Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-11-07

tly and most injuriously prevailed. Tht
tgreat daneef 10 our Governments arises from
[ihe lust Of power and the love Of Office
which govern and will always govern man
kind. This danger is only 10 be counter
acted BY the perpetual vigilance Of the peo
lple, or by such lpari Of the people as may
not he deluded BY corrupting influences, anc
lwho shall awaken those who are, 10 prop
sr sense Of she prevailing or threatened
epils8 SOTO Fi,is eja1a 1ol .esisoA5
That the practical working OF our system
of Governments has been and is such as We
have stated lis unhappily 5u. 100 true, al.
Though the theory proceeds upon the pre-.
sumed virtue. and intelligence Of The people
Why, ,Ihen, should ihe Know Nothing parry
! be 80 especially and rancorously .censureC
Tor doing s0t5s,sa,sially only the, Same thing
which has Y done By nlI .naffis1s.5rom lns
very foundation OF tke Govesnnienif
" Let US now inquire into The alleged cause
and origin Of this new party. iaaoa ar
(. Great and manilold as are the benefits
which the country has derived from the for
eign immigration, yet Il cannot be over.
looked, for the fac,s are too palpable, that it
has also bsen the source and inevitable
source, OF much political evil a, fret in a
small degree, and producing no very alarm,
ing effect until within few years, when en-.
igradon became so extensive and indiscrim.
inaling from nearly all The nations oc Eu.
rope as to form in some sort distinct and
important. political power, which The grea,
parties Of the country are constantly s,rug.
Cling by every kind Of means and device 10
appropriate 10 their respective support
Tha, foreigners coming from despolic or
monarchical countries should be ignorant Of
the laws and customs Of q free people, as
10 grea, extent our language, and should
be nislsd by the misrepresentation and
devices of rival parties, is not at all surpris.
ing. Nor is il more SO that one, of the con-
sequences Of This vas, and indiscriminate
emigration ofidissimilar character 10 our
own as q political element, operating upon
The ambition Of political parties striving for
supremacy, should be found corrup,ing the
very sources Of executive and legislative
authority, and that ill the ordinary correc.
,ives she par Of the people who see and
deplore the evil should prove utterly made.
qua,e as remedy. If !. can be corrected
by such party as the Kuow No,hings, SO.
ere, though iIbe, ! am one Of those who are
willing !. should be attempted. The party
to succeed, must constitute or influence a
majority oil the whole people and what
The people may be in their mighty power
must be right. That a, leas. is The Demo
cratic doctrine. ff mtf.a1'fi'@ lh
On the o,her hand, what right have for.
egners 10 complain? They come 10 this
country knowing this a, least, ,hai here the
majority iruvo the rieh, and tho power 10
rule. If they come for The purpose oil
ruling us, orselling their votes 10 those who
upon my conditions would buy them, then
they make bad ciiizens and have no right 10
complain Of the purely defensive rule Of the
Know Nothings. II seems also 10 have
never been thought, Of in the controversy
between foreigners and natives that good
government, good laws, and honest rulers
are as beneficial 10 the one as ,olhe other; and
thai our laws. whether good or bad, operate
equally on the naive and the foreigner in
their social condition. r7i go 5e