Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-20
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such immigration as we have had
10 tins country from Italy has been
OF rather remarkable kind; but, uil-
til lately, II lus amounted to only a
few hundred each year. Towards
The close OF last year, we were sud-
denly surprised by the appearance ut
Castle Garden OF several successive
vessels crowded with what were
called Italian liZzaroni," the first
shipload of which, il was said, had
been brought here without their own
knoWledSe. However this NAV have
been, IL is certain that the first lot of
them WAS soon followed by seycra
other lots, and that tho Italian i'm
migration OF the present year has
been larger than ever before. Those
who caIne first were miserably poor,
ana Their prospects were dismal.
There was Indignation lin the news
napers) against the Italian uuthori-
Ties, who were accused of sending
them hcre-tlus getting rid of the
lazzaroni, brigands aud paupcrs and
our state Department demonstrated
with the Italian Government about
the matter. AS they were totally
helpless. knew not what to do with
themselves, had no acquaintance with
any OF our common industries, and
i.ciauld not speak our language, they
were sent to Wards fsfdIIu, rusbel
kept ut the public expense. But il
was soon proposed TO employ them
Ill street cleanin@; and perhaps Il
hundred of them were set at ii. II
was found they were quite willing TO
work and it was seen that they pied
the broom and shovel more patiently
and faithfully than any other street
cleaners we had aver known. This
was all that was needed to lead large
employers to look after such Italian
labor as subsequently presented
itself; and, since then, the Italians
landed ut Castle Garden have found
bnt little trouble about employment.
Most of them are fit only for un-
skilled labor; but some are artisans
OF one Kind or another, who show
that they were traiuc,l to work with
uncommon nicely and dcXtcriiy.
1t now looks us though tlis Italian
Immigration would hereafter be IL
considerable element in the great
current OF population constantly
sweeping towards this country. OF
late years, the immi grafton from Italy
nearly all OF il to South mcrica--
has been large, going up rs high as
sixty or seventy thousand III certain
years. Now that an npi'rcciablc pnr-
tion of IL has been turned i'll this
Idirection, and has found out that cX-
ccl!cnt conditions of existence cai,
here be enjoyed, we may expect To
see, as VIC have already seen, its
volume grow steadily.
VIC believe this will be good
thing. We imagine that an Infusion
of Latin blood iirto the mixed s,rcu;I,
out OF which tha American people
arc to be finally developed will br
advantageous in no small degree
The Italian stock has many high and
valuable characteristics. 1t has Il
marvellous .''poiItical sense" 1t has
fine artistic aptltudcs. 1t is III
genions aud en,crprising. Its intel
icctual parts are siuyuIarly well bal
anccd. 1t has produced an cxtraor-
diuaey proportion of the great men
of the world in all departments o.
Thought and aclion. Ii II large por.
I liea of the Italian people, especially
Southern Italy, are epoveriy-s,rickei
and ignorant, we can easily find the
cause of this without attributing il
to the stock to which they belong.
| The Gcrmanic (inc.udlug the An.
gio-SaXon or British) stock, and the
Ccltic-lrish stock, have heretofore
had the making ofthe American peo-
pie. Ii they should hereafter be a
sisted ill the work by the Latin stock
OUR population will become more
composite, and Will. perhaps, i'll time.
gain certain qualities which it would
be none the worse for having. We
may be quite sure that The American,
type, at the close OF next century,
will differ III many respects from the
American type which existed at the
the close of last century.