The native American., 1838-05-12
FOREIGNERS IN CINCINNATI.

From the following communication, taken from paper
of that place, find that complaints have been raised by
the Natives against particular class of immigrants who
heretofore generally considered by the laad pecua
tors of the West great acquisitions to the country We
alude to the Germans. 1t appears, however, that the
rage for building towns and laying rairoad upon paper
plans has subsidized awhe to await the issue OF the long
pause made by the banks to specie payments and
accommodations these valuable and made citi
from the Scheld the Baltic and the German Ocean,
have retired from the rural spots and neighbooods where
those future towns to be, and have fallen back upon
their reserved rights the constitutional politician would
say; that the large towns, such Cincinnati where
they have all other foreigners have in their minds
reserved to themselves the right of quarering in bad
times upon the natives either in the form of paupers
politicians.
brother Of their tribe undertakes to defend his
comrades from of the charges laid against them
body, but in doing admits that the Germans in that
part of the country divided into three classes two Of
which are "gnorants and .renegades, while he
tends that those Of the third class make good citizens.
Now it has been the policy OF every nation in Europe,
for centuries TO multiply the producveness of the in
dnsty its people, as to furnish the means of an in
dependent livelihood and thus prevent both proaigacy
and pauperism.
In this country the notion Of political liberty, which is
to spread its benefits the whole world is now finding
reciprocity from the needy recipients Of any doctrine
that tends lessen honest restrans and hence you find
them crowdng upon us, and reversing the order of poll
tcal economy by augmenting numbers beyond the
rates of the increase of Besides this, as
general evil violate another rule of national policy
which s 10 diminish the vagrans and thereby lessen the
burthens which vice and cnlpabe poverty always impose
upon the orderly part of society In the article referred
to- snpposing the vndicator to be correct and that one
third of the emgrants make valuable citizens it does not
follow that the virtues Of the few TO obterate the
crimes and evils Of the many. The two thirds who are
'renegades, ''runaways," are cast upon us as the
oa of the world to be purged attcnuated of their
vices in the ndscrminative admixture with better
counrymen.
We have, from the first, advocated this cause upon
principles Of self.protecton and national policy, and
without reference personal prejudces and the
investigate the subject the satisfied that
our security Republic, and interests as indi
vduas require that should, like those nations which
have had the experience of ages, confne our political
rights to ourselves and resist any practice that tends to
increase the number of paupers and bad subjects be-
yond the ordinary increase attendant upon the rapid ad
vance Of prosperous nation.
The poor charges in England, in the time of the first
James, were 6650OO pounds sterling; in the time of
Queen Anne they had increased to four millions Of pounds
snd they annually about nifty millions OF dollars
In the United States, but few years ago, the whole
number Of paupers $4,000 they exceed 100000
and the cost to the people above three millions of dol
lars annually while every day immigration adds to both
! the number and the tax.
Ina very short period shall have rates fixed upon
for the maintenance Of these foreign paupers which win
exceed the direct tax that odous though imposed
as derner resort f,r the prosecution of the last
When this burthen is revived it certainly will be, if
immigration not checked it will be then too late to
remedy the evil. and the people will look back in
prise at the supnrness which could witness the growing
evil day by day, and yet take means 10 arrest it.
Pauperism and crime, when incorporated into a
community OF its distinctive attributes
be eracated o the State by any means, legislative
or otherwise. II becomes, moral sense, species of
poypus which extends its roots or less over the
whole system and only be removed by actual excs-
ion.
This is remedy, which, though available in physical
matters, be employed by only upon paper, in the
present aegory. is Of cure however, which
had distant colonies where the poor could be sent aud
which the bad might be transported and in that way the
excison cutting off Of the vicious from the good has
been effected. Unfortunately have such loop
holes for redundant population: here, is fixed
adscriptus glebG
Tuscany, in former times sent her paupers and
victs to EbaFrance, to her southern frontiers the