Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-29
Qallg 9(ational Democrat.
European Emigration and Its Effects
upon our own Affairs.
TCoNcIuDED

lOONOLuDhD.
EDITOR DEMOCRAT between the class of
men for whom l have chiefly written this
series of articles, and between the two other
classes already mentioned and described, ex-
lists in Europe the best feeling but besides
these three classes. there is another one of
which dare not say the same. | mean the
nobility. These keep together and look up
on the other classes with kind of contempt :;
they seldom or never come to this country
well knowing that they would mostly not be
| able to gain livelihood amongst us. We
find them generally staying around their
sovereigns, where, as well as the whole coun-
try over, they occupy the highest offices
Some of them possess very large estates, and
are occupied with the management of them.
Amongst this class of men we find many of
great talent, high attainments, and also of
most amiable characters; but these we may
consider as exceptions, for the largest portion
of them do not deserve the sympathy of any
other class in Europe.
The mechanics, farmers, or poor men who
come to this our country though conscious of
this kind of contempt at the hands of the
more stupid part of this nobility, and though
well knowing that in regard to the admins
tration and government of their country they
do not enjoy that portion of participation
which they deserve do seldom emigrate for
reasons like these.
The population Cf Europe is, for its extent
of territory, too large; the towns are every
where overflled with mechanics, and land is
too high for farmers. Farmers of small means
cannot to-day acquire even small FARMS for
they are sold Mt most enormous prices-our-
neymen being wanted in great numbers, can
be hired for mere nothing.
These are mostly the reasons why this peo-
pie are emigrating and coming so much to
our country. But for these reasons also, l
say, they should not meddle too soon with
our public affairs they should occupy their
time for their and their children's welfare
and learn at the same time to know the in
sttutions, language, habits. feelings, virtues
and faults of their newly adopted country, in
order to cast themselves and make their
children cast Intelligent votes, whenever they
shall have the right to do so. | do not,
therefore, so much ask rights and privileges
for them, as do claim for them better feel
ing at the hands of their American brethren,
a feeling of equality based on Christiln prin-
ciples, for they deserve it,
To them would say: Be worthy Of Your
new country; do not meddle with things you
cannot well understands let not demagogical
speeches or writings disturb your mind con
tend against pernicious influences of that
kind, and before all things let them not 90 so
far as to make you lose your love for honesty
and moral principles; try, also, to preserve
that mildness which so much characterizes
your Intercourse with others. When you
have acquired the rights of n citizen of this
country, be worthy of it and when you go
to the ballot box, exercise your own mind
and intellect, and let not some demagogical
leader lead you to it as a herd of sheep learn
to know these men, and you will soon find
out that they are not your real friends. Learn
to use your own intellectual faculties in exer.
cising your rights as citizens, and you will
thereby force your American brethren to re-
spect and to consider you their equal, and a
more brothery feeling will be the natural
consequence. Let not demagogical whisper
ings change the simplicity and mildness of
your character, or the good feelings you gen
orally have for your neighbors; and what
soever they may say to you about equality
of men in society, do not, for the sake of all
that is high and noble-for the sake of our
race, do not believe them. Equality before
the Throne of Heaven, we have; equality
before the laws of men, we should have-but
equality of men in society cannot be. Let
us not go back to the barbarian dark ages
let us, on the contrary, freely admit that the
nearer by our life and our deeds, we ap-
proach the image of God, the higher we must
stand in the estimation of our fellow citizens
of the world b.