The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1870.

Dunstan Times, Issue 418, 22 April 1870, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1870.

Benoaththeßuleof Men entirely just the pen is mightier than theswoßD

Emu ra.tiox appears to be engaging the attention of a large section of the people in England, and the one him dred and fifty thousand persons living wholly, or in part upon charity in London with every prospect of an increase, is acknowledged to be a matter worthy of the most serious considera tion. Charitable people ask themselves, has their money been well spent in acceding to the many calls upon their purse, and would it not have been better to deport those seeking relief at once off to the Colonies and so be rid of them for ever, than assisting them to drag out a miserable existence at home. The conclusion to be drawn is that, the large sums spent upon charity do more harm than good and it is better to place people in such a position that they must help themselves, than keeping them dependent upon the charity of others, whenever the tide of misfortune overtakes them. It is an incontestable fact that somebody must always be poor, let the means of living be ever so easy, and employment plentiful, and the chances of success, and perhaps, affluence within easy reach, some unfortunates are bound to fall through the meshes,

and sink below the level of theii prosperous compeers. It is this class that is cansing-'so much uneasiness at home and as in the case of poor relations, there is a lurking desire to be rid of them. The question is not so much, how that the Colonies might be sup plied with the population they seolc, but how that the people in England might get rid of a population that they do not want and which is likely to become troublesome, immigration is obviously the only remedy at hand, and the only resource from which relief may be reasonably expected. As colonists, this is not the class of immigrants that we should desire to see introduced amongst u-', we want the energy and industry ofthe old-country not its effete and never do well population ;we do not want people, -who can only live in a groove, and who have no ideas as toliow they are to get a living, such had better remain where they are as they will be eqally an incumbrance here as the place from whence they came. The Australian colonies,:and New Zealand ■’specially offer superior attractions to the English working man, we cannot absorb the whole population?‘of the British Isles, as our American cousins would delight to say, the acreage which we have'at disposal is’contracted, 'and it is only immigrants of the right stamp that can succeed : success 1 is easily obtained, but it is not for the .idle- and dissolute 3 the outpourings of gaols and workhouses will not do for us, and strictly speaking, the classes that would prosper at home would do so here, likewise in a much'greater proportion, Willing hand jto work can find employment more remunerative ■ than in any of the civilized world, no where else does industry meet with such a reward, or the means of permanent settlement, with a good living obtained. The English people make a mistake, if they think they can benefit their dependencies by shifting their burthens upon them we cannot find-immediate room for the least valuable class of their population, and any such temporary relief will result in disaster. We may as a matter of course ’ absorb a few of the objectionables, but we must have hands to work, aiidi-the man to succeed in the colonies must be one, that instead of Jbeing dependent upon others, is aide to strike out a course for himself. The colonies must be regarded not as the means of escape from hopeless misery, but as the -most suitablej-ffields for men of superfluous energy. However desirable immigration may be, if we cannot obtain immigrants of the right stamp, it is jbetter to be without them.