Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-24
immigration and Emigration.

The world is uneasy just now
very uneasy, and much disturbed. na
This mighty nation OF which we form al
a part is very uneasy. We are on IL
board of great vessel such as the
Great Eastern or Noah's Ark. 1t
rocks on its axis from East to West "
and uice versa. At present the ves- IL
sci is tilted westward, aud careens so
dangerously that way that the entire h
crew, passengers and all, are about n
to be stranded or landed in Colorado, C
Leadville, Nevada. New Mexico, Ida e
no or the Indian Territory, via the
camp of Sitting Bull, or beeched
somewhere else. Are the people in
the United States about to become
nomads, tramps or Rechabites =? The
ligaments Of local attachment that
:, bind some nationalities to their rocks
and mountains and sterility are rudely
snapped asundsr in the United States;
A. new Eldorados and golden rainbows
r in the western skies, wrench thou.
10 sands from the moorings of settled
O. business, from the letters of the farm,
us shop aud mandatory, and the toe
ht of humanity rolls Westward. Every
al body has Westward impulslon, he
'ut strikes his neighbor and drives him
'm Westward too. What does this all
M mean, what is the cause, and wha'
dr' will be the consequence of the uneasy
lie movement? President Hayes last
ant summer had noticed the movement
nee then assuming large proportions, but
de- which has since vastly increased. he
rae thought it would relieve the manu-
Su- featuring cities of the East of its sur
, OF plus population, would relieve thos
The that remained there of a damagIn!
'nne competition, while the large addltio
in to the farming and mining forces
ves) the West would open market &c
low Eastern manufactures, and suppi
ne to them in return with abundant ra
material and the means OF subsi
tence. A result 80 beneficial ar
% plausible is calculated to preclude
enquiry into the cause of the NOV
r ment, and as to what shall pesas
''e'' of ma when both the Wes'infiation
as ~. =. are so populous ths'o'' no '''r"''
las anu HrHSTtry is overpopuated, VIII
]s LbF are we still urging foreign immigri
rom ton to our shores, and establishin
ntly emigrant agencies for this purpose
the The Omnibus is always sufficient t
,tv. carry one more. 1t cannot be ths
Ct any portion of North America is
this the condition of old England wher
ent. they have emigration agencies fc
har. the purpose of deporting their SUI
plus os humanity. The recent har
the times imposed upon the people OF III
/; a United States economy. Presse
was with imitation debts, they purchase
'no' as little of the manufacturer as the
him.
~ could barely get along with, and tn
as a manufacturers suffered and were CON
lows PEELED to dismiss their employees. :
I be Their goods fell " nerves of n
Western merchant. The stoppage {
eak manufactures reacted on the farme
nan and raw producer--their produce fe
Is for want of a market. Such stat
mas of things no doubt has imparte
keu great activity to emigration, to tn
USE prevailing mania Of the present time
aui to change, to change place, or
MS change business. Nobody appear
sure to be satisfied. The railroad an
rem the telegraph, and steam commun
"n cation have enlarged the idea q
Ioid home to most minds sweet home
''n- is everywhere. Local attachments
we social ties and even national prefer
eft. ences are weakened and swallowe
the up in wider humanity. Unlike tn
nee Confusion of tongues at the towe
rse' Of Babel, the locomotive and tn
the steam ship both scatter and unite th
fely families Of men.
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