The daily union., 1852-10-08
Picture OF Foreigners, by the Editor OF the
Louisville Journal, the CHIEF Fugleman for

zen scott.
Read il. and ponder il WELL we say 10 all natarazed
citlzens, before you vote.
lFrom uae Loaisyills Journal bee. TO- ls44l
THE ADVANTAGES or AN ASYLUM YoR THE OPPRESSED
of ALL hAfioNs-foREIGR PAupERs AND vAGABoRDs or
ALL DLseRiProSs-Whe the wings OF the American
isVouon mad by their yaor achieved the independence
ol hls naon, they reloiced in their triumph, only
because u secured 10 themselves and their descendants
me blessings oil ree government but because they had
also secured an asylum 10 which the worshppeTs of b
erty IN all nations might flee from oppression By esiab
fishing an asylum or the oppressed those noble
men did not mean that they lad established sink into
were 10 be poured When they talked OF a temnle OF
Liberty and asylum for the oppressed, they by no
means mean, that they had established in this county
vast poor house which foreign nations were TO fill with
Their neglected, ragged. and dissolute paupers. 0u
lberaliiy has been amplihed far beyond the meaning
and hopes OF those good and great men They intended
mat The merry hearted champions OF human rights should
come 10 THIS country and enjoy the liberty for which
their souls vainly painted in their native homes, but we
have made broader the gates they built up. and now
tend greeting 10 the scum and oscourngs OF the world
IL is well known that for many years foreign nations
have been emptyng the swelteng contents OF their ias
and PooI-houses upon our shores Paupers vagrants
vagabonds and villains OF every hue and shape sent
here TO punder, TO beg and to be fed at expense
The evil has grown 70 be enormous. and sef-peserva
ton demands that it shall be checked The city of New
York is taxed annually to the amount OF $3.50 the
support OF alien aupers and yagrants and other sections
10 proportion We have no doubt that The people Of the
United States pay every Year many millions OF dollars TO
feed and clohe the vagabonds that come to us from be-
yond the sea- II this is the only way in which an asy-
un for the oppressed OF all nations be supported in
this country we think the asylum system inol.
cradle nuisance. II asylum for the oppressed means
poor house for pauers and home for vllanous latter
demalions the sooner we renounce IT the better will be
Tor US. No one objects 10 The immigration into this
try OF honest, Industrious intelligent foreigners who will
not become tax on the industry OF our own citizens
but to be oyerrun BY vile hordes of lazy filthy beasy
wretches, who will not work. who beg the earnings OF
honest industry, and pfer them whenever they get
chance quite another thing This evil say, has
tanned magnitude which forces attention it. Some
steps must be taken TO stop this vile foreign flood or we
shall be drowned out by il. # 3m
We are glad 10 observe that this subject is attracting
In the city Of New York efforts have been made by
the authorities to suppress it, but they have yet been
very successful II ascertaned that than t thirds
egn paupers What true Of that city is, consider
able extent, true OF all sections OF The United States
Everywhere the charities of people are invoked in
behalf of the wreches that have been sent from foreign
shores TO an extent not required for the support OF
American paupers. One.ha Of the thieves and nine.
tenths OF the beggars in the country foreigners No,
only our poor-houses but our prisons full of Eng
sh, Irish, Dutch French and Scotch scoundrels as well
scoundrels from every continent Sate and island in
the known world. And all these beggars, vagranls,
scoundrels and vagabonds fed and clothed al the
expense OF honest American citizens. # this branch of
the asylum is not speedily Topped of by government
our atmosphere will become peserous with the exhaa
ons OF foreign vagahondsm and vlany, and every part
OF social and political systems will be rotten and cor
rupt beyond cure Our nation is already the Botany Bay
OF the civilized world and the sending of paupers and
villains hther is not now checked by the government
the day will arrive when the population OF our cities
will be worse than that of Port Sydney, scoundrelism
will be the fashion, and majority OF men will wear
the badge OF rascay negro dandies their cam
brio, a thing TO brag OF as well as for use.
We see it stated that of the German towns lately
emped the contents of its work khouse, men and women
boys and girls, the halt, the lame, and the blind the VIC
tins OF crime, some without ears, some armess and
Others egless from the scum 10 the dregs, into the Uni
ted States The success OF this experiment upon
aev eyx lem xyI N Iaad In
perments, and may confidently expect in The course OF
few years, that all The ships that come from over the
ocean will bring TO us the most strangely assorted cargoes
Of live stock examined by eyes that love to study
zoology rather in large than in detail Ii is well
known that the United States greatly indebted to the
enterprise Of England and Ireland for MANY shp loads
schooner loads and soop loads OF these rare specimens
OF humanity in which the poor houses OF those benign
countries abound Now, il our asylums were museum,
these specimens OF humanity would be invaluable and
should soon have The richest collection ever seea
We do not know how il happens but the specimens OF
foreign paupes iha, we have the oldest and ug
les things that cast shadows the SUM- They are
uglier than hyenas, ackals, grizzly bears Brazilian
apes or any other varmnts To preserve the symmetry
Of The American stock, II is necessary TO keep these
foreign paupers and yagabonds at home Ameri-
cans now 6ne looking mortals As they walk
along in the sunshine they take pleasure in con-
templatng the handsome shadows that accompany
them But il the foreign tide is stopped internix.
tue will by the force OF some inscrutabe law Of popula
ton that we not mallhusan enough 10 understand
take place, and handsome shadows will not be seen
with such squirting and uncertain eyes such broad,
fiat, uncceronlan noses such boundless, all.deyoung
mouths such ihung and irregular shouders such
uniaperlng, bulgng out waists; such handy, crooked
knock kneed parenhetical legs such hands and such
feet as foreign psupers enjoy the indsputibe propre
torshp OF.
The British are most heavenly minded people indeed
They pour out empess OF sighs and tears over
the hard lot OF humanity Their poor law system does
not work WELL and they greatly distressed hefeat
They wish well to The victims OF poverty and therefore
take great pleasure in shipping loads OF them 10 take up
their abode in our far famed asylum fer the oppressed
They leok upon asylum the greatest aud most be-
ne6cen discovery OF modern tmos and take great inter
est IN promoting knowledge al II and in testing its vr.
tues Unless our government rudely nterfees with the
operations Q their philanthropy we shall soon have the
pleasure Of feeding and clothing all their paupers We
hope government will take upon itself the duty OF
giving notice 10 these phanhropsts that our asyam Is
full that lis doors shut bolted, barred aud locked
up, tina, the key is thrown away, and 'No admtance
is inscribed over its portals
There already laws against the emptyinE OF foreign
poor-houses into blessed asylum but they easily
evaded The penalty Tor landing paupers is got clear OF
by registering them under false names and when the
shippers called on TO account Tor the vagaDcy OF par
ueula passengers, they produce their list OF names and
thus give evidence OF their innocence OF the charge In
this way the guilty escape Recently load Of paupers
from English Irish poor house was sent back 10
their anxious friends at home, much, is be hoped 10
the Joy OF their old acquantances Our asylum thank
Heaven, has shipl load fewer OF the oppressed OF
foreign na,ons, and next presidential contest must
be settled without their wholesome interest and votes
in IT,