Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-06-20
rnM1GRATION AND COLONIZATION.

Our advertising columns contain a state
ment by its officers of the leading OBJ
jects of the Tennessee Colonial and I'm
migration Company, the first two Of which
are announced to be the encouragement
of immigration to this State, and the at
tempt TO supply the demand for every de
scription Of labor. We refer the reader to
the advertisement for information as to
the details Of this scheme, and the mode
Of operations proposed by the company, with
the simple remark that it is practicable, and
that all propositions to induce immigration
10 the State should meet the hearty concur
renee Of every citizen who properly under
stands his own Interest, and has the public
good at heart. Tennessee is able to sup
port a dense population. There is no
region of equal size more capable.
We want only that attrition of mind with
mind, and energy with energy, which
is begotten by the introduction Of new men
with enterprising ideas, to make our State
the first in the Southwest, and in time enable
it to rival any State in the Union. Cheap
lands offered on advantageous terms, will
induce the Sons Of thrift of every nationality
TO settle in our midst, and every such an
one becomes centre of wealth, enriching
himself and improving the condition Of all
about him. II is in the hum and hustle,
tl,a ~f hriv
business pursuits that the people of both
sections Of the country can soonest forget
the strifes Of the past, and assume that har-
mony and homogeneity which will assure
us Of the illimitable prosperous future which
is offered, if we but learn how to use the
natural advantages at hand.
In connection with this subject, we append
a recent article from that reliable paper, the
New York Journal Of Commerce, as follows:
This country is now receiving an acces-
sion of population from foreign countries
such as has been rarely witnessed so early
in the year. Almost every day one or more
steamships arrive at New York from abroad
laden with refugees from the Old World.
The average is about 600 per steamer. Ger
many and Ireland vie with each other in
sending their respective cOntingents, though
the preponderance is now in favor of the
Teutons, compared with the Celts. And,
according to information received by the
Commissioners of Emigration, to whose office
we are indebted for interesting facts, the
movement from Germany promises to be on
a large scale, every berth on the steamship
lines from Bremen and Hamburg being en-
gagged TO the end of the year. Besides, sail
ing vessels receive proposals for the trans
portation of all the passengers they can
carry, chiefly from the north of Germany.
From present indications, unless emigrants
are deferred by the reports of cholera on
board the steamships Virginia and England,
the arrivals for 1866, will reach 100000,
against 10000 for the year 1868. In other
words, the great Irish exodus " of 1924
is likely to find parallel in Germany. Va
rious reasons are assigned for the present
movement, the chief of which is the pros
perity of the United States, and secondly,
a desire ~ Germany to escape the threaten
ed turmoil in Europe The proportion of
Irish and Germans arriving since January /,
is as follows: