The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-11
EARLY ANDLATER Immigrants.
Tho Subject Considered With Reference
to the S0uth's Cry for Mere Labor.


To THE EDITION OF THE suN--Sir: In dis
cussing q bill on duties and imports in the
House of Representatives. in May. 1880.
Representative James Jackson Of Georgia
said: III ever the bill comes forward again.
l hope 1t will comprehend the white slaves
a. well as the black" Those white slaves.
he said, were imported from all the jails OF
Europe, and wretches convicted OF the
most fragrant crimes were brought in and
sold"
1t is a historic fact that among the first
emigrants to this country were many mon of
loose chara cter discharged soldiers, men re-
leased from prison" and exiled to this country
to get rid of them, prior to 1857, Many OF the
streetwalkers Of London, accompanied by
Migrants. felons. dregs Of the Continental
populace, were cast by the mother country
upon her colonies. This practice became
so extensive that in the Province of Penneyl
vania, in 1882, the Council proposed to pro-
hibit the introduction Of undesirable emil
grants, such IA convicts md sot-weeds, by
imposing duty Of G5. Be ore this date. how
ever, there were thousands OF emigrants
brought over from the Palatine district.
Germany. by a system which is little known
to the present generation. They were re
demptoner" people. without money. who per-
mitted the owners OF he vessels which brought
them over to sell them into servitude for a
term Of years. to pay for their paasa &c across
the ocean There were also thousands of
"indentured servants, mostly German. Irish
and Scotch peasants. who signed contracts
IN the old country that they would work for
q term Of years for the parties bringing them
over Adults both men and women, usually
served from seven TO twelve years, and minors
would serve until they were Fl.
The Provinces of Maryland. Virginia and
GeorRia were to q large extent settled by
an element which was banished OF exiled from
the mother country: while PENNSYLVANIA aud
New York were settled largely by. the home,
servants, together with a large infusion of
Dunkards and Moravians
The Rev. Gottlieb Mittelbergers little book,
So,es n to Dr. 10 Rushs Manners Of Peuns yp
mia" give a clear insi ght into the conditions
and causes which made the States of pcnnsyl-
vania and New YGrk TAKE from IN , the v.ry
lead OF all the other States in the Union. Many
Of the citizens whose ancestors came over In
the middle and last quarter. o. the eighteenth
American life and industry.
The cry for, more lsboT at the South"
can be ooyisted by the South's setting forth
emigrants who land on our shores. Minnesota
and swedes. Michigan Of Dutch, Missouri
sylyania is practically llmined by Slavonic
and Bohemian miners. But there were con-
centra,ed efforts to get these immigrants
South's orv for more labor" does not seem
sincere for the south has done nothing, prac-
tically. TIC turn the tide Of foreign emigrants
into their sunny climes Let Southern cha m
bers of commerce. boards Of trade, m 'rchant5:
associations and owners OF the soil be IA
active in inducing the flow of foreign emigra-
ton southwark, and their Macedonian cry
will be heard. j. NJ B.
Troy, sept. \