Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-05-21

Immigration.
Emigration from the Old World to the New will,
it is said, be greater the present than for many
former years. The ship Western Empire, Messrs.
Thayer Warren owners, arrived at this port on
Friday, from Liverpool with 4ls passengers; the
ship Washington from the same port is daily ex-
pected, bringing 500 more, and three other emi-
grant vessels belonging to other parties are on the
way with from 100 to 200 passengers each. The
scene at Constitution Wharf, on Saturday, of the
immigrants VI the Western Empire, was animated
in the extreme. Most OF them are bound TO des-
tinations beyond Boston, to various parts of New
England, Canada and the West Forty are booked
trough to Ioronso by the way of the Grand Trunk.
-Bostoa Atlas.
As citizens Of Minnesota we should be glad
to meet such evidences of returning emigra-
tion as contained in the foregoing, and at the
same time it forces upon us one or two con-
c,usions.
First, that active measures should be taken,
whether by the distribution of hooks, PAM
phlets, or otherwise, to disseminate the proper
kiud of information among the emigrating
public of Europe and our eastern States in
references to the advantages of Minnesota ::
its magnificent climate, its fertile soil, its geo.
graphical facilities, its water powers, pineries,
&c. 1t must not be forgotten that at the
present day Australia is very prominent
competitor with the North American conti-
nent for European emigration; that Canada is
becoming daily stronger rival of the United
States and that in the United States we find
Iowa, Kansas, California. Oregon, Washington
Territory, and even New Mexico, entering in
to the lists with our own State. 1t is there.
fore evident, that under the best circumstan-
ces we can receive but portion of the NOV
ing flood of emigration, and that if we make
no effort to attract the attention of the public
to the merits of Minnesota, she may be over
looked altogether. We must not conclude
that the superabundant advantages of this
State will overcome the effects of ignorance
and Indifference. On the contrary, some of
our rivals, California and Oregon for example,
possess very many excellent qualities and in
viting traits. Emigration is even now rousing
itself in Europe and through the East. Let
our State be prepared for it. Let well-con-
sidered steps be taken by the next Legisla-
ture, for the dissemination Of newspaper ad-
vertisement,s books and pamphlets, through
England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Den
mark, Norway and Sweden, as well as thro'
our Eastern States. We are confident that
every dollar invested in this manner will re-
dound hundred fold to the interest of the
State
In the second place, the revival of emigra-
ton in Europe calls our attention again, to
the very great Importance to the West of the
Homestead Bill lately before Congress. We
have been told that when it was announced in
Germany that a bill was being passed by the
United States Government giving 160 acres
of land to every emigrant, it created great
stir among the people, and considerable prep
arations were made for removal at once to
this country. The subsequent defeat of that
bill by the bogus Democracy of course put a
stop to these beneficial results. Had it been
passed, the citizens of Minnesota would have
seen an immigration pouring into this State
this spring without parallel in the history OF
,h: West.
IVA: Liil ha, been DEF .,c'i, bn' It, primo
pies az 49, -'.2,y,'ta1 y tie pla.fJvm of the
Republican party, and it has become one Of
the great objects for all good and fair men to
rrive for. That it will finally be a success
there can be no doubt, and when once attain
ed, it will do more to develope the Great West
than any set ever passed by Congress. The
people of this State are almost unanimously
in favor of 1.-THE whole West demands it,
That West will have u prcpondcrating power
in III" general government after 1860, and
neither the aristocratic opposition to free labor
manifested by the South, nor the narrow COLI
servatism and iliberal ideas too often found in
East, will be able to prevent the final passage
of the Homestead Law. Let the public lands
b. thso"n open 10 all mankind, subject to no
condition except actual occupancy and inn
provement, and the general government will
at once realize more from the creation of nu-
merous new and crowded communities than
it can in ages derive from the paltry sum
charged for the land