The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-29
pAUpER IMMIGRATION.

Pauper immigration is the subject
of greatest moment to the Ameri-
can public generally at the present
time. Periodically, for a number of
years, it has come into prominence
in variety of phases. Germany
Belgium and Switzerlsnd-the last
named especially-made it a practice
of shipping It's criminals to the
United States, rather than bear the
continued expense Of guarding and
supporting them. Great Britain,
which is now exporting Its paupers
to this country, at one time was
making vigorous efforts to convert
the United States into another
Botany Bay, 5y sending her Grim
inals to this country. 1t is perhaps
unfair to lay this charge or that of
exporting paupers at the door of
the national government, but the
evidence seems conclusive that the
municipalities are now encouraging
the emigration Of paupers, by
paving their passage to this country'
as they did with their criminals
until the sentiment against the out
rage became SO pronounced that the
Dractice was stopped, for the time
h9ing at least.
The evil complained of has been
growing for period of years, and
has now assumed such great pro-
portions that justice can no
longer quietly endure the
encroachments, and the pro-
verbal generosity Of Americans
has been SO stretched that it would
cease to be a virtue were it tacitly
to encourage the practice by per
hitting q continuance of the out
rage. Ordinarily the money that
Americans contribute annually TO
the support of British poor-made
poor by harsh measures, grinding
and tyrannical landlords, and an I'M
sympathetic and intoleranG domin-
ant poWer-WOuld be deemed suffi-
Gent, particularly where those
whose pitiablU condition appears SO
strongly to humanity are the SUBJ
jects of a nation boasting itself to
be the greatest and wealthiest civil
lized country in the world. If the
practice were reversed: If British
people contributed to the support of
American poor, and if, in retdrn for
the kindness thus extended, Ameri-
can cities were to ship their psupers
to England and force that nation to
support them, there would arise q
cry of indignation that would be
heard in every corner of the slight
little isle," and every true-born
Briton's heart would swell out of
all proportion at the gravity of the
injustice and at the inhumanity Of
Americans.
The American government has
encouraged in every legitimate way
the coming here of the healthy poor,
who are willing to work and are
capable as well as DESTROYS of bst-
teringitheir condition; the American
people are the first to respond TO the
calls of humanity for the assistance
of the suffering of all nations, and
their hands are the last to cease the
work Of charity; but that govern
ment Of the boosted intelligence of
Great Britain should employ, tax,
utilize and command a people until
they are worn out, diseased and IN
fitted for self-sustenance, and then
to tolerate the emigration of these
paupers to another country in order
to shun supporting them, is species
Of barbarity than which the darkest
pages in the history of slavery are
not blacker. The injustice to
America is so great, the outrage to
Human instincts so pronounced that
that the people of America would
be permitting a gross wrong to
themselves were they longer to toll
crate it.
] PROF. TYNDALL says that street