The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-03
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i Tho San Francisco ArgondM entertaine
some rather peculiar Ideas, and displays worry
little hesitation IN promulRating them for
tho conA Iteration or the world In the first
| place II objects being oalef upon to assist
"somo great stalwart, hrond-chOsted able
bodied fellow. wanting work. wanting money,
| wanting charity. wanting something, who has
a wife and children" dependent upon him and
demands. What right has poor devil to
have a wife and children In order to arouse
our sympathes for their deplorable condl-
tton2 Such question as this would seem to
be cruel and inhuman. and yet It can scarcely
be denied that there Ia some sense in It, after
all. While the average man, In the matter OF
human sympathy. can scarcely remain un-
moved at tho sight OF human suffering he
should not be blamed for protesting against
being saddled with tho support or women and
children merely to crafty the connublal de-
sires OF some Incorporate or improvident
individuals whose creed In life would seem to
be that the world owes them a living. and con
sequenty ID expected to provide for their
families as we'll. 1t ls true, however, that
there arc notable exceptions to tho complaint
Of our Pacific contemporary, and hence one Ia
surprised that no mention OF them Is
made. One will not have to seek far
to tind worthy families reduced to poverty
that have In the past been surrounded with
all the comforts and luxurles of wealth, or to
see children rolling In the dust Of some back
alley that we're born. 50 to speak with silver
spoons In their mouths. Such az these can
scarcely be classed among tho 'np-coming
and panper-reared genera
tlon" to which the Ar0ondat refers. At first
glance one is apt to set the writer OF such
stuff down as a SUR old bachelor or wife,
less mlser, but little further on tho real
animus OF the matter is clearly developed.
Speaking Of the rapid increase Of the worktraR
people he says: ut makes more Catholics
more Democrats; but as we think there are
Catholics and Democrats enough ia all CON
science, we protest against the whole busI-
1885, Here is the language Of the intolerant,
lpstart, moneyed arlstocracy Of the Pacific
slope at once. 1t Is the voice OF those who
would have q "strong government" Ia order
hat they might dictate politics and religion
Alike No matter how many paupers are
issued into existence. so that they are not
Democrats and Catholics. The same writer
having thus discus sed the natural Increase
IT population and, In his owl estimation. yary
clearly demonstrated the improprlety Of poor
,eople marrying or raising children, unless
hey belong T., the Republican party or
Protestant church. goes on to declare his
objection to immigration societies. Prior to
his we had always baen under the impress
Ion that the prejHieas Of the people Of Gall
ornia against acc'ssions to its population
we're directed solely to the infl TX of persons
rom the Celestial empire, but 1t would seem
s though the whole world Is placed under
an to stay away, unless they have plenty Of |
1oney. Then the writer goes on In regular
Know Nothing sty lie to assert that 1t liz 'this /
xeessive and abnormal immigration that Is
aus.ng hard tines and 1t Is from this for
gn class that alive say dH-of our po!lti-
u disturbances arise 1t is by this, class.
I'D this class alone, that the safety of our
publican government is menaced. If we
uld arrest foreign immigration for one !