The Cecil Whig., 1871-09-30

for our we'll balanced institutions can b
better appreciated.
Soon after the settlement of Maryland
there came from Prague, in Bohemia, a ma,
of learning and substantial character, seek
ing in the solitary parts of America a hom
for himself and his family. 1t was hispur
pose to call together and lead larger emi
grafton. His views, religious and political
went against the grain of Ducth though
and action on their North River, and HI
was pleased to compromise with the gov
ernment and the people there, by removing
towards and beyond their South River
He left New Amsterdam, and came dowr
| to Cecil county, Maryland, as the loca
a person of learning for that day, and en-
thusiastic in his religious ideas had adopt
ed vagaries of Labadie, and he only failed
to propagate them, through the stur-
dy antagonism of English settled, social
thought. The propose en- masse emigration
from Bohemia did not succeed, or else the
influence of Jean de Ld6adie, the french
mystic, might have, for years, been confess
sed, and where religious and political econ
my both united to help on so practical a
matter as the herring and shad fisheries.
! The Roman Catholic fast had made fish
imperative on Friday, and the statute of
same dish on Saturday, Indeed, could the
public mind of Cecil county have been only as
keen in the matter of booming out the Sus-
quehanna River at its mouth when first
urged in 1888, by Delegte from Talbot,
as in the production of the fisheries, statis-
tics in 1871 would have shown an increase
of many millions from the Susquehanna
lumber regions thus brought to tide-water
for sea- going vessels as well as Bay crafts.
Now, when too late almost, they are trying
to repair their early mistake. Some few of
these French from Alsace and Lorraine
would be likely to brighten up the competi-
tion between Port Deposit, Nd, and Will
Transport, in Pennsylvania, or possibly
induce both to understand that the lumber
trade is not thing only for the upper wa
ters of great river, cut off from the sea.
Capital would be increased thousand fold
in a short time by letting it have full swing
The town of Port Deposit would have its
double score of bankers and brokers in lieu
Of one or SO now, and the advantage of the
earlier West Indian market for lumber in
addition to the coastwise one, would be felt
by all sorts of persons in its vicinity. 1t is
not too much to assert that narrow policy
in this regard is even now traceable to the
wholesale emigration, fixing itself in the
interior, parts of Pennsylvania, early in the
history of that State, and unwilling to let
the light of political economy reach both
upper and lower shores of river with
undeveloped millions ready for sea-strans-
portation.
Again, years ago, when the wrongs of
Roland were exciting sympathy even out
side of 1haddeus of Warsaw. through the
genius of Miss Jane Porter, move was
made for granting lands to Polish emf
grants in a body. The thorough paced
learning of many of these people, who have
settled over the country, in all that their
schools and colleges have for them, reflects
credit on a nationality, extinct volcano, as
it is, but statesman, following the genius
and spirit of our institutions, did we'll in
protesting against the untoward zeal of
mere politicians, so full of the subject
Had these emigrants reached us to be hud-
died together at one point, confusion might
have been worse confounded at town
council. The Bureau of Statistics is called
upon to have its report translated for GER
tain foreigners, who are said to be seeking
the States and Territories within the COM
ing year. This Norwegian and Swedish
emigration will doubtless be pressed for
ward towards one of the Northwestern
States, and yet it would benefit these new
comers could they be held away from the
special localities, heretofore selected by
their countrymen, excellent citizens as they
are sure to be. The Statistical Bureau
nor West. The resume in such transla-
tions for the information of these people,
in regard to the soil and climate of the
States and Territories might be so made as
to neutralze this natural desire to segre-
gate themselves by getting all together in
one section. There is a grateful sense of
something due to the memory of Swedish
gentleman of the old school, established as
merchant for many years at Queenstown,
in Queen Anne's county, Maryland, for his
efforts to give our industry manufactur-
ing direction even prior to the Revolution.
Had the Maryland Convention of 1774,
when engaged on that model of political
wisdom, with its checks and balances-the
first constitution-been allowed time for
economical questions, Mr.. WedersAandt's
statistics, in regard to the linen manufac-
ture, must in time have led to very decided
results. 1t is the first step that costs,
whether in morals or political economy.
But tobacco bad been too long king, and it
only yielded up its sceptre in favor of an
other plant of somewhat more imposing
pretenson. The first cotton plant, on
American continent, was grown near
Peach Blossom, within three miles of Tai
bot Court House, and for years, among the
owners of small tracts of land, it was neck
and neck between the patch of cotton and
the patch of tobacco.
Manufacturing in various forms, will re-
turn again to build up home markets, and
more than quadruple agricultural products;
but an honest welcome to the intelligent
foreigner of character is the best way to
hasten the good time coming. When know
nothingism rose to huckster, as it did, for
political capital in this or that section, it
had germs of philosophical truth. Its e1-
cuse was the arising from the action OF
partisan politicians in turning to account
the prejudces of the foreig element, too
often massed together. Its decline and
fall justified the distrust of those who, at
its outset, thought they saw its anti-Amer-
lean tendencies. Its most brilliant advo-
cate, the late Henry Winter Davis, passing
away too early for his own fame, leading
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