Immigration : $b A world movement and its American significanceFairchild, Henry Pratt
History
Immigration : $b A world movement and its American significance
Fairchild, Henry Pratt
Emigration and immigration; United States -- Emigration and immigration
It scarcely need be said that the great historical example of conquest
is Rome. Her policy was to extend her dominion by making outlying tribes
realize that it was to their advantage to acknowledge her sway and pay
tribute. So long as they did this quietly and regularly, little else was
required of them. As far as possible, the native governmental
organization was continued, and simply grafted on to the great Roman
stock, the native officials being made subordinates in the Roman
organization. Roman traders came and went, carrying culture and
civilization with them, and exerting a powerful influence on the mores
of the provinces, but the permanent movement of people from the central
state was comparatively slight. Alexander the Great was a spreader of
conquest, though his early death destroyed whatever possibility there
may have been of his establishing a permanent empire. The career of the
British government in India has many of the characteristics of conquest.
Native rajahs are, to a great extent, utilized as officials of the
British government, and there is no large migration of people from
England to India, save those connected in some way with the government
service, or persons engaged in commercial pursuits, who maintain their
permanent home in England. But the influence on the mores of the native
inhabitants is great.
The third form of migratory movement, which has a particularly close
connection with immigration, is colonization. This occurs when a
well-established, progressive, and physically vigorous state sends out
bodies of citizens, officially as a rule, to settle in certain specified
localities. The regions chosen are newly discovered or thinly settled
countries, where the native inhabitants are so few, or are on such an
inferior stage of culture that they offer but slight resistance to the
entrance of the colonists. For while the two previous forms of migration
have been warlike, colonization is essentially a peaceful movement. The
rivalry for certain favored localities may involve the colonizing power
in war with other civilized nations who desire the same thing, but as
far as the seizure of the colony itself is concerned, it requires slight
military exertion. Colonization, like conquest, is a state enterprise,
conducted for the benefit of the state, but differs from it in that its
motive is rather the commercial advancement of the state than its
military or political aggrandizement. Colonization has often been
resorted to, also, when a state has believed itself to be overpopulated,
and has aimed directly at improving the condition of its citizens, both
those who go and those who are left,—something that is scarcely dreamed
of under conquest. Several classifications of colonies have been made.
The most satisfactory is that adopted by Professor A. G. Keller, which
makes a twofold division into farm and plantation colonies.[9] These
differ from each other so much in their essential characteristics that
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account