The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-06-29

euIhpetitian which nsr lahur /, ill:- .
70 sustain yItk tie .ill,paid lsbaT -
Rarupe. While he euhsrant Le'
into Ameries ~ stout md. A..
hands supplies Tie gFeatest wsnl r.
neN coauiFg, winch 3 that Of 49,
gives Ealae 90 lAnd and EaCilit.t.s,t
execution of EVER spfsirs Of Dr;,.-
enterprise and public sark.
/ lam not insensible 10 The trnno,-
is<onvrnirnces which are Ia BE- .s..
against these advantages ON bnth -.
a the water. Nseh suffering ar,rnd.
the emigrant theft. on his passage ,sI
after bis arrival. II Is possible ~,
the ,slue IL our native labor NAV ~
been depressed By too sudden aud =,
tensiye supply from abroad; and Ia.
certain that our asslums and aims ha..
IS are crowded with ioreign inmat,.
and that the resources of public ana
private brnrvolence have been hea,I.
sdrawn upon. These are eon.ide,,hl.
evils. but the, have perhaps been i.
aggera'ed.
Ii must be remembered, in the 6r.,
place. that the immigration daily pou,.
ing IN from Eurupe is by no means j.
pauper immigration, On the contrar,
il is already regarded with apprrhen.
sion aboard. a. uccasioning great A.
stractinn 81 capital. II Is attended,
no doubt with an influx af foreig,
! pauperism In reference TO this. 4
believe your system Of public reliefis
. better here in New.York than ours
in Massachusetts. IN which, however
; We are making important changes. n
is said that, owing 70 some defect IN
: our system Or it, administration. ss
; support more than our share u need,
! foreigners. They are sent in upon i,
? from other States. New.York, as ths
= greatest seaport. must be exposed 10
4 similar burdea. However the evil
b ariHs. il may mo doubt be mitiga,ea
: b, sslieious legislation; and in the
!. tncaniime Massachusetts, aud New
: York might do much worse thing.
g with portion Of their surplus means
= than feed the hungry. eloihe the ma.
n Red. gave home To the stranger, and
IS kindle the spark of reason in the mind
. of the poor fore ign lunatic; even though
: that iuntic NAV have been (as | am
' ashamed Cor the credit &C humanity 10
! say has happened, SET on shore in night
|. from 'coasting vessel, and found in
/ the morning in the fields half dead
/" with cold, and hunger. and fright.
u But YOU say, "rhey are Foreigners
;. Well. do we owe no duties to foreign
y ers! What was the founder &C Virgil
!. mia, when poor Indian girl threw her.
u self between him and the war-club Of
y her father: What were the Pilgrim "a.
Tiers when The friendly savage.-if We
&c must call him so--met them with the
salutation Of Welcome, Englishmen;"
e /" They are Foreigners S-and suppose
y they are. Was not the country all but
'e ready wear on two ago TO plunge into
y a conflict with the military despotisms
q &c the east Of Europe, in order 10 re.
y dress the wrongs Of the oppressed "a.
e. ces who feed their fiocks ON the slopes
IN Of the Carpathians, and pasture their
70 herds upon the tributaries Of the Dan
rs abe; and do we talk Of the hardship ii
4. relieving destitute foreigners. whom
J the hand o. tiod had guided across the
= ocean and conducted taour doorsi
8 am not indifferent 10 the increase
ne &c the hubble burdens; but the time has
~ been when have felt little proud II
m the vast sums paid in the United
Us Slates for the relief Of peor emigrants
L from Europe. 1t is an annual SUM,
q, have no doubt, equal to the interest On
~ the fnrcigndrbt Of the States which have
- rcpudiated their obligations. When
" was ~ London. few wears ago, re-
oei,ed letter from one Of the interior
ne countries Of England, telling NE. that
III they had in their House Of Correction
al an American seaman, Tor person who
a pretended to be- who was both pauper
o. and rogue. They were DESTROYS Of be.
70 ing rid Of him, and kindly offered 70
y place him at my disposal. Although
q he di,l'aot bid falr.tobe very ,aluabl,
~ acquisition, wrote back that he might
a, be sent TO London, where he could be
OF shipped bv the American Consul to the
nc United States ventured TO add the
10 Suggestion, that If Her Majest,'s Min.
" lister at Washington were applied 70
ne in SIMILAR way by the Oyerseers o.
O. the Puor and Wardens Of the Prisons
no in the United States. he woukl be pref.
II " busilv occupied But 1 really ielt
or pleased, at time when my own little
L State Of Massachusetts vas assisting
's from ten to twelve kthousand destitute
9 British subjects annually, to be able 70
y relieve the British Empire Of the only
~ american pauper quartcred upon "
u Mr.. President and Gentlemen, my
or humble tale is told. Its first incident
y is Columbus. begging bread for hls
>. child at the gate OF convent. It's ias'
n finds YOU the stewards of this immense
ne abundance, the almoners of this more
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