Western statesman., 1845-01-25

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foluiiobe # The FOREIGN world were fo Lc
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inlli bod IN his rounirv vasf POOR honsc
Whirli foreign rnticns were ~ fll with their
neglected, ragged and dc.oIato tnnrcrs.
Our lihcrnilv has lccn nmrlG fed far beyond
The meaning end hopes of those good md
prca' men. They intended that the fcrv
hearted cffmI ions of hrman rights should
ccmr 10 this country and enjoy tho liberty
lor which their sons ,aiply ranted in their
native homcs, hot we have madc hropdcr
the gates they built up, and now extend
greeting 10 the scum and onScourings Of
the world.
il is we'll known that for many wears for
eian nations have hccn imriying the swel.
tering contents Of their iails and roor-hous-
es upon our shores. Paurcrs, vagrants
vagahondS, and villains Of every hue and
stamp are sent here TO plundcr 10 beg. and
to he ted nj our expense. The evil as
grown TO be enormous, and self preserva-
ton demands that il shall he checked!
The city Of Now York is taxed annually 10
the amount of S $4,000 for the support of IL
lien panrcrs and Migrants, and other sec. |.
tonS proportion. We have nodoubt that /
the people of the United States paw every
year many mi lions Of dollars 10 feed and
clolhe the vacabondS that come to us from
hevnnd the sea. lfthiS is the only wav in .
which an ASYLUM Tor the oppressed of all /
nations can he supported in this country.
we think the asylum system is most intol- |
erahle nuisance. Fan asylum for the op.
pressed means n poor house for pauperS and .
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sooner we renouncc it the better it will be
for us. No one objects 10 the immigration
into this country of honest. industrious, in.
telligent foreignous who will mot become
tax on the industry Of olW own citizens: hut
10 be overrun hv vile hordcS Of lazy. filthy,
heaSrly wretchcs, no will not work, who
beg thc earnings ofhoncsty, and piler them
whcncveV thcv get chance, is quite anolh-
cr thing. This evil. we say, has attained
Some steps must he taken to stop this vile
foreign flood, or we shall be drowned out
hv II.
We are glad TO observe that this subject
is aitractinGil eatcntion of those who most
seriously feel is evils. In the city OF New
York some efforts have been made hy the
TO suppress il, but they have not
vet been very successful. II is aScertalnPd
that more than twothirdS of the inmates OF
the an,shonSe in New York are foreign
raupcrs. What is tlue Of tie city is to q
extent true of all sections OF ,
he United States. Every where the char , ,
ties Of our people are invoked in behalf OF .
.he wrciches that have been sent from ior- ,
rign shores 10 an extent not required Tor
he support of American pauPeIs. One hall ,
If the thieves and line ienhS OF the beg
rarS in the country are foreigners. Not :
onIv our poor-houses but our prisons are !.
-ulI Of English, Irish, Dutch, French, and
Scotch scoundrelS. MS well as scoundrelS
rom every continent. State, and island in
The known world. And all these heggarS
yacrantS, ycoGndrelS, and vagaboudS areted a
md clothed at the expense OF honest Amer u
can citizens If this branch of The asylum c
vstem is moi speedily Iorped off by our 9
government, our atmosphere will become !
,as,iGerous with the exhaations of foreign ],
,ngabondi>m anc viainly, and every part u
# our social and political systems will be !'
often and corrupt beyond cure. Our ma n
ion is already The Botany Bay of the civil l'
.cd world, and il the sending of paupers and II
'iIIains hilher is not now checked by the .
government, the day will soon arrive when 0
he population Of our cities will be worse n
han that OF Port Sydney, scoundrelSm will
,e The fashion and a majority OF men will G
wear the badge Of rascality as negro dan $
lies wear their cambric, a thing TO brag Of c
IS well as 10 use. 5