The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-12-30

" demanded The bill in question prepared to meet
that demand the result of the abors of the House
Committee on Foreign Relations after deberaton
and the most patient and searching investigation 1t is
not given the House perfect bill Objections may
and no doubt will be made against this that feature of
the BILL which, question not will be met by the mem
bors of that committee with the distinguished ability
which they have already displayed and which has called
forth the comments of our correspondent
THE APPEAL OF NOW-NOTHINGS TO SOUTHERN
DEMOCRATIC SYMPATHY.
The most nsidous phase in which know-nothingism has
itself is this. in which it claims the sympathy of
southern democrats the ground that its organization is
designed promote the interests of American labor 1t
that the of native labor nurousy
interred with by foreign pauper immigration and in its
warfare upon paupersm it claims the sympathes OF south
ern democrats If this assumption the extent
alleged it is impossible that southern democrats could
countenance the means by which the know-nothings
seek to correct the evil. We have adduced abundant
evidence the history of the democratic party show
that its sympathies and its energies have been uni
formy enlisted in behalf of the down-trodden victims
of incorporated capital But it must be kept in mind
enlisted in enterprise which depended for its sue
items. The proposition engage the sympathes of
southern democrats in behalf of the schemes of
kuownothngism is effort induce them to interpoate
into the democratic creed principle wholly incon
sent with its established usages and organization and
destructive of the nationality of the democratic party In
its blind and hearess crusade against foreign immigrants
ACKNOWLEDGMENT singles the wretched victims of pow
erty who brought shores in search of bread and
III
its secret organization which seeks expe the doors
against these starving immigrants The preence upon which
the South is thus nsulted is these poverystrcken and
endless aliens interfering with the interests of native
workingmeu. What crusade engage the energies of
an organization which has dsed itself the whole
country And what appeal to be addressed by such
organization great national party which has dis
ngushed itself in SO many open and fearless conflicts
defence of the interests of labor Democrats of every a
tude and longitude viii spurn such appeals and point
proudly their principles and their practices the best
guarantee that they will continue to sympathize with and
struggle for the advancement of laboring men, they
have always heretofore doae But we have wholly mis-
taken the noble attributes of democracy if its advocates
can ever be enlisted in warfare upon the starving foreign
who land upon shores; and least of ALL in
fare which is be made effective by
But whence proceeds this cry against foreign pauperism
as the great antagonist of native abor 1t strikes the
old appeal the rotecoss who up loud professions
of friendship for native wokngmen whilst they urg
ing upon Congress grant them bounes and advantages
which enabled them to enrich themselves whilst they i'm
povershed the very classes they pretended to favor When
the native aborers ground the dust by the
tons of the roce policy the pretence set up by the
protected capitalists that IL the competition Of foreign
paupersm which reducing the native workingman to
want and poverty, Know-nothngisn catches up the
exploded theory of the proecons and proposes enlist
the southern democrats in great scheme for giving free
dom to American labor by prescribing foreign paupers
1t should be borne in mind that the struggles of the
democratic party national organization have looked to
the promotion of labor by preventing the legislation of
federal government from imposing burdens and exactons
upon laboring II with this view that it struck
down the United States Bank and Frustrated the protective
tariff policy its aim make labor and industry free
far the legislation Of Congress had inerfered with
them But the national democracy, in It's organization
has sought to denatoualiye itself by interfering
with the internal and local institutions of the States
II labor is still hardened and oppressed by ncor-
porated monopoes granted capital BY State legislatures
this is grievance TO be remeded mainly by the States
themselves The democratic party only adhere TO its
great national principles and the that these can
be made effective in giving relief labor that extent it
has been ready exert lis powers One of the lead
ing characteristics Of the democratic party viii show how
constantly and earnestly they have exerted their power in
behalf of labor We aude to that policy which has
suited in making such immense additions the original
territorial limits of the conederacy One Of the great
guments in favor of this policy has always been that these
territorial acquisitions secured cheap homes to those la
boring who might beoppressed by the mpositons and
exactions of oyogrown wealth in the old States where the
ingenuity Of capital havecovered themselves with
corporate privileges and enabled them exercise espoto
control over the actions and sentiments of free men That
policy has looked also a remedy for the evils of foreign