New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-27

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prime value ss settlers and future citizens
must look 10 Germany for = supply. There ls
no nation able 10 compete with the Germans IN me
capacity Of producing erIgrants oi tnat Class W
wonder then. that exertlons have been made, ana
ere still made, to draw German emgr ints 10 Csba-
ia, to Australia. to Southern Aries To brazu' 10
Buenos Ayres or Monte Nideo. to Gnu, 10 [eTl'
70 NeEczuela, 10 New-Granadi, 10 Costa hica;
To most Of these countries poor emicrsntS can ma
a free passage under very favorable circumstances.
The English send thous inds of them 10 the Cape
Colony and 10 Australia. Laborers from the WEE
producing sections of Germany, understanding the
cultivation Of the grape and the manufacturing OF
wine. can have free passage To Southern Airics
and the guarantee of free support for six months m
case they should not find immediate employment in
the Colony; and many poor people from Wurtem-
burg and the Palaiinate have aysiled them
selves of the opportunity. Similar Advantages
are offered BY BrsZll-s country whose govern
uept is making the most serious efforts to esiao-
lish a good and well-merIted reputation as desra-
Bile home for the German enngrant-and man!
Hourishinp German town and village has risen III
IFS southern provinces. And 10 what nation could
the Spanish American countries, IN thclr heiPess
state turn their eyes for reinforcement IN nunoers
in intellect. IN skill and in good moral qualities, out
10 the German-ihe only one of all the great civiI,
ized nations which is not dangerous to the weak
Germans IL il true cannot boast of the energy and
the powerful resources of the English, nor OF the
practical Genius and the gO-ahead character oi tuc
North Americans: but as emigrants to countries
obliged 10 look Ia foreign assistance they are
the more welcome for that. They are Tree from 'he
oyerbearing character of British residents, sup
ported too often in countries Ike Central America
by British Government agents; nor are they specu-
lators Ike New-York commodores, able 10 pay
the expenses of civil war and having the hlhbusters
in their own or their rivals service just what
the Germans lack as a nation in political sense, IS
what makes them the most valuable settlers IN
foreign countries, and especially IN such as may
have reasons To be jealous ot foreign assumptions;
aud this is recognized throughout Spanish America
In oil these countries there are Germans already
established who have natural interest IN attract
inc .micrauts from home. An increasing number ot
their cuuntrymen will strengthen their own posi-
ton among the natives. Some of them may even
h. connec,ed with some land speculation, or some
other sort of project calculated tn become proht-
able by the aid of immigratOn while Others VIII De
in favor of it simply because they have dentiued
themselves with the country in which they have
settled. Connected with these interests WORKING
from the outside, are those of the German seaporls
OF the two principa-Hsmburg, the rival OF bre-
men, is very much in the Spanish American trahe
and its shippers as carriers OF emlgrants, nave u
considerable interest in favorlng German settle
ments in Spanish American countries.
Now all these different interests, some OF them
most niInica To each other, comblEe To produce an
effect which is unfayorable to the progress OF Ter
man emigration TO the United States. All oi them
are represented in the German press, some OF them
by organs of their own exclusively Dedicated 10
matters concerning emigration, and regular lte-
rsry war, sometimes of very exasperated char-
acter, is waGed about any question or proposition
connected with the subject. All these different IN
hair ",
working stating, intriguing against each other; but
IA the attractive power of the United States IL ther
common enemy, they all unite to operate against
that power by whatever means they may De able OF
think proper 10 employ to the purpose. Suehis the
fact-let NE add few reflections.
If tbe,woDderiul growth and development oil the
United States have astonlshei the world, every
body knows how essential part OF the result mus'
be attributed to the progressive movement 0f I'M
| migration from Europe. III tins movement, theh
should rece I'VE a check the fact must be admitted
| as correcting certain calculations which have beer
made to determine the probable population OF tn,
| United States at such such future period; anc
il cannot remain without some influence on large
! class of speculatioDs essentially based upon Tue
supposiOn of most extraordinary ratio IN the In
| crease Of population. Some too extrayagant sup
positions. then, would have to be replaced by more
sober expectations.
cur it is impossible to tOiesay, but to some extent
| it ,ciH occur If such state of things should
come to pass, it may not be a misfortune II
| the United States. Nations, like individuals, may
eat too much for their power OF digestion, or even
may grow too much at time for acquiring tha'
perfect mastershp over the limbs OF the body,
| which shows harmonious Development ana IL one
| of the principal conditions of beauty. But young
nations, like young individuals, should neither
! tnnf fastu tna glo "A
once established a. corresponding to all the natl'
raj conditions should not be- suddenly interrupted,
nor could it be so, without serious inconyeniences
In the United States the very pulse of naIlOnai HE
| i. quicker than in the rest OF the world, and the
appetite for the materials Of national growth IA by
| far too strong To be satisfied without immigration.
| To be prosperous the UDIed States must have that
extra Increase Of populaiion the material OF which
comes from abroad. Prosperity, in the United
! States does not mean what lt means IN the c0un-
! tries Of the old world it does not mean the quiet
satisfaction of the wants OF society; 1t means the
| discovery OF new wants to be satisfied; 1t means
| the entertainment of restless spris which does
| not want 10 be satisfied II means the acquisition
| Of new forces for the opening Of new spheres OF
actOn: and at the same time 1t means the opening
of new spheres Of action for the employment OF new
forces. Prosperity in the United States, means
rapidty Of progress; it means constant conquest
in civilization, with army ever to be REINFORCED
by fresh supplies, for which the natural resources
of the native population insufficient. This state
Of things will change some day but not before the
vast territories Of America viii be pOpulous with
men, and Al equilibrium with the social condition Of
the OId World will be established; and not before
that period will the United States, like the old coun-
tries, be- able To prosper without immigration. The
Spanish-AmeiIcsn countries have tried to do with
out it, and all the world hnons how they have sue
ce.ded.
There IL a certain proportion, thea, in this, as in
other AFFAIR." 10 be observed IA promising