Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-12-09

lands in Virginia aud California, valued AZ over
three millions Of dollars, which are in due course
Of preparation for trial. The report recommends
the enactment Of law by Congress, authorizing
the compromise Of judgments and debts of long
standing.
From the Annapolis Gazette.
Who should Rule Us2 And Who Does
Rule Us
These are queries which strike a sympathetic
chord in the hearts Of all true Americans. There
Is no subject on which we, as people, are more
sensitive than on that of our national rights and
privileges. Let any nation assail those rights, the
feathers of our Eagle are Instantly ruffied, and
Yankee blood is eagerly offered up In defence Of
what we hold 30 dear. This is spirit which, we
trust will never die out. This Is spirit on which
only can we rely for the safety of our country.
Implanted by the God of Nature in the Blossoms Of
our revolutionary sires, it has from them been
transmitted to us as our most precious legacy,
and as the surest safeguard Of the fruits Of the
struggles Of the times that tried, mems souls"
To the first query, therefore, there can be but
one honest answer: " americans should rule
u.s." And he who does not thus answer is a das-
tard, who can easily account for his opinions by
the faint of Tory blood. s, M j.
But tenacious as we are Of our rights as Ameri-
can-born citizens, we are too prone to be blinded
to our dangers by the corrupting and binding mi
asma of party influence, or, more properly speak
ing, of party spoils. Ask a man thus blinded,
" Who rules us 7" His answer viii be indignant if
you hint that foreigners rule us.
Attempt to convince him that such Is the case,
and his violent passion will sweep away your figures
and statistics, and, perchance, will cause him to
add personal insult The number Of such intern
perate men is very great MS we well know; but we
trust there are some not 80 blind as MOTTO see the
drift of our argument to-day, and acknowledge the
truth Of our proof
We assert them most unequivocally that Ameri
ca ia not ruled by Americans We assert that the
foreign vote of this country Is the balance Of
power which elects nearly all Of our national Off
GERS, and too large proportion Of our State Off
GERS. For our proof, let facts speak.
As basis for our calculations, we take the
figures Of the last Presidential election:
Pierce's vote, 1,587,256
SCOTS do 1,3S4,577
Hale's do 1926
Total votes 3,f29129
From the above it win be seen that Pierce's ma;
jority over Scott was ZOE $40, and over Scott and
Hale, 1888. In 1850 there were in this country
1858, 282 male foreigners, ofall ages. Making de-
ductions for children and nonnatlralized persons,
we put II far below the mark when we say that at
the last Presidential election there were 100000
foreign votes cast. -
Of these 100000 votes it viii be perfectly safe
to say that at least 100000 were cast for Pierce.
What then is the result? Why, clearly, that as
Pierce's majority over Scott was but 2026 79, the
800 900 foreign votes elected him. and left 81, 32l
votes over for all other contingencies. Subtract the
foreign vote-50O 000--from the total vote, and we
have 2,62g, 1919 votes From this subtract SCOTS
vote 1884, 677-and we have PA 552, to be d.
vided between Pierce and Hale. Put Pierce alone
received 1857, 258 votes; where, then, does the
difference come fromy 1t comes from that portion
h,lJg <xr
power--the foreign vote .
Look at It in any light you may-put the thing
in its most favorable aspect. Make all possible al
lowances, and you cannot but conclude that to
whichever of the old parties the foreign vote at
tached ITSELF that party was victorious. And thus,
term after term, has our Presidential chair been
filed, not by the choice Of the majority of the peo
pie, but by the choice Of the majority Of the foreign
voters.
And note, too, the astonishing increase of this
vote. Week after week thousands of foreign con-
victs and paupers are landed on our shores, in q
ratio very far eceeding that of the natural increase
Of our native population. So soon as they land,
they are marked out as prey TO demagogues, who
keep an eye upon them until election day comes
on. Then they arc generously furnished with
forged documents which satisfy election judges Of
their right to vote. And thus, within twenty -four
hours after his foot touches SOIL foreign con-
vict casts a vote which "kills that Of man born
and reared among us. t
Is not this subject worthy the consideration Of
every patriot Is II not criminal to close our eyes
and ears to the fightfnl truth Of this thing, until
their number shall render render opposition usclessf
Or does II not become true-hearted Americans to
forget old party ties, and join hand in hand and
heart to heart in this glorious crusade for the pro-
tectioa of our libertiesY
Now is the time to heal this fearful disease of
our body polite A few years delay, and II may be
too late Foreigners already hold in their hands the
balance Of power. Let them once even approx
mate majority, and where viii our country stand
The bare idea Of such result Is too fearful TO be
entertained. But we trust that all possibility Of
such result will be forever banished by the patr-
otto movement Of the great American party, which
has lately sprung into being with the determination
that il viii spare no efforts to enable americans 10
rule 4merica. With such an object, no patriot
can fail to wish II God speed.
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION QUESTION:
Church Journal (Epis) has vigorous article upon
the new dogma the dignitaries Of the Catholic
Church are about to formally promulgc at Rome,
namely, to declare that the Virgin Mary was, from
her conception and BIRTH as free from the faint of
Original Sin ~ the Saviour was himself The
Journal denounces this dogma Ms an ..enormity,n
an Outrageous usurpation Of power "blasphe
my" and degrading TO that Saviour which IL
falsely pretends TO exalt." The editor demands
IL the Episcopal Church---the Reformed Church.
is going TO look Idly onf lie trusts not, and heart
lily seconds the suggestion Of the bishop Of Mon-
treal, that protest should, at once, be issued
against the new hercsy. The journal says:
"Lct the Archbishop Of Canterbury invite all
the bishops Of the Reformed Church throughout
the world to assemble in Canterbury Cathedral
once more PROTEST, solemnly, against this new
I" blasphemous fable and dangerous deceit of
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world, the ancient faith, pure and undefled, once
for all given To The sainfs-n--N Y Ernross