The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-05-06
THE TIDE OF IMMIGRATION

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The tide of immigration from Europe TO
America was never greater in the history of
this country than it is ut present. In the
Cincinnati enquirer Of the second instant
there is telegram from New York, dated
May first, which says; give steamships ar.
rived yesterday from Europe, bringing 4,S9l
immigrants. French papers state that there
are 100000 persons awaiting means OF trans
portation to this country. Two thousand
ore awaiting berths in Havrc. Three trains
were spatched to-day, and three extra trains
of twenty.one ears each will be sent out to-
morrow on the Erie, Pennsylvania and the
New York Central The causes Leading to
this European hegira it is not necessary for
US to consider or discuss Mt length. Short
crops, armed preparations for war on the
part of all the powers, with rumors
Of war all over that over'popu-
lated land, ere Tue fruitful causes
Of the flow Of people TO our country seeking
homes under our tree of liberty, and under
the protection of our flag. Our laws are
merciiul and just; we have no immense
standing army to be filed up from the homes
Of the people, whether they ARE willing or
not, rs /. the case in all the European dynas-
ties, aud we have here 10 purse-proud, over
bearing landowners with titles to all the
real estate of the country, and who grow
richer every year of the necessities
aud hard labor Of their tenants,
Exemption from onerous military duty
with its peril: and its forced removal from
the family circle ard the pleasures of home
exemption from the grinding exactIons of
laudlold, exemption from the burthensome
civil statutes Of their lttherands, md exemp-
tons flon TIE want, Woe and misery of pen
ury, Is what i. driving tie thousands Of hard
listed, industrious economical people of Ger
many, Of France, OF Russia, of Ireland, Of
Scotland, ef III gland and other Eu-
ropeau ua,iontltits TO our hos
pitabe couhtry-ho>pitobl in its climate,
hospitatle in it, soil. aud productions, hos
ptobla ia Its laws, aud Aospitabe in the gen
erous welcome OF its entire people, Now is
I time when every State in this Union
should be- striving to iii its waste places
with settlers and leyclap its latent resources.
The lamentabc spectacleof Texas, our great
mother standing idle, doing nothing to secure
is presented to us, and we
who love the State, who want to see
her full panopIed in all her greatness,
power and glory, must stand by with folded
hand. under Swe policy MS carried into
effect by the present administration, that is
hostile Ia progress and development We
know that IN diocy unparalleled in tho an
nals OF this union Of States. incorporated into
our State constitution aniuhbition againstthe
states taking any measures attendant with
expense in behalf of immigration, yet our
Attorney. General has said that legis
lation needful and effective could be enacted
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present state government is opposed to any
thing Of the kind If we had State admin
istratiou not blinded to the material advan.-
ages to accrue from rapid settlement of
every portion Of Texas; not hostile to an in
lux of people from abroad; not opposed in
the very bitterness of personal antagonism
to free education aud free sch0ol.house,, some
portion OF this mighty rush Of people
now landing, and to land in the
next twelve months upon our shores,
could be drawn to US to settle our frontier
counties, to reclaim the vacant lands along
the lines Of our railroads, to build homes
and towns and cities where now are but
bowling widnernesses, to treble and quadru-
pie and quintuple the products of our State
and lis commercial importance and power, to
build new school.houses, new churches, new
TO drive back the savage to enforce
the laws, to develop the State ard awaken
the giant of q magnificent grandeur and
power sumberirg in its bosom.