Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

Gold and men are pouring in upon us
in way that augurS sWltHeSs ot
growth without precedent IN even TINS
rapidly growing country. The stream OF
gold is maintained in volume that sur
0rises the best informed students OF the |
financial situation; and the aspect OF |
things in the old world, both as regards |
the crops and the ninatOry tone of Eu- |
ropean international relations, favoTS the !
expectation of 4 continuance OF the pres
ent influx. Meanwhile immigration Is
/ fast mounting towards the highest nS- |
/ of former years. The flow of human
| beings to our shores has manifest bearing
| on national wealth, but especially at this
/ time is it a highly important factor, and
/ this for several reasons.
| In the first place, the American rail
road system had been confessedly built
up or expanded to degree far beyond
the wants of the population. The coun-
try has been opened up, as the phrase Is,
| faster than the people were ready TO Occu-
py it. From this have sprung various
disasters and embarraSSments which have
had discOuraginS effects upon the trade
of the country. 1t is a strong disposition
of Americans to ''discOunt' coming pros
o. perity or coming misfortune; the former
disposition, as is natural in fresh and
| sanguine nation, being illustrated most
! frequently. When men saw an immigra-
ton that from ten thousand in 1925 sprang
to nearly half million in thirty years
! afterward they were not without expect
ing grand results from this movement in
the future. But immigration moves in
waves and when the 450, 900 new comers
l of 1872 shrunk to a third of that number
l in 1877, with every prospect at that time
, of a fresh diminutiOn, it was quite in
2 keeping with events and precedents that
our men of business should take dark
I view of the times Immediately to come.
t Thus the direct evil consequences of the
Of lnl M fol 4
= by other untOward results which flowed
t from drying up of the springs of emil
Q gratiOns.
i But with this fortunate year of 1879 all
t things have changed. The resumption
I of specie payments has been the signal
e for the resumption of UNIVERSAL pros
=, perity. As by the touch of a magician s
d wand the outlook that before was gray
). and somebre with doubt has become rosy
+ and bright with hope. Splendid crops
'C have been synchrOnOuS with a diminished
debt, and the treshened tide of immIgra-
# tiOn is bringing to us the finest quality OF
/, newcomers we have ever been called
, upon to receive. The average in number
q too has steadily risen. Last week more
Is than four thousand persons who have no
been here before, and who have come Il
= make permanent homes, landed at tht
)r port of New York alone. A large frac
y tiOn of these are skilled mechanics anC
ID farmers and many bring money. Grea
/. numbers still come from the British
S, islands, but considerable part are from
9, Southern Europe. Within Il few days
as for example, more than two thOusan
S, Italians have sailed from Genoa for New
York; and it is known that other larg
5, bodies of their country men purpose t
at folloWthem.
of These signs are all promising, and tn
IL tidings that have reached us since Friday
is and which ale cOnfirmatory of the fail
~ ure in many districts of the Englis
ld grain harvest, are of the same nature
re More gold and more men for America az
ne what such tidings necessarily indicate
7n We wish harm to no man; but we cannC
r if we would help being the gamers b
ly short crops across the sea. There is on
rs thing, however, that we can help. w
ed can help being blinded by prosperity
he We can help being so foolish as to pl
OF aside the chance afforded by this felici
ly Gus turn in wholesome and honorable OF
ar der the public finances. So magniiicer
or. an opportunity has rarely been given t
" any nation as that which we now posses
he to retrive errors and place on the Onl
sound and legitimate bases our system
currency and pledges of national Oblig;
M tiOn.-N. 7. EUening Post.