The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-06-01
~ q For The StaIuhId
r,.n;eration in a New Light.

immigration in New Light.
Mr.. EpIToR: Truths are sometimes tln-
pleasant things, yet painful doses frequently
ID The most good. And in this conncx
| ion word ON the subject of immigration to
this country may be especially well timed
and beneficial, for tue common notion as to
| is very crude and hurtinl. =
81 II il seen from history that while conquest
| is made IRON North and South. Immigration
Or tho free change of locality by all people,
| il from East to West or the reverse. Inc
reason for the former is that the richer pro
| ducticns Of the South tcmpts to coyctolls
I meas and invasion, whilst the quiet settle
ment Of country proceeds from similarity
| of tastes. habits, customs. language, DC, ana
| these nc, oftenest found on lines OF latl-
| tude, not longitude. Hence look wherever
You may, and you win see tides flowing
| after these rules; and hence applying TINS
same notion to our land in connexion with
immigration. and the result becomes mani
fest.
when the May Flower landed at Ply
| mouth rock, she brought natives ofa'ljke
latitude. isothermally; and when the hu7
| guenots landed in South Carolina and along
the coast southward, they came from French
homes, and an along since we see the annual
tides take the same direction, till Germany
| and Ireland have eulptied millions into our
Western cities and Western States, all and
each following as bee his line, their native
insf;ncts and nrefsrences.
ont Of Pa. 900 people. embracing some
4 half dozen nationalities landing at New
York last wear. how MANY suppose YOU,
.yeered from their beaten track. southwark
Not over 1000 i So that ordinarily. only
one in every $50 settle ii any of the ten OF
eleven Southern States. This you will saw
looks discouraging So it does. But being
trre.: i is best to lace It, and depend on 9th
er mOdes of nggrandising our condition,
than by looking monthly or even yearly for
our numerical share oftoreigners and their
capital knowing the truth wecan the bet
ter go TO work to repair the damages Of war
.tbg reliable meapf relieving many against
their 4all1ci0as hopes ~ this respect. :.
Again. In locating in the Western States,
the foreigner iiuds his nTn language spoken
Extensively, and feels d home. His social
circle is formed at his coming. He enters
into former and fanilinr enloymcnts OF yari-
Gus kinds, and never suffers greatly from
out these associations, loneliness is beyond
endurance, and as seen in many cases, the
settler soon flies hence, whatever the loss of
means and time thereby. l knew of case
where large numbers of laborers were engags-
ed at good pay to work on Southern rail
road, in preference, said the contractor, to the
native colored labor of the place, who when
approaching by steamer the scene of future
toll, actually became so impressed with the
strangencss of everything as to leap from
the boat and make their way Northward,
losing time, money, and all. The road was
built by negro labor at $40 per month, every
thing found, as the cheapest and only labor
practicable. ..... o.
If therefore the Southern States are % be
settled largely, it must he by immigration
from similar ATTITUDES and an enterprising
and worthy land agencies would do well to
act upon this suggestion.
And here let INC add, that the raIlroa'i
legislatiOn-by the Assembly OF 1868 would
not have been SO wild had these things
been in mind, for believe both parties who
insisted in these schemes for renovatlng our
State acted with the best of motives. But
surprising that the absence of slavery was
sufficient cause for active immigration, and
that these roads could be done and easily
Maid frr we launched ont into wild plans
and nearly ruined ourselves. We have the
debt without the populat,on. with the les
less,n bowcvcr that we must nrocecd steady
aoonr5;na ~ nrr rsal m.nns and ,hns saw.
ou,s..,ros f.o,, sh.u'o and roarat
And word 70 land owners exncct;no
hill ,r;o.s 10, l., Nd ali ,F ,orr s,,rnI,S ,