Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-03-05
THE EUROPEAN EXODUS.

It can scarcely be regarded as a matter
Of news that the present imperial govern
ment Of Germany is vigorously endeavor-
ing to counterfeit the migratory propen-
sites Of the German population by using
for that purpose very artfully the editors
and conductors Of the Socialist journals
Of the Empire; for in point of fact the
policy of Bismarck has been uniformly
hostile to the German emigration to
America ever since the Empire was
created under his auspices. When we
look at the details Of the actual emigra-
tion. we find that the numbers of the
Germans coming into this country since
the German Empire was organized ex-
coed those of the Irish. The military
regime so resolutely fastened upon the
necks Of the whole population of the
German Empire being the real instigation
Of this exodus, there is good reason to
suppose that similar influences must pro-
duce corresponding results in the course
OF time in other countries. 1t certainly
has been so in Italy, which, since its
unifcation was accomplished under the
House Of Savoy, has increased rapidly in
population, while at the same time it has
become a most prolific source of emigra-
ton to America and other countries.
1t is admitted that the rigorous enforce
ment of military duty by the italian
Government upon a people long unused
to it is the true cause of this exodus.
Something Of the same kind should have
happened in France, where the military
system is fully as universal and as des-
potic as that of Germany. But it has not
done SO, because the internal policy of
the Republic has been amazingly sue
cessful in creating and diffusing gen.
eral domestic prosperity, so that labor
and capital are fully employed, which,
unfortunately, is not the case in Great
Britain, Ireland, Austria, Russia, Swe-
den, Norway, Spain, Germany or Italy.
The migratory propensities of the British
race are so strongly developed and so
permanent that we may look for a
constant flow of %emigrants from Great
Britain and Ireland under any and all
circumstances. 1t is true that if the
British Empire were to be radically
changed into a democratic republic, the
monarchy being destroyed and landed
oligarchy extirpated, the British exodus
to America might be arrested for a time.
But the organization Of society in those
countries is inherently SO defective as to
be permanently repellant to the laboring
masses. On the other hand, America is
the promised land of the struggling
masses of Europe. The prodigal extrav-
agance of American tourists and s~ojourn-
ers in Europe is an unfailing advertise
ment of the Astounding riches Of the
soil, the prodigious natural resources of
the nation and the general success of
those foreign adventures who come to
seek fortune by labor and economy. Vast
and wonderful as has heretofore been the
European exodus in its numbers and the
results produced by it in this COUNT
the amazing extension of our facilities
for transportation, and for the settlement
Of great tracts of wild land, would seem
to offer an entirely new empire in the
remote interior sufficient to accommodate
as many millions of migratory Europeans
as might choose to transfer themselves,
their families and their fortunes to this
new world