The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-07-30

The saying is profoundly true, and
it is verified by the history Of every
great movement whereby the progress
of mankind has been advanced.
The migration of the shepherd kings
into Egypt, the departure Of the Is
raelites from Egypt to Canaan, and
the invasion Of ancient Britain by the
Germanic tribes, are instances in
point which illustrate forcibly this
great generalization.
Many unthinking people imagine
that the periods of great migrations
have passed, and that all races and
peoples have now at last settled down
to fixed and permanent habitations
Such, however. is not che case. The
greatest migration in the history Of
the race is now going on. It began
with tie discovery of America, and
has continued with increasing volume
to the present hour. The immigra-
tion to this country has no parallel in
all the past.
The number of immigrants coming
to the United States this year will be
Gf the present rate continues through
out the entire year> above 600, 900
souls. The number is fourth greater
than the number of immigrants who
came 20 these shores in 1901. In
three years at this rate more people
will come from the old world to the
new than Moses led out Of Egypt in
the days of the Pharaohs. And this
westward movement has been in pro-
gress for more than four centuries,
with constantly accelerating speed.
1t has already had the effect Of
forcing the native peoples far into the
interior-the Indian Territory-where
in the course Of time they will, per-
haps, finally disappear altogether.
Moreover the migration Of Euro
peans hither drew after it the en-
forced migration of vast company of
Africans who were kept for time in
slavery and tLen were made citizens
by the descendants of their original
captors aud purchasers. These Afri-
cans have multiplied into millions
and now far outnumber the Aborgines
who have been displaced. They have
been honored by the whites in that
they alone Of all races not Caucasian,
are allowed to become citizens of the
republic-a privilege their children
inherit by birth without any process
Of naturalization.
Excepting this great company Of
Africans, few immigrants have come
to this country from any other than
European lands. Asiatic immigrants
have been discouraged from coming
by Chinese laws, and other such
statutes. The necessity for such laws
to arrest the tide Of immigrants from
the far east shows how strongly the
currents among all nations set in this
direction.
We are proposing to compress these
heterogeneous elements into solid
form of national life not by the
hydraulic pressure of despotism or
even by the strong power Of limited
monarchy, but by the less vigorous
process Of republican government.
In this we have undertaken q stupen-
dous tass without any precedents
whatsoever to guide us in its perform
ance. No nation ever went this way
before us.
a consideration which adds to the
appalling weight of the burden we
have assumed is that the hope Of the
human race seems to be involved in
our success or failure. If our nation
should fail, and should float as a
derelict in International waters, it
would wreck the government Of the
world. II on the other hand it sue
ceeds, free government will eventually
be universal, and the race will attain
its ultimate dcliverance under our
leadership.
There is no possibility OF diverting
this migration from our shores.
There are no more continents 10 dis
cover Men know now the habitable
parts Of the globe. and no known land
draws men to it az does ours. The
political movements Of the British in
South Africa and our own entrance
into the Philippines will not sensibly
diminish the drift of Europeans to the
United States. Indeed, it is not im-
possible that the increased burden of
taxation in Great Britain, arising
from the expense of the war in South
Africa, may increase the number Of
immigrants from the British isles to