The New York herald., 1864-09-25

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Tss Enagrssaes Q~sssss.-Msyss eu.-
thsr's Siiiy letter.
We publish to-day the letter of Mayor Gan-
ther to the "Auerie.n E@igrAiiea Company"
lately established By act Of Congress, ITO en-
courage immigration" and the reply thereto
OF Mr.. John Williams. general agent Of said
company. The letter Of Mayor Gunthsr is the
absurd argument which . committee Of two,
consisting Of bigotsd Know Nothing and
rancsrous coppsrhead. would cestainly present
against any socesslons from Europe at this
crisis to tho population Of our loyal States.
The answer Of Mr.. Williams In vindicatlon Of
his company b conclusive; bat he deals too
gingerly with Mayor Gunthsrs prepostereus
objections. and We are therefore constrained,
from sense Of public duty, to rein up "His
Honor" aud to comb him down.
Mayor Gunther says that "immigratiou,
under ordinary circumstances, h source
Of wealth and prosperity to peo-
ple," but that the oct Of Congress
establishing this company for this great
object is "a bait, under fraudulent pretences
to enlist foreigners" that 'the covert object Of
this measure Is primarily to gain material for
the army" Now, as Mr.. Williams shows from
the act itself. Congress has amply provided for
the protection Of the immigrant against his in
voluntary enlistment into tho army or navy.
But the simple truth Is that, for every thousand
able bodied citizen volunteers enlisted in the
army or navy, there is an opening made for q
thousand Europeans as laborers, mechanics &c.
In these capacities aud in all others these fresh
acoessions to the bone aud siuew Of the country
were never more desirable than now; and the
plea OF Mayor Gunther against them, we feel
quite certain. Is offensive TO every man who de-
sires the success of the Union cause, and he is
only endorsed in this community BY the ad-
herenss and allies of jeff Davis. Our opinion
upon this point, We think, must be confirmed
by every impartial mind with tho simple state
ment Of the facts as presented by Mayor
Gunther himself. 1t is evident from his own
showing that he is an advocate Of peace with
jeff Davis at any price.
He says, further, that "the condition Of the
laborer here is not one promising q fair remu-
neration under our inflated paper currency"
and that "one-hslf his wages Is absorbed by taxa
tion." while the remainder is worth only about
forty cents on the dollar. These statements
are well answered by Mr.. Williams, but much
better from the constantly increasing arrivals
of these European immigrants. Their friends
preceding them to these shores have told them
the honest truth-that there never has been in
any country such favorable opening as Is now
offered in our loyal States for industrious Eu-
ropean mon and women, in all the avocations
Of pesce and hence it is that In still increasing
numbers 'still they come" And yet Mayor
nearly fifty thousand operatives in this city
alone 'contending against the oppression Of
capital" and that the "wages paid are iaade-
quate to their support" when we all know that
in every branch Of business are
now at premium here and everywhere
throughout the country; that they can and DO
get their own terms Of compensation, and that
no man or woman WHO can do anything need
be idle
In conclusion, as II faithfully attentive to the
interests Of jeff. Davis and the outside enemies
Of the United States, Mayor Gunthcr says Of
these European immigrants that "these impor-
tatlons are TO be either food for powder or to
paralyze the laboring population so rs to
prevent strikes caused by an inflated cur
ency." What man, ignorant Of the fact,
would or could suppose, after reading this lot
er Of his that Mayor Gunther is himself enc Of
heae "importationa'- Importation from
iermany, who has been enriched, honcrod aud
promoted in every wav - the e-1tcut OF his
capacities by the inst.iasion government AID
country which he is thus laboring to prejudic-
n the eyes Of the world. and a. the M or Of
Now York.
This letter Of Mayor Gunther, we fear, is the
work OF designing demagogucs, who have used
,im as their instrument. At any rate /. IS aa
lltimed and very silly letter, and II not already
brought to this opinion himself be may rely
1pon it that be will be before no hears the last
of il.
Stirring Letter from General
Sherman.
MI. James M. Calhoun, the Mayor Of Atlanta,
has written to General Sherman to ask a revo-
cation Of the order FOR the people to leave
Atlanta, and General Sherman has answered in
one OF his Enthusiastically forcible epistics.
II there is anything that ought TO DO very
nearly as agreeable to the American people as
Al - k~-l. "a e r..