Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-02-08

Our Need and Its Remedy.
Nearly one-seventh Of the labOring class
es the North have been drawn into the ar
nv, SO that in these very busy days, wa
qss are constantly on the increase, lsbOrers
are few, factories are idle, snd in many
places farms are lying fsllOW. 1.-THE new
call for 100000 men is to be met BY the
10Th Of March next, we may look forward
to still greater scarcity Of labor and in
crease Of prices during the sumner. The
natural Increase Of population is insult
eient to supply the increased demand.
The most obvious remedy is al once the
simplest and most desirable. 1t Is stated
bv gentlemen well-informed, that E large
number Of skilled artisans would emigrate
from Eaglsnd if they only had the means.
At least so 600 OF the best .lsbOrers Of
Lancashire and other manufacturing dis
triets, who have been thrown out Of en-
ployment by the stopPsge Of the-mills sre
ready to bring their skill and industry to
our shores, if means can be provided.
This being true, why should not Congress
take the subject into serious sdvisement
and provide for the thousands that besiege
our Consul abroad. There is no probabil-
ity that this want Of labor, which is felt
everywhere throughout the North, will be
less felt at the North than now. They
who look for large sccessions to the labor
ing classes in the North from the army
will be disappointed.
A very large portion Of the soldiers will
settle upon the rich soils Of the South
cheap lands, brought into market by con-
fscatiou, and s more salubriOus climate
than has the North, will attract thou
eands Of men from their old homes. The
ohespness Of freed labor, and the immense
profits to be made from the cultivation Of
sugar and cotton, will be sn inducement
Of the first importance. Emigration has
already trenched upon the confines Of the
best farming lands in the west-but in the
South the inmev Sc tracts Of rich soil il
Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Texas and
Mississippi, as yet uuoultivsted, will in
vite the men who, while soldering, have
traversed those broad acres. Nor is it
probable that there will be any great din
Guilty in introducing free labor into the
South. The planting class, whose preju-
dice have been in favor of slave labor, have
already Iceased to exist. In every State
that has been emsnoipatsd from rebel mil
itary despotism, there has come up great
cry for free labor. The South will have
many advantages over our Western Terri
tories when once relieved Of the curse of
human bondage. Instead of that painfully
slow progress, made by the Slave States,
when compared with the gigantic march
Of Northern population and civilization,
the abandoned and conAsoated lands Of
the South win, in few years, TEEN with
q restless race Of men who will make its
wilderness to blossom. It's magnificent
svstems of rivers, arterializing the whole
South, will give access to the great mar
kets Of the world from every port Of the
country. It has already an extensive
rami6cstion of railroads, which will be
multiplied ten-lold by the swarming hive
that will people its fertile soils. These IL
dsl movements Of emigration must take
plsce. They are written in the DEGREES Of
sn overruling Providence, and it is only
the part Of wisdom for our government to
recognize the great truth and prepare fer
It. Hitherto, emigration to this country,
has chiefly been from the poorly fed, over
crowded plantations Of Ireland and Ger
many. We nov have the opportunity Of
transferring to our shores much Of that
skill which has given England such pre-
eminence in the misunderstanding arts, and
secured for certain products the monopo'
" Of the markets Of the world.
These $4,000 zrtizans can be transport
ed to this country at about fifteen dollars
person. They have signifed their readi-
ness to pay their passage after having
landed here. Fifteen millions Of dollsrs,
juiiciOusly laid out, would bring to our
shores several hundred thousand Of the
most skilful working men Of Europe, to-
gether with thsir families.
Can any one assign any valid resson
why the government, as veil as private
enterprise, might not properly take hold Of
the work Immigration has been greater
since our civil war began than ever before,
and ii only only remains fOr the govern
msnt to make judiciOus propositions 10
the bone and sinew Of European society,
in order to add immensely to ell our ma.
terial resources. We need skilfun ari.
zans snd working men. The remedy is to
be found in immigration.
Southern Civil xnIiOn.