, 1864-03-05

S"" IHNS iSSeull1I OiItisu yOutuhiistS SOu'u
see nothing alarming in the emigration from
ireland to the United States. Heretofore their
departure from their native land has been re-
garded and pronounced "e5Od rltdance -
latterly, however, there has been change in
tone to one Of lament, and apprehcnsions arc
now INDUCED that Ireland will become depop,
ulated. A late number Of the London Times
treated this subject in the following phioso.
phical manner:
Some years ago West Indiaman had dis.
charged its cargo in one Of our docks at home.
The ship was plagued by rats as never ship
was plagued. Their deyastations, their noise,
their odor, their distractions, had been beyond
mortal endurance, but there was no remedy.
The captain who wac still on board, was walked
at midnight by his mate, and asked TO step on
deck as quietly rs he could. A fruit ship had
arrived in the course Of the day from the Med
iterranean, and on coming alongside had passed
hawser to the West lndiaman. "LoOk
there! !" whispered the mate pointing to the
rope, which In the darkness seemed to be NOV.
ing slowly toward the fruit ship. II was alive
with rats, which in continuous stream were
migrating from the empty ship to the STRANGER,
whose fragrance told the tale Of its delicioiis
freight. Before sunrise there was not a fat
left on board the West Indaman How Il
Jared with the stranger Il is needless to say
That is the very spectacle we are now witness.
ing on q worldwide scale. The hawser is
across tho Atlantic, and in one inceSsant, end.
less train, hundreds Of thousands Of our fellow.
citizens are passing to n richer continent. Its
fragrance comes in letters, full Of good tdings,
and containing often tho substantial earnest Of
golden promises in the shape Of notes or 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 cannot quite do that. II is part of our
crew that is leaving US in this strange and
mu'titudinous fashion. They are passing gen
orally to another allegiance, to other laws, to
other ins situtions, 70 rival interests, to jeal.
Gus policy, and, as they think, to assist in found.
ing an empire far above even our heads But
as they are consulting their own material in.
terests, and certainly sparing us some trouble,
they are welcome to go where they please, and
to marry better soil than that from which
they have been divorced. We arc disposed to
take philosophical view Of the movement
and are glad to find that for once we NAV be
scientific and kind. The man who suddenly
rcappcars in an Irish cabin with his pocket full
Of notes and gold, distributing handsome pres.
cnts, sleek, comely, and well dressed, asking
the girl Of bis early choice to share his new
home, Is vision that conqucrs all our senti.
mental scruples, as Il appears he had done the
remaining patriotism Of ireland. Every such
man IS q Columbus in Connaught. There is
no resisting him. he odds are tremendous
against Queen Victoria and tcnDence day, the
Established Church and potatoes, the Union
Workhousc and yellow meGl--even supposing
we can always answer for our side Of the COM
parison.
The New York Herald, in an article on
emigration and its prospective results, says;
The enormous progressive increasy which is
taking place in European emigration TO our
shores, in spite Of the influences used to check
it by foreign governments, suggests reflections
as to the Development it is likely to take when
the war il ended and the South thrown open
to industrial and manufacturing enterprise.
Tho year before last the total number Of immi.
grants who resched, lhis country was 10000.
Last year upwar is Of 100000 arrived here.
OF these latter the great majority were young,
healthy and energetic, and provided with more
or less means. We lay stress on this f,ct, be-
cause It shows that this access Of population is
that which Is just now most required to gu up
the gaps made by the requirements Of the
war in our industrial population.
IL in the midst Of gigantic contest with
the terrOrs OF conscrption paraded before their
eyes by their own governments and Journals,
the young men Of Europe are attracted here
in such numbers, what may we not expect
hhA mae ta kNo,,n,hN 10. alasa nd 0ha
South thrown open 10 foreign emigration?
The old theory that cotton can only be success.
fully cultivated by the blacks has been dis
proved by the Germans Of Texas; and, if the
resistance Of the rebels Is to be pushed TO the
point Of rendering their plantations liable to
confiscation, there Is no doubt that vast mum.
bers Of European farmers and laborcTs will be
induced to come here by tho hope Of having
these cotton lands parcelcd out among them.
Even people Of the Latin races will find their
account in uniting their dCstinies to ours, thus
rever >ing Napolcon's idea. We should not be
surprised IT, in the first five years after the ter.
minaton Of the war, the emigration from all
parts Of the world 10 tho United States were
to present one OF the most remarkable move
ments OF population on record. During, that
period we shall probably add from three to four
millions 10 our numbers from abroad, and these
composed Of the classes which contribute most
to the wealth Of q country. Thus the very
influences which the European governments
iostered, in the hope Of destroying US, will re.
act fatally upon themselves, and render us
stronger, more united and moro powerful than
ever. -l.s.-l r-t..I f.
Fears Of even partial depopulatiOn Of any
portion Of our country, by the immense dc.
struction Of lie incident to the war, are the
most idle Of any that have been entertained
and expressed in connection with il A sad
decrease Is now, unhappily, too apparent in
many districts Of country, but It is not des.
tined to continue long aiter the war closes
The Inducements offered to the oppressed poo
pie Of Europe 10 cmigrate to America are Of
too tempting . nature TO be resisted and al
who can viii sock, in tho more free and rich
New World, an ssylum from the expressions
Oe the Old. or this the indications are such
as every friend Of the country, at home or
abroad, may see and rejoice in. iiH .a-
AN. ExpASsIvR IpEA.-Robert J. Breckn.
ridge recently published a great article in the
Dsnyille Revieir, relating to the war. Having
reviewed the hopeless condition Of the Confed-
eracy. he makes the following wise suggestions