Year: 1863

Ihose VINO have hitherto sc0ffed at tins peril
may find when too late that the cry Of "wolr'
In the fable il realized at last In the federal
capital.


The PRoxorroN or FoREIaxERs IN THE AME-
RIcAN ARxY-How IT AFFECTS ARrsrooRArIo
ENoLAND.-The English press is ct present
greatly exercised over the rapidly increasing
tide OF emigration from Ireland to this country.
Within the last two months new and power
full impulse has been given to the outpouring
from the Green Isle, and England, terrorstruck
at so formidable a blow at her own vitality. il
looking anxiopsly around for the causes that
have led to this "going out" Of the Irish people.
A good many fanciful, and in some cases very
absurd, theories have been assigned for this
rush Of stalwart young Irishmen to tbesc
shores One very plausible reason given by .
sapient correspondent of an Irish newspaper is
that it is "thc result of the teachings Of emissa
ries who have passed over from the other (this)
side of the great ocean-their object being to
provoke emigration and to get able-bodied men
within the meshes of the provost marshal, who
watches their arrival and hurries them
away to the field of battle" Everybody
knows that this is all nonsense. and
the rawest emigrant in the country could not
fail to see through the falsehood in moment.
The truth is that England is greatly alarmed at
the apparently settled purpose Of the Irish to
leave their country for a time and to take up
their homes in land where they. will not be
despised, but promoted to the highest honors in
the gift OF free people,. No young Irishman
can live aat home' in misery and hear OF
the wonderful progress Of his brethren In tho
great republic without anxiously desiring to
follow In their footsteps and TO gain
the distinction which is opened to them
all. When they think that Michael Corco-
ran, a youth almost unknown at home. has
risen from small beginnings ia America 70 the
rank of brigadier general in the federal army
when they reflect that Thomas Francis Meagher.
prescribed, sentenced to death, and banished
from his own land. occupies the position OF
chief OF the renowned Irish Brigade; when they
hear of the myriads Of their other friends who,
from being next to nothing at home, now
occupy the positions Of cspsains, majors,
colones, &c., in the United, States, Il 10
natural to suppose that their enthusiasm should
be awakened. and that they should hasten to Q
country where such solid benefits are held, out
to all who desire to compete for them. V'i'


The increase in the emigration from Ireland
is chiefly attributable to thisfact. Men will noe
always sit down in penury and want whom new
fields Of industry and prosperity are open to
them. The common desire Of every man "a to
improve his material condition, and therefore
he throws his labor into the market where.
being best appreciated, 1t is most remunersted.
This is the principle acting upon the minds Of
the healthy and vigorous young men Of Irelsnd
now hocking in large numbers to this friendly
republic They feel satisfied, from the career
Of their predecessors, that their exsrtons will
meet with due reward, and many Of them, no
doubt with the ambition of their race, look for
ward to the time whom their names will rank 40
high in the military history of America as any
Of those OF their countrymen now occupying
distinguished positions in our army and navy.
Nor is this yearning for American freedom and
appreciation confined to Ireland alone. The
people ofGermany, to whom we owe much Of
our prosperity, are also bound to us by indisso-
luble ties. They, too, have seen how We have
honored our German citizens, and the names Of
Sigel, Steinwehr, and hundreds Of others
who have risen to great distinction in America,
will operate TO cause large increase OF Ger
man emigration to America So much for the
exclusiveism Of absolute Europe compared to
the free and liberal principles Of democratic
America. Emigration from the Old to the New
World must go on increasing so long as there
are radical causes on the one side to keep them
miserable and on the other to make them pros
porous. aa1