Osage Valley banner., 1879-10-02
KIsSoURrS ADVANTAGES.
And the Inducements She offers to
Immigrants.
An able and Interesting Paper on the Sub.
lect by henry Clay Dean.
Tst, Louis Exporter aud Importer.l

Vel0pment OF the United states OF a mericA
will forever DO the wonder OF history.
For the mysterioe OF science which have
been developed and made practical. and
utilized, we are indebted 10 that Split of
liberty which Invited free inquiry into all OF
the questions Of religion, state-craft, philoso-
phy and science, which In earlier agpa and
Oriental governments we're blinGfolded and
tongue tod by the laws.
From the republican system came free
speech, free press, Tree schools and free
tsade. Soon followed these iree institutions
a nniveryai thirst for knowledge. Then came
demand for cheap rsading, which aroused
the genius OF inventors TO provide for un.
usual Intellectual culture by making knUwl.
edge. accessible to all by making il cheap
and free.
From this diffusion of knowledse ana
the spirit OF liberty came travel and Imml
grafton, which diiiused tberality Of senti-
menL
There was IN the beginning a msrked dif.
fernnce between the emigration from Europe
10 South America end the people who se tied
tho Engish colonies IN North America. The
emiGrants TO Sluth America We're adven.
tufers, who went 10 search Of gold and the
power under the patronage OF couquerors
aud in the employment Of kings. The imml.
grants TO North America came 10 ly from
the persecution OF tyrsuts and In search of
civil and religious liberty. To gain this they
were confronted with ravenous beAsta, veno.
nous setpents and the scarcely lees feroc-
Ions abOrIglnes.
The immigration 20 South Americs, in the
struggle for empire and wealth, lo.t both;
and after nearly four centuries OF wars and
conquests, alternate anarchy aud nturpstiop
leaves the people 90 choose between reyolu.
iiOnary tyrauts aud revolutionary mubs TO
prey upon their liberty, their properly aud
their lves.
The colories established 10 North America
lust AS naturally became ihs home OF liberty.
law and tho free Institutions thHt spring
from the one 10 be protected by the other
They have improyised the ocssn as grand
highway o intercourse between Europe snd
Amorica Rnd invited sn immigration which
will continue and incresse for ages with the
facilities which invention will create for
travel and theimprovemebt in the condition
Of populations by changing from worn out
lands TO virgin soil.
In the earlier centuries OF tho Christian era
immigration bad its chief impetus from con
quest, that remoraelrs1 system of imperial
robbery which built thrones. Empires were
extended and the Rdulterous union OF church
were consummatsd with the patronage of
potsntates and hierarches. From conquest
came tho colonial system of emigration,
which Is the only rational account wa have
of the repeopling ot tho earth alter the dis
has opened up system o. immigration 10
new and strange lsnds, whore the hand OF
friendship has snpplanted the sword, and
families 20 IN groups W new countries for
tho same reason that the lower AnimAs
change their range in quest OF prey and mi.
gratory birds make their way TO distant lands
In search OF food
Densely populated communities. whose
lands have failed TO furnish food. and whose
bDElnHQa will aff,rd if h,,x, 70 II
other nations, are impelled TO leaye their
homes 10 search Of food aud life itself.
Yet higher motives operate upon higher
culture. The emigration from Europe is
now composed Of not only the poor who earn
their bread by their labor, but Of the very
highest intellectual classes, who come to
America 10 pursue the highest vacations OF
life and stimulate their humber oountrymen
to aspire.
Professors come to find wider field for
their literary culture and for the commend
able purpose Of gratifying their literary and
scientific ambition.
The country which has produced Frank
lin, Fulton and Morse would seem 10 be the
home OF genius and the birthplace off Ibyen
ton Merchants fnd inducements to emf
Rrate 70 America. The country which do
yeloped the mercantile genius and vigor of
0irsrd, Astor and Stewart sends back assur-
aDees to France, Germany and ireland that
mercantile ability, commercial integrity and
busipes energy will fueceed In AmericS. no
been. -N'N
To participate In the government under
which men 1--we is an instinet and an essential
part OF the man himself, which Rppeals 10
the young, the vigorous and healthy of bodv
and OF mind In every we'll civilized nation IN
Europe. And the foreigner has bis homes IN .
vigorated by his immigration 10 the United
States, bY the achievement OF poor and friend
less foreigners who came TO this country In
poverty and held the highest positions In the
government by the force OF their ability, 10.
legrity and fidelity 10 republican institutions.
The names OF Jsmea Shields, Matthew
Lyon, and Albert Gallatln will aIways serve
as = stmulAn' to the genius and Legitimate
smotlou OF European young men locking for
homes where the mere accident OF birthplace
Is not hindrance to promotion In TIE line
OF energy, enterprise aud culture.
The leudnl system, which numbered the
people with the cattle and horses OF the old
feuda States, doomed aud laborine classes 10
perpetual slavery. America offered lands
rewards to industry, homes and preierment
70 tue worthy, which transferred the youth,
V'gor and enterprise of the old world 70 the
new This condition OF things still continues
ana VIII until the growing liberal sentiment
ot European governments extends large
liberty 10 her colonists with tho advantages
OF virgin soil and liberal institutions which
VIII create competiion with us la the de.
mand for immigration. aud the Inducements
to tho immigrant.
just now there are many causes comhIn.
ing TO creste Immigration from Europe. The
Mennonites are dying from Russia, Rod bring
.ng WIN them the ssvings OF lifetime
Ihey are In search OF liberty, and escaping
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