arms to your Intelligence, soil
rich and fertile soil easy tn work open all sorts OF
culture to these of the tropics aud OF the equatorial
well 70 the products Of the temperate regions
and besides, STILL when AZ home at the very " Or
leans Of Trevoux of Bordeaux in Soogne in Ia Besse
IN Ia Dmbes In les Iandes the soil et waits hands
labor and capital, to become fertile the other
arts OF rich country. Singular fact Man, In this
agitation witch devours him, and which is perhaps
cessary es to seek nj great dis ance labors
and doubtful profits, when under his very feet
home with him, heaped up treasures which mgh' |
easily be extracted frcm the soil BY his industry and hi.