The Kind of "Assisted Emigrant" We Can Not Afford to Admit

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The Kind of "Assisted Emigrant" We Can Not Afford to Admit

In the political cartoon, a ship from Great Britain, carrying cholera and immigrants headed to Castle Garden, is about to reach the New York shore. Men in a boat labeled "board of health" meet the ship and try to disinfect it with carbolic acid. Bottles of disinfectant labeled "disinfectant battery" are lined up along the shore.