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•X7T, VOL. XVII. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, SEPTEMBER 7, mb. NO. 847. LETTER FROM IIOX. JCRE CLEMMCSS, OF ALABAMA. liberty, peace, independence- All these were voluntary gifts. It was philanthropy in its broadest sense. Nor is there one of the mil- 'ions who flood the country who would not PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY M. S. SHERWOOD. Term*: *-2 st year, i» advance: $c#5 | .... o rr mou/Aa. o«rf93.00fl/?«rrwe/w '" """""'"'•< V«« Prssu-ipha ■■' <•''• -" a*"'- have exchanged his own land for ours even monlhs.from dale of subscription. '"" '"■':]■ ;r ,],,_. Constitution had denied him the privi- As much as has been written in support of lege of voting. The other advantages he Rates ol Advertising. the principles of the American party, there obtains would have been sufficient, and more ir :'•■■ . i ■'' • !, '-■•■• i lines) for the htj has not been published a more eloquent and than somcient to have made him anxious for ..-■ •■ ij-ave cents for every week-.here brilliant defence than that contained in the a shelter beneath the wings of the Eagle. .- ndJe in tavor ol standim: attver i- n ...;.. . i .. r .: .. » ... ,,., , . ■ • • ..,,, ■?, ,,.. following letter from the Hon. Jcre. Clem- Where then is the injustice? He has all he 3 MONTIH. 6 xnsTii*. I TEAS "Jens, lately a Democratic United States asked, more, much tbore than he would hare Senator from the .Siatc of Alabama. been willing to take. n EAD, PONDER, CIR JULATE ! : ! W* simply folio* the spirit of the Constitution. IIuSTSVILLE, July 12, 1855. But it H argued that exclusion from oilice Dear Sit:—I have not before had time to fixes an odious brand upon him. Without ! answer your letter in relation to the new or- stopping to remark upon the absurdity of der of Know Nothings, nor have 1 now at such a position, it is sufficient to say that hand nil the statistics which are necessary the brand is already fixed by the Constitu-te a full elucidation of the subject. Very tion. It is upon him now, and will remain ■SB-- .. ire, s3.au T Oil :■■■■: ; ■ .... IS 00 -.J .'I St.Oil 1 11.00 IP 2o.U0 ■2.1. '10 35.00 KUMEMIIRAXCE. BY CI.AKIE. |'. ... nice is tl: . ' I i chain . -u- :■' the put, ires I .•:•• away i - - itie - .-: II .i-!. not to be named in the same breath are has-tening in Ins footsteps. Even the veteran . soldier whose life had been passed among , bullets—whose strong nerves had never been shaken in the deadliest conflict, when ho was a candidate, quailed before tho vast in-ilucnce these Strangers oad acquired, and I the •' foreign accent" became as music to his car. Two public acts in the recent his-tory of the country exhibit si ill more strong-ly the dangers of foreign influence, and ad-monished us to check it while we have yet the power. Servility of ;he Senate to Father Matthew and the rause of it. In the Senate of 1849 Father Matthew, an Irish Priest, who had acquired a great celebrity at a Temperance lecturer, paid a •• isit to the United States. He came to Washingw and a resolution was at once in-to gather in the days (hat tried men's soul-, gazing in sorrow and silence upon the dis-graceful spectacle. There is Warren, Greene, Sumpter, Marion, Lee, Shelby. Williams, Wayne, and a hundred others of the mighty dead. They remember that i: Was German cannon which thinned their ranks at Mud Fort, and lied Hank. They ' remember that German shou's rang over the field of Brandywine. They remember that German bayonets were dimmed with patriot blood at Monmouth. They retnom-i ber Chadsford, and Chewshouse, and many ■ another field, where they met the hired ; mercenaries that England's gold had brought j across the Atlantic to fasten manacles upon a people who had never injured them, and { remembering this they turn to each other i with the mournful inquiry " are these our sous ? are the traditions "f the re • that tin PWS a charm, (I.i .. >' . - once lot •- I well ; tin ;■ l./jii 1 the bean again, M.1I1V .1 J■',• ■-■-'' ryoU. ',: .,..;.! us as a dream, On ■ nd bright j \ . , .1 n i ... • ;■::.1 us :: were, ) light 1; i- .: : lit fro'ii whence wo drink .... : , : ones -■■<-■; ... rt ■■_ ii i these lies, I t'J .. :u -J. ....-...:. add us b « .: I - m< -, . ..i .... path, . . J .. itll .. ■.'. w-iJ. :. ; • .i..jvr ihe •■, . i. . ...... ; — ^! uUliij ... m .. .;: ..,..... ruse, IJl Hid I! mil. possibly in the opinions I am about to ad- upon him until that instrument is torn out ; vance, I shall find myself in antagonism to from the archives of the nation. The sec yourself and some of those old friends to ond Section of the first article prescribes whom you allude. At all events there is no "that no one shall be a Representative in impropriety in asking you to read carefully, Congress who has not been seven years a eit-not for the purpose of contradicting or find- 'z'-'n of the United States." lie may have ing fault, nor yet for the purpose of implicit- been twenty or more years a resilient of the ! ly believing, but to reason, to consider, to country before his naturalization papers '. reflect. If there is truth in what I write let were taken out, and yet he must remain j nn previous prejudice dim its brightness—if. seven years longer before he can occupy the there is error let no per.- mil partiality pre- |icst ll1 Representative. Here is a distinc-v nt its detection an i exposure. tion, and a broad one. It is idle to talk a- The violence which has heretofore char- bout degrees ol infamy. If exclusion for actcrized the discussion on this subject is :iu- life ren lore a man infamous, exclusion for a i becoming at all times, and particularly so term ot years must have the same elect. upon a question involving so much about Both alike presupposes a difference between which men may reasonably differ. I know tho native and foreigner. Both have the not n hy I - ..■ il i think h .,.; -A any one fon same operation, and Loth whether justly, or dill'e. ing wiih me lip-iii Know N'otbirigisni,' unjustly, give a preference to native born than upuii Democracy: lie has the light to citizens. the in dutch nice of his opiui us, and if lie | The third section of the same article pre-u honest no just Uiau will denounce. ' scribes that no person shall be a Senator who : -,-• i .-„•./ ,■<■■:■. fjr I has not " been nine years a citizen af the j J vCZT..u L,l'uu!i.« 'J"C'" DuifelS'.auss." Hc^faed.jynctionisUroad. It is proper for my ! ) ■ iy ;'i.... - - r.ev'-v . ;■ ..: ■--. .. i-J--J. i :; i ... . I," :. -. .. r ;■•■•'' !•: . . ...:.... r, ■.-.: ...- ._ I I I . . '..'•.'■ ....'.-■ wa< i-i i Know Nol bin • 1 I ■.- : kn :-. ■:■ i'c si « .^i, an 1 coul ;..:..-. b: .in a.I in ssiou ir. As the ofjco rises i'i impo"ti»ncc—as th"o danger aiising from ignorance or pre-convinced opt-uous becomes greater—the I-M: L do not iw a •:• • c ru or pass , ,• •* . . ■• . ",. .-, „ „ I more careful the Iramcraol the Constitutiop were ; i secure the service of uathecitizens, until at last in the highest of all offices, for-eigners aie excluded entirely. 'J he first -eeti.'ii ol :!-•• 2nd article of the Constitution •leclaros that " no person except a natural b irri ciiizi n" "•:...". be "eligible to the oflice of 1' .-.-ident," and t.'ic twelfth amendment de-dares that nn foreigner shall be eligible r . ilieoff.ee of Vice President. It thus ap-pears that foreigners are absolutely prohibi-ted '•;/ ''••' Count'ttitii'ti from filling the onh . vl" andei- •: I'orimh, two ol!ice-« which emanate directly from the ■ i -• '■•-■',■■■ i- ••!■■■■■ ; ip- whole people, whoso incumbents are elected lit- ■■■-■■■ I ■• I bat in by the whole people, and who aro in an cs- ;- '■ : .: ii mile" Jhe guardians of the righfs ol to :ui\ Council .1 the SMlie, II I--'. It W:l ■ Iht mg I the i .-. •• : > • il .i In .., ! ; !■•;: I .,.:'.. • t!i .. ; . it!" in .i lid ; :■ • - • ••> 1. fen-l ne; Hi. 'i- r pi in ; . -. : v si ; . ineiples I • • . . ... II.- . . . . ... ':...,.i u, ami •. : ' - . ' ■ ■• ■ • • •• - • • - ■ ' • ■ ■• -. '. . . : .' e, tiiey are tne niinci- ■ ■ . ■ ' ' ' •■•'• - ! i ■ •■ ■ ... ■ '. ui-.ti ::. li. : . I. lie j ;:..-." ;....t. . ' . „....-- . ■■ - ■•■■■• ■ ''• -■'■'" ••■ i i.- iii-j . . . _■ v. • •-. . :'i', ■ .-. . -. • •:, ■: ; • ;•• . I, 111 ..... ll . . ■ i' . i .Waiy Coruolia. i i»uu i>J ...... ...... u . ... . „ . . . : . ; V.I . . i:_ . .... . ...... :.. tt .lie.I I,. .... ..:: - V i -■■■.. .'■ ■-■...... ■ . i be i 'op.e. hat >tr.ni_;er distinction is it I I LI ii. . . . ■'■■■ ■ i in . .- . ,c.l by :: ■• ■i ■ . • ■ i . ''''•■ ... .. . • in i a -in ., - ■_• , •■;•!■ | :-ib!-to make betweeii'the native an I the '■''•• ' •■ ' " ■■ ■■ •■• '■■'■■■: ■ I. liiev foreign !».rn citizen ? In comparison with ui.idt: it in the b.ginnii.g i!.e nas: oftli.ir timt bow po-.r and how weak is the mere 'l ' .'• ' in} prubabh resolution ■•fa political party that they will an ill-of the fage ii.isiiet l.e!-;iie.i... • „ot rotr for foreigners ? If the declaration ber.-d, but reason, reilection, and an earinsl ■■('such a purpose hy those who are called ''••.' : I them to the same resuli. A, |v'„ w N'othings is odious, unjust, infamous, ' I'dir.-h we li ..1 • ■: ( ten nn mber is in- ;m,| ivrasiic.il, what "ill y,.u do with that ;• ' ■•: ■• i ■ • ■ '" ■ - "-• •'•• i'oi.-ii- uti . we all profess to be revere". • ■ : . •■ • ■ '■ .'. i thatgr. en and living root they extract- • -; -.:.• d t;.e e.-senee of tb^ir creed. Wbateverof cited a.i >l ry, and :■■■,;■:■■ p.iiri-jtism—«li:uever of wisdom—whatever ■ . • . - • • ■ • ■ - - •'■ ' i< certain to lie lloweij . ■ . 1'hiis I i ■ ■: ■ . ..:''... . ' I 'III '.'.., t V ; ■ : .... • : ■ o .: .;.... ; ■ i'.-iiieere ilev li'/ii to liberty and the country urn) I'liv role '.■■ em is drawn from the same Ite! i - urce. Si .i.e them down and oil :.: ; .: bl • ■'•' ..: the .-Ulileuie law of the . .. I. S rike them down, and you prepare . . ■ anien.l lents 11 the Constitution w ii '. Ail! s HI have you vassals in fact, if ■■ ■ . ■■ . 'j'i.e :..:...'. .. ■ ■ nf th.' platform " • • ""-:- ::: name, to th *e who grow by ■ ._, L. "ii.-i -i-i i.i 1.1 ... . i ..: - . y>ur b -pitality, ai.d fatten upon your char- . . >il :; not as l«. 11V. 1 ■ •• '■•' "■ -••••• rule A ... i.i ..;... r ■■■: u- i y.;. ... ,..,,■■•,.,•,„ ,-.,. ■, :....,..c ,lcmonstra!td- ■ I mi- i'.ieali to de.'d in li ; • • ■ . ■ ■.,... . . i. I ' ... ■ . . ■ . ; ■ . ' ! ■ nor.is ... i : . I ; ■;:..... . il a.! ■ ifp-.iiti I Kupji.ai. ■ i. !• r tie irov r. i.i an li. i-i .-..'.. . - .. . .- . • .■ •■','•'■.••'./ .'''<•'"" the /■ ■' JII ■ i a '',,• . •■ ./. ..- 'jtiterul/jf tup- '':"'■.' lam not aware that it is customary to j ii ... uie ....• idi : id danger from foreign in-i ..s 1 icnee. He are exultin^ly poiii'ed to the • . or . . cjijioia ..u; that liure are i.ul three miliions'of for- _;. .-, uinle there are twenty millions of ;,.. a millions of foreigners a very 1 irge pro-portion are voters. It is the unvarying law of cmigrali n that much the greater number ui evei • bodv -i emigrants are males. 'I his lion, i.u • . . ii.nei ........ : . ml. leu en ...•: ■_ in- Natives. 'Jliesu figures are not accurate. i y. 'i'• on ■, - iriim which »\ but we \.iil take them as they are given to -: tin net .i.i ....■ |. •. : ■ iude toieigner-, and this u.-. It must be remembered that of this ... . • :. ■ I., i. is lite position I am pre] ared to maintain. i ill'. •._ j ; i" in i»i» ; it is nol denied thai we have enough, a ml • • • ■ • ■ I' luorc than en ig.i eoiiipeli-itt Americans to ■ ' • • • "•" ...... ; re we have • low. ii... it in '"■ ..._.■: i a u.siiiicihiu is o.iioii anu j was ll.o case even in California when the uiijii . .• . . •■• i. [ :.....::. I., is it l emigration was only from one portion of our , . . !..-.: I. : li i-l ■ ■ i. . , 11 • . I-. I. .l..:iu i o-;.. 1. iri. >l V So am i.er. Ail of us can call • •■• :' ■ ■ : ■ ... ' I. s enn ■ i..ii.n. liere. i.. Ins uiin landI ii. . te. mind, cases in whi■ chI thI e h■ e a dI oll-.tlhe It-aint- ,.1'- llil H li.'. * .. I i • I i "i 1 ( , ri l)( . .i ii it cn .. have Lhe riglii . ; -u.lia^; •. Hi- . |\ alone is a loreigiier, while t.ie wne uiitl in a, . l- . .x " :~ '■ 'er foi ail hour .- .... Ilia ilrcu arc natives. These go to swell the n ij . . j . •••■ . '.- was c isiau ; . duiij: •■ uuuiuer oi Nativeson the census books, while - ui i ;• He coiii'i in rile or speal ids seniiiueiiis the voter—the efficient and controlling pow- .. ii j II my. in '•■- .: O.I.MI ttitb ir. U set down as one foreigner. . . . .. j i ■ - ...i. .: :.... at III\ moil Now lei us i .> at the other Bide. Ol . .;.. ■ .II li . ..■■•. ..-: i. ..._.....• .... the twenty mil.ions of Americans about one ppi .• ... i. .o i .1 a : ..i. ■..!...._, iuiii-e- bsilf arc females. This disposes ot ten nul- . -- ui II ll. • ■■ ..... Ail this i- changed. |j, ; -. Ofihe remainder at least two thirds .. e i... • •-■ .. lhe riglii !■. iv'.e. In ' arc children, an I boys too young to vote. 1 n is near ihe ih..r, :..n v-.. ...i ...... |-... . \\ c have gucn him fhat disp -es of near seven millions more, "' ■•■ -- secuiuy. '• ■• ;....•-.•■:: ,i. pel ici.ee, and ■..■ [ brings the number of voters down much ■■ : ;........ • i\e ...i. i. . :..-. i I.mi lhe rigln ncarei to an equality than is at all agrees-to make me laws by win .. • ai _. •- |,|c ,.i- than our opponents arc willing toai- ...... . he i ■•_ is in ...- ..: ii j: ttuu n .._,;_ These ! t..-;s have not been unknown in.- i-i..i-1. ■ i .■.-•-- .i..- •> ■•....•-■ ■ i up- to, or unmarked by politicians. I'nere is :. I ind repays the sab f "I the v.- .. ,, .:..■. •. -;..: .::_• 1 Mn;i_ igUC ill all the tail ! . _. i., ii igu .i.i i. -,•.-.■•:.- •■! uie .....i ,-:.•!■ :• ttj. ha.-, not uiue and agaiu made himselt i.ii ...i :.■ ■..•■•- i. - [i iicc! i. i h ii ilcin , iiiciiotis as the advocate of foreigners, sion to taiK aoout the lights loreigneis. Win. 11. Seward. with his cold, calculating, 1'iivncge is tiie piopei '••■: i. Vie are : I heartlc--8-ellishn ss. ;- the baler in this t.i.iii.l in exteini iv in in tl ii ■_-.•..:-.:.-. j • . ;i I.; ition To « batever is of foreign i. •• •• r--..-- ' u ■ .i. i . ■'•■c.. .■ ■ . ■;• i .... 1 i.i.inv !-.' ;.••.-' :/ ' .: . 11 ll ll i ll - . . : ..- . . :.!■..'.. ' a bare bo ," itij n ul- •■ V I, r, plied lli •■ l • ••. ■ ..• Hi. -i- II kin I ; ...." : efforts arc beiiiu .-• li - I cn-ii nii.i II .- -.,..! that there I! tl) It ; 1' troduccd to allow him the privilege of the floor of the Senate, This was opposed by Mr. Calhoun on the ground that it was low-ering the dignity of tiie Senate and cheap-ening ils honors. By myself and others, upon the further ground that he bad, while in Ireland, indulged in denunciations ol slavery and taken part with lhe abolitionists against the South, which I considered an unwarrantable intermeddling with matters I that in no way concerned him. Notwith-standing these objections, the resolution i passed by a decided majority, and Father I Matthew u.ok Ins seat upon the floor of the : Senate. Not long afterwards, Gen. Pillowy who bore upon his person marks of honor-able wounds, recently received in the ser-vice of tho Republic, visited Washington, and found, to his mortification no doubt, I that the place which had been occupied by a Catholic Priest, was inaccessible lo him, [a native born American, and lato Major I General in the wars of his country. No:- was iic alone a sufferer, livery oiheor who served in tho Mexican war, not n member of Congress, or an existing State Legisla-j lure, was in like manner exclude-1, with perhaps, the single exception ot General j Scott, who bail received a special vote of j that.ks during the War of lolii, winch of • itself entitled him to admission, it wdl not , do to tell me thai respect for the cause ot j temperance produced this astonishing result. Tue Congress tf the United States aie not remarkable as disciples of temperance, and that \i--ry day, there was, peihaps, not six members of the Senate who did not drink . wine :.t dinner, or brandy before. Tho Irish vote was the controlling cause— the desire to conciliate that large body of naturalized citizens who looked up to lath-er Maiilew as a superior being. It was ■ this which gave lo the b'oreigni i- and the Catholic an importance u nvu and beyond , that of the soldiery whose blood had been : poured out like water ou the plums of Mexi-co. It was this which induced the Senate to forget what it had been—to throw aside lhe severe 'dignity which bad elevated them : in the minds of men. and to exchange the character of Roman sages for that of ser-vile sycophants. There was a time when that high body was composed of sterner stuff. There was a time when such a pro-position would have been ifeated with the .-eon. it deserved. But thai •• .- bed re tin Irish Exodus. Now ii wo venture 10 ques- ! tion foreign merit, it must he done with "bated breath." If we vmturo lo deny any foreign demand, however imperious we iiio threatened wilh political annihilation. and yet I am told we are in ti > danger from foreign influence. When the Sciiatt of the United States has bent before the storm, where are we to look \'A- that public virtue which is sturdy enough to resist it .' ' The oration to .).'. A'..-.-.//«—whatourlit eolation-ury t'orijutliirs «-../.' Anre thought of it The other case to which I allude was still more outrageous. M. Kossuth had been actively engaged in exciting a revolution in Hungary, but when the hour of trial came he shrunk fioiu the danger he had evoked, and flying across the frontier, took refuge beneath the Cresent of the lurk. An im-mense amount of sympathy was at once manufactured for him, and our Government, not to be behind the public expectation, dis-patched a vessel of war to bring him to our shores. Of course tiiis was done under the 1 specious name of sympathy for struggling freedom. But if there had been no German votes in the United States 1 am very much inclined to the opinion that sympathy w ihl have expended itself in some less costly manner. Bui not satisfied with bringing iiini here both branches of Congress passm a resolution inviting him t.> Washington. He came in all the pomp which ■...• - the Monarchs of the Old - .i'i -•• .. I Guards paraded before his door i • '•• p ■-.i the vulgar populace. And we w.m would not have tolerated such coiniuc: .-. • • hour in the I'residenl of the V-\ ■ ... u i only -ui.i.iiiied io it on the par; ..•; il.i- ':■■■'■ eigu mendicant, but actually nulled i.::u within the bar of the Crciate. Hi ■'/■"■ ■ with all his guard about him. 'i •■ ■-'■>... foreign sabres awaked the echoei . "•• vestibule of the Senate, and an • ■ ■ -I of li' public-inn lo ike i :. with •■ .'.•-: admiration at the pageant. If tin are permitted to witui ss eienta uj ou what u,:-: have beeu t:.i' teeliugs stern fathers of the Republic wucii tue\ saw the veh-et uniforms ot a foreign bo.ij guard within the sacred preemts • i the Sen-ate"' Lei us Buppi >e taeiu gathered a iout the in •: rfil Wasbi igtw, •■- Uicy wi •• « .:-.• revolution already forgotten V Ah !(*shade of depai t- I ed Patriots, there is an engine of power in i our land of which in your day you did not I dream. There are a few hundred thousand i German voters among us. and every Dciua j gogue who aspires to the* Presidency, and i all lhe satclitea that climmer about him are [ vicing with each other in the conces- ! sions to German pride and German i^'.- j ing. But the picture is a sickening one, and I I turn from it. • God knows it was bitter j enough at the time, and I have no wish to i dwell upon it anew. The roi.-..,- (./" /.'.,'..- adulation or' Kottu'h—.'/■ -: Jackson, llovtiw, and Seott icert treuti'i. _ Not satisfied with tho honors heaped upon Kossuth, Congress determined to extend to ' him more " material ail." Mr. Steward discovered that ho was tho Nation's guest. I and introduced a bill assuming his expenses as a National debt. The account turned I out to fa : so.nuwhat L-xtravasant. Tl ' repi.:>.-. an siirtyr Lo ill the ■.-a".o of $500 per d-i tho tweiity-foar iiours Chun i... plain .il at C'■■• -•: r.i ■ in .ip"? sod ljur gusi.iy which cost more than it won''! <: ."a to feed a rcsp-jctablo family in N*>rtb A'-v banvi for a twelvemonths. At that very j mement there were bills opon th.) I ilcndar of Uio (iousu for the relief of destitu'o «:■ [ dowa and orphans, whose husbands had died I in defence of the country, wliich {'■•':;:■.■■ ; has not had time 'o attend to evi n to this I day. Not so with Kossut.']—he drank his I wine, cut his pates de froit ^r.tc :•■■ 1 Con-gress inslantly footed the !,:.!. Bo yju ask I the reason 1 I answer, widows and cliil-di-.- n had no votes. The foreigners wi... were to be coacilinted by a iulation oi Kos- ; suth had many. Others will say it was not . Kossuth, bu: his pause—that ho had been battling for freedom and ihey wish'! ;•. ma:!, their appreciation of his efforts, A-a tribute to tne spirit ••: liberty ii might j have been w.-ll enough if we had not been I so lamentably deficient in paying that tu-bute to our own citizen*. When General Jackson ha I driven lhe | British army from New Orleans and rescued ; the ci . ntry from ona of the most terrible I dangers with which it was over threatened. i be was arrested in tho very hour of bis tri-iimpli and heavily fined for ih« rigorom di«- i charge of his duty; and yet l-ongriss per-mill. I more t:..in a on :::,•;- of ;, ;. ntui l i . roll ..M iy without acknowledpinp tiie wrong, i on:'; n.-pting to repair ir. lie wasa nativi : Amen .'an—there was no fon . u sympathy . in li - behalf-—no foroj" i vote to t-orniliate. , Whet. Ui neral !!■•'! -:..n r.-tiirn ■ i l . i:..- I i nit. il States with tl ■ laurels of S .-. Jacir.to ;: upon i:i- brow bi '■:• rin : ■ '■ emi re in ;,;- : and* : i !.r. ;it ijiir fi el, :. i • 'ol jrnv -• mill invilaiions cell braled his arrii il. >., bills -i ; were passed lo pay his expeni-ei. lie wasa • Native American iin.i notbi i. "am-ed by lauikitions of his cbivaliy i::- (-.■- ■• .. ■ I or i lotism. When G •!.!•:;.! ;'•■• ii ha ! nun 111- ded one of the most wonderful campaigns ever recorded in history, he was rcftilii il al-most in disgrace, ami his army, »lii '. be ii i I found untrained militia, and converted into vetei i .ii bei • - was transfi i re ! to oi ■ ,. his subordinates. Vet Congress offered i, ■ word of sympathy, applied no lain. t. the wouii'leil feelings of ibe matchle-s >o!.ii r. 1!..- was :i native American and the voi • i I condolence was mute. Iliid General Shield - received similar treatment, a howl would ha^e been raised from one end of the conti-nent to the oilier, and half the tongues in Coi /ie;s won! lhavegr >wnweary lamentin in- wrongs. Who : icse fa its before me, an 1 :.!! know them to be facts, f mo l be j nrdom I I'.-i maintaining that there is danger from :' .- . in....'lice, and the i'.'oner i: is boldlv ru ; li..: better. ii /.-., shirt- H- ! Th' ■ ■ ■ -i that Ki'Oir Auf/i ngi, in '■! f ■ .'- i". "n irrrf'laiiil *j'nlai.t*tl l,u ling fn '• a -I ft.j >,. ft is gravely urged us an objection to the .. Ici ol Know Nothings; that it originati in i N'oi lb, and oiigln thei i I ire to be :•: , : . . :i.i suspicion bv ti -; South, and this i-La.-on ! have seen advanced by such men in i ibs and Stephens ol Gorgia, and i'-..--. of Kentucky—gentlemen wli m ,. . [•••rsonally, and foi whose talents, at l.i :. i. its, and moral worth I have I -rvTeal i pect. 'lo my mind ii i- an ei. leu • • • ■ il ■ ■ ikm -- of any e .!:-•■ ■.-: .01 men I ' ■ib.lilies resort to such flimsy rocaiii r. p .it it. 1 .!.■ nol kn ■•• li it :' ■■ :,■■■- i.. i .r l snail coacc le th: t il did oi;.■!. He in New \ :. an i then i sb .11 ; r Ci ed : . -r. w that there is no spot upon the continent when tne people have - iffei I m ire from foreign ■ inigrati u. -■■■•'■■-. '. •;- n ' • in ." imj j riotia reas.-iii' for arraying themselves against ' it. Ry reference to the annual report of the Governors of the Alms B»ue, I find {there were in the New York Aims Holts'! during the year 1853, 2198 inmates—of liies.- only 585 Vere Natives, and 16G3 for-eigners supported at the expense of thecity. ; And now 1 propose to use on one side the I argument of our opponents that there aro only 3,000,000 foreigners to 20.000.000 N»- UVPP. According to that ratio there oujrht to bo about seven natives to one foreigner in the Alms Uouse. Whereas we find more '. than three foreigners to one native. No wonder that a people who arc taxed to gup-iport such a body of paupers should be th«« ! first to set about devising means to get rid ol thorn. Let us pursue the record—in the Bellevue Hospital, in the same city, 'hero . were 702 Americans— 4134 Foreigners; now the pDportion rises to nearly six to one. There weft of out door poor—that is persons who had sonn*Jii..iv to .-hep, but nothing to eat, and nothing lo make a fire—957 Na-tive adults, and I044children-3131 Foreign adults, and 52'2'J foreign children, or chil-dren, born oi foreign parents. This number were relieved ..luring lhe year with money. Of .those relieved with fuel, there were 1248 | adult Americans and 1610 children—103o.f' adult foreigners and 18,857 children. But the record is not yel complete—let us torn to the statistics of crime. In the city pris- . ins there were -iuriiig ihoyenr, 0,102" AIM-rienns— 22,220 foreigners.* I pat* on t«> an , abode even more gloomy than that of the prison cell, and call your attention to those whom God in his wisdom, has seen fit to de-prive of the lijd.t of reason, in the Lunatic Aeylum—there were admitted from the year 1*47 * . is", t. 770 American.-—23*<1 For-eigners. For the year H.,:!, there were I>4 \n.«-ricans -31'3 Foreigners. These tables might h.< rflaila ne re c;;.»pleti by adding Orf :...■ ..;...-■;.. M..; .■:J,:-.?i,!Kji»r:i. f; fhv.t\ E',;--.!-', but of these I hare nore-jliallodita, and ibcreforo pass them with tbp . aing'o rr-mark •'-■: I have never seen -i Na- | U1 ■ American ^ '.•■• [■ lonped to cither c'r.ps. Hi1 3 liguvs are far more cr>nclu?ivo than H- y ' i" "i -. ...nil { lm '.•> prove the r.-ce;si- ,,..,- arresting the tide of cmigratien. Let eyery Amei can impress them deeply upon jli : mnrnory. 42.30!) Foreign naapera and ji'ivirlih; :■:':', Unatise. and 22.229 crimi- 'nal 'a- ng .'.,- indn try, and blighting tho prosp. rity of a single city. In that list of evimi i is i mbrac ■ 1 murder, rape, arson, rob- : bery, peijury, everything which is damning to the ehai-iieteroftheiiidividua), and every-thing whi.'h is dangerous to society. .'.'-.•- th > i ■'. /•• aim endangered by Foreign h\ fiiune* ~-h Mjuent (Comment nn Washnsfj ■ " In to put noni-Iml.Americans on Guard. In our section we see but little ofthe evils ' of emigration—comparatively few come a mong u-, an] those are generally of the best classes of their countrymen. It is not as a State that wo sufier most but as an integral part of the Republic. Tho crime, vice, dis-i- ao-. destitution and beggary, which flow in with every ti'i.: of emigration afflicts us but ii::;.-: it is through iheir political action; i i their capacity nf voters, that the cure-j extend.-, itself lo u». When tbon^ands upon thousands are ciriied lo iho polls and inadu to voi • ill favor of any man, or any party . •: hilling, corrupting the bnlJot-boT, anil cinlcriiig liberty insecure, then we suffer— then !■■•■ law ol iclf-prrservatioii gives us a right, and make? il a <'.■',•%■ to interpose. .' !i i-ueh.danger ibickoning Hround us tho .•ii.il onler of General Washington mid be upon in ry man'.- lips. "Put none but Americans on juard t.u-iiight." In time I' peace, your public officers nre your s.-n- ::...!-. I'm Hon.-on guard wliusf b'-somsdo :.■•■ - • i. will ■ tiling pridi. ui the mention .' : .■ • Hill, of .Moniil.iUlh, of Saratoga, or ol \ i'. I'.iwn. I'u t none ou guard whoso nation il ti adili >ns . • n.-t • o d:::-- i to oar .'.rn c.itnmonwi •':. But hone on guard in il -.: bj :he hour upon the e!o- .i' I bill i ; I'Conuc!, but h&VC never ..■; the i ui. • iif Patrick Henry. Put none oi •■.. i •• .. turn wilh Cold indiffer- ■: icc froi i the »l >ry of Ni igara, or New Or-lean-, to boast of Marengo, or Leipsic, or | Waterloo. They do not lovo your land as you do—they will not watch over it with tho same absorbing interest. Oppression, not is I ;ht him here, and though he li ., fcl a certain amount of gratitude for In has found, he still looks back ; i the ..'..''•■! fiel i: of his childhood—be ro-inembcrs ■ very stom Upon the highways —he read; the history of his native land, and ,...: ■ .': - in !i • li- m of hearts be feell thir, • i •. | s bjine, and there his iiolicst af- •" ion; a.'C red up. Fear, necessity, - -•• miv keep him here, but ho loves no! the bind of the stranger—carea nothii ' f >r il ■ former (jloi ies -sheds no tear .,■•:• it3 | . i.i-l di - i-ti-l'-. With t reverence can th* German re-neml -r- i -tn wn ••■■ ii:-' •' f el in *"• I j card tl name of Washington whin bo re-it his pathway to freedom was .1,' .lea i bodies of German tner- V i.ii . ■. illation .-an the Briton . .i.ii k-'-n when he remem- ,.-i-- :i:.it it was won by trampling the lion • i . the dust? i- :- not in human nt- ... that tl uy »hi dd feel as we do, and wo arc false to ourselves when we pal then «in ., , . • .; _-,..- tbeu. ll •: lireet.vii .1 the '.,» •'I I • I i f
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Title | The Greensborough patriot [September 7, 1855] |
Date | 1855-09-07 |
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Full text | •X7T, VOL. XVII. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, SEPTEMBER 7, mb. NO. 847. LETTER FROM IIOX. JCRE CLEMMCSS, OF ALABAMA. liberty, peace, independence- All these were voluntary gifts. It was philanthropy in its broadest sense. Nor is there one of the mil- 'ions who flood the country who would not PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY M. S. SHERWOOD. Term*: *-2 st year, i» advance: $c#5 | .... o rr mou/Aa. o«rf93.00fl/?«rrwe/w '" """""'"'•< V«« Prssu-ipha ■■' <•''• -" a*"'- have exchanged his own land for ours even monlhs.from dale of subscription. '"" '"■':]■ ;r ,],,_. Constitution had denied him the privi- As much as has been written in support of lege of voting. The other advantages he Rates ol Advertising. the principles of the American party, there obtains would have been sufficient, and more ir :'•■■ . i ■'' • !, '-■•■• i lines) for the htj has not been published a more eloquent and than somcient to have made him anxious for ..-■ •■ ij-ave cents for every week-.here brilliant defence than that contained in the a shelter beneath the wings of the Eagle. .- ndJe in tavor ol standim: attver i- n ...;.. . i .. r .: .. » ... ,,., , . ■ • • ..,,, ■?, ,,.. following letter from the Hon. Jcre. Clem- Where then is the injustice? He has all he 3 MONTIH. 6 xnsTii*. I TEAS "Jens, lately a Democratic United States asked, more, much tbore than he would hare Senator from the .Siatc of Alabama. been willing to take. n EAD, PONDER, CIR JULATE ! : ! W* simply folio* the spirit of the Constitution. IIuSTSVILLE, July 12, 1855. But it H argued that exclusion from oilice Dear Sit:—I have not before had time to fixes an odious brand upon him. Without ! answer your letter in relation to the new or- stopping to remark upon the absurdity of der of Know Nothings, nor have 1 now at such a position, it is sufficient to say that hand nil the statistics which are necessary the brand is already fixed by the Constitu-te a full elucidation of the subject. Very tion. It is upon him now, and will remain ■SB-- .. ire, s3.au T Oil :■■■■: ; ■ .... IS 00 -.J .'I St.Oil 1 11.00 IP 2o.U0 ■2.1. '10 35.00 KUMEMIIRAXCE. BY CI.AKIE. |'. ... nice is tl: . ' I i chain . -u- :■' the put, ires I .•:•• away i - - itie - .-: II .i-!. not to be named in the same breath are has-tening in Ins footsteps. Even the veteran . soldier whose life had been passed among , bullets—whose strong nerves had never been shaken in the deadliest conflict, when ho was a candidate, quailed before tho vast in-ilucnce these Strangers oad acquired, and I the •' foreign accent" became as music to his car. Two public acts in the recent his-tory of the country exhibit si ill more strong-ly the dangers of foreign influence, and ad-monished us to check it while we have yet the power. Servility of ;he Senate to Father Matthew and the rause of it. In the Senate of 1849 Father Matthew, an Irish Priest, who had acquired a great celebrity at a Temperance lecturer, paid a •• isit to the United States. He came to Washingw and a resolution was at once in-to gather in the days (hat tried men's soul-, gazing in sorrow and silence upon the dis-graceful spectacle. There is Warren, Greene, Sumpter, Marion, Lee, Shelby. Williams, Wayne, and a hundred others of the mighty dead. They remember that i: Was German cannon which thinned their ranks at Mud Fort, and lied Hank. They ' remember that German shou's rang over the field of Brandywine. They remember that German bayonets were dimmed with patriot blood at Monmouth. They retnom-i ber Chadsford, and Chewshouse, and many ■ another field, where they met the hired ; mercenaries that England's gold had brought j across the Atlantic to fasten manacles upon a people who had never injured them, and { remembering this they turn to each other i with the mournful inquiry " are these our sous ? are the traditions "f the re • that tin PWS a charm, (I.i .. >' . - once lot •- I well ; tin ;■ l./jii 1 the bean again, M.1I1V .1 J■',• ■-■-'' ryoU. ',: .,..;.! us as a dream, On ■ nd bright j \ . , .1 n i ... • ;■::.1 us :: were, ) light 1; i- .: : lit fro'ii whence wo drink .... : , : ones -■■<-■; ... rt ■■_ ii i these lies, I t'J .. :u -J. ....-...:. add us b « .: I - m< -, . ..i .... path, . . J .. itll .. ■.'. w-iJ. :. ; • .i..jvr ihe •■, . i. . ...... ; — ^! uUliij ... m .. .;: ..,..... ruse, IJl Hid I! mil. possibly in the opinions I am about to ad- upon him until that instrument is torn out ; vance, I shall find myself in antagonism to from the archives of the nation. The sec yourself and some of those old friends to ond Section of the first article prescribes whom you allude. At all events there is no "that no one shall be a Representative in impropriety in asking you to read carefully, Congress who has not been seven years a eit-not for the purpose of contradicting or find- 'z'-'n of the United States." lie may have ing fault, nor yet for the purpose of implicit- been twenty or more years a resilient of the ! ly believing, but to reason, to consider, to country before his naturalization papers '. reflect. If there is truth in what I write let were taken out, and yet he must remain j nn previous prejudice dim its brightness—if. seven years longer before he can occupy the there is error let no per.- mil partiality pre- |icst ll1 Representative. Here is a distinc-v nt its detection an i exposure. tion, and a broad one. It is idle to talk a- The violence which has heretofore char- bout degrees ol infamy. If exclusion for actcrized the discussion on this subject is :iu- life ren lore a man infamous, exclusion for a i becoming at all times, and particularly so term ot years must have the same elect. upon a question involving so much about Both alike presupposes a difference between which men may reasonably differ. I know tho native and foreigner. Both have the not n hy I - ..■ il i think h .,.; -A any one fon same operation, and Loth whether justly, or dill'e. ing wiih me lip-iii Know N'otbirigisni,' unjustly, give a preference to native born than upuii Democracy: lie has the light to citizens. the in dutch nice of his opiui us, and if lie | The third section of the same article pre-u honest no just Uiau will denounce. ' scribes that no person shall be a Senator who : -,-• i .-„•./ ,■<■■:■. fjr I has not " been nine years a citizen af the j J vCZT..u L,l'uu!i.« 'J"C'" DuifelS'.auss." Hc^faed.jynctionisUroad. It is proper for my ! ) ■ iy ;'i.... - - r.ev'-v . ;■ ..: ■--. .. i-J--J. i :; i ... . I," :. -. .. r ;■•■•'' !•: . . ...:.... r, ■.-.: ...- ._ I I I . . '..'•.'■ ....'.-■ wa< i-i i Know Nol bin • 1 I ■.- : kn :-. ■:■ i'c si « .^i, an 1 coul ;..:..-. b: .in a.I in ssiou ir. As the ofjco rises i'i impo"ti»ncc—as th"o danger aiising from ignorance or pre-convinced opt-uous becomes greater—the I-M: L do not iw a •:• • c ru or pass , ,• •* . . ■• . ",. .-, „ „ I more careful the Iramcraol the Constitutiop were ; i secure the service of uathecitizens, until at last in the highest of all offices, for-eigners aie excluded entirely. 'J he first -eeti.'ii ol :!-•• 2nd article of the Constitution •leclaros that " no person except a natural b irri ciiizi n" "•:...". be "eligible to the oflice of 1' .-.-ident," and t.'ic twelfth amendment de-dares that nn foreigner shall be eligible r . ilieoff.ee of Vice President. It thus ap-pears that foreigners are absolutely prohibi-ted '•;/ ''••' Count'ttitii'ti from filling the onh . vl" andei- •: I'orimh, two ol!ice-« which emanate directly from the ■ i -• '■•-■',■■■ i- ••!■■■■■ ; ip- whole people, whoso incumbents are elected lit- ■■■-■■■ I ■• I bat in by the whole people, and who aro in an cs- ;- '■ : .: ii mile" Jhe guardians of the righfs ol to :ui\ Council .1 the SMlie, II I--'. It W:l ■ Iht mg I the i .-. •• : > • il .i In .., ! ; !■•;: I .,.:'.. • t!i .. ; . it!" in .i lid ; :■ • - • ••> 1. fen-l ne; Hi. 'i- r pi in ; . -. : v si ; . ineiples I • • . . ... II.- . . . . ... ':...,.i u, ami •. : ' - . ' ■ ■• ■ • • •• - • • - ■ ' • ■ ■• -. '. . . : .' e, tiiey are tne niinci- ■ ■ . ■ ' ' ' •■•'• - ! i ■ •■ ■ ... ■ '. ui-.ti ::. li. : . I. lie j ;:..-." ;....t. . ' . „....-- . ■■ - ■•■■■• ■ ''• -■'■'" ••■ i i.- iii-j . . . _■ v. • •-. . :'i', ■ .-. . -. • •:, ■: ; • ;•• . I, 111 ..... ll . . ■ i' . i .Waiy Coruolia. i i»uu i>J ...... ...... u . ... . „ . . . : . ; V.I . . i:_ . .... . ...... :.. tt .lie.I I,. .... ..:: - V i -■■■.. .'■ ■-■...... ■ . i be i 'op.e. hat >tr.ni_;er distinction is it I I LI ii. . . . ■'■■■ ■ i in . .- . ,c.l by :: ■• ■i ■ . • ■ i . ''''•■ ... .. . • in i a -in ., - ■_• , •■;•!■ | :-ib!-to make betweeii'the native an I the '■''•• ' •■ ' " ■■ ■■ •■• '■■'■■■: ■ I. liiev foreign !».rn citizen ? In comparison with ui.idt: it in the b.ginnii.g i!.e nas: oftli.ir timt bow po-.r and how weak is the mere 'l ' .'• ' in} prubabh resolution ■•fa political party that they will an ill-of the fage ii.isiiet l.e!-;iie.i... • „ot rotr for foreigners ? If the declaration ber.-d, but reason, reilection, and an earinsl ■■('such a purpose hy those who are called ''••.' : I them to the same resuli. A, |v'„ w N'othings is odious, unjust, infamous, ' I'dir.-h we li ..1 • ■: ( ten nn mber is in- ;m,| ivrasiic.il, what "ill y,.u do with that ;• ' ■•: ■• i ■ • ■ '" ■ - "-• •'•• i'oi.-ii- uti . we all profess to be revere". • ■ : . •■ • ■ '■ .'. i thatgr. en and living root they extract- • -; -.:.• d t;.e e.-senee of tb^ir creed. Wbateverof cited a.i >l ry, and :■■■,;■:■■ p.iiri-jtism—«li:uever of wisdom—whatever ■ . • . - • • ■ • ■ - - •'■ ' i< certain to lie lloweij . ■ . 1'hiis I i ■ ■: ■ . ..:''... . ' I 'III '.'.., t V ; ■ : .... • : ■ o .: .;.... ; ■ i'.-iiieere ilev li'/ii to liberty and the country urn) I'liv role '.■■ em is drawn from the same Ite! i - urce. Si .i.e them down and oil :.: ; .: bl • ■'•' ..: the .-Ulileuie law of the . .. I. S rike them down, and you prepare . . ■ anien.l lents 11 the Constitution w ii '. Ail! s HI have you vassals in fact, if ■■ ■ . ■■ . 'j'i.e :..:...'. .. ■ ■ nf th.' platform " • • ""-:- ::: name, to th *e who grow by ■ ._, L. "ii.-i -i-i i.i 1.1 ... . i ..: - . y>ur b -pitality, ai.d fatten upon your char- . . >il :; not as l«. 11V. 1 ■ •• '■•' "■ -••••• rule A ... i.i ..;... r ■■■: u- i y.;. ... ,..,,■■•,.,•,„ ,-.,. ■, :....,..c ,lcmonstra!td- ■ I mi- i'.ieali to de.'d in li ; • • ■ . ■ ■.,... . . i. I ' ... ■ . . ■ . ; ■ . ' ! ■ nor.is ... i : . I ; ■;:..... . il a.! ■ ifp-.iiti I Kupji.ai. ■ i. !• r tie irov r. i.i an li. i-i .-..'.. . - .. . .- . • .■ •■','•'■.••'./ .'''<•'"" the /■ ■' JII ■ i a '',,• . •■ ./. ..- 'jtiterul/jf tup- '':"'■.' lam not aware that it is customary to j ii ... uie ....• idi : id danger from foreign in-i ..s 1 icnee. He are exultin^ly poiii'ed to the • . or . . cjijioia ..u; that liure are i.ul three miliions'of for- _;. .-, uinle there are twenty millions of ;,.. a millions of foreigners a very 1 irge pro-portion are voters. It is the unvarying law of cmigrali n that much the greater number ui evei • bodv -i emigrants are males. 'I his lion, i.u • . . ii.nei ........ : . ml. leu en ...•: ■_ in- Natives. 'Jliesu figures are not accurate. i y. 'i'• on ■, - iriim which »\ but we \.iil take them as they are given to -: tin net .i.i ....■ |. •. : ■ iude toieigner-, and this u.-. It must be remembered that of this ... . • :. ■ I., i. is lite position I am pre] ared to maintain. i ill'. •._ j ; i" in i»i» ; it is nol denied thai we have enough, a ml • • • ■ • ■ I' luorc than en ig.i eoiiipeli-itt Americans to ■ ' • • • "•" ...... ; re we have • low. ii... it in '"■ ..._.■: i a u.siiiicihiu is o.iioii anu j was ll.o case even in California when the uiijii . .• . . •■• i. [ :.....::. I., is it l emigration was only from one portion of our , . . !..-.: I. : li i-l ■ ■ i. . , 11 • . I-. I. .l..:iu i o-;.. 1. iri. >l V So am i.er. Ail of us can call • •■• :' ■ ■ : ■ ... ' I. s enn ■ i..ii.n. liere. i.. Ins uiin landI ii. . te. mind, cases in whi■ chI thI e h■ e a dI oll-.tlhe It-aint- ,.1'- llil H li.'. * .. I i • I i "i 1 ( , ri l)( . .i ii it cn .. have Lhe riglii . ; -u.lia^; •. Hi- . |\ alone is a loreigiier, while t.ie wne uiitl in a, . l- . .x " :~ '■ 'er foi ail hour .- .... Ilia ilrcu arc natives. These go to swell the n ij . . j . •••■ . '.- was c isiau ; . duiij: •■ uuuiuer oi Nativeson the census books, while - ui i ;• He coiii'i in rile or speal ids seniiiueiiis the voter—the efficient and controlling pow- .. ii j II my. in '•■- .: O.I.MI ttitb ir. U set down as one foreigner. . . . .. j i ■ - ...i. .: :.... at III\ moil Now lei us i .> at the other Bide. Ol . .;.. ■ .II li . ..■■•. ..-: i. ..._.....• .... the twenty mil.ions of Americans about one ppi .• ... i. .o i .1 a : ..i. ■..!...._, iuiii-e- bsilf arc females. This disposes ot ten nul- . -- ui II ll. • ■■ ..... Ail this i- changed. |j, ; -. Ofihe remainder at least two thirds .. e i... • •-■ .. lhe riglii !■. iv'.e. In ' arc children, an I boys too young to vote. 1 n is near ihe ih..r, :..n v-.. ...i ...... |-... . \\ c have gucn him fhat disp -es of near seven millions more, "' ■•■ -- secuiuy. '• ■• ;....•-.•■:: ,i. pel ici.ee, and ■..■ [ brings the number of voters down much ■■ : ;........ • i\e ...i. i. . :..-. i I.mi lhe rigln ncarei to an equality than is at all agrees-to make me laws by win .. • ai _. •- |,|c ,.i- than our opponents arc willing toai- ...... . he i ■•_ is in ...- ..: ii j: ttuu n .._,;_ These ! t..-;s have not been unknown in.- i-i..i-1. ■ i .■.-•-- .i..- •> ■•....•-■ ■ i up- to, or unmarked by politicians. I'nere is :. I ind repays the sab f "I the v.- .. ,, .:..■. •. -;..: .::_• 1 Mn;i_ igUC ill all the tail ! . _. i., ii igu .i.i i. -,•.-.■•:.- •■! uie .....i ,-:.•!■ :• ttj. ha.-, not uiue and agaiu made himselt i.ii ...i :.■ ■..•■•- i. - [i iicc! i. i h ii ilcin , iiiciiotis as the advocate of foreigners, sion to taiK aoout the lights loreigneis. Win. 11. Seward. with his cold, calculating, 1'iivncge is tiie piopei '••■: i. Vie are : I heartlc--8-ellishn ss. ;- the baler in this t.i.iii.l in exteini iv in in tl ii ■_-.•..:-.:.-. j • . ;i I.; ition To « batever is of foreign i. •• •• r--..-- ' u ■ .i. i . ■'•■c.. .■ ■ . ■;• i .... 1 i.i.inv !-.' ;.••.-' :/ ' .: . 11 ll ll i ll - . . : ..- . . :.!■..'.. ' a bare bo ," itij n ul- •■ V I, r, plied lli •■ l • ••. ■ ..• Hi. -i- II kin I ; ...." : efforts arc beiiiu .-• li - I cn-ii nii.i II .- -.,..! that there I! tl) It ; 1' troduccd to allow him the privilege of the floor of the Senate, This was opposed by Mr. Calhoun on the ground that it was low-ering the dignity of tiie Senate and cheap-ening ils honors. By myself and others, upon the further ground that he bad, while in Ireland, indulged in denunciations ol slavery and taken part with lhe abolitionists against the South, which I considered an unwarrantable intermeddling with matters I that in no way concerned him. Notwith-standing these objections, the resolution i passed by a decided majority, and Father I Matthew u.ok Ins seat upon the floor of the : Senate. Not long afterwards, Gen. Pillowy who bore upon his person marks of honor-able wounds, recently received in the ser-vice of tho Republic, visited Washington, and found, to his mortification no doubt, I that the place which had been occupied by a Catholic Priest, was inaccessible lo him, [a native born American, and lato Major I General in the wars of his country. No:- was iic alone a sufferer, livery oiheor who served in tho Mexican war, not n member of Congress, or an existing State Legisla-j lure, was in like manner exclude-1, with perhaps, the single exception ot General j Scott, who bail received a special vote of j that.ks during the War of lolii, winch of • itself entitled him to admission, it wdl not , do to tell me thai respect for the cause ot j temperance produced this astonishing result. Tue Congress tf the United States aie not remarkable as disciples of temperance, and that \i--ry day, there was, peihaps, not six members of the Senate who did not drink . wine :.t dinner, or brandy before. Tho Irish vote was the controlling cause— the desire to conciliate that large body of naturalized citizens who looked up to lath-er Maiilew as a superior being. It was ■ this which gave lo the b'oreigni i- and the Catholic an importance u nvu and beyond , that of the soldiery whose blood had been : poured out like water ou the plums of Mexi-co. It was this which induced the Senate to forget what it had been—to throw aside lhe severe 'dignity which bad elevated them : in the minds of men. and to exchange the character of Roman sages for that of ser-vile sycophants. There was a time when that high body was composed of sterner stuff. There was a time when such a pro-position would have been ifeated with the .-eon. it deserved. But thai •• .- bed re tin Irish Exodus. Now ii wo venture 10 ques- ! tion foreign merit, it must he done with "bated breath." If we vmturo lo deny any foreign demand, however imperious we iiio threatened wilh political annihilation. and yet I am told we are in ti > danger from foreign influence. When the Sciiatt of the United States has bent before the storm, where are we to look \'A- that public virtue which is sturdy enough to resist it .' ' The oration to .).'. A'..-.-.//«—whatourlit eolation-ury t'orijutliirs «-../.' Anre thought of it The other case to which I allude was still more outrageous. M. Kossuth had been actively engaged in exciting a revolution in Hungary, but when the hour of trial came he shrunk fioiu the danger he had evoked, and flying across the frontier, took refuge beneath the Cresent of the lurk. An im-mense amount of sympathy was at once manufactured for him, and our Government, not to be behind the public expectation, dis-patched a vessel of war to bring him to our shores. Of course tiiis was done under the 1 specious name of sympathy for struggling freedom. But if there had been no German votes in the United States 1 am very much inclined to the opinion that sympathy w ihl have expended itself in some less costly manner. Bui not satisfied with bringing iiini here both branches of Congress passm a resolution inviting him t.> Washington. He came in all the pomp which ■...• - the Monarchs of the Old - .i'i -•• .. I Guards paraded before his door i • '•• p ■-.i the vulgar populace. And we w.m would not have tolerated such coiniuc: .-. • • hour in the I'residenl of the V-\ ■ ... u i only -ui.i.iiiied io it on the par; ..•; il.i- ':■■■'■ eigu mendicant, but actually nulled i.::u within the bar of the Crciate. Hi ■'/■"■ ■ with all his guard about him. 'i •■ ■-'■>... foreign sabres awaked the echoei . "•• vestibule of the Senate, and an • ■ ■ -I of li' public-inn lo ike i :. with •■ .'.•-: admiration at the pageant. If tin are permitted to witui ss eienta uj ou what u,:-: have beeu t:.i' teeliugs stern fathers of the Republic wucii tue\ saw the veh-et uniforms ot a foreign bo.ij guard within the sacred preemts • i the Sen-ate"' Lei us Buppi >e taeiu gathered a iout the in •: rfil Wasbi igtw, •■- Uicy wi •• « .:-.• revolution already forgotten V Ah !(*shade of depai t- I ed Patriots, there is an engine of power in i our land of which in your day you did not I dream. There are a few hundred thousand i German voters among us. and every Dciua j gogue who aspires to the* Presidency, and i all lhe satclitea that climmer about him are [ vicing with each other in the conces- ! sions to German pride and German i^'.- j ing. But the picture is a sickening one, and I I turn from it. • God knows it was bitter j enough at the time, and I have no wish to i dwell upon it anew. The roi.-..,- (./" /.'.,'..- adulation or' Kottu'h—.'/■ -: Jackson, llovtiw, and Seott icert treuti'i. _ Not satisfied with tho honors heaped upon Kossuth, Congress determined to extend to ' him more " material ail." Mr. Steward discovered that ho was tho Nation's guest. I and introduced a bill assuming his expenses as a National debt. The account turned I out to fa : so.nuwhat L-xtravasant. Tl ' repi.:>.-. an siirtyr Lo ill the ■.-a".o of $500 per d-i tho tweiity-foar iiours Chun i... plain .il at C'■■• -•: r.i ■ in .ip"? sod ljur gusi.iy which cost more than it won''! <: ."a to feed a rcsp-jctablo family in N*>rtb A'-v banvi for a twelvemonths. At that very j mement there were bills opon th.) I ilcndar of Uio (iousu for the relief of destitu'o «:■ [ dowa and orphans, whose husbands had died I in defence of the country, wliich {'■•':;:■.■■ ; has not had time 'o attend to evi n to this I day. Not so with Kossut.']—he drank his I wine, cut his pates de froit ^r.tc :•■■ 1 Con-gress inslantly footed the !,:.!. Bo yju ask I the reason 1 I answer, widows and cliil-di-.- n had no votes. The foreigners wi... were to be coacilinted by a iulation oi Kos- ; suth had many. Others will say it was not . Kossuth, bu: his pause—that ho had been battling for freedom and ihey wish'! ;•. ma:!, their appreciation of his efforts, A-a tribute to tne spirit ••: liberty ii might j have been w.-ll enough if we had not been I so lamentably deficient in paying that tu-bute to our own citizen*. When General Jackson ha I driven lhe | British army from New Orleans and rescued ; the ci . ntry from ona of the most terrible I dangers with which it was over threatened. i be was arrested in tho very hour of bis tri-iimpli and heavily fined for ih« rigorom di«- i charge of his duty; and yet l-ongriss per-mill. I more t:..in a on :::,•;- of ;, ;. ntui l i . roll ..M iy without acknowledpinp tiie wrong, i on:'; n.-pting to repair ir. lie wasa nativi : Amen .'an—there was no fon . u sympathy . in li - behalf-—no foroj" i vote to t-orniliate. , Whet. Ui neral !!■•'! -:..n r.-tiirn ■ i l . i:..- I i nit. il States with tl ■ laurels of S .-. Jacir.to ;: upon i:i- brow bi '■:• rin : ■ '■ emi re in ;,;- : and* : i !.r. ;it ijiir fi el, :. i • 'ol jrnv -• mill invilaiions cell braled his arrii il. >., bills -i ; were passed lo pay his expeni-ei. lie wasa • Native American iin.i notbi i. "am-ed by lauikitions of his cbivaliy i::- (-.■- ■• .. ■ I or i lotism. When G •!.!•:;.! ;'•■• ii ha ! nun 111- ded one of the most wonderful campaigns ever recorded in history, he was rcftilii il al-most in disgrace, ami his army, »lii '. be ii i I found untrained militia, and converted into vetei i .ii bei • - was transfi i re ! to oi ■ ,. his subordinates. Vet Congress offered i, ■ word of sympathy, applied no lain. t. the wouii'leil feelings of ibe matchle-s >o!.ii r. 1!..- was :i native American and the voi • i I condolence was mute. Iliid General Shield - received similar treatment, a howl would ha^e been raised from one end of the conti-nent to the oilier, and half the tongues in Coi /ie;s won! lhavegr >wnweary lamentin in- wrongs. Who : icse fa its before me, an 1 :.!! know them to be facts, f mo l be j nrdom I I'.-i maintaining that there is danger from :' .- . in....'lice, and the i'.'oner i: is boldlv ru ; li..: better. ii /.-., shirt- H- ! Th' ■ ■ ■ -i that Ki'Oir Auf/i ngi, in '■! f ■ .'- i". "n irrrf'laiiil *j'nlai.t*tl l,u ling fn '• a -I ft.j >,. ft is gravely urged us an objection to the .. Ici ol Know Nothings; that it originati in i N'oi lb, and oiigln thei i I ire to be :•: , : . . :i.i suspicion bv ti -; South, and this i-La.-on ! have seen advanced by such men in i ibs and Stephens ol Gorgia, and i'-..--. of Kentucky—gentlemen wli m ,. . [•••rsonally, and foi whose talents, at l.i :. i. its, and moral worth I have I -rvTeal i pect. 'lo my mind ii i- an ei. leu • • • ■ il ■ ■ ikm -- of any e .!:-•■ ■.-: .01 men I ' ■ib.lilies resort to such flimsy rocaiii r. p .it it. 1 .!.■ nol kn ■•• li it :' ■■ :,■■■- i.. i .r l snail coacc le th: t il did oi;.■!. He in New \ :. an i then i sb .11 ; r Ci ed : . -r. w that there is no spot upon the continent when tne people have - iffei I m ire from foreign ■ inigrati u. -■■■•'■■-. '. •;- n ' • in ." imj j riotia reas.-iii' for arraying themselves against ' it. Ry reference to the annual report of the Governors of the Alms B»ue, I find {there were in the New York Aims Holts'! during the year 1853, 2198 inmates—of liies.- only 585 Vere Natives, and 16G3 for-eigners supported at the expense of thecity. ; And now 1 propose to use on one side the I argument of our opponents that there aro only 3,000,000 foreigners to 20.000.000 N»- UVPP. According to that ratio there oujrht to bo about seven natives to one foreigner in the Alms Uouse. Whereas we find more '. than three foreigners to one native. No wonder that a people who arc taxed to gup-iport such a body of paupers should be th«« ! first to set about devising means to get rid ol thorn. Let us pursue the record—in the Bellevue Hospital, in the same city, 'hero . were 702 Americans— 4134 Foreigners; now the pDportion rises to nearly six to one. There weft of out door poor—that is persons who had sonn*Jii..iv to .-hep, but nothing to eat, and nothing lo make a fire—957 Na-tive adults, and I044children-3131 Foreign adults, and 52'2'J foreign children, or chil-dren, born oi foreign parents. This number were relieved ..luring lhe year with money. Of .those relieved with fuel, there were 1248 | adult Americans and 1610 children—103o.f' adult foreigners and 18,857 children. But the record is not yel complete—let us torn to the statistics of crime. In the city pris- . ins there were -iuriiig ihoyenr, 0,102" AIM-rienns— 22,220 foreigners.* I pat* on t«> an , abode even more gloomy than that of the prison cell, and call your attention to those whom God in his wisdom, has seen fit to de-prive of the lijd.t of reason, in the Lunatic Aeylum—there were admitted from the year 1*47 * . is", t. 770 American.-—23*<1 For-eigners. For the year H.,:!, there were I>4 \n.«-ricans -31'3 Foreigners. These tables might h.< rflaila ne re c;;.»pleti by adding Orf :...■ ..;...-■;.. M..; .■:J,:-.?i,!Kji»r:i. f; fhv.t\ E',;--.!-', but of these I hare nore-jliallodita, and ibcreforo pass them with tbp . aing'o rr-mark •'-■: I have never seen -i Na- | U1 ■ American ^ '.•■• [■ lonped to cither c'r.ps. Hi1 3 liguvs are far more cr>nclu?ivo than H- y ' i" "i -. ...nil { lm '.•> prove the r.-ce;si- ,,..,- arresting the tide of cmigratien. Let eyery Amei can impress them deeply upon jli : mnrnory. 42.30!) Foreign naapera and ji'ivirlih; :■:':', Unatise. and 22.229 crimi- 'nal 'a- ng .'.,- indn try, and blighting tho prosp. rity of a single city. In that list of evimi i is i mbrac ■ 1 murder, rape, arson, rob- : bery, peijury, everything which is damning to the ehai-iieteroftheiiidividua), and every-thing whi.'h is dangerous to society. .'.'-.•- th > i ■'. /•• aim endangered by Foreign h\ fiiune* ~-h Mjuent (Comment nn Washnsfj ■ " In to put noni-Iml.Americans on Guard. In our section we see but little ofthe evils ' of emigration—comparatively few come a mong u-, an] those are generally of the best classes of their countrymen. It is not as a State that wo sufier most but as an integral part of the Republic. Tho crime, vice, dis-i- ao-. destitution and beggary, which flow in with every ti'i.: of emigration afflicts us but ii::;.-: it is through iheir political action; i i their capacity nf voters, that the cure-j extend.-, itself lo u». When tbon^ands upon thousands are ciriied lo iho polls and inadu to voi • ill favor of any man, or any party . •: hilling, corrupting the bnlJot-boT, anil cinlcriiig liberty insecure, then we suffer— then !■■•■ law ol iclf-prrservatioii gives us a right, and make? il a <'.■',•%■ to interpose. .' !i i-ueh.danger ibickoning Hround us tho .•ii.il onler of General Washington mid be upon in ry man'.- lips. "Put none but Americans on juard t.u-iiight." In time I' peace, your public officers nre your s.-n- ::...!-. I'm Hon.-on guard wliusf b'-somsdo :.■•■ - • i. will ■ tiling pridi. ui the mention .' : .■ • Hill, of .Moniil.iUlh, of Saratoga, or ol \ i'. I'.iwn. I'u t none ou guard whoso nation il ti adili >ns . • n.-t • o d:::-- i to oar .'.rn c.itnmonwi •':. But hone on guard in il -.: bj :he hour upon the e!o- .i' I bill i ; I'Conuc!, but h&VC never ..■; the i ui. • iif Patrick Henry. Put none oi •■.. i •• .. turn wilh Cold indiffer- ■: icc froi i the »l >ry of Ni igara, or New Or-lean-, to boast of Marengo, or Leipsic, or | Waterloo. They do not lovo your land as you do—they will not watch over it with tho same absorbing interest. Oppression, not is I ;ht him here, and though he li ., fcl a certain amount of gratitude for In has found, he still looks back ; i the ..'..''•■! fiel i: of his childhood—be ro-inembcrs ■ very stom Upon the highways —he read; the history of his native land, and ,...: ■ .': - in !i • li- m of hearts be feell thir, • i •. | s bjine, and there his iiolicst af- •" ion; a.'C red up. Fear, necessity, - -•• miv keep him here, but ho loves no! the bind of the stranger—carea nothii ' f >r il ■ former (jloi ies -sheds no tear .,■•:• it3 | . i.i-l di - i-ti-l'-. With t reverence can th* German re-neml -r- i -tn wn ••■■ ii:-' •' f el in *"• I j card tl name of Washington whin bo re-it his pathway to freedom was .1,' .lea i bodies of German tner- V i.ii . ■. illation .-an the Briton . .i.ii k-'-n when he remem- ,.-i-- :i:.it it was won by trampling the lion • i . the dust? i- :- not in human nt- ... that tl uy »hi dd feel as we do, and wo arc false to ourselves when we pal then «in ., , . • .; _-,..- tbeu. ll •: lireet.vii .1 the '.,» •'I I • I i f |