The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1855-10-06

uuSinS hllSclt UetWeen your Cnliuren ana
the American party. 5fIuHHE
One word more before I leave this head
and then have done with it. It is the
darkness Of night which brings out the lus.
tre Of the stars. So it is the darkness of
state that brings gloriously to view the
noble Of her sons. If Massachusetts has
sunk herself to the foot of the sisterhood
of states, those sons Of hers who have stood
by the Constitution and laws Of tho land,
through long years of fanatical clustering,
have placed themselves high above all the
republicans Of the Union. They have
been tried by fire. and found pure. Immor-
tai honor be their reward
We now turn our attention to the policy
Of the war against foreigners.
It's not true that every immigrant is a
pauper. 1t is not true, as have supposed
that tenth, or even twentieth OF them
are paupers. But let us suppose that the
Ipauper immigrants, are to the thrifty, as |
TO 19. Then as we have seen, If tho 10
brought into the country with them, moth
ing but their industry, it would be bad pol
icy to exclude them. But they bring more.
They bring talents in every department Of
science; many Of them heavy mercantile
capital; many the means Of establishing
themselves in the several pursuits; and al
most oil Of them bring some money in their
pockets. Every dollar that they bring
with them is just SO much wealth added to
the country without labor. A thousand
recently arrived in New York who brought
with them over $4,000 TO be upon ,in-
disputed ground, we will suppose that each
sound foreigner brings with him but the
half of that sum--Sl70OO. | put down
the whole number of foreigners who have
come to this country from 1887 to this
date august, 1869 at but 3000,OO0.-
From this number deduct the paupers, l57,-
894, and we have Of sound 2,S42,1 who
have added to the actual capital Of the
country $4S,315,S02, or $71O,526 per an
mum upon an average. Now the average
expense Of pauper for a period Of eight
years in Massachusetts, is not quite dol
lar week. But compute il dollar. The
numbers of paupers who have come into
the country is on an average 1922 Ground
numbers.) Their expense per annum, is
Sl2O, 744. This amount subtracted from
the sum brought into the country by the
sound, leaves $589,882 per annum clear
gain to the country by immigration. In
the year ending 3Oth September, 184s,
there came to the United States from abroad
by ship alone. 229,492. OF these, 1868
were natives, leaving of foreigners 226,.
524. The males were to the females, in,
round numbers, as 1876 to 93--the children
under 10 years Of age, 52,213. Deduct
ing these last from the whole number, leaves
l74,3l1. From this take the paupers, o.
ia, and we have l65, 1877 capable of To-
Dor. suppose their labor to be worth
but ten cents per day over their support.
and we have $l6,5l3 per day, or $5,188,-
500 per annum excluding Sabbaths. Three
millions of foreigners in 68 years, gives an
average of 44,ll7 per annum. Now If all
the foreigners who came to the country in
ls4s. (229,492) give $5,18s,580 nett per
annum, what will 44,117 give per annum? ?
Ans. 1903, 593, or $67 ,564 1924 in 6s years.
10 the annual profits of labor (993,503)
add the cash annually brought in, $71O.-
5l5, and We. have $1,7O4, 10 nett profits
Of immigration per annum, or $115,88OO02
in 68 years, counting no interest or accu.
mutations. Nearly all this wealth h indus
Try goes north to be sure, and we gain by
It only in the way of trade--in its enhan.
,ing the demand for our productions, and
the articles which we get in
N exchange for them. Now what are we
10 think Of the heads Of the people, who
would fling away this vast, and not half
Iold treasure, to get rid of the pauperism
hat accompanies it? Nearly the whole
'f the pauperism falls on the North-the
only burden which she has not managed to
ling upon our shoulders. And we, good,
,asy souls, who have helped to burden our.
'elyes with most of the expenses of the go,
'ernment for nearly forty years, are now
moving, heaven and earth to relieve her of
his petty charge! What alittle the south
loes bear of it, falls almost exclusively up-
IN Catholic Orleans; and upon the inhab-
tants of this city, Know Nothing opposi-
ion is expending its greatest force. How
ong will our peopleAbe duped, degraded,
md impoverished by Yankee sophistry,
laring, duplicity and cunning. Look what
n arm OF strength we are looping off when
ve cut off foreigners. Their children are
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