The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-10-26
Immigration.

: Mr.. Samuel Weller, when asked If he saw
liis father in court looked straight up % the
ceiling, and replied that he did pot. Equst
Sly unwilling is the Hold-back party Of
North Carolina to see what is ID plain sight.
Itabsolutely refuses to openits eyes. Itwants
"a little more sleep, little more slumber,
little more folding of the hands to Sleep"
The farmers Of North Carolina complain
(of the low price Of cotton. The fault of
these low prices rests on the Kuklux party.
sFhsys drissout immigrants. They cry sdown
with the carpet baggers." They want un-
constitutional distinctions made, between
citizens of the United States. They even
,assail Mr.. Phillips for the unheard Of pre-
sumption of accepting nomination, be-
cause that nomination was rendered in the
place of his residence and not in the place of
his birth. They vote only for the oyster that
clings forever to its native rock.
If North Carolina had received the ten
thousand immigrants annually to which she
is entitled, she could have sold her cotton
at her own door. She would not have been
compelled to pay q heavy freight at New
York merchanta and English shippers in
order to find market. It is easier to bring
the people here than to send the cotton to-
them. --...t
North Carolina papers complain of lack
of money. There is no lack Of money in
New York. New York has stream Of
gold and silvet rattling day and night into
its Golfers from, the purses of foreign immi-
grants. aDo with the carpet baggers."
In thus q immigration the Hold
beck aHsa ,rmty ar1 mob likely
to keep out On permanently. Sooner
or later the gElI tide flowing through the
continent, broadening as it flows, will reach
old Rip Van Wrinkle. 1t will rise into his
chambers and waken him from bis nap
But instead Of receiving the golden freight
which it bears, those sterling and true hearts
whose energy carries them westward, he will
receive, ifCyclops still acts as lackey, only
riff raft and diftwood. The turbulent De-
mocracy, now retarded in New York, will
find its way down to North Carolina. The
thrifty, 1.-The energetic, the wealthy, will
have peopled tie Republican west. Yet the
lackey stands Of the door, and cries "down
with the carpet baggers." -15ng .stea
Oi North Carolina should take immediate
measures to secure immigration in order to
regain that share in the national government
to which its.vast territory and its magnifi-
cent resources entitle it. Population at
present moves westward, and power moves
with iit.efrThe President of the United
States is from the West. The Secretary Of
the Interior is from the West. His successor
will be from the West. The successor to
Mr.. Motley llprobably be from the West.
There is no injustice in this. The brain of
the continent moves west. If Boston be
hub, the wheel is eccentric, for its center
is in the West i We have little conception
of the high civilization already in the West.
Some faint glimpse Of its growing facilities
for trade is given in to-days paper in the
article entitled Monster Depot. be57 sIs. + b
If We want political power, we must have
people. We have men of great gifts
genius, culture, refinement, reputation. We
send them elseVhese, and the people make
Presidents of them. We keep them at home
and they die in obscurity. The scepter will
forever pass from North Carolina if she does
/ not invite immigration. But Cyclops raises
his club, and his lackey shouts with grim,
adown with carpet baggers p p
We have said in this article that we need.
immigrants as consumers, that We may
! raise the price Of cotton and the wages Of the
man who cultivatesit; that we should foster
immigration in order to select our material,
and not be driven. to accept of scum and
dregs; and that our political power is lost
forever if We do not act, and act promptly.
And we charge upon the Conservative party
the crime of trampling on the interests of
the people by persistently shutting out i'm
migration. Idi-i ill .sif.s sdi oiai -