The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-13

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nothing Of the Kno~ Nothings their principles, no
does he read here the principles Of the Know Nothng
Mr.. sxwARD-If my learned and excellent friend, the
honorable Senator from Kentucky had paid attention 10
what said he would have in the rst place that
said nothing Of the Kno~ Nothings. Ny reason for 1t
Is, that always say nothing Of that which know no
thing. (Laughter) Again, the honorable Sens tor will
& to ~ a
because Of the Know Nothings have already sa
know nothing at all renewed laughter) am stating
the articles Of this principle Of opposing foregn immigra
tion need not Discriminate here In favor OF those
principles which nationalthose which just and
those which are American. need not point them out,
and show which they II s sufacient for to say,
that IN my Judgment anything t. un Amsric'n S which
between the native born American and him whose lot Is
directed to be cast here BY overriding Prominence
and who renounces his allegiance to foreign land and
shows feslty to the country which adopts him.
But, sir, without going further in thus line Of
csd before the ssus 70 show hs smo,
thisthat although It d very narrow road, 1t IL also
long one that we are entering upon when we begin
to stop short Of the end My Idea is to stop
sh there shou s @
cuson. am an American citizen. SO my father
than cam may be able throw further back into an.
tquty the period when they by their progenitos
foreigners and aliens. ! cannot certainly carry my
penealogy back far enough 10 know whether it
than three generations. Why should exclude the
foreigner today lie is only what every American
citizen or his ancestor at some time other If he
be alien, he is in the of one two, three,
four or five years to become what all are-Amercan
citizens. Sir something been said about 10y atty
desire know where and when the Foreigners the aliens
In this country have shown less LOYALTY to this govern
ment and to its institutions than the native citizens
But sir, shall not pursue that line of argument fur
ther; desire to look at 1t for moment ques-
tion of policy We are told that to dice ,urage
policy thirty years ago. what would have been CON
sequencey Is now twenty nine years ago since the
enced BY the construction Of the Erie canal through
the State Of New York. uniting the tide waters OF the
Hudson with Lake Erie, and since that time have
perfected five thousand miles of canal at expense of
six hundred millions Of dollars extending inland
navigation from the Mississippi at its mouth, to the
Hudson river at New York, and thus dispensing alto
gether with what of the two great national
wants at the time of the American Revolution-the na
CATION % On the 81. aawssPee sp How was that done
OF but one American citizen who worked with the spade
and wheelbarrow in those works Doubtless there are
to say, is now member on this aoor-Mr wade Of
Oho-and one of its most able and talented members.
in the process Of naturalization What more have we
done We have made sixteen thousand miles of rail-
road connecting the different parts of this Union insepa
rably together and thus overcoming the want of
trazation and enabling ourselves to look with pity and
contempt upon the statesman who seeks to alarm
with measures OF doubtful merit value by threatening
with dissolution Of the Union. What labor made
oil these ilroadsP think 1t the labor chiefly Of
railroads. and canals have cost too ts Suppose sHss the
foreigners had remained ct home and native American
labor had performed this work can anybody tell what
has been the dminuon of the cost Of labor among
scvess i ranges now from seventy cents to dollar
native Americans had to perform all the labor what
would be its cost What wond have been the condition
take the is The ngres of the foreign popu
ation into this country Is xed and Interchangeable fact
It has its cause IN the condition Of society in foreign
the population of Ireland when they besieg
ed in their native homes by famine and resti-
which obliged them to come. So is it Of those parts
of the population Of Germany and Continental Europe
the II oa
not remain at home-it must come here-and inasmnch
as i must come here we are to treat it as II it were
on a. to continue let see what will te the effect Of
the in question upon the interests Of society in
cities just as II has hitherto done When it enters the
gate discrimination is found to be made against H. and
may 60 the Western countries the Territories
and occupy and cultivate farm The aliens cannot
what WIN then, will happen me AWsriean citizen
the efects Is 1t not at that it
break society into two classes, and distributes
mand but according to arbitrary principle of policy
obgng the foreigner to remain in cities and upon
tive into the How that operate
the Western portions Of the country Do they not
want Are they not engaged in extending and
they not want their share Of foreign here
II 1t Is useful to u.s. is it not useful to thems Are we
through with all we have to do in tho Atlantic
States, that dispense with foreign labor and
resort to the labor Of American born citizens
exclusively Those may to this conclusion who
in looking through the different departments Of in
dustry In the cities, believe, wisely, aud upon
well ascertained fact that there surplus Of labor in
the different departments Of and industry in
the Atlantic States; but think they win 6nd them
selves quite mistaken, and that IL they send away the
alien population they viii find the prices Of agriculture
rise to high advance in the Atlantic States seriously
injurious TO those States while corresponding injury
win result to the Western States from the absence
of foreign labor. Sir it is time should give the tcxt Of
this sermon. Here it s;-"Hc 1.-THE King OF England)
has endeavored to prevent the population OF these States
fer that purpose obsrueng the laws for the naturara
ton Of foreigners refusing to pass others to
their migration hither and raising the conditions Of
appropriations Of lands Decaration OF Independence
Mr.. PRATT (whig) Of Nd advocated striking out and
strongly denounced the portions of the bill which he
understood giving the American soil into the custody
OF an alien population.
The bill was thon postponed.
After short executive session. the Senate adjourned
House OF Representative.
WASHINGTON July 12, 1854
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