, 1862-06-05

Scientific knowledge has irrefutably taught
us that the different species Of men, Or the SO
called races, hayeAs well been directed BIZ ma
ture to different zones, for thefr prosperity, rs
lhe different specimens Of animals and plants.
Ihe assertion which has often been made that
man, especially OF the Caucasian race, can
prosper in oil climates, appear ouly correct in
q very qualified sense, and We may remark
thereby justly, that similar relation exists
by animals and plants, which may be kept in
meuagerie5 and hot houses.
But it the very important question of the
settling Of country shall be treated with
greater circumspection, it is indnbita1ly nee
cssary to consult experience which has *ecu-
rnulated since thousands Of years, in conse-
quence Of the transportation OF men from
one zone into the other. It has to be consid-
cred especially Ehcfs or IN ac}.1t 20ne h4s this
race most sdtixJactorily 7eeelopcd itse!f'E''
This question is OF still greater Importance,
in q acountry which, as the United States. shows
90 different climates by great extension,
because the punt OF view must BIZ directed to
it, 50 that a sound stem or kernel may be
framed, who is able TO cultivate and drive on
the whole. The practicaoility Of this theory
is illustrated by states and compleSes OF states
Of durability.
II We look little closer into the manner in
which North America has been settled, We lind
the most striking lack of regard OF this iu,-
portant point ana we will be induced to thiuk
but very modcstly Of thc activity Of the
human reason and marvel at the animal In
stinct.
The birds Of passage, By accomplishing
their flight over tie wide ocean, leave only
those on such places, whose climate does not
suit the1n who sire too weak or weary to carry
on their flight to country where they grow
we'll and prosper. The great mass Of emi-
grants which s1rcamed fro1u Europe to Amer
lea, have not been lead By this principle; they
remained here in North America, especially
along the coast Of the Atlantic, for over 1wo
hundred years, and submitted to climatic cir
cu1lstances most untavo1ablc to them. 1t is
q truth proved by statistics, that the European
immigration into North America has been di-
Mlnlshed during about i've years over thirty
per cent. or nearly one-third By mortality,
which is far above the general degree, and is to
be described only 10 the very unlayor.bie cli-
matte influence.
| Notwithstanding a large part Of this coun-
TIT, Where the climate was found to be equally
wholesome TO any i'll Europe, has been known
! that part Of the Northwest which Eeu,rpia
| visited as early as 1850, and Of which Saaur
| in loo acquired thorough knowledge. Both
| men gave publicity to their discovery. 4 very
eonvs nienl way Of access Was offered by the
| great inland seas, but still it lasted one cen.
fury and a half before an effort was made to
cmlgra1e to this exquisite point and settle
there, hccanse seltshness had largely circula-
ted 1idicnlous rumor that that country was
something similar to Siberia, il not worse, and
thar was sufficient to stjff1e emigration.
But this region, which is the most suitable
for the enigrants of middle En-
| rope, where everything bespcaks pros
| pcT1ty. This region was sought for By
birds Of passage, hut not by eniSrants OF lnen
Of fpassage-with the exception of the so-ealed
saTages-WhO certainly had recognized the
value Of thr lands and fought bloody battles for
| the possession Of the same.
Here, where nature has created spot,
where that may prosper aud dcvclope itself,
| What the the American continent demands !:
a stock population of many millions, adapted
to the necessary work OF regulators here,
where reasonably the settling Of the country
should have commcnccd,-to this pllce emf
grafton came 50 late, on account OF wretch
cd lazincss and 1amcntable short siyhtedness.
The last cause especially is even at present q
hindrancc to the principal business Interests,
because people tries to bestow forces South
which are not BY far developed North. There
l., for instance, project TO send 103, 900 able
aid strong men to Texas, for to anilnate them
to take Part in the civil war, but that would
Inhabitants, instead Of but two. It is indeed
inserted, and shows plain the lack Of states
ranllke wisdom among us, and vindic1tes
the states quacksalyery, The satirlc words,
that Man is being which can be scarcely
made wise by its own experience are very
true. Our census department in Nashin 5ton
seems to publshthcir compared facts, without
any practical success whatever, else the re-
gardiDg Of the same would manifest itself
Ihc prominent cases Of births aud mortality
stand SO conspicuous that one should think
any fool might regulate his course with their
| aid. We know that the Northwest gains
nearly an increase Of thirty-tiye per cent Of
its own population, whereas in the most fa-
vorable cases the coast districts can produce
/ but fifteen.
Tie instinct of the birds OF passage would
certainly take the hint, the more 50, it the
facility Of support would appear as favorable
as in the Northwest. Men, Boosting of thei1
high Intellect, stand ashamed, corrected by
nature, but the egotistical assumption aud
arrogance looks, wisdom affecting, through d
pair OF spectacles, and produces short sighted
ness and fool1shncss.
! The non-cbscryance Of climatic considers
tion is not the only mistake, who shows him
sell prominent By the settling Of this country
be added. Instead to help and further, espe,
cia1ly the fresh immigration, for to make ths
. same in tie shortest possible time useful ant
; profitable, there exists not only lack Of suit
able and juaclons preparations for such a pur
pcsc, but everything is dore to creaee Just tht
contrary. Scarcely anything has been don.
for the judicious transportation Of immigrants
a country which wants three hundred million
: ofinhabitants, has but ssthirty.''
: What lacks now principally, is 1 proper re
| presentation Of the whole, because 3 land de
partnent does not care directly for an increas.
, | Of settling. It appears strange, that in
country, where departments for war, navy
census, nail, Indians. &c, hare been estab
lished, and where through such system tn,
increase Of tue aetiyity Of The people has beel
clearly had in view, none is created for IL
; immigration.
I Immigration has made OF this country wha
is present now, and clear-sishted men know
very well that the continuance OF fresh irnmi
grafton is an urgent necessity, II but in con
! sideratlon Of the preservation Of the Caucasia,
race, because civilization stands In SO close
: connection to the same. Man must be Al
2 enormous know nothing to overlook or den
i this relation.
! Experience has taught us that nothing ca1
I be do1c By private enterprise, and the pFe:en
! ! statue quo can only be explained through th
: fact that the Union Government hcretofor
). has been in the hands Of majority agains
immigration.
The representatives Of the slave States ha
ALWAYS the lead in the representation and ad
8 nlinistration Of the Union, and united Wit
them the Northern nativists, so that nothin
of consequence was done for immigration in
: legislative way. There WAS no good will t
take the matter determined in hand
Those suggestions about one Of the mos
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