The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-10

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day There conaaed to his sole Judgment and faith
fuiness the power OF demanding or dispensing with
heavy bonds Of indemnity and Of adjusting the commu.
tstion tax thousands Of dollars higher or lower on
reorganization Of this board Is recommended causing
and acting as check on one another '''
The question to the best method OF caring
alien paupers Ia one Of great moment. Until May last
all paupers unable to labor and having settlement
within the State taken charge Of by the various
towns where they happened to be, which towns re-
ceived from the Commonwealth forty nine cents per
week for adults twenty eight cents for children and
an additional discretionary remuneration for luna
tics and those sick with contagious diseases.
the system, and to erect State almshouses where
oil alien paupers should be sent and provided for at
the cost of the Commonwealth. In May, 1854 the
buildings, four in'number, were ready for occupaucy
and the change took place.
The chief benefits OF the system are the sspara-
ton Of foreign paupers from our American poor,
and the avoidance oil constant conflict between the
town and State authorities to the amount Of CON-
pensaton, which led TO appeals the Iegis-
lature, and the waste Of much Of Its valuable time
Its greatest defect besides the large outlay for the
necessary lands and bulldogs the greatly increased
cost to the State OF supporting their inmates the ex
pense 20 the community however, may not DO greater
now than before. The additional cost, beyond the
per capita paid by the State, fell the towns former
ly, but the State treasury sustains the Shole.
without deciding the question whether the change
the whole desirable concerning which there is great
difference of opinion 1t is certain that the new system
should be fairly tested. II also present duty
TO see II any legislation is needed to improve econo
OF Inspectors will be land before you at early day. and
will doubtless contain valuable suggestions.
The cost OF the new almshouses has been Sal 1853.
The eddces poorly built badly ventilated and heated
faulty in their plan of construction provided with
needful supply of water and, unesa very considerable
outlay 10 made them, will be in a shor. time in a
ruinous condition. They are credit to the state.
They have no suitable workshops and from twenty to
thirty stoves and furnaces situated In each main
building, rendering the danger OF fire very great
Industry should be rigdly enforced ali who are able
to perform the ghtest species Of labor both for
aad n the aft hair
support; whether agricultural mechanical stry
should mainly be attended to- the Legislature will
mine Sufficient workshops should be provided, and So
parate buildings for cooking the fire. Of which might be
sufficient for laundry purposes and to heat the main edi
one can think OF a coneagratiou breaking out Ia
one of them, flied with six eight hundred per.
sons, many OF whom are aged sick lame blind, with
out shudder.
Your udicious but decided action on the important
subjects thus briefly stated viii necessarily be felt be-
yond the limits Of Massachusetts, 1t will affect the To-
gsation Of other States and to extent probably
influence the proceedings OF Congress itself We wish
army Amercanized, our navy nationalzed We wish
the restriction to BIRTH applicable to the Office
Of President extended to members OF the Cabinet
Congress- to the Judges Of the Supreme Court, all
diplomatic representatives abroad We desire vital
amendment of the naturaliza alton laws, and uniform
requirement Of twenty years residence the United
States before the elective franchise Is conferred upon
aliens We wish stringent national laws regarding mmi
grafton, the imposition of uniform and sufficient capt.
times that sum The most rigid economy should be in
sisted on enforced by every check and restriction your
wisdom may deem desirable. Every advantage o. the
market should be taken In purchasing supplies, and
suggest for your consideration whether advertising for
proposals. the appointment of agent for
all the State institutions light not be desirable There
Is reason TO believe that the average cost week has
been considerably enhanced by circum stances natural
at FIRST, and that II can be hereafter material
duced
But partial means OF information have been within
my reach during the limited time at my disposal have
plainly spoken my present convictions and ii is but
Just 10 ADJ they may De modified by further nvestga
ton. renewedly recommend the whole subject of the
support and occupation OF the alien paupers TO your
pecial attention.
The average per week 70 the State under the old
system about forty cents for each person but the
first months under the has nea ry three
tat tax and the universal deportation of criminals
and paupers shipped 70 shores. These and other
reforms can only be consummateo through American
President and an American Congress Your harmony
judgment, and firm adherence TO principle needs
have no uncomfortable in influence Fastening this
suit
The question of temperance viii naturally receive
your deliberate considera ton The evils of ntempe.
force themselves the ate ntion Of oyey spto-
man. They appear at the bar Of our eours-they cry
aloud from prisons, ials and hospitals, and the
wailings Of our lunanc asyums their voices They
drain treasury and swell the long catalogue Of pau
pesisn and suffering They universally recognized
legitimate object for legislation They clam the
deep attention of he awgiver, well Of the phi
lanthropist.
Our supreme Court tribunal that has the just con.
6dence o. all having pronounced unconstitutional
no On our Esea,
they Be either Tspssiei Or amended. N-'
national party in their last Presidential Convention in
disregard too Of the pledges Of the President In his In
aagufa Address sectional issues have been rsopened by
the wanton violation OF pghted national faith the
part Of Congress and the Executive In The repeal Of the
Missouri Compromise, which fixed northern limit 10
The extension Of slavery The first result or this per-
pcious action was to shock the moral ent OF tho
community and 10 excite fears that AL consttu tonal
and legal barriers against the diffusion OF this acknow
lodged evil would rom time TO time be swept away. r.
has moved mems minds at the North 70 an extent
no other political occurrence has done within the
memory OF the present generation. It's ultimate
effect win and should be 20 determine us, by the
consideration of every sacred and holy duty nfuly
demand the restoration Of this broken compact and
ealously guard each and every right that belongs to
Massachusetts,.
While acknowledge feaity 70 the constitution
and the laws the orepeated cry OF herads
real danger While honestly concede the
duties evoked by the articles Of confederation
will preserve invioate the State rights retained for
each sovereign member OF that conederacy. With fra
ternai feelings TO all her sister states and ia devotion
TO their common parent yet with acknowledged rights
and determination that they be maintained, there
stands Massachusetts,
OF those tights the two cardinal the habeas
corpus and the trial by jury II IL submitted 20 your
del berations whether additional legislation Is required
to either OF these 10 fellow citizens Scrupu
lousy avoid such action asserts looks the main
tenance Of any rights not clearly and constutionay
ours but every safeguard you justly may round
those primal birthrghts older than national birth
day, and dear as its continued existence.