The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-01-10

unreasoning obedience of an army OF devote
of an alien faith, all bound together and md
shalled by priests and bishops, and voting i
a solid mass against the candidates aiid prl,
ciples that find greatest favor with A'heiict
born men, and against the faith OF our fathel
These several views of the grave question WI
be presented in turn, and we only ask INTEL
gent men to weigh well the facts. The eldt
ton is now past and we may reason togethIe
canddly, that we may so shape our action |,
will for the future tell for the good of ii
country.
For the present we make the following qvit
tation from the recent report of the soclft
for the Improvement of the condition OF II
poor in New York city.
WHO THE PAUPERS ARE. AND WHERE THEY
COME FROM.
The records Of the Association show tn,
more than seycnty-fivc per cent. Of It's be-
Gciaries are foreigners and Roman Catholfc
and consequently. that = corresponding rat
of its labors and cut-go are for their ben Ct
while not one per cent. Gifts pecunlaiy mda
which are wholly derived from -pri}a
sources come from persons OF that faltil
Such an expenditure Of Protestant funds hr
efforts, for the exclusive advantage of Rom a,
lists, will scarcely find parallel clscwh er
Certainly not out Of the pale Of tie Protest al
church.
From the reports of the Secretary of ST at
the Commissioners of Emigration, and Il
official sources, the managers compute th;
347 SIS needy persons were gratuitously r,
lirved by the public charity in the State, du
ing the year 1865, showing aratio of or
paupcr for every eleven persons. In lrela a(
with a population about double that Of th
State, the total number of persons publicl
relieved, in door and outdoor, during II
year ending September, 1856, was 304 ,hOl
against IL SIS in this State-of which Hot
$50 ,SSl, or more than scvcnty-iive per cen
were Of foreign birth. In other words, the
were according to the respective ratios Of DO,
ulatior, about two paupcrs in this State
one in Ireland.
OF the POLL State paupers, 100 81
were aided in this city; and of the l42 IS
cared for by the Commissioners of Epir IRA
whole numbcy aided in this city the past We;
by these public institutions, 23l 500. Hen,
it appears that two thirds Of the pauperism
the entire State. were relieved in the CITY
New York and of these, Isl 006 persona. c
nearly 90 per cent. were ol foreign BIRTH.
The foregoing facts and figures may IT.,
pare US for the enormous increase of the Ain
House expenses Of this city. The exptnd
iurc Of ,l.at Department in 1913 was $40
lsS 90: in lS49, $4U3 ,307 GO; in 1851, S4sl
951 GO; in 1853, SAL $50 90; in 1854, $3.50
s75 20; 1865, Ssl6,G72 GO. The prtsel
financial year having not yet closed, thu a
tual outlay cannot now be aScertalned. B,
the rquisitlon reported for the departing,
Iy Ike Supervisors, in the tax list for lo5
reaches the unprecedented amount Of 1925
UCO. 1t will he observed that the eXptns
Of the Department have thus nearly tr,bl,
in eight years, or that the average ycarl Y ra
otinclrasc is about n per cent: the year " i
crease Of population meanwhile has been abo
& per cent. 1t is proper to state, howeve
that in their estimates for 1851, the Ten Go
errors reduce their requlsition some s2O9 u
from that Of 1856.