AUCKLAND AS A FIELD FOR IMMIGRATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 124, 6 April 1864, Page 3

AUCKLAND AS A FIELD FOR IMMIGRATION.

The copy ot n letter to iiitoncluisr immicrUlts, written by Mr. James Sargent, of this citv, tbe special aaent bore of tbo Irish Presbvtcriau Settlement, lias been sent to U3 \\"c- are clad to find that the pioneer of one of our special settlements has been improssed so favourably with the capabilities Inn resources of this province as Mr. Sargent appears to have been, though, to tell the truth, we scarcely see how any impartial observer could have come to any other conclusion. Auckland never was more prosperous; her artuans and mechanics, hor labourers in town and country, are in full employment, and at rates of \ra<res which have scarcely been exceeded in the most col den davs of Tictoria. tVn. cap we wonder if, in vrritinsr to the hard-worked population at home, ever livnvr with the workhouse in the of the v>ictip*e of xho'w Mr. Sargent should address illOlll .13 follows " To rmi, mr f How-countmncn, who hare toiled for vears. -in<r everr and maVincr the W'X u-e of the mea"« at your disposal for the better*" 1 ? of vour cn"diti-m. and are still without f»*r self or p*o*prct for the rt«in«r ecneration— to vor. there remains 00 hotter alternative than to emirate. Wh 'thrr vr»i >*e labourer. mechanic. or farmer. emijrrat'on s^^ul l he viewed in no otherliffht ; th.vi the bettering of your condition. Kinijyration has heretofore. in a measure. been rather rashly planned into or compelled hv neeessitv, but to you jv.v adviee is to wMI the step vou are about to take: if is. mall probability. the most important one in the history of your lives. £ee if vou can trace vour present r:renm«?an«vs ro vour own neglect ; if so. ven ?annot write vourself down as eligible for emisratnn. On the other hand, if conscience assures you •he fault is not vours. by em»«rratin«r then vou are no* racing yourself in opposition to the divine w«ll of ??.e (treat Creator, hut rather r» obedience to the lienvenlr command. TTavir<i dulv considered th.e qneslinn* and vour opinion is in favour of emigration. let 7101 TiiiUT dissuade you from earrvinff that deeisVm into practice: he eool in your determination, he firm in vour purposes, jrive no attention to flattering stories or fearful doubts which may bo strewed in vour w&v. It 75 ft great oversight on the parr of those who j intend to envirrate to be waiting until they are steeped in porprtv or brnten down with toil . nnd I irav here add. Anck'and Tw»se"l« a profitable market for the enterprising capstans*—it is innist'ee to this colour to land upo*i its sho r es d-vested of even* laws of «import. You well lenow if Midi was the ea«e in Fnu'and or Ireland, thert* remained no alternative but an introduction to the workhouse, hut here it is nmtr* the reverse. Th"ro is a welcome to the htnnhlest thnt come for a cood motive, and if found deservp'ff nf it. the r T <rht hand of fellow«h ; n i* held out: remunerative >s a never-faU-in<r resource to Ih ne e who mar remnrp it avd suit, its If **our course is not one of marVed the must be -ronr own. Tt is a ai»d d nil that men hare lauded on the shores of friendless and penniless, ami hv a steadv have become r>o*of a amount of capital. Witliiv n Terr limited T*er : od, some £tot>o to ?ner<l tlvir tbousand- in that- counts in oarlv *:fe drrier* them a bare TWs cr»eaV for the courtrr T now inrite **on to adont as your home. There are other proo r s. but of a minor pfi*i»r*». TaVe vour at the nearest lrmiPv-oHer to ronr dwepi><r. a*"d wa f eh tbe arrntd of ihe Kew Zealand mail. £ee the cheerful C'*imto:»anee« as seal* *tp brol-eti r\-»-»d orders oasbed. Will tou net be convinced then that th re is a rt ? There is not a familv nor an individual who emierafes fo Xew s!eala"d. and can bp classed a« eliaihle. and a stradv. nerseverip? course in the sphere of life he or she is adanfed for, but must rise to prosperity. respect, independence, and will revrp have eanse to rernrt their leavinjr a coimtrv in the whieh thev should at all times consider them«o]rep the slave of the landowner. Tt is well to many of von that T induced some to emigrate to other colonies. Of the suero«s of their T know little. There a**e a number of r nnr felloweountrvmen now in a rising position who came out with *rre ard throurh mv advi«i>'*» them to do so. T liave oetfisiora"' inf^r , .i* , ws them, and the lanof lip« i« rreise and tbanl-s'-ivinc for the tl».-»v hnve adorjtecl relative t«» them*"lvo« and thrtr denendin? families. Ther are to vn?l * npd this my statement is sure of co'-trrid'ot'on if untrue. Some have come out from Oreat Pr : tinin nnd v]io would done wjafdr to have the fhon/»ht o r due The** are nmnns to manual labour, and with little or no capital.