The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-12-21

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families. IN tribes and rOmmuniut
is now recognized as AN ordefl
y ana constant impulse OF the hnua
family, one OF the laws of nature
: Sell interest, the love Of adventur
and conquest, the desire of gain
and The desire OF the freedom &
: llrger domain, must account ia
, this regular aud continuing habi
OF society. The earliest hiSlori
account ct man: tells us Of his mi
graiorv disposition. 1t is related
that the strife among The servant
of Abram and Lot. caused u divi
sion of the Interests OF their mas
tiers and a separation OF their fam
/ ilies-LOt choosing all The PLAIN d
jordan, and "Abram dwelled il
the land of Canaan" The early
settlers of America came in search
OF The wealth supposed 10 be here.
The hope of gain, the effort TO bet
ter conditions, and famine and war,
political and social disturbances,
density of population in the old
Sorld. and love of liberty, have
given 10 the United States their
60,000.000 of people with their
100000 of foreign born popula-
tlon.
The movement OF immigration Is
now so we'll defined and regular,
so spontaneous and functional, so
independent of The influences of
sudden cOmmotlon, that ii must be
regarded as a necessary condition
of human advancement-a process
of evolution.
II has never been attempted TO
influence The constant stream of
The indowing population from Eu-
rope to this country, and It's unin-
terrnpted flow continues its course
westward on isOthermal lines, and
the comparatively few foreign i'm
migrants who have come South
have done so without special d.
rectlon and Independent of, and in
opposition 10, the forces which
have heretofore kept the current
flowing in lis direct course.
No organized. persistent effort
has ever been made TO divert emf
grants from the West To The South,
and no attempt has been made to
enlighten The people in the North
and East as to The unusual oppOr.
tunilies afforded by This section TO
thrifty and enterprising people.
The surplus or overlooking pnpula-
ton Of New England and its neigh
boring territory has gone West UNI
heeded by us and uniformed that
settlers could do better here than
there. 1t is said that Kansas is
now more distinctively what Mas
sachusetts was fifty years ago than
that State itself is now.
In considering the question We
have before us, let MS not forget
that experience teaches that the
first emigrants generally have I'M
looked for TRIALS and harlshipS,
and often fail to realize their ex-
pectations. Disappointment dis.
Courages them and deterS them
from inviting their friends to fol
low them, and the growth from is
Olated 'plants" is slow at first;
but success will come 10 some, and
they bring in others, and as mum,
bers increase SO do the successes,
and gradually friends and family
ire brought 10 join the pioneers,
and the growth being cumulative
becomes rapid and voluminous.
Cheap transportlOn, hoSpitable re-
ception and treatment, and Speci-
fc and reliable information, pro.
lection from imposterS and cormo-
rants are indispensable prerequi-
sites to any successful plan for Sc
curing immigration. The man
seeking a home in The South must
have a low rate OF fare to reach il;
he must be kindly met, and enter.
tanned with friendly regard ; he
must be informed on all the details
upon which a man moving into a
new country wishes information.
with truth and candor he must
not be nreyed upon, but protected
from The craft OF the designing
and mercerary.
The growth of the volume oil
emigration from Europe TO Ameri-
ca and from the East to the West,
is largely due TO the facility and
cheapness of transportation, TO
gooG neighbOrship, 10 reliability
aud detail of information and TO
The protection vOuchsafed to the
enigrant.
But not these alone will bring to
our midst the wealth of bone and
Drawn and brain. We must offer
such as are inclined TO become
In u midst, schools for
their children and churches for
their worship. l trust l NAV be
.ardoned for saying in this pres
ence that the wise and patriotic
members of the General Assembly
Of Alabama, now in session, have
voted a large increase of the pub
lie school fund of The State. And
his same body is seeking a way to
still more largely increase this
fund. God speed them in the work
Nor yet are theselsuficlent. Liber-
~ Of conscience, and freedom of
must be at all times, and
Under all circumstances, moi only
.olerated. but freely conceded and
upheld. No man worth the
having, would consent to surrender
lis right To think and act according :