Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1873-02-08
I'M MiLkATIUN VS.. EMIGRATION.

ton West. II seems to haunt them
as an omen Of depopulation. An ar
ticlc in point, which recently attracted
our attention. was the rejoicing Of an
Alabama editor over the return Of
young man from the lone star State,
Invested Of his migratory proclivities
and completely cured of the Texas
fever" The restored emigrant told
the tale Of his disapnOintments and
suferings in language full Of pa,bos
that doubtless caused sympathetic
tear to trickle down the atfrishted quill
drivers cheek as he chrouicled the
glad tidings Of the young prodigals
restoration to the comforts Of "Old
home, sweet home!" The young man
had left behind him. crowds of emf
grants, on the wild prairics, houseless,
penuiless, and friendless. In all his
perambuIations, he had found neither
fame nor fortune; nor friend to lift
him into the gildcd carriage of afflu-
rnce and drive him down the golden
! paved lane Of prosperity. A stranger
! in a strange land. nc wandered in vain
search for the glories Of the West, so
different in reality to the ideal para
disc hitherto pictured in his imagina-
tion-un,il, alas, be found himself
/ An exile, i'll in hear, aud frame
A wandcrer, weary Of the way -
A stranger. wihou, love. swes, claim
o., any heart, 20 where be may
We doubt not the young mans We
racv, for hi, story was indeed too
true. Human nature is pretty mach
the same, the world over The good
people of the West bav'nt much more
generosity than those Of the East
A smattcrins knowledge of human
nature dipped solution of common
sense, and taken once in life time,
will suffice to convince any one that
a new beginner smong strangers, in
any country, is dependent entirely up
on his own labor for sustenance, and
he who looks to any other source will
be very apt TO look in vain. This
, young man, like hundreds uf others,
had prof. ably heard that the West
was a great country: be had read
somewh here that "he golden sunsets
latest rays played about the summit
Of each towering crag, and purple
shadows danced among the rocks un-
til the mountain peaks blszcd like a
brilliant constellation and bat he'd this
region in . sea of inefiab!e glory
And of he started perhaps on avid
goose chase" without pauaing to re-
fleet upon where he should haul up
or what particular branch of business
should engage bis time and talents.-
With an empty pocket-book and a
hungry stomach, be finds his way
back 10 tho comfortable sanctum Of
bis old editorial friend, who, in q So
norous voice, through bis journalistic
trumpet, to his readers, exclaims /:
Don't Emigrate! Now we have
in Richland Parish . large number Of
Alambamians, who can help Us to en-
joy q hearty laugh at such nonsense.
They emigrated, but they didn't un-
derstanL emigration to mean . fight
into the arms of friendships richest
hospi'alitiss, neither dependence up
pom the cold charities Of the world
Those who bad not capital knew that
their success depended entirely spon
their labor; aud have gone to work
accordingly. They are building them
selves homes, and gathering new as
seciates. neigbbors and friends around
them. Not an exclamation of dissat-
isfaction have We yet beard, but on
the contrary many of our new settlers
express themselves as better pleased
with Louisiana than they had antici-
patsd. The lands are level and as
rich as they con he, the timber can't
be beat, the climate genial. tho water
good, and the country healthy. What
more can . man want, who expects
to learn bis bread by tie sweat of bis
brow" This Parish Offers superior
Inducements to Iaboring men, and es-
pecially good planters, who can here
reap rich fruits of toll and realize
How bIest the farmers simple life!
How pure the joy i, yields!