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pauper in England. But, at New York, a 

 pauper is, generally, a man who is unable, or, 

 which is more frequently the case, unwilling to 

 work; who is become debilitated from a vicious 

 life ; or, who, like boroughmongers and Priests, 

 finds it more pleasant to live upon the labour 

 of others than upon his own labour. A pauper 

 in England is fed upon bones, garbage, refuse 

 meat, and " substitutes for bread." A pauper 

 here expects, and has, as much flesh, fish and 

 bread and cake as he can devour. How gladly 

 would many a little tradesman, or even little 

 farmer, in England, exchange his diet for that 

 of a New York pauper ! 



393. Where there are such paupers as those 

 in England, there are beggars; because, when 

 they find, that they are nearly starved in the 

 former character, they will try the latter in 

 spite of all the vagrant acts that any hell-born 

 Funding system can engender. And, who ever 

 saw a beggar in America? " I have!" exclaims 

 some spye of the Boroughmongers, who hopes 

 to become a Boroughmonger himself. And so 

 have I too. I have seen a couple since I have 

 been on this Island ; and of them I will speak 

 presently. But there are different sorts of beg 

 gars too as well as of paupers. In England a 

 beggar is a poor creature, with hardly rags 

 (mere rags) sufficient to cover its nakedness, so 



