Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-11-13

tney came IN sight Of our coast "A German
writer has recently said in a New York paper,
that "such arrangements are making as iciit
send from three hundred to five hundred thou
sand Germans annually TO America" and he
adds, with emphasis, "srich body of people
are not TO bc overlooked or thrown into the
shade" II has been recently made subject
Of public and general fclicitation by British
writers, that the condition of the lower orders,
(as they term them, Of their population, has
been greatly iaprored, by the immigration to
the United States, Of thousands of the idle, lazy
and dissolute. The Encyclopedias Americana,
edited by a. foreigner, estimates the number Of
to this country annually, at from
three hundred and fifty to five hundred thou-
sand. In this estimate the London Encyclo-
pedia concurs, and urges the British govern
ment to send out a million a year, until the
proper depletion is made; and estimates the
cost to the government, at five pounds sterling
per head, for passage and provisions. Captain
the English traveller, who lately visit
ed America, and published journal Of his
travels, in describing the scene he witnessed on
board the ship in which he came over, uses the
following strong but honest language: What
cayyoes Of crime, folly, md recklessaess do zoe
yearly ship Off to Americar'
The Montreal Herald of December 22d, 1910,
contains the report of the "Intmigrant Com
n,ittee Of Montreal" and speech delivered in
that city on the 10th Of December, 1910, by
Or, Rolph, Ne accredited Emaigrant agent
" INC government Of Great Britain, " in which
some very interesting information is found. We
copy tho following facts and statements The
number of "poor Immigrants relieved" in
Montreal, from 1st January, 1910, to 9th Oc- (
tober, 1910, was 0,U07, out Of total immigra-
ton in that time Of 20, ,100! /" Government
(says the accredited agent has incurred an ex-
pensc Of $4,000, (or about $l7,500,) through
their immigrant officer in this city (MontreaD
in forwarding Gn ten months) poor Immigrants
to Upper Canada, to the number Of about 8, ,625."
"The number Of omigrants who have proceed
ed to Upper Canada at their 0loal expense is
about 7,0l8!n More paupcrs than solvents!
The remainder were employed in or about that
city, or went directly South to Vermont or NeD
York. Of the "poor immigrants relieved"
there were 322 natives Of England, 397 natives
Of Scotland, 10 natives of Germany, and s, IT'S!
natives Of Ireland OF these 9,5o7 no less than
1925 went up the Saint Lawrence toward Lake
Ontario, passing along the boundary between
Canada and the United States. How many Of
thon do you think, fellow w-citizens, remained IN
Caaadas Not five hundred! But hear the
committed:
"rhe committee cannot close this report
without pressing upon the attention of the
British government and its ehaigraat agents,
as nell as upon ensigrdnt assoc ciations, i, Great
Britain and ireland, and tho emigants them
selves, the incalculable importance of selecting
good vessels for their conveyance across the
Atlantic" Do foreign governments facilitate
emigration or aots What though the British
government and cmigrant associations, and
emigrant agents in Great Britain, profess that
they wish to people Canada in these measures /?
The fact is daily and hourly attested by the
focking Of this class Of persons from Canada
to the United States, that the main purpose of
Britain is 10 get rid Of their burden. And
who can doubt that thousands upon thousands
are also sent directly to the United States by
that government and those associations, as well
as by other European goycrnmentss The
funds are furnished by an wnkaown hand
foreign countries get rid Of those classes Of
persons who are a burden and nuisance TO
them, and Amer.ica is the general receptacle
Of European pauperism and crime! The "ac-
credited ernigrant agent Of the government Of
Great Britain" in speaking of the peculiarly
fortunate location of Montreal says: Con
nected with Europe by the ocean, and with the
larger portion Of the continent Of America by
place between the East and the West the high
way and thoroughfare to both" A most eligi-
bic position, truly, for British emigrant
agent to occupy, to distribute the means Of
sending the pdupers and criminals Of Great
Britain up the St Lawrence, into these States y
Fcllow-citizens, just cast your eyes over the
map Of Canada, and the States bordering upon
the St Lawrence and the lakes, and the eGgi.
bility Of Montreal for the location Of such an
agent will be perfectly manifest!
At the New York State prison, located at
Sing Sing, II tappears, by recent official report
there were about 800 conyicts, of whom SOB
are Foreigners In the Boston house of refuge
there were admitted in one year S66 paupers,
Of whom 516 were foreigners. In the charity
hospital Of New Orleans, there were admitted
in eleven months, ending 3lst Of October last,
lin one Of three hospitals,) 4,371 persons, Of
whom 1927, (or nearly five to one were for
cigiers. In the Bellevue hospital, New York,
there were admitted in one year. 0S2 foreign
ers, and 227 natives, or four foreigners TO one
native. On the LIST of May, as2T, there were
in the alms-house, New York, nearly ], 400
paupers, Of whom upward of 1000 were for
eigners. In the hospital at Saint Louis, the
proportion of foreigners 10 natives, admitted
during the year 1640, was about four to one
In the last nine months, 247 foreigners and
sixty-fve natives have been sent there by one
authorized officer. The orpense Of pdttpers 10
the corporation Of Soint Louis is about ten
honsand dollars annually. Governor Seward,
Of New York, in his message, communicated
to the Legislature on the 9TH Of January last
past, states that, "of tho 1868 children In
the alms-house Of New York city, one-sixth
part is of American parcntagc, onc-sixth was
born abroad, and tho remainder are the chill
drcn Of foroignersi"
Fellow-citizens we deem il unnecessary to
pursue this investigation. Enough is pre-
sented here TO satisfy the most sceptica, that
foreign governments "send cut their pdupcrs
and the worthless portion of their population,
and that they are making this country tho
common sewer Of the world'
VIII you consent that your "own glorious
heritage" shall become "a by-word among the
Are you content that the idle, vile,
and vicious Of MI Europe shall find an abode
in this hitherto favored landg That there
should be some paupers and criminals among
voluntary emigants would excite no surprise
or alarm; but that in a large and general pop
ulation, where the natives bear the proportion