The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-10-27

- greeting to the scar aud oDse0@rtnss II
II rOrfd.A Sf FE5 @N@
II II is we'll known TINT for many years fore
nations have been emptying the swELTkR
is M OUR SHORES. PAUPERS, VAGRAN1
% VAGABONDS and VILLAINS or EVE
:. HUE AND SHAPE ARE SENT HERE TO PLuNDl
. TO REG, AND BEFED AT OUR EXPENSE. I
- evil has grown to be enormous, and selt-prest
vation demands TAATI SHALL BE CHEeKE
a The city OF New York is taxed annually To I
amonnt OF $l50,00O for the support OF all
: paupers and vagrants; and other sections
L proportion. We have no doubt that the peoI
n Of the United States pay every year many mi
. iDns Of dollars TO feed and clothe THE vAGABoS
THAT COME TO Us FROM BEYOND THE SEA.
: this is the only way in which asylum for Il
: oppressed Of all nations can be supported IN II
4 lcanntry, WE THINK THE ASYLU
, ISYSTEM is A MOST INTOLERABL
NUISANCE. If an asylum for the oppresst
means A POOR HOUSE FOR PAUPER
AND A HOME FOR VILLAiNOUS TAT
DENOMINATIONS, THE SOONER w
RENOUNCE 1T, THE BETTER IT Will
| BE FOR rs. No one objects 10 the immigr;
ton into this country of honest, Industrious, il
telligent foreigners who will not become tn
on the industry Of our own citizens: but to
IOVERRUN BY VILE HORDES Of LAZY
FILTHY AND BEASrLY WRETCHEs
WHO WILL NOT WORK, VINO BEG THE EARN
INGs OF HONEST INDUSTRY, AMI PILFER THE,
| WHENEVER THEY GETA CHANCE, Is QUITE AN
OTHER THING. This EVIL, we say, has attain
ed magnitude which forces attention to il -
THIS VILE FOREIGN FLOOD, or we shall
be drowned out bv it,
| We are glad to observe that this subject is at
| tracing the attention Of those who most seri-
| ousy feel it's evils. In the CITY If New Yorl
| some efforts have been made by the authorize.
to suppress 1t. but they have not yet been very
successful 1t is ascertained that more than
two-thrds Of the inmates in the alms-honse il
New York, are foreign paupers. What is true
Of that city, is, to a considerable extent, true oil
all sections Of the United States. Every where
the charities Of our people are invoked in behali
OF the wretches that have been sent from for
eign shores, to an extent not required for the
support of American paupers. ONE HALF
OF THE THIEVES. and NINE-TENTHS
OF.THE BEGGARS IN THE COUNTRY.
ARE FOREIGNERS. Not only our cs,r
houses but our prisons are FULL OF ENG.
LlSH, IRISH, DUTCH, FRENCH and
SCOTCH SCOUNDREl.S, AS WELL AS
SCOUNDRELS FROM EVERY Continent,
STATE, AND ISLAND In THE KNOWN WORLD
And all these BEGGARS, WARRANTS.
SCOUNDRELS, AND VAGABONDS arr
ted and clothed at the expense OF honest Amer
lean citizens. If this branch of the ASYLUM is
not speedily Topped off by our Government.
OUR ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME
WITH THE EXHALA,
TONS OF FOREIGN VAGABONDISM
AND VlLLAlNY, AND EVERY PAKr OF OUR
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SYSTEM WILL DE ROTTEN
AND CORRUPT nEYoND CURE. Our nation /
Ii lry fJ.nR Rata De-. - a
and it the sending Of Paupers and villains hther
is not now checked by the government, the day
will soon arrive when the population of our
cities will be worse than that Of Port Sydney
Scoundresm will be the fashion, and malnrt,
of men will wear the badge Of rascality, as me-
gro dandies wear their cambria, thing to brag
of as well as for USE
We see it stated that one of the German
towns lately emptied the contents of its work
house, men and WON n, boys and girls the halt
The lame, and the blind, victims of crime, some
without ears, some armless, some legless, from
The scum to the dregs, to the United States =
The success Of this experiment upon our system
will no doubt, lead to many similar experiments
md we 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 CAR
GOES OF LIVE STOCK, EVER EXAM
NED BY EYES THAT LOVE TO STUDY
ZOOLOGY, RATHER IN LARGE MASS
Is THAN IN DETAIL. |. is we'll known
hat the United States are greatly indebted To
he enterprise Of England and ireland for many
hip loads, schooner loads and sloop loads Of
hese RARE SPECIMENS OF HUI MAINLY.
n which the poor houses Of those benign ceun
ries abound. Now if our asylums were muse.
inns, these specimens of humanity would be
nva'uabieN and we should have the richest col
ection ever seen. We do not know how i,
'appcns, but the SPECIMENS OF FOREIGN PAU.
'Eks THAT WE HAyEsEEN ARE TIE OLDEST
nd ngfiest things that rrer east shad0,cs in the |
mn They are meiier than hyenas, Juckals.
irzsfy Bears, Brasitian .4pes, or am other
larm,nts. To preserre the Symmetry of til. |
fmertcan stoch,n IS necessary to keep these
orcign Peppers and rdga5onds at Home
Americans are now fine looking n,orals As |
hey walk along in the sunshine, they !
AXE pleasure in contemplating the handsome |
had"ws that accompany them. But il the |
oregn tide is not stopped, intermixture will, by
he force OF some nscru'abIe law of population, |
hat we not Malthusan enough L. under
tand, take place, and handsome shadows will |
lot be seen. We pray Hcaren that our poster
" may not be afflicted acith such squirting md
|ncertatn eyes=-sscA broad, fat, Cicer0nian
oses-Sarh bOundieSs, all derouriag .Nouths-
ucA Ill hung and irregular shoulders-such
ntapering, 6miging oM acasts-Sueh bundy
rocked, knock kneed, parenthctical iegs-such
ands, and such feet, as Foreign paupcrs cnjoy
he indisputa6te proprietorship cf
The British arc most heavenly minded PEG |
lie indeed. They pour out tempests of s,ghs |
nd oceans of tears over the hard lot of human |
". Their poor law system does not work we'll |
4 ~.
p,sh well 10 the VICTIMS OF POVERTY, AND |
THEREFORE TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN SHIP. |
ING LOADS OF THEM TorAKE UP THEIR ABODE |
n OUR FAR FAMED ASYLUM FOR THE OPPRESSED |
they look upon our asylum as the greatest and |
most benefcent discovery of modern times, and |
akeGreat interest in promoting knowledge OF
- ~ Testing its virtues Unless our gov |
RUDELY iNFERFERES with the |
peratiens Of their phia lthropy, we shall have |
he pleasure Of feeding and clothing all their |
'aupers. We HOPE OUR GOVERNMENT WILL
AXE UPON ITSELF THE IUry GIVING NOTICE
o THESE PHlLANrHRoPIsrs THAT OUR |
ASYLUM is FULL, THAT IT'S DOORS |
ARE SHUT, ,BlLTED, BARRED, AND
UP, THAT THE KEY is |
THROWN AWAY, AND NO ADMIT
lance is INSCRIBED OVER IT'S POR-
TAILS.
AhSiS aic 0HSa W laws dSainSt the etDptyl1g
# foreign poor houses into our blessed asylum,
'ut they are easily evaded. The penalty for
anding paupers is got clear of by registering
hem under false names. and, when the shippers
ire called on to account for the vagrancv OF
passengers, they produce their list OF
names, and thus give evidence of their limo
,ence of the charge. In this way the guilty
escape. Recently load of paupers from some
English or Irish poor house was sent back TO
heir anxious friends at home, much, it is to be
,oped, to the Joy Of their old acquaintances-
Dun ASYLUM, THANK HEAVEN, HAS ONE SHIP
DAD FEVER OF 1.-THE OPPRESSED OF FOREIGN
CATIONS" AND OUR NEXT PREsIDENrAL con-
FEST MUST BE SETTLED WITHOUT THEIR WHOLE
SOME INTEREST AND VOTES INIT.
SCOTS SPEECHES.
81 love that rich brogue, and the foreign Ger
nan accent"
AMY business is to establish military hospi
al
~ have heard the rich Irish brogue several
ines"
"My object. gentleman, is to establish mill
arv hosnital -