The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-11-10
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which closes at aundcWn on this mem
cradle day.
Pursuant to calls from various sour
ces the Convention met Mt Baltimore on
the 18th of October, and was attended
by about forty Commissio nera and
State Agents ofImmigration and prom.
inent officers of Emigrant Relief soele-
ties east and west. The lsadt9g P nr5
pose of the Convention was 70 demand
of Congress recognition Of the tmPor-
lance OF immigrationl by the .adoptlon
of measures for its proteeuon more
efficient than those heretofore provided
by national, State and municipal 1egts-
lation. ItlWas generally conceded that
while the spirit-Of such legislation was
humane and Just, its practical applica-
ton was almost power1ess for the re-
dress of grievances and the correction
OF abuses. ~ 81 8 -,
Amer two preliminary meetings OF the
members and their working committee
the purposes of the Convention We're
embodied in preambles and resolutions
in substance as follows;
3 WHEREAS, The existing State NUM-
cipal and private institutions for the
protection of Immigration are inade-
quate to othe purpose, and It 10 the
duty of the national goyernmeneto en-
courage and protect immigrationji not
only from onsideratioDs Of humanity
but also on account of its past and tu-
tuTe bearing upon the prosperity Of the
nation, 1t IL 5sfsss4 q. ~ - sfeS'-s
RESOLVED That Congress be respect
fully urged to establish! by law in all
the principle ports of the United States,
such measures -as may be necessary for
the protection, assistance and direction
ofimmigrants, and for their safe com
veYance to the i1terior. - ttssslfs
That.the Convention halls with appro-
baton the adoption of measures for
the protection. of emtgrants upon the
high seas as suggested IN Senator Nor
gan's bill now pending in Con-
That in view OF The rapid develop
ment of many States consequent upon
Immigration, it should be the policy
OF Southern and Western States 10 hold
out liberal Inducements TO -imigrants
and "a. make sufficient appropriations
for the establishment of agencies, en-
ployment and intelligence Offices and
migrant .depots at the ptinctple sta
lions. - $3.50 : - Z
Another resolution suggests reform
of the nefarions practice of oyerchaTg-
ing migrants for transports of bag
gage In vogue at Castle Garden New
York. And still another recommends
the transportation of emigranfs by Ex7
press or first class passenger trains,
which by the way has always been the
practice on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. The last resolution recon-
aid societies In the United States, and
the reassembIings of this convention at
some fcture time and place 10 be here
after determined...5,.,s - 5,ef.sF $500
All these resolutions were adopted
by a majority of more than three
fOurths, but not Without q lively and
Interesting debate. The opposition,
mainly based upon considerations of
a local or private nature and therefore
powerless against the, zeal for the great
est general good which animated a
majority of the convention. Themost
talented advocates of the resolutions
were delegates nom the West, entirely
familiar with the subject in all its
bearings. It is scarcely necessary to
mention thRtyour humble corresponds
emit, who;Tepfesented our State on this
occasion, acted with the majority.
The Bremen line of Steamers, the port
OF Baltimore, and the railway leading
thence westward to and through our
State cannot fail 10 be benefited by the
compliance Of the NATIONAL govern
ment with the requests of this conven-
ttion, and that the Interests of West
Virginia are idenfial with those Of all
these enterprises, requires no demon
stratioh. esfs liits sz 90 -
It's scarcely possible to come in con-
tact with those clear9headedi enerResic
and open handed Germans OF the West,
without comp pretending at once why
the great tide of Europ eap immigration
is relentlessly sweoptng towards the
setting sun. Everything out there
country, men, ideas, works. on the
grandest scale. An enterprise is not
sooner conceived than the means are
found to "put 1t through with a rush."
Everything there Is Inviting, encouf=
aging to the stranger, and no simmi-
grant of Whatever race, trade, age or
sex, lands there without being immedi-
ately assisted to the position where he
can be most useful 70, himself Rndft the
AS a result, helnos sooner
finds himself Installed, than he takes
up the pen" and wiplrs to- his. friends
1t home: All right; come alonRs plenty
room for more.1 And the bail gkeeps
rolling oni 49, e,isr-z lis,sss b sa1 4
How. different on the East side of the
Ohio river;--Iw lnot particularize the
spot-where enterprises Is taking a Rip
Van Winkle, nap amidst millions of
natural, wealth. and peo-
pile are iuRt wide enough awake to
groRn abonthard times and more cheer
less prospects; where t1eldz and fences
are going down, and only brush, debt
and taxes are going up; where the
roads are cayipg in, and everybody
wants to get out, and where the leading
spirits Of the Legislature have. an an
nual row over the expectancy OF inVi-
ting the only class of people who cam
keep The State in bread and bntter, and
stop its inevitable PROGRESS towards
wilderness and desolationi
BUTT is not in the west alone that
the dement's OF immig ton force them-
her large, wide awake generous popu-
lation is right at our doors. . There is
IN the United States class of
citizens more at home in the
happy art of blending enterprise and
business with intellectual culture,
rational enjoyment and generous hos
pifaIfty. Every branch of trade. rnari-
dfacture and the liberal professions Is
represented there in the Ger
man element, and fortunes acquired by
Industry and skill are
by Scores The Shooting Park,
the ConcorGiR Hall, the Germanfn Club,
their business corporations and various
for. mutual aid and a6.
demonstrations ethat any
city on the continent may be proud OF,
and should have "a cheering, stimula-
ting effect upon every adopted citizen
in the lhndstfs sssls.E gsl3lz5Isst ~ 8 = -
: Although immediate circumstances
are not very 1agorable to rapid and
developments at home, yet
West Virginia must dlscoverSere long
that she cannot live on politics forever,
and follow the liberal examples SUR
her on every side, for even
and Tennessee are dlstancing
her now in the race for capital and pop
In the meantime the superior
cur adopted citizens, will
secure 20 them many advantages neg
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