The native American., 1838-09-01

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cases out OF ten OF paupers, they are idle OF
drunken, abusive or thieving."
II such Is the fact, land the various examina
tons Of committees, reverend clergy, and over
seers proclaim it,) then it is easy for us to put
proper estimate upon those who are landed among
us IN the Atlantic cities, day after day, to prac.
tlse their old vices with fresh vigor, and in wider
fields of profit while they indoctrinate the youth
i Iof our country with their own corruptions and IN
4 fastening upon us the burden as well as the curse
OF a permanent and national pauperism, acquire
the same political rights that the most exemplary
the most virtuous, and the most patrioctic of our
own countrymen enjoy. .
That you may Judge how systematically pau
perism is conducted in England by the individual
to suit his own idleness and profigacy, and may
likewise say whether family habits, prejudices,
and ideas OF relative rights acquired by such a
people can be changed, or are suited to the con.
dltion OF American citizens when the professors
OF them remove to this country, extract the fol-
lowing. It is statement from actual observa.
non, by the Rav. Mr.. Stone, of Christ Church
Splalfields. as exempliied in his own parish
A young weaver of twenty-five marries a
servant girl OF nineteen, and the consequence is,
the prospect of family. We should presume,
under ordinary circumstances that they would re-
would calculate upon the expenses Of an accouch-
ment, and prepare for them in the interval by
strict economy and unremtting industry. No
such thing. II is the good fortune of our couple
to live in the district Of Spitafelds and it is i'm
possible to live there without Witnessing the ex-
ertlons of many charitable associations To
these, therefore, they naturally look for assistance
on every occasion. -@ ..
" They are visited periodically by member
Of the District Visiting Society," 1t is the
object OF this society to inquire into the condition
OF the poor, to give them religious advice, and
occasional temporal relief, and to PIT them in
the aoay Of obtaining the assistance of other
charitable institutions. TO the vsiter of this
institution the wife makes known her situation,
and states her inability to meet the expense Of
an accoucheur. The consequence is, that from,
him, through his recommendation, on under his
aarecfions, she obtains a ticket either for the
Lying-i@ Hospital, or for tile Royal Maternity
Society. BY the former of these charities she
is provided with gratuitous board, lodging, medi-
cal attendance, churchng, registry of her child's
baptism, &c. By the latter. she is accommoda-
ted with the gratuitous services Of midwife to
deliver her at her own home. ,...@~
delivered Of her child at the cost of the 'Roval
| IWattrnity Society," she is left by the midwife
out tHen She requires nurse, and for nurse,
Of course, she is unable to pay herself little
! exertlon, however, gets over this difficulty; she
sends to the district Uisfcr, to the minister, OF
TO some other charitable parishioner, and by
their interest with the purish officers she he has,
at last nurse sent to her from the work-house.
| But still she has many wants, and these, too, she
is unable to supply at her own expense. She
requires blankets, bed and body linen for herself,
and baby linen for her infant. With these she is
furnished by another charitable institution. Soon
after her marriage she had heard one of her
nelghbors say that she had been favored in no
less than fUe successive cOntinements with the
loan of the boz Of linen for herself and during her
conhnements she receives occasional visits and Pc
cuniary relief from female vister Of the charity.
By her she is kindly attended to, and THROUGH
her, or the district visiter, she is provided, in
case of fever or other illness, with the gratuitous
services of the parish apotheca,y, or Of some
other charitable medical practitioner in the dis
trict.
"At the end of the month she goes, pro fo,ma,
to be churched, and though perhaps, the bes
dressed female of the party, she claims exemp-
ton from any pecuniary offering, by virtue Of a
printed ticket to that effect, put into her hands
by the midwife of the Royal Maternity Society
"The child thus introduced into the world is
not worse provided for than his parents Oh
course he requires vaccination, or, in case Of
neglect, he takes the smallpox In either case
he is sent to the Hospital for the Casual Small.
pox and for Vaccination and by this means
costs his parents nothing.
! ale has the Measles the 'whooping cough
and other morbid affections peculiar to childhood.
In all these instances he has the benefit of the
City Institution for Diseases of Children
! "Indeed, from his birth to his death, he may
command any medical treatment. If his father
is a Welshman, he applies to the welsh Dis.
pensary;' il not, or he prefers another, he has the
Tower Hamlets Universal Dispensary,' the
London Dspensary,' and the City of London
Dispensary' In case Of fever, he is sent to the
''Fever Hospital For broken limb, or any
sudden or acute disorder, he is admitted into the
London or other public hospital For rash,
or any specific disease of the skin or ear, he is
cured at the London Dispensary; and, for all
morbid affections Of the eye, he goes either to the
same charity or to the London Ophthalmic In
Urinary In case of rupture, he has ticket for
the Rupture Society," or for the City of London
Truss Society," For pulmonary complaint, he
; attends the 'Infrmary for Asthma, Consumption,
and other Diseases of the Lungs and for scroiu-
la, or any other disease which may require sea-