Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-04-04
EMIGRATION FROM THE SOUTH

We take from the Mobile Register
and Advertiser the annexed article,
which is evidently from the pen of its
able and accomplished editor, the
Hon. JOHN Forsyth, formerly Minister
to Mexico:
We understand that thirty persons
reached this city yesterday, from the
interior en- route TO Mexico, as colo
nists. We are receiving frequent let
ters from Georgia and ALBANIA, max
ing inquiries touching matters in that
country which it is useful to an emi-
grant to know. There is something
alarming 10 us in the spread of expa-
triation at the South. 1t has been
greatly intensified by recent develop
ments at Washington. The Radicals
are driving the flower of our popula-
tion from the land. 1t is not the
needy, the broken-down and the ad-
ventur0us who constitute the migrat-
ing class-a class heretofore unknown
to the South-but it is the intelligent,
the spirited, the high-toned, the brave,
who, born and bred in an atmosphere
Of freedom, fly from the homes of their
childhood and the graves of their faith
crs, because they feel that the halo Of
! liberty has departed from the land.
1t is well known that we have steadi-
ly set our faces against the wisdom of
this despondent judgment of our coun-
try's future. But we cannot but res
pect the nobility of soul that disdains
to wear fetters for ono syllable of
time WeapprecIate the heart-sickLess
which comes of turning ones eyes TO
the daily proceedings of the Congress
of the United States, where thoughts
and passions are rife that were once
believed to be impossible in American
society, and under the shadow OF
American institutions. But should
not the spectacle inspire a disdain to
fly the ordeal of duty imposed by the
countIy's needs
Shall we abandon our native land to
bowling fanatics, and look not behind
nor stay TO strike one blow for the re.
dcmption OF the heritage of freedom
our fathers left usy Hope is not lost.
There is "life in the old land yet, and
recuperative energy in the blood oi
our race that will rise up and throw
off the party despotism that is using
all its power TO strangle constitution
al liberty That energy exists, but is
not yet developed. 1t is beginning tC
move in its slumber, and soon we shall
hear the tread of ITS millions march
ing to demand the restitation of tn,
Constitution to its pristine glory
Who would wish TO bc absent in for
: eign land when his vote and his inau
lencc could be given TO the mighty
cause Of regenerated Constitution
We are alive to all the charms o
peace and humanity from the wear anC
tearof the coming struggle, TO be founC
under the orange and olive trees o
beautiful Mexico. We are tired o
: strife and turmoil and struggle. Blu
voices from the graves Of dead sage
and patriots command us to preserve
and defend the legacy of their toi
and blood.
/, We sought TO do it through indie
[ pendence of the Satanic influence o
, Puritanism supported by arms. Th'
effort failed, but the duty remain
aud beckons us to another field-th
field Of reason. The pen takes th
place Of the sword, and the tongue J
/; to fight, before the great forum of th
r American people, the battle which bu
: lately moistened the land with frater
! nal blood. We come back TO the start
ing point Of 1860, where. placinI
: no reliance upon the "second sobe
thought" of the people, and turnini
t our backs in despair Of help upon tn