The republic., 1851-10-25
New York Correspondence.
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fsetsd BY Foreign Admixttve-E Excitement against
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One oil the nnest military displays ever witnessed
In this city occurred yesterday. The day was
bright and warm, and although the mud, as usual,
was nearly ankle deep in the Streets citizen SOL
diery were dressed carefully though they were
"parlor knights." instead of being veterans in
street parades, and accustomed to Drawing the
heat of Fourth of July. and the sleet and cold
of Evacuation day. The occasion of the parade
was a review by Governor Hunt; and IT was
known that several military gentlemen had come
from Philadelphia expressly to witness the turn
out, there unusual effort to make fine show.
Major General Sandford and his staff appeared, for
the first time believe, in the elegant uniform
oil the United States army, and a most favorable
contrast it offered to the old style. The staff of
General Even, also, wore the uniform, and
formed altogether the most brilliant looking clus-
ter of officers / have ever any occasion.
The review took place in Fourteenth street-after
the Fifth avenue the noblest street in the cityit
tends from the Hudson to the East river, is hun
dred feet wide, built up almostts entire length with
magnificent mansions, and crossing through Union
Square, Broadway, and the Bowery. The troops
amounted toabout six thousand and the line reached
from the Bowery down othe Hudson. Passing along
the line the spectator all the nations Of Europe
represented by squads of their natives, dressed in
costume indicative of their different tribes il was
kind of military Pentecost; Waterloo did
not present greater variety of national uni
forms. There were the green coated Milesians in
immense numbers; the Gardc Lafayette, with
their long -skirted blue coats and crimson trou-
sers, as thoroughly Gallo in their aspect as
any regiment that ever marched to the music of the
Marseiiaise; near them was a company of Hunga-
rians, IN dark green coats and trousers, and yellow
boards and moustaches then there were two COM
panies of Scotch Highlanders, wearing bonnets,
and with black plumes and plaid scarfs; the Ger
mans mustered in immense numbers on horse
back, with glittering helmets; but it very
markable that the nation whose language we speak,
and from which we claim our descent, was not rep,
resented there. Why is it that there military
companies of Irish, Scotch, German, French, tia
liam, and Hungarian among our citizen soldiery,
while there is not single military organization
of Englishmen? Probably because the English
assimilatc readily among the natives and
of course do not feel the need of cultivating
clannish spirit don't know of any other
reason, for the military spirit is quite strong
among them as in other people, and they
make quite as loyal citizens In spite of the inn
mcnse immigration of the Celtic and Sclavc races
the predominant element in our national character
ia and must remain English.
Yet the English immigrants very inconsid-
cradle part OF the vast multitudes daily landing
upon our shores The proportion they bear to the
other nations of Europe will average during the
year about the same they have done from the lst
to the 18th. The whole number of European pas
sengers that have landed here during that time are
five thousand one hundred and ninety-one from
Ireland, three thousand nine hundred and ninety
one from Germany, one hundred and twenty
four from Scotland, ninety nine from Wales,
eighty seven from France, forty nine from Swift
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den, and nine hundred and eighty four from
England making total of ten thousand five
hundred and ninety nine. So that less than
one tenth of the immigrants are English. II is
impossible that this continued infusion of foreign
element should not in time cause a very marked
change in the national character; but we are like
ly to remain, as the Italians call US, the widest
awake nation OF the world, although this wide
awakedness is rather questionable in some import
ant matters; that, for instance, of sending all our
precious metals and precious merchandise abroad
to pay for goods which might as well produce
at home.
remarkable movement has recently been made
here by some of our mechanics, who have been
making row because contract for granite, to be
used in the construction of the new market house
on the site of the old Washington market, at the
foot of Fulton street, the North river, has been
given to a" down easter" They are jealous of
outside barbarians, and insist that the mechanics
of the city should do all the work of the city.
But the greater part OF these mechanics, / dare
say. have never thought they depriving them
selves and the other laboring classes of the Union
of the work to which they entitled by approving
of laws which lead to the importation of millions
of foreign manufactures weekly which might and
should be produced on our own soil. They can
readily imagine what the effects would be upon the
national prosperity if all hats, boots, shoes,
and ships should be of foreign manu- facture; and,
if they were to devote few hours thought to the
subject, they might see what would be the beneti
cial effects of manufacturing at home the cloths,
calicoes, hardware, silks, and pottery which we
import from abroad
1t is not surprising that a ship-owner, or an i'm
porting merchant, should be opposed to the pro-
lection OF home manufactures; but il is special
cause for marvel that any mechanic, farmer, or
statesman, should oppose principle that lies at the
foundation of all national superiority and prosper
ity. If ship owners themselves understood their
true interests, they would not be found on the side
ofthe anti proectionsts; and in fact, the majorty
of our ship owners the political opponents
of the miscalled free trade.
The agent of one of the lines of London packets
told me that the sixteen ships employed in that
that their losses the present year already amounted
to forty thousand dollars. The foreign shippers of
goods to our market complain of losing money;
the importers have lost largely; the jobbers have
been faing; the ships that have been employed in
bringing over the foreign merchandise which i'm
povcrishes us have lost money! and our own manu-.
facturers have been doing a losing business; the
cotton planter complains OF the low price of his
staple; the farmer cannot find remunerating g
market for his produce; the banks compelled
to curtal their business to prevent all the specie
| being extracted from their vaults, and nobody
but the chance speculator, and the commission
agcnts, finds any profit in doing business under
| the present state of our tariff laws. S. X S.
WEATHER, CRoPs, SUGAR GRINDING, &c.-We
understand that sugar rolling has commenced in
our vicinity. General Bernard began last week,
and the planters generally preparing for this,
the most laborious season of the year.
The weather has been such of late to develop
the cane very rapidly and we consequently anti
cipate an early despatch of the crop.
| Baton Rouge (Ld.) Gazette.