Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-02-05

not to serve half century Of probation in
semi barbarism. They begin with schools
and churches, and you will see what the
effect is upon communities that are SO es-
tablished
But will speak now Of that which con-
stitu'es the peculiar strength of emigra-
tion of this kind; and that is, the profit Of
the thing. have shown you how efficient
it is, and will now show you how the
method works, to some extent. 1t is pro-
fitable to the people where colonies go !;
! it is profitable to the people Of the colo
nies and it is profitable to the company,
which is the guiding star and the protect
ing power Of the colonies. 1t does good
everywhere. 1t does evil nowhere.
Sir, you can not resist power like
this. A good man often feels regret when
he knows that by promoting good cause
be is at the same time sacrificing his own
means of doing good, and is becoming
weaker and weaker every day. 1t is a
great drawback upon benefcent enterpri-
ses, even upon philantbropic and Chris
tian enterprises, that the men who sustain
them are in some respects lesseniDg their
own means of doing good by it. Sir, it is
great mistake to suppose that a good
cause can only be sustained by the life
blood of its friends. But when man can
do a magnanimous act, when be can do q
decidedly good thing, and at the same
time make money BY it, all his faculties
are in harmony! You do not need any
great argument to induce men to take
s"eh = nositiOn. if you can only induce
them to believe that such is the effect.
Well, sir, such is the effect /; and now let
US apply it to the people Of Central Amer
lea. What reason will they have to COM
plain, if we send among them our colonies,
organized in this way with their sub-soil
plows, their crow.bars, their hoes, their
shovels, and their garden seeds? What
reason will they have to complain? Why,
the fact is, that, unless our civilization is
superior to theirs, the effort would, in the
beginning, be a failure; it never can
make one inch Of progress. Then, sir, if
We succeed at all, We succeed in planting
civilization there which is superior to
theirs We plant that or none. 1t is im-
possible for an inferior civilization to pre-
vail except by violence, and it is almost
impossible to do it in that way.
Well, sir, if We give them better civ
ilization, the tendency Of that civilization
is to increase the value of real estate for
the value Of property, the value of real es-
tate, depends upon the character of the
men who live upon the land, as well as
upon the number of men who live upon it.
We either make an absolute failure in
this thing, aud do not trouble them at all,
or we give them better civilization, and,
in addition to that, We give them wealth.
Thus, sir, with bands Of steel We bind
the people Of Central America to US and
to our interests, by going among them in
this way; and they can not have reason
to complain, nor will they complain. If
VIC had approached them in this way two
years ago, without this miserable meddle-
some method, induced and warranted, or
supposed to be warranted, by the neutral
ity laws, We would have filed Central
America to overaowiDg by this time, and
would have had with US the blessings Of
every native citizen in that portion of
country.
Now, sir, if such is the way, if such is
the power, if such is the effect of this
method, to the emigrants, and to the peo-
pie among whom they settle, why should
VIC not now adopt it in reference to Cen
trail America? And what is the methodY
Why, it is as plain and simple as it can be.
1t is just to form moneyed corporation,
which shall have two hundred thousand
dollars capital; which shall :hen obtain
and spread information through the coun-
try, by publications, indicating what are
the natural resources Of Central America,
and the inducements to emigrate thither; ,
showing how it is situated in relation to
commerce, and how, Of necessity, there
must speedily be built upon that soil a
Commonwealth. Then you |
have to apply portion Of these means to |
,uying land and to sending out steam-en-
yiucs, and to building some hotels to ac-
,ommodatc the people who 60 there, and
'lso some receiving houses for the emf i,
rants. Establish there and encourage ,
here the establishment of the mechanic Z,
rts, and 1 tell you that every steam-en-
,ine you send there will be the scat Of a E
lourishing town; every one will be an ar
,ument for people to 60 there; for they f
ak louder than individuals a thousand
imes, and they are more convincing fl
housand times, especially to an ignorant a a
nd degraded people, than anything men Il
an say, because the argument is address. a