Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-05-24


exhibited but little sympathy, if, indeed, they
have not been possessed by perfect apathy
concerning it. That subject is inmigra-
tion. Upon this depends greatly our future
welfare and prosperity. We need the immi-
grant of means to help us by his thrift, his
experience with free labor and his savings to
resuscitate and develop our hitherto but par
tally developed possessions. We need and
must have laboring class which will under
stand that the interests Of employer and emf
pfoyee are identical and which is reliable and
Observation-Disclosures to run after myths
and shadows. Will we find this apprecia-
ton of common interest, and reliable indus
try among the former laborers of our State
We doubt it. Led off by the haranguing Of
maid emissaries from the North, and natural
" prone to excitement, they can not be re-
lied on, we fear, for steady labor, without
which we can not expect to reap however
well we may have sowed This need must
then be supplied by immigration Oppressed
by Prussian tyranny the thrifty and indus
trious German peasantry are looking forward
to homes in this Western World, and we
hear Of tens Of thousands who purpose mi
grating thithcr. Ireland, with her ever-in-
creasing and seemingly unending exodus, is
daily sending numbers Of her sturdy sons to
this Asylum of the World" where thou
sands of their friends and relatives have pre-
coded them, and have aided not little in
opening up the resources of this country. =
Other portions Of the Old World, like Ire
land and Germany, have been and are send
ing out their surplus population, but thus far
we have furnished no inducements to turn
the tide Of migration to this Southern land
and it has swept by us to seek homes and la
Dor, and build up new States in the West
Heretofore they were not needed here and
hence the absence of any effort to bring them
thither. But he that fails to see the neces-
sity in the future for large immigration,
fails signally to appreciate the experience of
the past and read the lesson Of the living
present. We then must furnish the induce
ment and bestir ourselves to turn the tide in
this direction.
While we possessed laboring class which
could be controlled, it was, perhaps, defensi-
BILE that large landed estates could be made
profitable, but now, with our old system Of
labor uprooted, and but partially re-instated
by labor, which feeling itself free from the
necessary restraints Of the past, fond Of
change and hence unstable and totally unre
liable, it is wholly indefensible that we can
hold with utility and profit the vast landed
possessions of the past. The realization Of
this fact will be the "open sesame Of our
speedy return to prosperity. With our pos
sessions of the present, we will never hire
labor to cultivate but comparatively small
portion, the production from which after de-
Quoting taxes and interest on our capital ly-
ing dead in our surplus lands, leaves but a
small margin for their improvement and in a
number of instances under this system they
are daily deteriorating Should we not then
discard the idea of possessing more land than
we can cultivate to advantage and divide up
and sell the surplus in quantities to suit the
demands of those, who would prefer homes
among us, but, from the large tracts and high
prices here, are compelled to seek them in the
far West. If our large land holders would
sell one-haif and with the means obtained inn
prove and cultivate more thoroughly the re-
maindcr, they would verify the experience of
other sections, that 100 acres we'll titled was
more profitable than 200 badly cultivated, and
100 acres then will command larger cash
price than 200 acres can be sold for on time
now. This then is an important considera-
ton to us. Not less so in the inducing of
an immigration of mere laborers. This can
be done at once if we 60 to work to effect it..
Already society to facilitate immigration is
in existence in our State, but for want of the
encouragement Of our people is Intellectual.
We must not expect the mere wish to bring
us the industrious ana efficient labor we so
much desire. We must throw aside the
lethargy and apathy of the past, and, ava
king to the duties and needs which press up
on us, 60 to work in earnest and put forth
our best efforts to induce and foster immigra-
tion We have said this much to cause our
readers to reflect upon the subject, satisfied
that upon reflection they will agree with us
that it is in our power to attain a most desi
rable end, and one which will convince the
most skcptical that it more than compensatea
for the efforts put forth to secure it.
A disturbance occurred in New Orleans
on the 18th inst, growing out of the indam-
matory speeches of Judge Kelley, of Penn,
sylvania, and others, to a mass meeting in
Lafayette Square, and negro riot in Mobile
from the same cause. The latter resulted in
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