The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1867-05-08
Emigration Against Immigration.
NJ. 10

We have heretofore noted that of some forty thou
sand immigrants into the United States, onIY few
hundred were destined for the Southern States We
will not repeat onr explanation of the causes DC this
difference, but will cenne ourselves to the observation
that the foreign immigration scarcely equals tie emil
grafton from the South to foreign Countries gha ths
loss of labor and population, from the Atlantic South
States to Texas and other parts of the Southwest
is replaced by any movement into those old States
from the North or East. The balance of the immi.
grant movement is decidedly against White, there-
fore, feel inclined to encourage The n0dEetoH Of
all the capital and numbers from abroad, we regretex
tremey the loss of our best citizens by the attractions
offered by foreign countries well as from the mis-
fortunes which have heflllen But #hea our
citizens abandon the South to better themselves wbeth
er they go to edit newspapers drum for New York
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. they withdraw to the peaceful
shelter Of despotism in Paris accept the advantages
offered under the auocrac government ot Brazil we
do not think it exactly kind of them to rcproaeh those
who remain with of fidelity to the South, OF
an honorable determination to maintain its rights and
restore lis prosperity, as far as the power to do may
be vouchsaed by events.
Everybody cannot go to the Exposition at Paris to
avoid the injustice of the military law. great many
people, good enough to be impored to fight for the
property of the South during the war; cannot pay
passage to the golden land Of Brazil L is the duty Cf
those men in the South who feel themselves ia any
sense responsible for the widespread desotHten, to
stay and aid far as they may in repairing the COM
mon damages; and we confess it has seemed TO show
want of moral nerve and of patriotic sympathy when
the officers take to the long boat leaving the passen
gers shriveling and sobbins to the raging clement
| which hastens to destroy them.
A party of $50 persons enba ked at this port TO"
Brazil. They from all the Gulf States, Raa form
the nucleus of colony that any State might be proud
to receive" These precisely the people cnno5
afford to ose and repeat our regret that they should
deem it their duty to leave We wish them all the
success possible.
Yet cannot permit to pass without notice the let
ter of DR.. J. w. Keyes addressed to the Montgomery
Mail, containing the following paragraph;
"The emgra0ts, from the youngest to The Oldest
delighted at the prospect of soon breathing
free air and, at any rate, finding country where
they be at least the equal of negro and not Da
compelled to associate with the Yankee and damora
ised Confederates.'
Who are these "demoralised Confedefates?' Is il
johnson, Lee, Deauregard, Hampton, Hood, Long
street Semmes? These men consider il no dishoncr
to accept the inevitable. They deem it duty silently
| to labor for the restoration OF their eguDtIg, Why
sh ould those who leave their country to escape its
doom reproach those WHO cling to the slip and try to
work her off the breakers? Without knowing Mr.. j.
W. keyes, N. D., personally, may infer from the
very pacific addition to his name that be had noEsshed
much blood except by phebotomy; not much
under fire.; possibly not even under short rations
may be not even where he could not get hospital
furlouch to see his family. We learn incidentally that
he has large and interesting family who emigrata
with him. and we draw from this an additional Infer
that be not personally subject to tue terrible
tempest of war. But these demoralsod Contede-
rates. certainly were; did experience all the trials
| of
Why then reproach men who offered their lives and
gave their fortunes to their faith? 1t is cey kind
to do so, and we persuaded that DR., Reyes VIII
exonerate them and those who have acted with them
from the painful mputaton conveyed in the PaTthe.
nian missve. But I'VE had another motive than this
expression of regret in noticing the letter Il has
tendency to msead people, and shows that Dr..
Keyes in flying from admitted evils has not carefully
considered the character of the country to which he
goes and solcits Others to follow The emgrants are
ideehted ''at the near prospect of breathing trea
air." The Government of Brazil is imperial. It may
be mild despotism in the bands Of its present rulers
but; although liberal Government, il is NOT free
country in law or religion as we understand freedom
That is there is constitutional compact which the
people can enforce That the inhabitants are tbs
equals of the negro is very true, from the following
paragraphs A British authority speaks of q the ge-
NAL sentiment of equality which perVades alt TaDks;H
the negro slaves assume, in their manner the same
equality which is practiced by the other inhabitants
Modern travellers say, slavery has notprcduced the
distinctions of caste which attend it in most other
countries" " Once emancpated, the negro finds every
calling and office freely open to him &s 10 the "hlte
In the army navy in commerce, agriculture or man
aactures, in social or political position, color IS no
barrier to the highest success The h1mbleSt slave
therefore, looks forward with hope, not only to future
freedom but fo wealth and power" HbateveF then,
may be the advantages of immigration to Brazil, the
freedom of the citizen social position superior TO
the negro cannot be estimated among them
We repeat that the Of emancipation there Is
inevitable. The United States cannot in consistency,
recognise slavery; can it, in interest, permit slave
grown products to exclude its free labor products
from market. We fear, then, the excellent emigranta
are going out of eaky house into hail storm just.
as they are established on their grants, tue OF
emancipation may commence and they may be again
involved in it, We think it better to remain haFe
to employ the agencies Of the Union to Conquer
progress into other Countries to be protected by the
power Of the Government. We trust thus to acquire
at least commercial to Brazil and, while We
cannot 60 to- our friends, they may return to us" at
some future period.
At all events we repeat that outrun the
American sceptre on ths continent. One thing wa
hope rom the emgrants that they will consigu theis
cargoes of coffee and sugar to New Orleans. w shall
expect free trade follow between Bio Janairo and
the ports of the United States, ard we hope Dr. Keyes
w not consider himself demoralised by dealing with
his friends and fellow citizens who deemed it better tof
the South to remain and share its da5tiues than 10
emgrate to foreign countries.
The New YoRE CENsUs.-The census Of the last
year develops the interesting fact that the excess
r;,, 40 f154 aTaF4