The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-03-20

DIANS OF lliE POOR, IuWNSUIT
OF ToNrErH Park
| SIR.-I am In receipt Of your letter OF Ola
30th ultimo, stating that au application has
been made to the guardians 90 the POOR of
your township by a gentleman named
Lieutenant-COlon Iorrey, formerly Ui
the United States, 10 be above 90 bring
several youthful inmates Of che Workb0u.r
OF the township 20 the United states Iu
| place them with parties who are l@aid go hyI
| prepared 20 receive them, iu the hope char
their services ultimately Will amply COM
pensate for the cost incurred iu their care,
| maintenance, and education.
| You ask, "suppo,ing the lultea STATES
| Government through its representative,
could be satisfied thai children, healthy and
| sound. OF the class propo~el 70 he taken hy
| Colonel TOrrey. could be- assisted nuuer thc
| Emigration Laws OF England. t' rmgrtc
| to the United States. would any objection
| thereto be offered 10y the Government of tnr
| United States
| In reply 1 have 20 say thar, while the
Government OF the United States j, ready
to receive all classes OF healthy and sound
! emigTants, Of industrious habits and good
moral character who voluntarily seek are7-
| idence and the opportunity of working Tor
their own support within its territory, ana
who come at their own expense ana ot their
own free choice, IL r. not willing. end VIII
not consent 10 receive the pauper class OF
any community who may Doe sent, coz Who
are assisted in their emigration 40 The cN-
authorities.
With reference to the particular PROPOSE
ton suggested, IL is regarded with di-tavor.
Children OF the ages named G. between seven
and twelve years'l can have, and can cNrr
else, no Judgment or choice of their own,
nor is any choice or any judgment cNrr-
cised by their natural guardians or protcc-
tors and they are not 20 be- accompanied by
any one who is bound either hy natural
affections or by any legal obligation to take
charge of either their moral CO.. their physical
necessities At period OF lllc when h1lh
need AN afiectionate supervision. To- them tho
transmission would be involuntary aud for
ced aud the statement la your letter That
they are sought ''in the hope that their SER
vices will amply compensate for the cost
Incurred in their care, maintenance, aud
education suggests the possibility OF
service which this Government D. not i'm
clined to tolerate, even though &c ba moral
in its requirements OF those OF either
SEX am, sir, your obedient servant
HAMIfTON FISH.
Department OF State Washington, Dec.
The letter was received almost without
comment, the feeling Of the board apparent
ly being that the matter could not bee car
ried farther.
Emigration OF Pnuper Children
America.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY Posi-
SIR.-In your column "News OF the day
in to-day's publication of your paper you
observe, with reference 20 the objection ot
Mr.. Secretary Fish, OF Washington, 20 the
proposed emigration OF pauper children 10
the United States, Under the auspices OF
Col. Torrey that lit is probable that ihe
original proposition has not been properly
represented TO him Mr. Fish. Al the time DO
considered that the only matter ~ question
ton was the character OF the applicant Tor
the children, and that "a reference 20 the Uni
ted States was supertluous. Neither Father
Nugent nor Miss Rye encounters ditfcul-
ties from the government they have 20
deal with These observations of yours
lead to an entire misconccption o the case.
The character of the applicant for the child
dcstinatou-thc state 81 jhr law
of Mississippi as ~ the elementary cducu-
ton Of children tI.are, and the amount and
nature OF superVI- iOn Gt any which the
law would exercise over them, were tnqur-
les which / made through the Governor OF
the State.
NV communication 10 Mr. Fish vas 10
effect II possible, the Withdrawal o. ~ long
standing protest lodged with her Majesty p
by the Government OF the UNI
ted States against the application Of the
poor rate to assisting emigration from This
20 that, and, amongst other thtng-r
pointed out 70 him that, in papers luid be-
the Congress i'm 1871 by the Bureau OF sta
tistics,it was estimated that each emo, winch
we propose TO send out contributed lOOO
dolls to the material wealth VI the United
States. II il Well-knOWn That the guardians
Of this township h we helped pauper child
rem to migrate % Canada in the care OF Miss
Rye, but as that country I- one OF our colo
MES the local Government Board readily
issued their order for the purpose. am
not aware that Father Nugent and Miss Rye
have taken out pauper children ~ the uni
tel States at the cost OF the poor rate with
out the authority Of the Local Government
Board, but they have done go the preceding
was n violation of the laws at This country
Yours, Sc,
j. MOTLDlNG,
Clerk 10 the Guardians of TuxtcJh Park,