The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-06-26
Political.
From the Frederick md J Examiner,
Immigration Statistics.

y hy official statistics it appears that fro
W inc iirSt OF January last to the 9th inst, II
u total number of immigrant arrivals at Il
= port OF New York, is 81 ,204 showing fall
u ing Oil OF l4,2ll since last year, when du,
Il 1I4lS.
: What is the cause of this sudden decrease
Have the Red Republicans of Europe lost tn
admiration for our free institutions, whic
u was Lately supposed to impel them hther /,
: swarms Have these - better citizens " con
J. Guided popular government to be failur
ana iallacy, that they Seem no longer anx
ious 10 teach us its true principles Hav
inc en'ssaries of the Propaganda foun,
, Americans lmpracticable, and decided Il
leave then to their fate! Why is it, tina
they resolve to endure at home the dcspotit
ruIe' OF which so much has been said to ac
count Tor the excessive emigration of latt
years. rather than fly TO land of Liberty
without cense!'
Fo,resecing that these questions would ma.
lural'y ARISE, the journals Of the Foreign par.
~ nave endeavorcd to torestal opinion bv
suggesting that the diminished Immigration
Is attributable to the " hard times " and to
that alone. But the reason is insufficient far
the monetary pressure has been PROPORTION.
atdy stringent throughout Europe, and at
least ten per cent of the laboring classes, who
obtained work last year, were thrown ont Of
employ during the recent financial revulsion
and experienced stronger personal induce.
ment 10 emlgratc than probably ever fell to
their lot before, while they would have been
lar more welcome than the hosts of off sconr.
ingS usually poured upon cur shores. There
'i'ust he another cause for the remark bic de-
crease!
a lew years ogo, ireland presented pic.
lure OF poverty, ignorance and crime. that
'oucheu the sympathy of the philant hopist
everywhere. Her turbulent and starving
Myrlads were in constant fcrment of antar.
"'iS''' ana rebellion against the constituted
a"Ihori'les, while superstition, outlawry and
s4naliu misery were inscperable national
clia,actcrlstlcs. In those days, highway
roooery and assassination election riots and
rhslouS intolerance, poaching and smur-
s1ing. murder, arson and fatal REVENGE wepo
lAinlllar events of her social history the non.
resident landlord was cursed loudly and deem.
~ as the cause of the prevailing novertv
@ the tax gaherer discharged his unwelcome
:: ty at the ceasclcss peril of life ; and Prot.
u nads and Englishmcn were regarded as
i ntll,encmics, when it was commendablc
Il CT the Set of God to destroy. The culture
IS Tile glefe neglected, large districts of fer.
# memorable ded no product and on one |
q unth'l't, cur Don. when famine followed |
< hclp,ns hand OF Government extended tho |
# ragged reasantry otv TO the hungry and
II was Roman Catholic Emerald Isle. Such
4. oycrdlawn? ID. Is Tho ,;ctrra
y The Cel.c Exodus, as !. p'N''''
= followed. and all the been stv,e1
i of this bad population were clements
Il our shores. Nay, start not, ,,,rrd to
glance at the present condition of Ire, A
$ demonstrate the truth of the proposito.-ill
p Within the decade, from 1910 to t.
Q nearly two millions Of Irish papists migrate,
!. to this country. Add to these the vast mum
v Der who have come here since, and tie pro
I liability is, 1--WE speak without reference t.
o statistics.) that the Protestant population i
4 in the majority. The probability derive
g co.or from The vcstlScs of peace, plenty ant
. content that now greet the eye of the traveller
=. where formerly all was the reverse. Indus
# tial pursuits have asserted their sway in tina
q island gem of the sea, glad harvcsts rewar,
the toll Of the husbandlnan and wretche,
=, novels, teeming with hopeless and helpless
- panpels, are rarely, If ever seen there now
:. Order prevails, obedience to the law is cheer
n fully rendered, and the spirit of rcbelous in
- subordination has fled with those it animatcd
. Such is the present state of Ireland, as rccen
h obscrvant visitors concur in describing it.
!. In view of these facts, the origin of tn
# riots and bloodShcd, which of late years hay
"a been Of such frequent occurrence at our elcc
:. tons is no longer mysterious. These darl
Is and indelible rcrroaches upon the America
- name come from the turbulent element in
" trodnced among us, too generously invcste
u with the rights and privileges Of citizenship
~ and which, incapable OF approaching til
r boon, hestatcS not to stoop TO fraud an
i violence to OBTAIN its undue cXercse.--In
j stead of needing the advice of the Father q
is his Country. and guarding agaist the lDsid
q ous wies Of Foreign Influence we hay
opened our arms to welcome This dangerou
~ and dsorganzng influx, in the mistake
idea that the interests of population for GU
u vast uninhabitcd domain made it good polio
to receive them on terms Of political cqualit y
"a after probation, much too brief to acGuail,
"a them with the genius Of our institutions
or imbuc them with the spirit of America
fremcn. These latter remarks, apply, j
# equal extent to the German immigrants,
k large proportion of whom ate PapiSts.
# But the great question is, why do thcs
:. millions come here ;? few, no doubt, a,
n actuated by an intelligent admiration of ou
10 form Of government and equal laws Other
,r from an extravagant and radical estimate G
IT the Civil and Religious liberty we enjoy
h forgctful or needless Of the restraints of law
If but those, above described. 1--WE have tn
k authority of the Duke of Ham ilton, and tn
II conviction of an unbiased Judgment, fo
If saying it, were sent here by the monarch
), of Europe, and the priesthood Of Rome, a
o the instance of the Leopold Society of Vienna
# for the direct purpose of subverting our fro
ii institutions They are an homogeneous ad
mixture, not susceptible of fusion with Q
assimilation to the native born, but bcs
calculated hy their numbers and combination
II to introduce confusion, error and anarchy
= The dangers attending their rapid influx wer
lie early foreseen, and many patriotic me-
,r strove in vain to put wholesome check upo
lie the pa. trzan adultcration which had flattere
It them into importance, for the sake of the
d votes. At length IN 1854, when the numbe
II of foreign immigrants eliminated, the pres
or ent American party begun to succeed i
re arousing the attention oftheir fellow country
z men to the evils and dangers arising there
Le from, and the effect of the movement was t
q reduce the numbers one half in the folowin
year. Another, and still more importan
effect Of the American organization has beer
er by directing attention to this subject, I
l. thwart the designs of the Church of Rome -