Speech #450031835

Years. Miees. 18..- ....................... 1.6 1tSS .............................. 3.647 1852 ------------------------1... I"026 157 .............................. 2.647 185 3 .............................. 2.452 18 .............................. 2.465 1S54 .............................. 1.360 1 59 .............................. 1.2 1 1855 .............................. 1.654 1 0 - .............................. 1.84 Now let us turn to the statistics of immigration and see what they will show: In 1856 we had had two hundred thousand immigrants and in 1857 two hundred and fiftyone thousand came to cast in their lot with u and help us bear the burdens of our Government and do*velop the resources of the country. But when 1S0 came round the number had shrunk to 153.640. and for the twofollowing years it was. I hanks to the disastrous reports whichithe "peace" and "prosperity" of 1860 had sent tothe countrics from which immigrants had been coming. reduced to an average of 80.360 for the two years. as appears from the following: Statement shovi the mutber of immigrants who arrived in the Utited States dtring the tivesntytto calendar years fron 1856 to 1877. Jaelsive. Year. Imigraats Year. Immigrants. 18X- ..................... 200.436 1867 ................... 293. 60 1.57 ...................... 51. :0. i6 ------------------ -- - 2-. 145 185- ...................... 123. 2C. 16G9 ............-....... 3 5. 2s5 o -9 ...................... 121. Q82 8- - .-.................. 35f. 303 1&u0 ...................... :153. 640 10.7 L ..................... 346. 938 -81 ... .................. 89. I0 1s72 ..................... 437. 750 16l2 ...................... 89. 005 1873 ..................... 422. 52 1 -3 ...................... 174. 523 1874 ..................... 260. 814 18G4 ...................... 193.1 1 1875 ..................... 191.231 1 S05 ..................... 24 394 i76 ..................... 17.446 1866 ...................... 314.840 1877 ..................... 130. 526 NOTE.-Prior to 1861 these figres represent the total arrival of Tassengers in the tiled States. but from t8[l to 1017 inclnsios. they retcesenttbe number of alen immigrants. the entire table having been furnished by the Bureau 0t Statistics. I think I have shown that in portraying the condition of all classes of our people in 1860 Mr. Carey was the better limner.