Show IRISH immigration alexander sullivan and friends waiting on president arthur to protest against al aided d ed irish gration by western asad prem press to the herald june 23 21 A deputation of representative irishmen waited on president arthur this afternoon no n and presented h him lin with a resolution ion concerning assisted emigration adopted at the recent meeting of the national league at philadelphia the delegation was composed of the following low gentlemen alex sullivan pres president pi of the irish Nati national league chicago john vice president Pre aident cincinnati eugene E ageno kelly james I 1 lynch cb henry floquet IIo new Y york ork I 1 wm C B wallace no new york president ent of the irish emigrant boci poci ety judge jolin john rooney john C Q mcguire brooklyn james reynolds new haven ct bernard callaghan CaU aghan chicago J F armstrong augusta ga wm J augusta ga michael J doyle savannah G ga ea edward johnson watertown wisconsin hugh mccaffrey philadelphia hilanel hiat T B fitz boston john fitzgerald Fiti gerald li lincoln neb jno jao fahey rochester N Y P smith cleveland johm roach cheater pa octavius Octav iua A white new york eugene kelly new Y york ork chair man of the delegation and ind john C mcguire brooklyn secreta secretary ry the party were received in the library and sullivan addressed the president in his argument which WAS long comprehensive and sustained by copious figures chiefly statistical 18 is sullivan said that the resolution was aimed at tho the causes of an enforced pauperism not at its wretched victims nor bagit was it designed to discourage volunta voluntary or beneficial immigration catl to this country countr he lie said whose entire civilized population a aaion is of himml immigrant stock whose natural resources are only in an infant state of development and which will continue gratefully to receive those who freely sever their foreign bonds and undertaking the exclusive political allegiance of americana americans bring to the republic lov loy al hearts and useful hands but it is against international e equity city J an out ragean humanity uman ty abw and civilization for england aglan first to reduce to pauper ism m t those ose she claims as subjects then force them as charges upon the united states americans of irish descent are compelled to send annually to ires ire land at least to save the lives of british subjects in that country the government of the united states will take such action as will puta stop to this imposition sullivan showed that emigration is is not a necessity in ireland whose food crops aro more than enough for a much larger population which pays more wore than SO in taxes to E england over and above what is returned to ireland in expenditure notwithstanding this sur surplus us money which goes to pay off to the li imperial erial debt half oilier population arc are hying iving in mud cabins and are kept in a state of destitution almost bordering on a famine he urged that the unitta states 35 per cent of whose polvi i tion are irish should be moved ov humanity huni anity to ask england to remove tho causes which produce this frightful condition he ile cited prece precedents denta creat created edby by great britain in naples turkey bulgaria besnia and harze govina in dosing closing sullivan introduced 11 L floquet president of tho the irish emigrant 11 savings bank kew new york who said the inniA inmates tes of poorhouses poor houses and other dependents who havo bavo been receiving outdoor relief in ireland have been aided by the british government to emigrate 0 to o this country it is a matter of general knowledge that parliament aine I 1 it I 1 lias I 1 as voted to serve that purpose and that agents of the british government have come c to tins this country to perfect arjang ments for the reception of aided 1 I emigrants emigrant Auli application cation was mado by mayor gas gaskell ell c to the immigration society society of new york for that purpose and the society declined to have anything to do with such business and alij lie proceeded to boston where lie met with th better success suc eess the aided immigrants w usi grants consist largely of people unable to labor old laomen OIn cn and young children they have been aided tp to thu the extent of having their passage paid and are riven given a miserable pit pits tance of ten shillings upon arrival baie to enable them thein to co go to their friends of courso that huni um is is entirely inadequate ami and the consequence lias has been that thoy they were compelled to feeck aid in new york boston and elsewhere else tf he re if regular affidavits in regard to facts aro required they can be furnished we respectfully request you to use your influence indu enco to prevent the lie recurrence of this of things unil and it aito is to the in idt of 0 alie american municipalities tee to haye the progress of this aided emigration stopped at the proper time you will doubtless make appropriate to congress U upon pull th tl is i subject banim jam reynold reynolds of new haven presented ft it letter of introduction to the president from ex gov bobert 11 bigelow of connecticut C and stated alja eighteen of those forced emigrants were now in new haven in arants destitute esti tilte ch 4 only five of whom are able to dork stork to t these ese five reynolds furnished temporary ni cyment ly ment so as to to rido oter their pr tnt that the they not become ameri cari cad pan pampers paup pers cra the citizens cit izena of ever every lity an aud community in thil country 1 have ave as much interest t principally Ci and I othe wi oso bisto sto t to put plit a atop to thin system of calibration as thelris the inh american hai hal everybody looked u upon pon this thing as an iniquity that blumle not be tolerated by the ainer I 1 scan C an people ta the e president replied as az follow the tho subject yon you present will ill receive most careful consider consideration Atton it ha already been under consideration by bv th Secretary the tary of lofstate State correspondence in regard to it bas been with our diplomatic and consular represent ive and an investigation of the f fact fit it i i now being made it is of courar proper to itale that thia this C government government ment should ascertain whether any bation with which it I 1 lielda olds aini amicable cable rel acla la ti tlona Is lf violating any obligation of international ter friendship before calling attention lo 10 0 o such matter in the meantime tho the law now provi provides that the officers of the treasury shall sl examine into tho the condition of passengers en arriving as immigrants in any port rt of the united states and if there raould should bo be any convict lunatic idiot or any person unable to take care of himself without becoming a public charge they chall shall report tho the camoin same in writing to tho the collector of such port and such person shall not bo be permitted to land the investigation will be thorough and exhaustive on this side sido of the atlantic 11 each of the delegates legates da waa was then presented dented to the president by sullivan and the conference closed |