The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-08-01

remnant of the. old absurd antipathy to
foreigners There were men IN the fortieth
Congress, so far behind the age as to offer
resolutions intended to check migration by
placing new obstacles in the way of immigrants
becoming citizens. New. probationary terms,
new oaths, new fees, and new deliberations and
acknowledgements sof all kinds were proposed by
those nnrrow- mlnded legislators to keep the,
newcomers from naturaifzing themselves, and
SO fiscourage Immigration The same men
who, offered those resolutions were foremost in
letting IN great masses of ignorant negroes to
full citizenship and the ballot. We had the
pleasure ot delivering several blows at these
illiberal measures, and observing how promptly
they We're repudiated by the intellikent MEM
bers of the Republican party. Now shat the
Immigration statistics for the last thirteen
years are before the country Showing to what
IA vast extent we are Indebted TO the exodus of
labor from Europe-that man will be impu-
dent, indeed, who viii rise in Congress- and
attempt to place any check on the income of
substantial and needed wealth. We think we
have heard the last of discouraging the influx
of foreigners 30 our shores, and that, from this
time ON. all political parties will seek by every
proper means to induce Immigration.
we reprint n few of the figures to show the
pationalities Of the immigrants --Germany,
S45,419; Prussia, 1855; Ireland, $50, S31; Eng
land, 194 ,166; Scotland. 25,s29; Wales, 5756;
Great Britaip,s not specified. 429 015. We would
here say that, since publishing the statistics
from our Washington correspondent. we haYe
received the report of the Irish Emigrant
Society Of New York, for 1869, containing tables
proving the number of Irish immigrants for
be 1925 We account, for the apparent dis
crepancy between the two reports, by supposing
that a part of the Irish immigration in the
Washington statement is ineluded under the
head of Great Britain, not specified" Other
statistics in table, to which we direct at
| tention, are:--Sweden and Norway, $3.50;
Spain, 1O,340; Italy, 11,691; Denmark, 13,043;
Holland, 1905; France, 1888; Switzerland,
24,539; Belgium S245; British America, 10S, 531
China, (our last source of supply,) 65,943. We
can see from these figures where immigran is
are coming from in the future. For many
years, probably, no event abroad viii change
the proportion in the nationafities; except that
the incoming tide from China WILL perhaps,
soon rival that from any European country.
We hope so, for, as have shown. in former
articles, cheap Chinese labor is now urgently
demanded to supply the deficiency in negro
labor at the South. 'a.-.-. .--.- s
The qualifications of vast majority of
country. There is but a handful of physicians,
in the higher branches of mechanics and
manufactures. Tho occupations of about one
half of the immigrants are not specified, but
| among those which are we find :-laborers,
5l5,2I6; farmers, 264,949; mechanics, l96,503,
miners, 71,414; servants, 6S,62S. The pro-
portions here set down may be assumed to hold
good for the uBclassifed half LaboreFs,
farmers, mechanics miners and seryants-these
are the very classes that this country, in the
present stage of it's growth most pressingly
needs. They are the most valuable of all our
importations, without exceptions; and we say
again that this Government should pursue a
more generous policy towards immigrants
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