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The Daily Dispatch: December 8, 1860., [Electronic resource], From Washington. (search)
From Washington. [special Correspondence of the Dispatch.] Washington, Dec. 6th, 1860. The secret of the Homestead bill is this — at least, in part: England pays annually $36,000,000 for the support of paupers. On the continent the poor rates are also enormous. --Hence the organized emigration instituted by the British and other governments. Every inducement is offered to poor people to leave. First, the poor-house is made as revolting as possible; the father, mother, sons and daughters have each separate rooms, and they are thrown in contact with the lowest class of criminals, Second, England furnishes clothes, provisions, and pays the passage of every pauper who will emigrate; if he is the head of a family, gives him $10 the moment he lands in Canada, and $5 if he is a single man. The Grand Trunk Railroad, owned by Sir. Merton Peto, Hon. Mr. Brussy, and a few other British capitalists, has been specially favored by the home government because it (the road,) affords