The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-24

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The localities which they sought as rep
resented in the report Of the census OF 1859,
/ prepared by Mr.. kennedy, which Is cur au-
thou'g ior this and other statistical data.
were;
Alabama q $50 New Yorh .-.....-.sas go
Arka's.ls ..-.--.-.. a.l4i Fennsy lTania.-..-. a. 5
North Carolina.-- $50 linois--....-....... i si
euln NAloilns.-.s ais'rt Nlo s-.-----.--.- -
Nirpna ,......-.....-.l5 ,uds Wiscousi-.-s go 81
4 uAAs '----.---.-....-.-th ai-
The figures. it will be remembered. refer
only TO the original stask, and 10 not take
born IN the count IN laae tie percent-
age Of foreign born residents In some Of the
leading cites was IS follows.
Baltimore - II Chicago. A. %
Charleston IS Rchmoni . --...la %
Crncinnaii IS "a S. Louls..........la7 20
Ifthere ever was then a period 10 the hisio-
~ OF a people, when 10 became necessary for
them 10 Be aroused a. one man into action,
and put their shoulders 90 the wheel and
with energy and spirit and the determina-
tian to make a gisnt ana MASTER struggle,
that period has come ior the South. With
q country wasted BY long and devastating
war, with habits Of labor broken up, with
the machinery of Industry destroyed, and s
great social and industrial problem % be
solved, under an exlraneous pressure, which
at times is most unreasoning and uurcason
able, the ndition Of the South has scarce
~ parallel in modern times. But dark as
is the picture there is rsdeeming isature.
All Is not lost where the unoonquers5ie viii
is LETT. The giant convulsion, which has
just shaken the land 70 its centre, has MA
Oeen without Us beneficial effects. lt has
stirred up a new sud higher spirit. The
energies which were brought into play By
arms, and the intellectual resources which
were called forth aud exhibited themselves
10 the thousand appliances sud resorts TO
which s people without machinery, without
preparation. and without access Go the ex
iernal world. were diyen % support q con-
hict with the most powerful nation upon
ca IN, each and eli are the harhiugers and
augury Of q future for Tire South from which
she reed not shrink Resuming her place
in the mighty empire Of State, no 500 OF
hers viii have reason 70 be ashamed O. her
place in the picture.
The successive waves Of population which
have been sweeping westward from the AZ
lantic leaving a. e were behind them de-
posit Of vast States aud populous cities, TOE
pride and hope Of great ration, have now
reached the slopes Of the Rocky Mountains,
and here the tide In she opinion Of thought
ful men az the North, must turn and there
are substantial rea ons for the cpiniou.
Such a turn in the tide can ouly be in one
direction, and that Is 20 tie s0HtAoard and
in this respect il may almost be regarded
that az the very iustsnt OF
the contingency the boundless domains Of
the South remove their dikes and barriers
and invite the inundaiiou.
The whole subject, sir, j. enc Of 30 much
interest % us all, that il would afford me
great pleasure upon this occasion 90 elabo-
rate q more At length, bat am admonished
that the time aud space sre not AZ my con-
troll. AT an early day vii resume The
subject end illustrate &c with a variety q
statistical data, which have collected with
some care.
With great regard your obi ssrv't,
No. 40 broadway, New YORK, Thursday, 0et.
u, 1865.
EoTE.-Since the above was written,
have been put in possession Of the latest re-
port Of the Superintendent Of immigration
at New York.
By this Il appears that the number Of i'm
migrants who resehed New York in 1884
was IS5. 208, in 51I vessels, and from rs diff
ferent ports. OF these, 93.4l9 intended 70
reside IN New York, q. 5ls in Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, 2I0l4 in New England,
"a ,662 in Ohio, indiana, Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and California.
4 ,979 in Kansas, Nebraska, Canada, ETC.,
and s,ils in the southern States. In the
ycsrs 1861, despite Of the war, theuumber
OF German immigrants was larger than in
the preceding Years.
nNIGRANrs At nav YORK.