The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-05
The Daily N ews-
SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1856.
The Mach OF migration.
the Eflifoy. Uf the D1 in Ne,rs

The Mach OF Emigration.
To the Editor Of the Daily Ne,cs:
DEAR Sir We observe, III perusal OF the papers,
statoments, based reliable statistics Of railroad
travel furnished a Chicago, that oven at this time
whom travelling is comparatively light, that the
number Of persons passing that point westward
over those passing eastward, is between three or
four thousand per month; and which, in oil proba
bilty, 40 the weather grows warmer, will DO aug
mented to perhaps ten thousand per month.
Thissit will bo remembered, is only ono point. 1t
is said also, that the number of families who
enter Kansas and Colorado to locate themselves,
arc about one thousand per month; allowing to
each family six. Individuals this would make a
humber of seventy-two thousand persons every
year: From this We can infer q. once the sources
and origin Of that wonderful growth in population
Sand wealth which, in every decade is building up
States here and there in tho far distant West that
. loom up in gigantic proportions, rivalling the
I olden States in the march Of centuries. .-s-
This restlessness Of the human soul, this
mareh Of mind, yearning for excitement, is mar
velf6hsly STRANGE when We take into oonsidera-
ton the hardships, privations, tho suferings to
be endured and the dangers to be: encountered.
Prowling savages, rendered hostile, ,vindictive
and bloody, at being dspossesscd Of their haunts-
ing neither God nor man-an unsettled state OF
society, where no mans life is safe-with diseases
|f OF every type and form-yes, it is strange pass
| ing strange, that, notwithstanding all this, that
thousands and tens of thousands ever rush
ing on and crowding each others tracks, seeking
for homes and fortune in q distant region far
away from tho land Of their birth, and ostracizing
/ themselves forever from the comforts and con-
/ veniences amidst which they we're reared.
4 There certainly must be marvellous power of
fascination-some strange, attractive oharm-that
4 captvates the MUD and loads men off for this
Western life and Western adventure, OF which we
dronish fogies Of this section know little or
nothing. Men reared hero arc seemingly content,
A with but few EXCEPTIONS to remain in stdtu quo,
A and vegetate, as it were, on the same old hills,
4 and to live and die as their fathers did before
|, them, in the same old homestead where they
4 were born and reared. When We think Of this
| spirit of emigration, we wonder sometimes that
these staid old countries, with ocean of water
1 intervening, should send forth 80 increasingly
such tide OF human life toward the uncultiyated
N .unimproved slopes Of the distant Pacific.
II Persons wonder-stsnd In surprise, and ask
\ Why this yearning-this boundless desire among
the citizens OF the old world for the farof West
II Why ythis Leather Stocking disposition that prompt
cd him. at the sound c.. the pioneers axe, to turn
his line OF march toward the acting SUM- Why
this restlesBness-this scythiani spirit to wander
n far away beyond the pale Of comfort and civiza
sion2 They talk of it. Speculate on it. Now tn,
n question is cannot South CsrUlina-shoulds she no
i with all her advantages, comforts, conveniences
] railways, etc., and for her especial benoft, i
4 we look to future prosperity, adopt soma mean
that will be calculated to attract and draw her
come portion, some part, Of that mighty arm.
q
weekly to the unimproved prairies Of the remot
West, where, for a long time, they must be sub
.tected to endless priyatons and hardshipa?, A
The last census we had added but little to ou
white population. By the mighty upheara tn
terrible conflict through which We have passed, W
have lost thousands; how many, ct present "
have no means OF knowing. From everything ths
we Gan see. we can but presume that the tw
races: can never live together. The African
bound to extinction, and must undoubtedly me
away before the Anglo-Snxon.
a. AS an evidence OF the fact in loss OF populato
and laborers, and which should artle,every pull
Mfbpirited citizen to uae some, exertion, some e1
deayor to turn hther some portion Of that flood
human life that ismoving westward, is the val
amount Of improved lnnds offered for sale. Eve,
paper is crowded with advertisements, everyre
estate broker and commissioner has his han6
full OF real e4tate' for sale, while there are hu
dreds. of aores, not exposed for sale, lying ,
ever the country untitled and uncultivated. The
are facts, startling facts, and Aotiye measure
ahould be taken to set forth before this moving
the population OF the nations of the earth, tho o.
vEntages South Carolina possesses, so as to vi
them. and direct their wandering footstepa hithe
( IF We sit down listlessy, mourning and gruml
/ hng ofer the past, ,---IF We fold our arnseogethe
| Use no exertion, no energy, no effort, to obtai
cur shnre Of the tramping ,myriads that are ev
! rolling on IN solid columns past us toward IL
foot Of tho Rocky Mountains, and that are illir
up those Western regi ions-year after: year! wi
find US slowly dragging our length along makir
but little progress, while those distant lands, nc
bnt sparsely inhabited, will become mighty al
powerful sthtes, leaving us 80 for. behind them
population and wealth that our influence will
lost and absorbed in their magnifcence al
greatness L-I-i-/ -
r Tho Chinese in Enn Rranciseo-VIsie to Il
Pagan Tempie.
/ 80 [Cor. Rochester Uniors and Adoertjser.)
! SAN FniSGIsGo, Feb. 17.-Wedneeday last, b
aidpg being Ash Wednesday and Valentine !da
taas the first OF the new year among the Chihe
OF this city. believe have told you that the
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