Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-12-28

ordeal, and yield to public opinion. The end
is not We"
Owing to mistake in our office, proper
number Of papers were not sent to the Navy
Yard. We will sec that this shall not Occur
again.
senator Adams's Bill.
We have long entertained, and long ago ex
pressed the conviction that something must BIZ
done to elevate American citizenship, or at least
to rescue II from that decline in intrinsic dignity
and public estimation, which an indiscriminate
surrender of II to Chinese coolies and European
felons and papers by the half million the year
must occasion"
"Though obnoxious to nsupcrablc objections in
our own mind, yet the bill of Senator Adams de-
serves consideration and ID unobjectionable in so
far as 1t asserts the superiority of one of men
over another-of the American over the masses Of
the European and Asiatic populations. 1t asserts
in this a notorious truth. High and elevated SEN
timent drove our ancestors from Europe. They
fed from political and religious persecution. The
immigrants now focking to our shores, come, for
the most part, merely in search Of richer pastures
and are impelied by physical want and sensual de-
sire"
"This bill of Senator Adams is also unobjection.
able in so far as 1t makes distinction between the
American population and foreign population
treats America, its lands its offices, and dearly
bought privileges of every name, as the peculiar
property Of Americans; and chiefly and principal
ly, in that it tends TO keep Off from our white Ia
boring class that ruinous competition which has
afflicted Western Europe for seventy years with
alternate famine and revolution, and which now
occasions general exodus Of its poor to our own
shores "-Richnond Examiner.
vn:y AZ. .ll:~o,,x ,J.xo. or A. :,
Examiner please give his views, SO that all can
understand what he means by that "some-
thing" which he says must be done to ele-
waite American citizenship" Will he please
to state, SO that men Of ordinary capacity can
understand, what are the insupera6le o6iec-
tioas Of which he speaks?
Win he please specify wherein, and how far,
"a distinction between the American popula-
ton and foreign population" may be rightfully
made, in reference to the right of suffrage and
public trusts?
We doubt not the Examiner perfectly well
understands its own views, but we confess that
his language above copied is not comprehended
by ourselves. We like plain, clear, unmistaka-
BILE language in the editorial columns Of news
papers, and we trust that, in reference to the
important questions now agitating the public
mind, the Examiner win clearly express its
opinions a
The time is rapidly coming when the peopl,
will desire to know the true and precise views
Of all politicians, and when such mysterious
language, or at least indefinite language, a,
that used by the Examiner, will not satisfy tn,
the demands of the masses. If the Examiner
thinks that foreigners should never be allowet
to vote, why not say SO in plain tcrmsS IL i
thinks twenty one years, or fourteen years, OF
any other term Of probation should be adopted
why not say sos If il thinks that no foreign
or should be allowed to hold Office why mo-
say SO II ii thinks no such restriction should
DO imposed, then say SO in plain terms.
IL the Examiner thinks that "judicions ;
system Of naturalization should DO adopted, a.
Con. jackson thought in relation to a tariff o.
duties then let the Examiner hoist all sail for 9
'judicious" system Of laws on this point and
we shall fully understand its non-committalism
We beg TO assure the editor OF the Examiner
for whose sincerity and usual fearlessncss il
politics we have profound respect, that he viii
soon find that tho Democracy Of Virginia ar,
far in advance Of his present, position, on tn,
all-absorbing questions alluded to, and tina
whatever course their former leaders may
adopt the masses win rally around the stand
ard Of the american Reformation I"
The CLIMATE or THE CRIMKA-It is a mistake
says the Baltimore American, to suppose that tn,
Crimes, the seat OF war, has in winter very col,
climate. II appears to be the impression Of som,
OF our journals that the allies, in conducting win
ter campaign in that quarter win encounter tn,
blasts and SHOWS that proved so disastrous to tn
French during their retreat from Moscow. Mos
COW csin very different latitude from the Crimea
as glance at the map win show. The Istmus O
Pcrekop, for instance which IL the northern OK
tremity of the Crimes, is in the same latitude will
Venice and Sebastopol is on the same parable
with Modens. A line run through Ravenna, 30
logna and Rimini win pass hardly quarter Of
degree below Sebastopol. The natural production
of the soil indicate decidedly warm and geDia
climate. The citron, the olive, the pomegranitc
the orange, the lemon, the vine the laurel the CIV
press, and the mulberry, flourish there in the mos
luxuriant profusion The Crimea is more notet
for the vcissitudes Of its climate, resulting from
the proximity of the Black Sea, than for the seve
rty Of its winters. While, therefore, the allies will
not, az is supposed by some, have TO Withstand
the severity Of northern winter, they win yet b.
almost certain to suffer greatly from the sickness
that viii be produced by the sudden changes
The Rev. John b. Wecomb, German Catholic
priest, has been fined $500 at Chicago for VIC
lent assault upon lame boy, for whispering while
attending mass The court held that the defend
ant had no authority, in law or religion, TO commit
an assault and battery upon the boy on the grounc
that he was pastor Of the church,