Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-08-22
CARNIVAL ! OF IMMIGRATION

| ever nappeDS w w 'he PoPuiaA ioBo
| we are tempted to make use of it in
connection with our present topic.
The migratory disposition of The
human race is no new thing under
the sun. All nations, tribes and in.
dividnals, from time immemorial,
have at certain periods Of their exist
| ence, manifested more or less dis
position to "spread themselves" over
contiguous or distant regions. This
nomadic habit is equally marked in
the barbarous and semi. barbarous,
the civilized and semi-ciyilized deni-
Gems OF creation. The wandering
Tartar or Arab grows restless under
the monotony of the expansive desert
or the frowning mountain and is con-
stantly shifting from ono to the other;
the adventurous European, TO whom
continent becomes "pent-up Uti-
CO." leaves friend and home in quest
of new associations and new objects,
in foreign lands, while bis descend
ants, true to their instincts Of change,
press forward along the same devious
pathways 10 pleasure, fortune or
ambition, allured by the same roman
tic lights, which led their fathers
onward in pursuit Of some golden
fleece" or fancied elysium; aud thus,
"the appetite grows on that it feeds"
until new worlds are found and peo-
pied and other worlds beyond ken
Or reach this side the grave, are
vainly sought aud sighed Tor.
4 carnival" OF immigration, di-
verging from European lands and
centering upon American soil, is OF
no recent date. II has been Of per.
petual continuance SINCE and before
the days Of the old tbirtsen colonies;
stimulated Mt times by repelleut cir
cumstances and events in the old
hemisphere and by attractive ale-
ments and developments in the new.
During the late American war and
since its close. the tide Of imnigrs-
tion 10 orr shores was. and continues
to be, accelerated, beyond precedent.
The greater portion Of this imnigra-
ton, composed Of persons trained in
manual labor and the useful art Of
agriculture, and finds its way to the
forests and prairies Of the Western
States, where 1t forms densely popp-
lated settlements and contributes by
its industry, labor and capital to the
powerful developments Of the country.
The remaining portion, more skilled
in the various handicrafts of the arti-
san, the manufacturer and the man
of traffic, finds lodging place in the
cities and villages and their out
skirts. So largely has this influx Of
immigration Increased within the past
few years, that it is estimated more
than one-half the population Of New
York city now consists Of persons Of
foreign birth. The same proportion
may not be found wanting in other
cities, such as Philadelphia, Boston
and Cincinnati, by the time the next
census of those cities comes to be
taken: .-.- .sss ggcaEg ~. 5E.1@ 81
Doubtless, in the early future, WE
shall behold an immigration from
those sources to the South, greater
than ever was known. Let them
come---the honest farmer--the me-
chanic---the man Of science--the man
of toll and industry--all will be wei
come and find, as they will also Gre
ate, remuneratiye openings for their
enterprising skill and labor.
A singular anomaly in the immi-
grafton carnival" iu this country,
bat one altogether in keeping afterall.
with that ever-changing, ever.going
nomadism, which seeks to put d
girdle round the world" is the move
ment which has been set on foot in
several places in the South tor an
o,.orar,~,J AID sx,storn atio avnjnu "