Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1868-06-16
ELEMENTS OF PROSPERITY.

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lance and necessity Of parceling out
their lands and selling them in lots
and on terms to induce emigrant set
tiers to come and make their homes
among ts, we need not hope to wit
ness any material augmentation in
the wealth, progress and prosperity
Of the State. In other States South,
as in Georgia, Texas and Florida,
they seem to be emulating more the
spirit and policy Of the West in
opening their doors to emigration,
and large numbers Of the very best
classes of emigrant settlers are con-
tinually flocking into those States
and establishing themselves in all
manner Of enterprises calculated to
develop the resources of country.
In some OF our parishes, as in st.
Mary and St. Landry organizations
have been formed among the people
to induce and promote emigration in
their midst. Similar organizations
should have their existence in every
parish. The Bureau of Immigration
at New Orleans is doing considerably
towards diverting to our State a
share of the immense influx Of
European emigrants to the United
States. The North and West which
have all along monopolized compare
lively foreign emigration, may, in
the course of events, be shorn Of
much of that monopoly, by the CO.
operative efforts of the Southern peo-
pie. Already, and indeed, for long
while past, steady stream of useful
emigration has been pouring into
Georgia, Texas and Florida. 1t
comes as well from the Northern and
Eastern States as from across the
Atlantic, and if we could only man.
age to divert a due proportion Of. it
to Louisiana that our State might,
through its fundamentally realize
a 1.-THE Of the benefits and advan.
tages which the West has realized
from such source, an immense gain
il the scale of advancement and
prosperity would inevitably ensue.
Although the present actual con-
dition of business in the South and
West, says the New York Daily
Bulletin. is far from satisfactory, yet
the future prospects of these sections
are most encouraging. The general
business depression throughout the
country is operating to build up the
North and West with all the ele-
ments Of an enduring prosperity.
Capital and labor are flowing there
at a rate that has never been ex
ceeded in former years, and it is not
in the nature of things that they
should fail to produce their usual re-
suits Of increased wealth and devel.
opment. The emigration is both ma
tive and foreign. Thousands Of the
better class Of artisans in our North
ern and Eastern cities, disguised
with the difficulties of living and the
precariousness Of employment, are
carrying their energy and their CAPT
tai to new fields of labor. The West
and South are filling up from the
North. In many New England
towns organized systems have been
established for the promotion Of emil
grafton.
In Worcester. Mass, a company
Of thirty persons, mostly heads OF
families and men Of capital, are 60
ing to settle in Missouri, to form the
nucleus of larger New England
settlement in that State. In Boston,
Springfield and other towns, there
has been large depletion Of the best
class Of the population. Of a num-
Der of excellent mechanics recently
discharged from the Springfield Ar
mory, a large proportion Immediately
went West and South with their