Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-24
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European Emigration and its Effects
upon own Affairs.
EDITOR DEMOCRAT In Europe the travel.
ing public consists mostly of persons having
received thorough education, and possess
ING all those attainments which allow or ad
nit man into, what may CALL better So
ciety It's therefore very natural, that
strangers there, are generally very cordially
received and cared for. In England, France,
Germany or Russia strangers are to very
high degree appreciated and wherever they
are received, it will be easy for them to see,
that all persons present try their utmost to
show them their esteem and good feeling
The strangers who now for about half cen.
fury have been landing on our shores( U United
States) have been mostly of quite different
kind by thousands they arrive at New York,
New Orleans and other places, mostly in rags
and without any means to provide for them
selves, and not speaking our language, they
are scarcely able to procure work, and mise
ry is the immediate consequence In such
cases they become a burden to the communi-
ty where they are landing, and it is very ma
tural that most unfavorable impression up
on Que citizens, young and old, should be the
consequence; an impression which it is very
difficult to obliterate entirely. In later years.
when more persons of better education and
means came to this country, this feeling may
have been, to some degree at least modified
and believe that since our possession of
California, where we see foreigners of better
education and means in far greater proper
ton than formerly amongst us, we cannot
help becoming of another opinion about
them, and sincerely hope that ere long, we
will forget the foreigner and have more
cordial feeling for the stranger
| mentioned these classes of men of which
consists the emigration from Europe, and
chiefly from Germany. to the United States,
namely, young business men, mechanics and
young lawyers, doctors or young men gener-
ally who have finished their education at
some university in Europe.
viii begin with the young business men
and try to show the position they will at
some future time occupy in our country. In
landing here in California, for instance, those
who have means enough land these are not
few) will start in business Immediately
Others Of no means try to find positions as
clerks in business or banking houses, or if this
cannot be obtained go to the mines, work
hard, live very economically, and in a few
years after we see them, for the most part,
starting in business on a small scale at some
locality, where they generally succeed.
This class ofmenis second to none and they
are not to be trihed WITH for their business
capacities cannot be easily surpassed and
their finer attainments must bring them to
prominent positions in society They how
ever do seldom intrude upon the better class
of American society-they admit the exist
ing causes of that certain prejudice against
foreigners generally they well know that
for Americans it is not an easy task to dis
criminate at first sight between these differ
ent European classes of men, but they also
are conscious of their own intrinscal value
and therefore too proud to accept position
which it may not be conceded that they de-
serve.
five had well organized Wing party in
our country, believe most of them would
belong to this party-but as this is not the
case, believe, they belong to no party at
all and mostly are voting foe honorable men,
fit for the place for which they may be can
didates, without caring about the party to
which they belong
They have no bad feeling against their ma
tive country, they have nothing to revenge
and their Judgment is free and intelligent, no
outside influence can be brought to bear for
they well know themselves how to Judge
things and men
They mostly are peaceable and good citi-
zens, good husbands and fathers, live econo-
mically and conduct their business on sound
basis, aud if l am not mistaken, we will see
them at some future day amongst the most
prominent business houses on our Pacific
coast. From them we have nothing to fear
in regard to our public affairs. B,
70 be continued