[Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia by Charles Sturt]@TWC D-Link bookTwo Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia CHAPTER VI 48/64
They become attached to their occupations, their hearts become softened by kindness, and they atone as much as they possibly can for previous error. SYSTEM OF IMMIGRATION RECOMMENDED; ENCOURAGEMENT FOR EMIGRATION. Still there can be no doubt, but that the evil complained of is considerable.
It is from this reason, and from my personal knowledge of the southern parts of the colony, that I should rejoice to see its flats and its valleys filled with an industrious population of a better description of farmers.
A hope might then be reasonably indulged, that the Home Government would not be backward in recognising, and in acting upon a principle, the soundness of which has been felt and acknowledged in all ages, but the chief difficulty of which rests in its judicious application.
I allude to a system of emigration.
Sure I am that if it were well organized, and care were taken to profit by the experience of the past in similar attempts, it could not fail to be attended with ultimate success.
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