The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-02-09
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The two main poirt is in this Frenchman's |
letter-the whole of which breathes vein I
of clear and dispassionate reason, ra:e in |
any coptemporaneous history-are immi-
he speaks in strong and careful Language, !
showing that there is no country nearly SO
we'll endowed by nature to richly repay
their investment and their labor as is our
own South. And this he especially points
for the case of the uneasy population of AL
SAGE and Lorraine. There skilled artisans,
steady and industrious farmers and the
much needed rigner0ns are all to be found
and they are to be found in that frame OF
mind which most readily will accept and
terminate the truths sowed in 1t. Here
| this useful population especially when. 1t
comes In colonies and in families-may fiud
| a seat where nature will we'll repay the in
| dustry that stops to WOO her; and we COM
mend especially the careful inspection OF
! this intelligent foreign observer, as well as
what We cordially endorse as facts. Indeed
he goes side by side with what the Register
has SO repeatedly impressed in other words.
We want new blood injected into our veins
ofindustry and our arteries of trade; we
want fresh vitality infused into our whole
business system which can only come from
abroad. Our manufactures need increasing
aud improving our artisans need reinforc-
ing especially do our rich, but unused,
lands need tilling. Here must our future
nurture and sustenance come from and
these points can all be covered by the inn
migration invited in this letter.
From the letter itself we seleet,the fol-
lowing passage bearing on the subject OF
immigration which has become the leading
. topic with most of our Southern exchanges
"I see but one single loop-hole of escape
: for the South from the "sea of troubles
: roaring around her SO fearfully, and prom
Hi ah 20 In
u Africanization. Were l n Southeruer, my
cry, sin season and out of season." should
!. be, "Invite-and attract European inning
d ration send agents, on good salaries, K
g Continental Europe and SUPPLY them will
: funds witi1Fwhich to pablsh accounts O
I, our climate, soil and products, in TIN
al English, Gagman, French and Swedish Ian
III ruages donate the first instalment of i'm
o lfnigrauta tracts of lands, and help then
- along for the FIRST few years." woui
% urge farmers. and merchants to organ IL
10 State aud county Immigration societies
IS and raise funds byToluutary contribution
l. to put tue machinery in operation. Bu
y the Southern leaders seems to overloo
this door of escape, and to imagine no labC
g will answer save negro labor. They al
g. stran gely welded to the negro, and Loaf
te to give them %, though they all adm
% the inteTmYxture Of tie two races to be OF
in of the Question. By depending on the nel
ID roes, the South will sink into the miserabl
Il languishing condition OF Jamaica, Deme
~ ara, etc. The South might, without il
ve convenience, raise ten millions of dolla
ca by voluntary contributions, and the
IN same ten millions, .judiciously expende
I'D would introduce intO, the South a miIlio
Ii of immigrants in the space of five year
lat The tide, once started, would flow in wi
ats a steadily increasing volume for years
for come. There is, my friend, nothing b
oh European immigration into the Sou
Mt. needed to make it the paradise of the worl
W, and thesgranary of Europe. Here are &C
of and iron in the richest abundance; lSl
> of unsurpassed fertility, ready for hliag
Dgl wildernesses Of tho most valuable tinbe