NECESSITY FOR EMIGRATION. (From the Morning Chronicle, April 21.)

New Zealander, Volume 4, Issue 239, 13 September 1848, Page 3

NECESSITY FOR EMIGRATION. (From the Morning Chronicle, April 21.)

Tub imin and prim w difference beiwecn pJ-ns for extending the hell ot employment at lumi, by nv(l.umui'j w.i.io lund", by impnued d»iicu;t >i< , by lisliLiie 1 , &c , and tlm: tor tvuTn'mq; it !>} coloiu/.itiou, is lhi! provul bO|'"uonty in prjlituble »i'^> ot lit' laUfr. Inho i'umei i>i>a wuiild 'i:iv c:i|>it .1 si,, tl t, Ww\i!il be cmikd into e\ \ u'iou ; tiea: ,h no otlun obs'cK.lc in fxi'.tPiKV i)f sufi Kip.it lni^^Mtii'C" to ncvouut for tlu'U 1 bciri'i ivg'e -ttd ; tlieic 1. pleniv ni l.ibnui, tuco is il')in(i»:ic; cujiital on ihcqiot; y ( t &i 1 i.un, who a.c ;'(ttni': ihrcc: or tonrpo re u. 01 their inun y avoul tliui't. Noi/ in (wi).u .iic cAI ) " i.^w ronnUu>J f caiaul Liworlh ten mr cut., s«vs.ry ' h !iuii»s is

always employed profitably i:i the «.u oi 1 t\c vildci^ net.F, :ind this is not <Ijc u.ulr of positive t,o.ir< Uy " cipiul; capital is soatee il-LUvc Id the mi.>n«, <>>- <"ii ploying il, bc(.iuc tVy mc go .iln-ndi'it ; bin fh - fasti' i" y<»u pour it m nnucr jm/rcr dijceU.ins, the {a..iet it multiplies itself. '! tie ob-iaMo lo wtV.i 11U; ir.cro.iFo of investment, anil pio /'!liop,>l f.M ,im of e"M>h»Sment, me obvious ; tiiii 1 , ,is ■, o r n n'uu!, icnova.,]^. We ie.peat, then, <>ur con'i-Mon. '' •' n a ()i. M )T use i,f the waste lands, in u.n* i"il<>p. ! depcii -ciiCi." , lies, for us, the ttue solution ■ f fix; c niiitio.i ot-lh< - people problem. Tliis ii a fuoje t 'inn wliuu it )v' pre-eminently necessary Uut »b! !"> l.c ituu' 'muM !>c inforucil, <md even the p r ,iV t .\"'l n-^ cxuli-d, ir* Older that Government jmhl P .rl. .rio,)i n> he induced i lo act. lhc consideration or it ntii" l«»ic»l bupi-le-nicnt of th" victory of t.ee tr.iv ; f.<v trade thrcv/open to us the maikets <if lo^Oi ,1 c >„ lines, so lai as depended on our legislation ; ch'oi.l u. in cre..t> -> new market 1 ?, dependent on onratlrrs .1 urn . So !i aro essentially the people's qucs'ions, iviMiiho " ihc. people" siro the diieot gainers by cxic'itioii of iho dcM of employment ; only, one is noiHssiril/ hiui ed, bo'liby the inclination and the power ot Kmi^u tciMuners; tlie otlu r is unlimited, so long as any iki t oi the bo undless wastes which own our lw iy are luixiuhcd uy tl o n?>c ami the plough. Y/e plan- con 111/ tion, ihtn r betnrc even lice Undo, in imp .I'wrr", to the w>i' 107 j classes, .mil we arrive at thai ': mrUuie-u bv an .. u« | sUtihlc imluction of facts. A/o lift 1 1 v-iy i.ono'r'Vc'Mo vaiiety of (iscal duties*, ol lo< i. it u ; ila'un" ,oS , oliti— pal constiinlion, operating in the I»iir-)Jm p'usd ionntrifs of civilized Europe, with more 01 liSj bcnefici. 1 efTects on the moiMl and mat:ii.ih\oi!,> •< ci ih° propso;l)Ut in none do we iind comjilet" butc.is atuincd, as regards lhe point which v* .u*e now considering, [ namely, the preset vatiou of the working el is--us fioin distress. In one category of countne.i, ;t U'o may u'-.c- , the expression, alone in the wofld, is disLreso virtually [ unknown ; we allude to those which compose our colonial cmphei and that tfre.it Kqiubl'c which has gro.va out of it. TVrc n nothing, abhOiulely nothing, to. 1 distinguish that c.Ucjory fioin all othtrd, except theiE j having access to nienty of {ditile land ; we arc driven, then, to the conclusion, that access to land is the one essential element to ihcpiospcnry ol the woikmg clas'i. It will not do alone; H ni<.y no counts 1 Wija3 it is in Mexico mul L\,iu, fo; e\aui|)!o, by very b.ul in"lHn~ tions ; inn- do we by ;iny m<v«n> inifnd lo iifihin that even when ope.ainu; l'lo^t sui tf^^tviily, foi the object now under pun^'deiiil'on, it pru'WCi "- •■()> bcitcr constituted 011 the who! , th«n 01 li "i t.o- v \j. wl>erc it dues not OMbl. Vv'e c niine on jlvnt')t!j "■> smipie propositions — arda' to!e> 01, puhtici 1 ! vml social regulations, eat>y acce^h to KitUe land pi 0 lues, umveisal mateiu'l wellibulng ; and i^v^srieucj tell^ us of nothing else that does. We Know vc.y well how we shall be met at this point-. People will say, " Easy acoeaa to feitile laud I Of course that in <'ll \ cry lrue 4 but easy access t<> fertile land ia a natural advantage,, and one which we cannot make for ourselves. Let our people emigrate as the A.mencans do, as \/ t ll aa they can, and the ditieicnce in the jespective facilities oi access will be the measure of their superiorly over us n this matter." To a eertmu and oUviofs c acnt tVAs s true, but it ia ncHC^vny iu'thci to consider (and wa have no doubt what 'ver tli.it llui con.sidui 'tion will lead to a fcatisfactory resuli) what euc the ( lemeulb ot i icslity of access, wheihei, if the Ame.icM <■ have a.U.mtjijes over v,, we ha'ic nctalio c>/ rcbpontorj i'lvmia^' ovir iliem, and %. Jiottitir our c.v.'.'v m' ;^ci le not oi such n nalUiO a> jiicreaoeu ivtsowkii^.; 01 tie faubj ct will enable us to icuoeu. Now, it is vv-i'/ injioitant to rcnu"nbpr, fas', thnfc many parts oi liie Ai.iencan ct.iit'iionl -ire, for all ])ractical puipos' , .is far fion avnUUla i \ud unoi'cn_ pied land as Gnat JJutain ui\d Lilljiil aie, yet .sMli their labourers rt.ip iho full 'uen- (it of tl. 'i heir iourney, bein-j; overland, U, thou'-h shoriei , more ttdiou'i and expensive; the land which they s;o to, though perhaps as fertile, 13 (ar k,23 advantageously siuu^d ;.s regards maiUetu iov its p-oiWa, '.iim n'Obt oi UlO Ihitish colonies. Yet the for.ii'ji' is (ilieil up i.)r mo<3 rapidly tha i th : lalii r. 'i'hci -j )^ * cuiioiiMt sfuam of emigration t,oi. ou fiou« J.I >nic and Veiniont to Wisconsin, and ."uissouu, am 1 . 'J'e\as ; a. stream which, diiniuibh us die disti uc o{ the ui'jccl towards which il. flo^va mcre.iif'i ; ii'i.Jr.piii lib (Cutiii,,ance c.l/o >elhcr depends the maiiu- UuUce ol tha pieauil bland 11 d of comtoit and will-bem^ amon; the A'M'icm labourers 1 '.1 Uie Atlautiu coart. V\, c wrh to see the aaine efVect, iifither moie nor less, proc'ucdd amon^ oai v/oiiim-^ claoscs i>y e-ni^iation to our Uepeiulcnue,, to vir^li the journey is not moie e\pe.isiye or lari^uing. J % ho reason why Kiighsh and lush labouie;. do not emigrate in sufficient mm.bers (whicii ihe AmLiicnnnnlona now do — and iVoin tin. 'cc uuive lit X piespentyj ;s,, t uit tney aie un.ible to <,;o a 1 - t!i ir o\«n ap-iise, troni. poveity and helj lessiv^a ; wlnlu our c.ini' aii >Lt» aic deteircd, by caubet. whu h we iluill hen after cpecify, from taking them, la \:ucii-.j, laoodion, liaving Uvnyb been well of!', .'..0 piv ei.tiwrj nc u\ and res (urcua ot then own, e> i< iatc f.ei'l/..nd suiUccntly at thi'ir own Ck])en c; wail 1 . c.p.t ill >'. • "ivijt money m mailing new Lu.d hulnUbL— 1 . Ccc.u i> iliiy a;c hurc. of icing compautiveiy. tlvjai h w>i udfiu't.-l; , supj.lied with labour; 2. Ji.uui 1 . they lorn. nolh.n^ n^ political lights or suci-l <l s.r.ttionb iy lemovaL Tiusc hcU foini the basis oi our \\\\uh .'itgunscul. Kinigration is the one c(h. >. nt cause of Amenwti pio.speuty ; emigration, cjually cfTiti nt, is at c-ur command, und is only huidcn.a by obstacle! which 11. is in our power to remove. If b\ varans of uumediutu emigration culfieiently Lx'j.;e, as hi-li a standard of coiniort, that n, us grtut a comuifind of rcs'juiejs, \.cru established amoni,' our working olabse*, i s e\ist , "1 Ameiica, and it our colonies couhl be mad, aa atl ulive to British employers of laboiu .r. h. " ".Visi" 1 . to thofcc of tlie United Stato», the earn ■ t »us a wtinh, pcimancntly and by self legulalni^ mlion, UtJp u;i tUv, I standard ot comfort in tho case oi th"- liboaici ia America, would have a biinildV.y pcniiuneut and hcU-act-flg influence here. The invebtigation of these el menti of tliffurenno between nations 111 other respuct!) so Mia:! >ly i.Uualed, is a business of laimtnie and u'gt a r i»>; di, aue. It they can be counteracted, pau^ciibiu will Le^.mo unknown, Ghaiti->m and Repeal ..ill v,i'.n>h inlolhui an ; in .1 word, " lhe pcoplr," will ha xii I oh. Ti.orc ib At this moment a powerful and niaiinrtivc dc-iiu lor emipntion 111 the United Xin 3 dmu, 1 mh>( 1 'Iv in liu^l-uid. It will nit be dtnii d th.'t ll.ere ne, .1 wis a lime at wmuh it was more uieticJ a> a m-ui lor „>ul:s and turbulence. That dc-.ii i> ib 'oliown by tie '.umeiauu colonizing projects wh.c'.i aie bjii.ii^":i^ uu c.cry dar ajioug all idiika and Ciiitui'i. *i>i; Gluuiistb ha c cstabliiht'd a People's hmi^iatio-i buciety; u seltkincut ol StafioiiLime potiurs ib in c jiv e ol toiiuaUou in Wisiioiikin. An as.ociatioii oi g.e 1. mlluenre s about tj found a coluiiy o{ r. moeis ot lhe Gaurcu o£' Xu o l ud iv ]SLw Z aland. This \ a not woudciul ; tha i ut& aie da k and i.ouMed : thc.e ii j-r'3jut d^tiess, tliere is pio>i ejUve \ ncjitaiuty in Kuiope, and " m',r couutiias" oil' r a home \v,ieie\.'ant ia uuknowu, while iftvolu'ious aic jtiijjo^^i'jlo, u 1 v* «- pital Jmdi »u a 'iple return, whoi a iudu..y u\ 'ts> « u>tß io\/uHL Timt is, ot nil otheii, the mum it i.hu.i pum, ilio.t.l ue tdkeu to lemuvd every hindu'iic, aad to t>;ii ; ./ every encouia^i'inuut to the gratia^, IU Oi tv u^aiui and uq Uudnblu v\ d^siie.