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    XXXIV.—ON ASSISTED EMIGRATION. i ^

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    That a country peopled to repletion like...

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    Xxxiv.—On Assisted Emigration. I ^

    XXXIV . —ON ASSISTED _EMIGRATION . i _^

    That A Country Peopled To Repletion Like...

    That a country peopled to repletion like our own , and pressed by _doulb anxiety tedl for are the — -that ght any maintenance nation possessing of its population such magnificen , as we t mos colonies t

    uny , as ours , should hold such varied views and display such apathy on the subject of emigration as is shown in Engiand—is one of those

    inexplicable mysteries for which no satisfactory , solution can be offered and scarcely a conjecture hazarded . It is in vain that our

    opponents point to the stream of emigrants who for years past have struggled across the Atlantic as a refutation of our proposition , for

    the exodus from these shores ( and we do not deny that it has been a great one ) has been effected mainly through the instrumentality of

    the colonial governments , and is not and never has been a national movementspringing _sj _^ ontaneously from the people themselves , nor

    with one exception , has it received that encouragement and support from the home government which we think the importance of the

    subject demands . It is perhaps ung * racious to say one word against the colonies from

    whom we derive the largest if not the whole assistance by means of which emigration is carried on from these shores , but , while allowing

    a due share of praise to be awarded for the help they have given , we cannot shut our eyes to the factthat great selfishnessas well as

    great assistance , has characterised , their proceedings in thi , s matter . Men and women whose attainments in physical labor , whose strength ,

    virtue , and known _jDowers would secure them work and situations wherever they might dwell , are the only candidates eligible for free or

    assisted passages . The following extract from the Colonisation Circientl cular , y _issiied _exj _^ lain by Her all that Majesty we ' mean s Emi . gra " t The ion C colonies ommissio whi ners ch , will prom suffi ote

    emigration from the United Kingdom by means of their public funds are New South Wales , Victoria , South Australia , Tasmania , some of

    the provinces of New Zealand , the Cape of Good Hope , and Natal . The system on which assistance is afforded varies in each colony , but in

    all , the j ) ersons assisted must belong strictly to the laboring classes . " From which it will be seen how hopelessly every branch of female

    labor is , with one exception , excluded from seeking a fresh field wherein to exercise its ies and support life . "We desire clearly

    to point out this feature energ of the case at once , for this paper , falling as it will into the hands of educated women of limited incomes , to many

    of whom the subject of emigration is often presented as a means by which their prospects may be improved and their position in life

    esrepeat tablished , " , There oug _* ht is to no be free esx and _^ eciall no y assisted clear on passag this e head offered , so to again any one we 77

    p the colony lan sooner will , for be any this descri fact anised is ptio recognised wh n of ere _zuomen by anoth and exc believed ept and household equall , the sooner servants deservin some . other Now class

    of women may org receive assistance . Mind er we do not y say , or think g , or vol . r . r 2

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page 235, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/19/