The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-31
Emigration.

1.-The influx OF immigrants at New YORK con-
tIues 10 average hard on TO 900 per CAV. The
number arrived last week amounted 20 trifi-
short of 5.2--. Amongst the arrivals on Tues
day. numbering $40, were a wretchrd lot. BY the
Ceylon, from Greenock, which arrived with PSI
besides whom, 81 died on the passage. and 100
were down sick with ship fever on reaching quar-
antine."-An Exchange.
IN Boston, much opposition has been mani
Tested 10 the landing of emigrants. Mob vio-
lence was threatened in one instance. A public
meeting also held at Charlestown. Nassa-
chusetts, the Mayor presiding, at which it was
resolved 10 take all legal measures TO cause all
paupers, having no legal settlement in the State,
TO be conveyed to the country where they be-
long.
| /; There is something to US revolving in these
movements. Boston munifcently sends the
jamestown TO Ireland 10 feed the poor Of tina,
country, paying the charges of transportation,
&c, but when a few of these wre;ched people
come TO our shores, would drive them back TO
starvation and death. One is tempted 10 sus-
pect charity which delights in giving bread TO
the starving in Cork, and stone TO the poor emf
| grant at Boston Benefeenee on IA large scale, un-
der the broad eve of the world, has its reward Of
/ men, but who shall reward the aims giver, when
Spectators are..absent We sent bread 10 Ire
land. at a heavy expense TO revive the life Of the
destitute, and their reinvigoraied energies are
| then expended in their own country. But,
when they come TO cur shores, and give us an
| opportunity OF feeding them, without an Incl
dental expenses. we rudely repel tHem. although,
if renewed in strength, their labor wouid become
| the property CT our country, thus repdying the
| temporary GU tlay for the supply of their imnc-
diate wants. Selfishness is no less shallow than
heartless. Right glad are We, for the honor of
the nation, that the base attempts referred 10 are
confined TO two or three places.
One thing should not be forgotten. While
many destitute persons may be brought TO our
ports, if proper measures be taken. they will not
| long continue helpless; besides, there are many
men who come with ample means, adding in
every way greatly to the wealth of the country.
| The project of removing the poor emigrant Is
to the unoccupied rich lands of the far West, is
noble one. Were the policy of granting ne
cessary Do rtion of the public lands TO lsndless
men adopted by the Government, the work
would be- comparative easy All that would
then he required would be, the means of removal
| and a small outfit and these could easily be
provided BIZ suitable organization. A national
society for the aid of emigrants, with branches
in every State. ought 10 Do established, SO that
the burden might be equally distributed. Some
thing Of this kind must ere long be devised
| The excess Of population In Europe will go on
increasing the tide Of emigration TO this coun-
try will augment. To attempt 10 check 1t will
be cruel, short-sighted, absurd. The earth IS
given to men for a habtation, and it is theiI
right TO distribute themselves its surface as
| they please The New World must be occu-
pied, az the Old has been. Justice, humanity
sound policy, dictate that We should provide in
time for the comfort and substantial improve
ment of aliens, conducting them from the cities
and seaporss. where they must corrupt and be
corrupted, and drag ont a miserable, squalid ex-
istence, to the boundless valleys Of the West
where the land anxiously awaits the hand Of the
husbandman. In this way, let the earth be peo-
pied, throughout its length and breadth. 50
long as IL snail stand, the seasons will not fail
nor will the land refuse its harvests. The earth
was once drowned in a flood, and Inspiration
has announced its future destruction by fire
but nowhere are We taught that men are to oe
starved to death on its exhausted bosom.
l Nat. Era.