New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-13
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An astirte bearing tho above csptiou appears Ia our
columns this meruing We ask for candid and thu
rough perusa We wish see 1t studiously pondered
upon by the native, well the adopted citizen 1t Ia
mildly written and he offensive to save those
beiugs and their intimate friends, who
lok upon the occupancy Of ooes superior to the
Of the most sacred principle that ever fell
from the lips of sages and statesmen and patriots
The article s almost entirely statistical beng accom-
panied only by brief end necessary running commentary
the letter Of Mayer Wood Of New York. tothe PRESIDENT
of the United States and snch remarks as were indspon
sable to proper eucidation OF the figures gwen That
some Of the developments Of painful character is
not to be questioned but k due to the cause o truth
that they should be spread before the peopa for the
information Of the public, in order that the popular
;r,dernent NAV not err In Its verdict No sensible man.
whether horn upon the soil of America or In Ireland
Euxisnd Scotland Germany France can or will object
to such publicity without indeed there is some uupatr
otic object to accomplish much ha the
honor and welfare Of this country This proposition
not DO successfully controversial byany assaults Of soph
try Iisa clear the Of noonday-a pslpabe aud
manifest as the aotuass Of the material world
around u.s. The msn who argues against The spread u
t, when great principles in agitation Ia controlled
ii his aoveents by sinister personal motive.
with these preliminary remarks we will proceed to
make brief synopsisof the article to which have
Jared Ana let the reader besr in mind that the ataa
tics are dra,u from eial and are. therefore,
treiy reliable gssss s
First and foremost the evils Of paupersm crime
duly mentioned and statistical table, taken from the
cepsur furnished That table comprises thirty States
From ii ws gather tho number Of foreign paupers the
number Of American psrpers and the State cost OF thsir
support up ohs date of the which the last
sus was completed It wall BIZ that there were 6S 638
foreign paupers 66 l3A native pauperseaving bal
ancs Of foreign pspusfis and above native pauper
is Of 2Ae4 40 the time the census was lahen
the ,aire population reached seventeen oHs and
the Jorsgn population about four millions! the native
element was is prolific in this manutacturs of paupera
the foreign element there would have been three
thousand native psupers in the United States in
1880 to support which would have imposed impover-
shps tax upen people Of industry hnd substance. But
mead not carry the comparison further The naxor.
| abie figures lead to an obvious result.
Ii Ia then shown that the IL thesupport county,
parish and town paupers separate and distinct from
the cost Of State psupers that the money 10 collected BY
taxation and that although most Of the psuperism
its in the large cities money Is raised by levy
throughout each State etc. That drunkenness dis
ease necessarily accompany crime snd pauperism that
Cd examination 81 jail and work house statistics demon
that the majority offences against law and order
not punishabie by imprisonment In the pentsntiay
committed by foreigners and that the Of main
tanning these petty criminals levied upon the business
and property Of the county and town In which they
side and that these kinds OF crime are exceedingly dele
terous to the morals Of society ar more 50 than Thu
Il higher grades, stc. Y
foreign psupsFiam ID great and growing evicns to b
Il dreaded and suardsd sgsnstby citing police Stats
tics from thpss States These figures headed Sta
tistics Of Paupersm, Crime and Deatitnsion.s Their
were confined IL thu Jsrsey City prison, for 1s54
follows: Americans, a; colersd, foreigners 1o4s i
III ths Philadaphia Alms- house ~ Americans el4
foreigners, 24O7 The Of ths ADas-houss Assn
for December, shows Americans, 667 foreigners TA6
colosed, 49, The police stastican Of the Same cit
v chow Americans, 4a3 for And the Csl
fcrnia figures sum up almost similar result. Then tb
writer refers to hospital reports, eto all Of which 60
sustain his argument. But we have NOT room to dist
upon the given. The people must read and judge
4 themselves. 53sass
The letter from Mayor Wood Of New FORK to predes
Pierce is noticeable feature ia thu Production; and
Mayor Wood has ever been known rs Democrat Of II
straghtest sect opponents will pardon US for esp
cIally commendpg his epstls to public consideration
Mayor Wood writes to the President that the port Of Ne
York has been made sort Of snot colony for Jeloas an
palps bg the locai akoritiss Of sereat Of lie continent
Europeau nataas ~, That the g desperate character ~
Of the egrsnts arriving there 'sogether with IL
Enereass Of crime and misery among that cass Of o,
4 population, eonclusiyely prove the case The May
then argues that this should not be SLOWED that
community has tsinherent right to protect itss
against such daogers and that New York has submit
ted to long enough etc. He next asks the nterpoi
tion the Federal Government The letter Is vauabl
ANA should be universally read
of New York ID true Of oil large exporiir
and importing cities. The nssquencss Of the evil
precsted felt and known by every intelligent Ok
woman residing in every commercial emporium on II
III Western Continent. For long time the nuisance b
besn submitted to in silence, but at last it has becon
intolersbIe aud dangerous and must b. abrogated.
How any honest mau--we care not what country
was born in-csn oppose the Americans for striving
avert moral pestiepce far terrible 10 its eec
than the YeloW Destroyer Of the Tropics Is thi
we can imagine. Forts and nayea built to pfete
us from foreign invasion. Quarantines rigidy e
forced keep out epidemic Diseases and all iswe Bt
when it Is sought to guard against moral contagion
terfibls uprosr is raised once For part we CT
discover neither eonsistency honesty nsuch cour
8 To us 1t Ii incomprehenaibe-
This article has grown too long, and must close.
giving much spacs to tha discussion Of the matter,
have only discharged dutiea journalists and
dicsted the justice Of the cause to which a.taeh
Q In one, at least, very important particular.