MR JOSEPH ARCH IN AMERICA.

Evening Star, Issue 3394, 7 January 1874, Page 3

MR JOSEPH ARCH IN AMERICA.

{lfrom the'PliitadelpJiiaCorrespondent' of the ," Times \ 's-Ai'mrjp : in %% ITflitedvStStesih to America of, Mr, Arch. He landed at Quebec in th'ebegiiiniug - and/it was not Jong be fore the neWsg>asers found him out. ; ."übsequehtft he-" wa* invited to dine' by' Lord Dufferin, andontnat'dccaaion explained, bis m'iSsiori-iftia* attracted'-atten-tion. He told the Governor-General that in emigrations wjfr 'tob* found remedy ; for the evils afflicting the agricn tural'classes in Greafc'BlttaijK 'fiat Arcn'said-that the'bvercrowded 'fields'atad' the superabundance of labofl%ete'\not wholly to be overcome by the combination of the toilers. The land system stood ik/the"wsay:! < JThongh the aborer mighj/hope f or-bett'er >wiges,- and,possibly bottei*; fare, he could never aspire to proprietorship hiffl(atlfitiHThp;accti{Ralatiofl ofweaithihiho hands of great families enabled;them-at will to dispense oven with the'--services ittjmaby instanoea of the''laborer*. -Be said that 1 he had spoken tprtwoJdukesand ibur noble lords who had desired;a converaatioti with him on the subject of labor,'and>tbeytb!d him there was corn to be had in Russia' and America, and that they;and their class were determined to stop 'the -aggressions 6f -the laborer*. " Tben, : *said? he, .'♦ my determiifation, before wavering?-was-formed''v-He had spoken tojhe people; • arid them that Old .England had done With them, "and that to! the prairies of the; West hereafter must they look for the • bettering of-their fortunes. Therefore waß be there to-day.''Hia fellowshadisenthimtospyotitthelahd'to'look for the spjl -most likely to yield adequate'returns for f andhe'was there in obedience to theiriwishv He wanted to see and learn for himself; -The emigration agents in England; -belaid; played upon the credulity of the people, and-many in this way had been enticed to greater hardships than thfiy ever endured in,their hovefsin WarwickshJTfl or Essex.- They con'.d place littTe dependence upfoi* the specious'promises heldOout to<.'vtlu ! m % those whose object'seemed to be to draw so much per beady-' The people whom he Represented'desired light upon the resources" and advantages possessed by." the; different portions of f. otth America, which are all anxious to absorb British labor. It was easy, to understand that the desirous of emigratiag wish for some more{.authentro* information than any agents were able or wilting to give; and he was there off their behalf to see and judge for them. He was>not'thefe ; to give pledget • to promise so many emigrants here or so many there. His people 'Were-willing I 'to profit by any inducements f that might be held out to them in desirable quarters. They had had the agents of the Northern Pacific and other railway enterprises pointing out to them the golden prairies of the West. "Virginia- had sent > agents-am>»ng them; ! the Canadian Commissioners; had tcttd- them df the eastern townships oi Quebec and the garden of. Ontario; otligra. Bought to direct them to Manitoba, the Saskatchewan, and Britishi -Columbute * In .tact, front; every quarter b& North America there were/agents, His people intended >to come to America' to work, and to workiwhere, labor would reap its higheßtJTewara', '■>• '!" Having his attention directed'to the JtolU tical-eeonpmy. of-the labor question, Mr Arch said^e^i^not.consider inhere was a surplus of la.bqrjjiv'hen .the area Poland in Fnglaud'.-to-be considered. If the soil wewvpmp«rly//tilled—that is,, if the vast diiteiofceoCßpied as deer p&k«»adgWfrpto

serves were thrown 'open'for cultivation—there would'be an abundant field for labor. The land' system he thought radically wrong, but that its righting did riot depend upon the 'pres'rit generation. Until there was a change, until small proprietorships took the place of imriienso holdings'' and immoderate leasings, there was no hope for the elevation of the peasantry. Such a change could only follow a peaceful revolution, which would be long in coming. In the meantime the peasantry must shift for themselves, and this they.'will do by removal out of -the country. He.continued by expressitigthe opinion that, although the Liberal party, through the extension of the household suffrage principle to the counties,made a bid for the agricultural support, they wouldfind thrimselves mistaken in many respects. The result of such a measure would be to' put into the hands of the laborers l the power of returning working men to Parliament pledged to the improvement of the condition of their constituents, and not the inere mouthpieces of a party. T hat'there was a desire for political privileges he must assert, and his ultimate choice in selecting ■ homes on this side of the Atlan-tic-would depend considerably for its consum iriation upon the constitutional rights the new-comers would find themselves entitled to claim. Their leading desire wonld bo to become landowners; to possess farms an 4 till the soil. From theseexpressions it will bo seen that Mr Arch’s visit is made to survey the counfcty,' to select the most suitable to obtain them on the best terms. He is. said to have <juite clearly expressed himself upon one point, that the loyalty of the laborers to the English Crown induces them to prefer, if possible, emigration to the. British Provinces. He intends to lecture in the principal cities of the United States and the Canadas on his theme, and will be sure not only of good audiences, but of being run down by emigration .'■■■■ ■ -v.-