, 1859-02-11

Of hard labor every year to maintain certain
style Of living and Of dress that IL ind,spen-
sable to decent "respectability,' and respect
ability il quite ~ exactipg OF al Of os
~ fashioa Is Of fts votsEies- Ias1ng ~ eemy
man Who keep housa must iivs in aew Eng.
land, and practic,nK the moas rigid econo-
niles sud salf.denials, tht s"eeAanse Axs
oannot sast enough to Guy tdH eheapefs Aonsefo
sh<lte+ Ait family in less than ooeaa ~ Wxsa
years. What this house Will eost him: II 1n'
vested At the West, will give him Rooa isim,
we'll stocked, and house just ~ comfortable
and ;ust II respectable Tor that region and tho
msn WIN h1s farm that will yield sutd-
cant support in return for his labor, Is as
Independent as if be had money enough in
bank to lfve upon. We presume that these
con1derations arc felt II the present mo
ment, when business is recovering. from is
long x.agnation, ns they hare not been felt
before, and ws should naturally expect au extra
ordinary turning towards tho West-the region
ofchcap fs-ms and great crops. 1AEe dren4any
indications that fss il The case ad thas there toaA
Be an unusual x1optfuet totoards the setting su1
a. soon a spriug opens. We hops it may be q
that az far a. possible it msJ be an emigration
in companies, Of families who know each other
and have common views and interests. That II
really the only comfortable and successful mode
Of emigration.
Whatever may be written with the hope OF
disoouraging this westward movement, wheth-
er designed to check emigration from the
new States to The gold fields, or from the old
States to the new, will be for naught. Our
race must accomplish Its destiny upon this
continent; and it would be about as wise to
attempt to stop the flow Of the Mississippi by
dipping out its water with teaspoon, as to
undertake to check tue onward flow Of popu-
lation to the West. It is the order Of God'a
Providence, and every, effort to restrain or
tbwart it, will only prove the impotence Of
nan. Thousands may fail to better their condi-
ton by the change-many will be subjected to
incredible hardship and suffering, and some
will doubtless, by accident or exposure, fall
early victims to the spirit that urges them
onwa1d-but still. the current will sweep On
to its destined goal, while the general result
WILL justify the wisdom Of Him Who implant-
ed the impulse.
Nor is the movement likely to be confined
to our own continent. The warlike aspect Of
affairs in Europe is causing many there to
set their face towards this country. The un-
certainty of property in some instances, the
fear Of conscription in others, and the dread
Of anarchy wherever revolution threatens,
will doubtless lead to greatly increased Tor
e1sn emigration the coming year, only q
small portion Of which will stop short Of the
West.
One Of lie immediate results Of this move
ment to the West, will be an increased activ-
fty In every description Of business. The
gold-huntcrs will take but little capital with
them while those who come from the older
States and from Europe to take their places,
will fetch considerable sums Of money into
the country, much Of which will pass at ooce
into active circulation. Production will be
largely increased by the addition OF popula-
tion. And coming, as all this doeR, just as
the country, having recovered from the low
est point Of depression, is starting again
upon tue ascending grade, it will give an i'm
pulse to the movement that cannot fail to re-
suit in an early and complete return Of
prosperity.
AN{1THER DFSPERbD0 TT THE ALTON