The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-06-14
{ Baltimore SUM

Representative Fitzgerald, Of Mas
sachusetts, has introduced il the
House q resolution which Congress
might pass without giving offense to
our British friends. This resolution
extends a cordial welcome to the in
habitants of the two South African
republics, now under the dominion of
Great Britain, to come to the hospita-
BILE shores OF the United States, be-
come citizens thereof and establish
homes where under the Constitution.
they are guaranteed life, liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness"
In many respects the Beers would
find the conditions in the United States
admirably adapted to their mode Of
life, while their thrift and industry
would make them most desirable set
tiers. II they should prefer emigra-
tion to another land to existence un-
der British dominion they would re-
ceive cordial welcome to the United
States. There is an abundance of
land in this country which they could
acquire upon easy terms, some of it
better for stock raising purposes than
the cattle ranges of South Africa. In
Maryland and Virginia, for instance.
thousands Of Beers could make homes
for themselves. They would have
the advantage of proximity to the
markets OF the East, where there is a
steady demand for beef and mutton
a demand which is now supplied by
the stockraisers Of the West.
The United States has long been an
asylum for the oppressed Of all ma
tions, and millions of emigrants have
fiocked to our shores from the various
countries of Europe to live under re-
publican institutions. In the West and
Northwest many Germans. and Sean
dinavians have established them
selves in comfortable homes and con-
tributed in great measure to the ag-
ricultural prosperity of this country.
If any considerable number of Beers
should come to the United States they
would find people Of their own race
here, and they would not be "strang-
ers in strange land" In Pennsyl-
vania the farmers OF Teutonic descent
constitute substantial and prosper
Gus element of the population OF that
great State, while they have also been
successful in Virginia and the other
States in which they have settled.
S9 il tbs Bosr wishes 70 IN live under
in which the Dutch and Germans
have been established for hundreds
of years he will find an abundance
of room and no lack of opportunity in
the United States and sympathetic
and hospitable people ready to greet
him and give him a helping hand.
Much of the immigration which has
poured into this country in the past
few decades has crowded into our
large cities, where the population
was already congested and the strug-
gle for existence was keen and ex-
hausting. The Beers are, fortunately,
All agricultural class, getting their
living out of the soil and raising
vast herds Of cattle. They are class
OF immigrants greatly needed in every
part Of the United States-in the
East, the South and the West-and
there would be room for them here il
they were several times as numerous
as they are. 1t may be that they are
so deeply attached to their homes in
South Africa that they will prefer to
remain there at any sacrifice. even
under British dominion. If, however,
any of them should prefer expatria,
tion to British rule they will find much
to compensate them in the United
States for the sacrifice OF their homes
in Africa. There is practically an
unlimited field here for them in stock
raising, soil equally as fertile as
that of South Africa and a climate
healthier and more equable. In
Maryland and Virginia, in other
Southern States and in the West they
would be cordially received, and there
is no reason why they should not
prosper here under the flag OF tn,
American Republic as they have pros
pered with less favorable conditions
under their own flag in South Africa