Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-05-08


n remonstranec would DO cause for
war.
Lord Brougham seconded the motion,
and said that the Federais were inviting
poor 1rlshmen into n breach OF law and
pointed TO the complaints OF the Ameri-
cans when England employed Hcssians
and Germans. Earl Russell assented 10
the production OF the papers, and re.
itcratcd HIS defence OF Lord Lyons and
himself He asserted that they had done
all they could In the way OF remonstrance.
and thought II highly discreditabie to the
American authorities at Washington that
they had not fully investigated the repre-
sensations made by Lord Lyons"
The LONDON Shipping Gazette OF Febru-
AIRY Is. 1866, thus alluded TO the enlistment
or recruits for the Union army In Swltz-
erland: Federal recruiting agents have
been very busy In Switzerland. That dig.
graceful system Of crimping' which has
been so extensively practced on the
Queens subjects In Great Britain and
Ireland Is carried on IN much the same
manner among the Swiss. Emigration
agents hold out TO the men of the poorer
classes brilliant promises OF work and
pay, and the unfortunate dupes emigrate,
not TO work, but to become food for
powder Volunteering for the
Northern States, either al workmen or
Switzerland. and In order TO put some
check TO IL, the Swiss Government. in
a semi-ofiicial paper have called upon the
citizens of the republic To desist from
visiting America while the war lasts: bur.
above all. To abstain from taking military
service there"
THE AMERICAN EMIGRATION COM
PANY.
Notwithstanding these exposures and
warnings. recruiting In Europe continued
with great activity, and thousands of
emisrants dies y ed for the army sailed
for America. 20 give respectable cover
ing TO the recruiting agents. Congress.
In 1861. established the american Emigra-
ton Company TO encourage immigra-
ton" This company flooded Europe with
its agents. and very soon immigrants be-
gan 10 pour into American ports. Through
the activity Of the recruiting agents
abroad. and under the stimulus of The
liberal bounties. the arrival Of immigrants
at the port OF New York shows that there
was AN increase OF 5i.6'2 over 1860, g1.3l5
over 1861. S6,5}S over 1862. and the arrival
of 1887 in the year 1868 was S0,523 more
than in the preceding year.
In the controversy between Mayor Gum
ther, of New York. and the general agent
of the american Emigration Company"
the Mayor said that Immigration under
ordinary circumstances is source OF
wealth and prosperity to people," but
the act Of Congress establishing this
company for this great object was "a
bait under fraudulent pretenses to enlist
foreigners; that the covert object OF
this measure is primarily to gain material
for the army" As evidence OF the in
fiuence these various agencies were ex-
ertng 10 secure recruits the New York
Herald in its editorial on March 10, 1854
said: Nearly 100000 emigrants have ar
rived In this country during the past year.
mostly at New York. AT least 10000
have joined the army" During the last
four months Of 1854 and the first four OF
1865. out Of 3l3. 7Gi drafted men, recruits.
and substitutes taken into the army
ll2.312 were natives of Europe. &c, and
showed Is different nationaiities.
LARGER VOTE.
The increase of the able bodied popula-
ton by emigration and the natural laws
kept pace with the requirements of the
country, for. Notwithstanding the drain
upon the population by the ravages of a
terrible war, there was a larger vote
polled at the presidential election in the
fall Of 1861 than IN 1850. In the latter
year the total vote for President was
3 SO 222, and in 1864 it WAS 4,0l5,yJ2, net
increase of iij 81. 1t will thus be seen
that the election of 1864 demonstrated
that, with all the battles that were fought
during the previous three years and a
half and all the lives that were lost,
there were in November 1864. more men
in the country than there were at the
beginning of the war. Such was the eager
ness of foreigners to enter the army 10
secure the immense bounties that the
percentage of foreigners in the army
greatly increased during the last years OF
the war.
AS soon as the bounty bills were passed.
n large number of men from the Canadiu'
arrived in Boston with the intention or
Offering themselves as substitutes. Inc
Boston Herald Of July q. 1863 SAID; me
number is stated to he much larger than
that Of the uersons who have been draft
cd and who have run away to the Pro-
Viuces to escape the military service LOT
which they were drawn The difference
In the pay of the British and American
armies being so great, to say nothlilS Oh
the tempting bounties, induced quite a
number OF the British soldiers To desert
from Canada and enter the Union army
Speaking Of this subject the Buri'hs'oh
N-tD Free Press of August IL. 1905, Sd'u
give or six soldiers. who escaped from
| tho Isle-au-Noix in a small boat. ana
reached herr. by steamboat presented
| themselves as substitutes for draited men
a., tho nrovost marshars Office yesterday.
! They brought their arms with theH' anu
| were dressed in the red coats or her MA
iestv's Royal Engineers, TO when 'hey
| belong" .,
Notwithstanding deserters OF any SORT
| and from any army. make poor soldiers
| th.sa men. and many others of similar
| class. were accepted. and. like many
| others of the unworthy. are perhaps no"
| dravyinc- nensions from the United states
| Treasury. ,,,, so
| Durin,s thu war the New England re-
| or,,itine, AGENTS secured Europe for men tC
| I'm their quotas in the army. In Deceh
| hor. 1868 Massachusetts imported IRON
| Iurope. as labOrcrs, about l,lU men, AM
| ,an1nd them on one of the numerous
| islands in the vicinity OF Boston. rs
| soon nc they were landed active prepare
| ,ions IN mt them into the army were
| ,nade bv Offering the most liberal proihise'
| ~ nav clothing. lands, &C, to be crealt
| al Of course. on her quota. Inc hnii
| ,,,ts coon discovered that they had Deer
| 6aceived. but most of them ehlisleu' wv
| remainder being Pennies, cdihc ~ ~
| york and entered as substitutes. Asaiil
| I'm August 1861, about sVo 'n'is "','H
| cd AT Deer Island, IN iostoii ii'i -
| Immediately enlisted in tho army, 49,
| - ,bc bountv, and thus relieving Una
4 r.
| number Of Bostonlans from the ural /,
| Nrnst OF these men came from ir'a",'
| aithough a shipload also arrived apou
,he same time from Antwerp ana nam
| burg. ,,.r.e, or-oTA
| c,-.on,,rc of chow Boston filled ~
onota " the Albany Argus said IN IN
~. 1864. when the terrors oil we 'V az
ssc yea, looked Massachusetts full IN IN
s seI.n and the price Of substitutes rose
| Seoo and 500 apiece, there arrived III y.
nayhor Of Boston the steamer Beliona nn'
the banks Garland and Peter "'us ,',o,,
Thev were freighted with human Dill, I'M
,ns;,v men and mostly PrussmnS: Inc.
had been visited at their homes IN Wv,
NAM, mar by the agent of certain hos'ol
| 0rms His GRAND was 10 procure ~ ma -
,nm,grant laborers. the repe"'oi' -. n
saiI had thinned the labor oil 'he NoI,h
| ord there was a great opening ioI III
sIS,lled Industry Of Europe lie pfoi''i s,o
INN employment for three yedrs-|'O
cash down and Sl2 a month. 'o''r"e'S
very musty phraseology were s'gne', al, az
! The poor Prussians babe iareWeh ~ 'n
Tatherland. Besides the contract Wh''
| -, ,i,,,,o1 they were inducct 10 feieas