"Our American communities hardly knew the necessity of such protection until the
excess of immigration had changed the character of our cities. Perverted immigration has filled our cities with
pauperism-the fruitful parent of disorder and crime...Perverted immigration has filled our cities with the
transported criminals of Europe......a considerable portion of those arrested for crimes are the exiles of
European cities."
Robert T. Conrad, Mayor of Philadelphia, 1854
************************* West Chester University History 555 Emergence of Modern America Dr. Charles Hardy Spring 2003 Joseph O'Brien Dedication
