Holly Springs gazette., 1845-01-10

From The Louisville Journal.
THE ADVANTAGES OF AN ASY
LUMFOR THE OPPRESSED OF
ALL NATIONS-FOREIGN PAU
PERs AND VAGABONDS OF
ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
When the Wings ofthe American Rev
oluton had by their valor achieved the IN
dependence of this nation, they rejoiced IN
their triumph, not only because 1t secured
to themselves and their descendants the bles
sings o. free government, but because they
had also secured an lum to which the
worshipers of liberty in all nations might
flee from oppression. By establishing an
asylum for the oppressed, those noble-hcart>
ed men did not mean that they had estab>
! lis sBed.;a sink islto which ali the wee and
poliuiions ofthe foreign world were to be
poured. Naen they talked OF temple OF
liberty and an asylum for the oppressed,
thew bv no means mean: that they had eS'
tab ished Ia this couary a vast poor-house
which foreign nations were to fill with their
| NEGLECTED.. ragged end dessolate paupers.
/ Our !iberalitY has been ampljhsd far beyond
/ the meaning aud hopes of those good and
/ GREAT aen. Thev intended that the fery|
/ hearted champions of human rights should
! come to this country and enjoy the liberty
/ for which their son s vainjy painted IN theiI
native homes. but we have made broader
The gates they built up, and now extend "a
greeting TO the scum and ofscourl9gs o
the world.
II is we'll known that for many years Tor
eirn nations have been emplying the swell
tering contents Of their jais and poor-hous
es uDon our shores. Psupers, vegrants
vaoabonds. and villains of every hue anC
stamp are sent here to plunder, to beg, ano
70 be fed at our expense The evil ha
crown to be enormous and seif>preservatloI
i demands that i: shall be checked! Th'
civ Of New York is taxed annually to th'
amount Of $3.50 600 for The support OF ali
en- manners and vagrants; aud other section
IN nfooorlon. We have no doubt that tn
neople ofthe Uaiied States pay every yea
many millions of dollars 10 feed and clo:h
the yacabonds that come TO US from bevon
: the sea. Ii this IS the only way Ia whlcI
} | an asylum for the oppressed OF all nation
> car be Supported IN this country, We tllnI
he ASYLUM system Is most lntolerable nu
sance. Ii any asylum for the oPpresse
means a peorrhouse Tor pauPers and nom
for yillainous taiterdemalIons, the soone
we renounce it the better 1t will be for U
No one objects 10 the immigration inso IA
+, country OF honest. industrious, Iateiligef
foeeiy9ers who wil not become tax o
tn. industry of our own cItlz ans; bat 10
= overrun by vile hordes OF lazy, filthy, beas
IL xrethes. who will not work. who be
Il me earnings of honesty. and pliier the'
n whenevef they get chance Is qii'e ano'
% er thing 1his evil, We say, has attalnt
!, maoaitude which forces attention TO
some steps must be taken to stop this vi
i fofeiop food or we shall be drowned out
i 1t.
i We are glad to observe that this subj
i Is attracting the attention OF those who me
i seriously feel its evils. In the city OF Ne
4 York some efofts have been made BY q
antbofi.ses TO suppress i. but they have n
= vet been very successful It's asceIiain
= that more than two.thIfds OF the inmates
= the a!fashouse in New York are foFel.
manners What Is true OF that city Is 10
= considerable extent true Ct all sections
- me limited States Everv-w here the cha
:. ties of cur people are invoked in behalf
> he vvrelches that have been sent from fc
- eion shores to an extent net required for |
support of AMERICAN paupers. One haii
he thieves and nine-tenths oftbe beggags
- the country are foreigners. Not only c
- poor-houses but our prisons are full OF Er
i;sh. Irish, Dutch. French. and Scot
:, scoundrels, az well as sceundrels from e
ru continent, State, and island in the kno