The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-03-11
IMMIGRATION TOPICS.

suoukntAuA 0kblciO On bh0 ouUJoCs Oh 0OuthobA
Immigration. as also q letter from gentleman
in one Of the parishes. showing, by facts and
fgurss, how money is made by planters end
lstorers on Louisiana plantations.
A large force of Russian Catholics have late
ly settled along the line of the Kansss Pacific
Railroad, In the vicinity of Fort Hayes.
The Catholic Colonization movement in st.
> Louis is making great progress and series OF
meetings are being held in the several
parishes. An association has been started
with capital stock of 25, 900 shares at 81, and
ut each of these meetings from 800 to $500
shares have been taken. At the meeting held in
st. Bridget's Psrish, Father Butler, the leader
of the movement, related the substance of q
con versation he bad held few days before with
some men from the coalfelds of Penney lvapis,
who had called upon him in their prospect
ing" for land. They argued thus: themselves
and wives were now at the meridian of life I;
they had large families of sons growing up
about them in o few years these would be
seized with rowing spirit which seems to fall
upon all our American youth; the family
would be divided, broken up and scattered,
and the poor parents mi ght be compelled to end
their dsys in the poorhouse. The st. Louis
Watekman continues its report of his address
thus:
The reverend speaker went on to develop
this idea and TO show che difference between
the security of making q good living in the
country and the Insecurity in the city. True
he continued there 10 o certain class to whom
you are useful, to whose interest it is that you
should remain in the large towns and cities, q
Glass who are trying to disgrace your religion |
and your race, who care about you only as yon |
can give them one vote or two votes more.
What is the consequence For the past two
months we have been holding our meetings,
has any one of those men who preten ded to be
your great friends about election time been
near usf Not one of those who had any axe
to grind has been hare. They display their
enthusi asm ever o dead patriot, they may even
be patriotic to the extent of five or ten dollars
On special occasions, but when it comes down
10 raising their people out Of poverty, when
t comes to the real amelioration of their
race, they hold back from it. Bot now 1T is
n the hands of the clergy, of good and tried
non VINO have ut heart the anelioration Of
,he condition Of the men of their race, under ,
aod it IL bound to succeed
He related his experience in colonization in
aipley and Ozark counties before the war.
After drawing an entertaining sketch of this,
10 proceeded to say that he was not opposed
o people leaving the parish, but that, on the
on DtrETy, he would be glad if one third of the
eoPis VINO are toiliog and moiling in she city {
Et. Lonis could be Brought to settle down in
ome greet colony on the prairiee. After all, c
he oitles are only dspots, depending upon tho =
ounIry. He said that though our LordB mis- /;
ion began IN the cites, He afterwards went 3
II over Jndea, through the country places, and
bus did His Apostles. He said that never u
'onld tho Irish people or she Irish faith attain
heir proper prominence IN this land until the
rish race had been rivetea in the soil. Father t.
utler concluded by reading the following N
nes from a letter sent him by Right Rev. n
ishop hogsn, of 81. Joseph, when the move i,
ent WAS set on foot here:
I'VE have lOst great and noble opportunities
n want OF aid and direction. We have suf-
red our Irish Catholic emigraNts, who were Il
ftuons' thrifty and hopefol when they came tS
these shores, to drift solitary and isolated W
to obscure and hnmiliaSipg byways, in &c
hioh, strong aud st&lwart as oHr brave men a
ID beautiful women are, they were destined "
)b TO survive as o race and TO have no future =,
people. These yoaOg Ri1iS aDd yonng men = =
ouid have been kept in fsmilies with their " "
Arents and brothers and SISTERS and in the ei
renRtn and dignity OF this family relation c.
ould have been settled upoA lands in neigh Ii
'rhoods and eOmmu keies of their own, nter- a.
arrylnH With those ef their own fresh, Young iC
ce and sanity creed. But isstsad of this, we n
we suffered them 30 20 here ard there. as n,
rellngs, to die in the railroad banks, aad iu -
70 oamp kisShens and cellSrs- Of those who II
ton aggravated their faults, were blixd to- \ 81
eir virtues and merits, and despised heir D.
ce ana creed. There is yet, thouKh late, | n
me remedy, and it 10 time tOappiy it. Iwish. il
u and all who help you, good speed and te
'd y blessing in this good work" 1N
Mr.. Daniel bennett, travelling at his own | W
pense, in The interests Of louisiana, writea o.
ON Boston: Bl
We. have for years been eontending that - -
ere would be hearly CAmplOse cessAilon of W
to the West, and that a great tide a.
ould roA over the South that would fill up II
IT vacant places. That tide is rolling over tt
eGas now, and mnoh of it is from ths North g
n and western States. Et will roll into and al
'er other States that prepare for it and invite nj
Arkansas liz doing more than LouisianA OF | N,
lSsisspPi 70 attract emjgrants to that State, -,
Id she Will probably fill up rapidly, and ~ ~
oner than the States that make no efforts to IL IL
tract attention. Florida has filed up rap
ly for the same cause that Texas has. VI
We verify believe that we could have in OF
acod Thousand men to move from Nassa- III
lusetts to Louisiana in the months of Feb w
ary and March if those who desire to emi. y,
ate had money to pay their expenses and to
Ipply themselves the first year.
We oonld induce many to 90 who have money
ere the landowners and tho State prepared to IA
ceiYe them. We will not recommend An
onest laboring men to 60 to Louisiana until ha
nml lRrAtion associations, or individuals, have Ar
nds in shape for families to occupy with q eS
'asonsoie prospect of success by Industry, -.
ngallty and good management. Bot few n n
migrants will go to any section of the South, Y.
unt up the landowners, learn the inertia Of mi
le iand, people and climate, and settle down, R'
nue. the people do nothing to favor immigrA- CC
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