Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-06
1868 472s3s 100. 90

1t VIII be seen by the above that the lmml-
grafton, as Indicated by the arrivals at New
York, has been considerably over one half
much during the eleven months of the
present year. as the total immigration from
that country for the four preceding years.
La speaking of the exodus of the Irish people,
the London Times uses the following iIlustra-
ton
Some years ago, West Indiaman had
discharged its cargo In one of our docks at
home The ship was plagued by rats as never
ship had been piage I'd. Their deyas ions,
their noise their odor, their distinctions had
been beyond mortal endurance, but there was
no remedy. The captain, who was still on
board, walked at midnight by his mate
and asked to step on deck as quietly as he
could. fruit ship had arrived in the course
of the day from the Mediterranean, and, on
coming alongside had passed hawser to the
West Indiaman, Lock there !" whispered
the mate, pointing to the rope, which in the
darkness seemed TO be moving slowly towards
the fruit ship. 1t was alive with rats which
in continues stream we're migrating from
the empty ship 20 the stranger, whose fra
GRANGE told the tale of its delicious freight
Before sunrise there was not rat left on
board the West 1ndiaman. How it Jared
with the stranger it is needless to saw That
is the very spectacle we are now witnessing
on worldwide scale. The hawser is across
the Atlantic, and III one incessant, endless
train, hundreds of thousands of our fellow
citizens are passing to richer continent
Its fragrance comes in letters full of good tt
dings and containing often the substantial
earnest Of golden promises III the shape of
notes orders for pleasant round sums.
"Could we take the same view of human
affairs that the skipper and his mate did of
their little world, we should tread softly, and
think the less said the better But we can
not quite do that 1t is a part of our crew
that is leaving us in this strange multitudin-
Gus fashion They are passing generally to
another allegiance, to other laws, to other
institutions, to rival interests, to a jealous
policy, and, as they think, to assist in found
ing an empire far above even our heads
But, as they are consulting their own materi-
al interests, and certainly sparing US some
trouble, they are welcome to 90 where they
please, and to marry better soil than that
from which they have been divorced. We
are disposed to take a philosophical view of
the movement, and are glad to find that for
once we may be both scientific and kind,
The man who suddenly reappears in an Irish
cabin with his pocket full Of notes and gold
distributing handsome presents, sleek, come
ly, and well-dressed, asking the girl of his
early choice to share his new home, is a
vision that conquers all orr sentimental scru-
pies, as it appears he has done the remaining
patriotism of ireland. Every such man is a
Columbus in Connaught. There is--no resist
ing him"
While the free states are thus reinforced
by a constant stream of immigration, supply
ing to considerable extent the places of the
strong hands that have been withdrawn from
the industry of the country to bear up and
restore our flag to its supremacy, the insur-
rection IS not only not receiving any such adj
ditions to its population, but loyal refugees,
white and black, are necessarily fleeing from
its terrorism and restitution. Thus, instead
of any accessions to supply the drain of war
for the Northern copperhead, however
jealous in his sympathy with the rebel cause,
is too fond Of ease and safety, to risk his car
cass outside of the tyrannical governments"
Of &c Abe Lincoln"-the rebellious districts
are being constantly depopulated by the es-
cape Of fugitives who join the loyal cause
The South has virtually raised its last man
and last dollar. The North retains resources
practically exhaustless her credit is unlnl
paired her material resources were never
more abundant; and three years of gigantic
and dospotic war have hardly effected a SEN
sible dIminution of her teeming population.