Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-03-17
Rwi9ra,iou and It's Consequence

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RmtrrasIon and It's consequences.
Never has the westward course Of en-
pire and civilization been more signally
Illustrated, than is to be seen to-day. The
fsverish love Of adventure, profit, novelty
or the natural restlessness Of man, is send
ing cur own populations into the far west
while the old world is taking their places
with its swarms Of men and women from
the over crowded hives Of Europe. Al
ready are England, France, Austria, Italy
and Germany, beyond that point in popu-
lstiop, where the demands for labor are on
q level with the supply. Consequently
small wages and insufficient food and
clothing are small temptations when com
pared with the boundless territory and
high wages offered in the new world.
Notwithstanding the Misrepresentation
that have gone abroad as to the condition
ofemigrsnts on reaching our shores; not
withstanding the great civil war that has
been raging for three years and whose
horrors are msgnihed by distance, over
100000 emigrsnts have landed in our sea-
board cities and been added to the indus
trial and military strength Of the nation.
The tide has begun to advance. The
poorly paid, disfrsnchised millions Of Eu-
rope, sre fast learning that here they can
have farms for nothing; free schools, free
churches and free press, al for the COM
ing after them.
The United States has csplcity for
slowing away millions, for 3 century to
come. Possessing range Of climate and
soil superior to that ofsny one people on the
earth, we have the elements within our
selves, that enable US to live Independent
Of the world without. The wonderful ma
terial resources Of the west and south are
yet to be developed. Millions Of fertile
scres in the rich river valleys Of the South
ern States, are Jet TO be made the gardens
Of the world. Like the fat soils that bOr-
der on the Ganges, when "tickled with q
hoe, they are to laughiwith harvests." In
the old world, the laws of proimgeniture
and the entailments on slllsnds, are work.
ing the soil more and more into the pos
session Of few rich lords, while the great
mass Of the people do not own enough for
burial places.
Here, however, emigration and advsne-
ing civilization are to achieve the most
magnificent results. Freeholds are to
give to our future ysOmAnry,: the indspen-
dence and spirit which are the real sources
Of national greatness.
Our population doubles once in twenty
yssrs; our wealth, once in ten. The Amer
loan people that are now going to school
or sleeping in their cradles, are to see an
empire whose grandeur, wealth and power
viii be such as the grown up men and WO-
men never dream Of in their widest imag-
inings.
What will debt Of three billions, at the
close Of the war, be to thirty-three millions
Of people, increasing in wealth as they
wiz? Ninety dollars head will be no
gigantic sum. If the interest at five per
cent be one hundred and fifty millions, and
one hundred millions more are required to
pay the annual expenses Of government
this will require 8 tax and an internal
revenue Of seven dollars and fifty cents
each. Most Of this can be raised by the
taxation Of luxuries.
When freedom reigns everywhere, when
az are consumers, not merely Of neoessa-
ries, but slEo Of luxuries, this sum need
not discourage any one. The newborn re-
public, like a young Titan, will stand
proudly erect under this burthen.
But some may fear the influx Of so many
from the old world. We are not of that
number. We possess as large 3 capacity
FOR absorbing and assimilaling the popu-
IstiOns Of Europe, as does the ocean the
raindrops Of heaven.
Once swallowed up into our Tree, ener-
yetis life, the disfranchissd millions Of
Europe begin to appreciate their manhood
lad the privileges Of citizenship.
Said the wise old English statesman,
Bacon, many years ago; "All States that
IRE liberal Of naturalization toward stran-
gers, are st for empire" Let tie high |
iide, therefore, set westward, and pour its
wealth Of population and industry, and
neTly-crested ambition for prosperity,
ever all the million broad acres that only
want willing hands to transform theminto |
The grsnaries Of the world.
We look with qualification, therefore,
upOn the efforts now being put forth by
States and the general government to in
Vits immigration into all the borders Of
Our great commonwealth.
When peace once comes again, half
million, at least, viii annually find vel
'Ons home on the soil Of the Republic.
A call is published in ST. Louis FOR q
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