Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1882-12-12
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An overcroWded population at
home, compelling a migration OF
some, for want of adequate support
for all; or again, the opening of dis
rant aud inviting fields, where, to
better their condition, energetic and
enterprising spirits betake them
selves.
Both Of these causes have opera
ted TO direct to our shores large
number of excellent and desirable
immigrants. These persons have
come from their European homes
with a purpose to locate permanent
ly in this Republic, aud to share
with ourselves the fortunes that
may befall our country. They are, in
many instances, possessed Of con
siderable means, which they expend
in the purpose Of homes'cads; they
are generally frugal, temperate and
energetic, which Qualities they de.
vote to the good of the community
in which they make their homes.
For many years this tide of immi.
grafton has been towards the West.
The effect of it is seen TO day in the
remarkable growth and prosperity
OF those States within whose Dor.
ders these foster children of our
land have been induced to settle.
States that hut n few years ago
were covered with HHbroken prai.
ries and unsettled wastes, now stand
high in the financial and political
world. No thinking man can fail to
see the sequence ofcausc and effect.
The influx OF immigration is great
er now than it has ever been in the
past. The class Of immigrants are
as good; and the great results that
have accompanied their settlement
heretofore can with certainty be
predicted of their location now.
The South. during those years in
which the western and horthwes.
tern States were being filed mp and
made prosperous, has been busy
nith righting her own internal
/ Misunderstanding ia order her edH.
cational, political and financial
machinery. Sue has had no time to
/ devote attention to the great move.
mcnt going on in all othrr sections.
With her home matters now rcgu
lated or provided for, her public
schools erected and prospecting, her
cole ges filled with her sons and
daughters, her credits taking rank
and prominence in the markets. and
her manufacturing aud mineral in
terests attracting the attention OF
capitalists and investors through
ont the entire Union-thc Soutl
finds herself in a position to consid
ed the important question of immi
grafton. and to offer inducements L
immigrants that can be presented
BY no other territories.
The most intelligent of our peopl
have long anticipated this period il
our history, and all Of the southern
States have signiied willingness
to advance and foster the cause @
/, Immigration within their own boz
ders. Wise governors and state,
men, well knowing that when thei
fertile southern acres shH have SCI
tied upon them d k,eiiigent All
energetic farming Class, and I'll
present system Of labor shall hav
!, met its reformation from this source
i the era Ofprosperity, delayed br
t, not Sespaired of, will dawn upo
the land, and the South take tn
place she is 80 eminently fitted
occupy, among the foremost in tt
agricultural, mineral aud manufa
turing world.
The mineral wealth Of the:
States is very great; within the
borders, as was shown at the recei