Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-11-29
WHOLE NO. 100

5 So have Foreigners and inmiptan Is proved
3 that theiI influence has not Impaired 10
: genius, or grace, or glad moss, or glof (
: American Institutions, At no Time have
they warred upon. our felig igion Ia the yVeat,
! and they have been at peace among thens
: selves. The Pope has lost more than no
has gained of prosely ytss By Catholics com.
ling here. No prescription but one has
. ever disturbed the religious tolerance OF
the West, and that one was to drive out
the religion Of IA inpostor. which struck
at every social relation surrounding
Il Know. Nothings may tolerate Aformons,
i can't see Why they leave tteat 70 their
religions liberty, and select the very mo-
i ther church of Protestant tism itself. for per
secution and prescription. But the West,
repeat. made up of foreigners and inn
migrants of every religion and tongue, the
West is as purely patriotic, as truly Ayne-
ricnn, as genuinely Jonathan, as any peo-
| pie who can claim our nationality.
Now, is not here proof in war and Ia
peace that the apprehension of foreign in
tluence, brought here by Immigrants, is
not only groundless, but eontradicted by
the facts of our settlements aud develop
ments? Did q nation ever so grow as we
have done under land ordinances and our
laws OF naturalization They have not
made AristocrRcies, but Sovereigns and
Sovereignties ofthe people oftie, West.
They have strengthened the stakes of
our dominion and multiplied the sons and
daughters of Americas so that She can
muster an army. and maintain il, too
outnumberiag tho strength of any inya-
ders, making a" host OF freedom, which 10
the host of God ?"
Now, shall'all this policy and its proud
and happy fruits bo cast away for a COM
tractod aud selfish sohctnc Of intolerance
and exclusionA Shall the unnumbefed y
lands be fenced in against Immigrants
Shall hospitality be denied to foreign set
tiers Shall no asylum be left open to
the poor aud oppressed of Europe? Shall
clearing of our lands be stopped Shall
population bo arrested Shall progress
be made TO stand still? Are wo surfeited
with prosperity? F? Shall no more tOrrito4
ry be acquired? Shall Bermuda be left
mere clQUSuaB Of the Gulf of Mexico, and
JamaicN. a Key of South American con4
quest and acquisition, ia the.hands ofEng-
land Cuba, depot of domination over.
the mouth Of the Mississippi, in tho hands
of Spain, just strong enough to keep it
from US for some maritime power to. seize
whenever they will conquer or force q
purchase Central America, in the gate
way of commerce between our Atlantic
and Pacific possessions--lest foreigners
be let in among us, and Catholics conn q,
participate in our privileges 2 Verify, thist
is strange way to help American instis
tutiOns and to promote AnerisNn,prOgress.
No, we have institutions, which can em- Z
brace world, all mankind with all their
oPinions, prejpdiees and passions, howey46
or diverse and clashing, provided We
adhere TO the law Of Christian charity aud
freedom. But the moment wO diaponso
with these laws, the pride and progress
and glory OF American institutions Will
cease forever, and the memory Of them
will but goad the affections ofthe mourn.
ers. Scliisllness, utter selishness alone
can enjoy these American blessings, with
out de ire that all mankind shall partici.
pate in these glorious privileges. Moth
ing, nothing is 80 dangerous 10 them,
nothing can destroy them so soon and 90
certain, as secret society, formed for
politica! and religious ends combined,
founded on prescription and intolerance,
without necessity, against Iaw, against tho
bplIAb Va Wiz " l9SiOA AbSbVAAA0bt9Hgf .
against the whole scope Of P ProtestanLism,
against the Faith, Hope, and Charity of
the Bible, against the pence and purity Of
fthe Churches against free government
by leading TO Oligarchy and union Of
church and state; against human pro.
gress, against national acquisitions, against
American hospitality and comfy, against
American maxims Of expstriation, and
protection, against American settlements,
and land ordinances, against American
ism iu every sense and shape
Lastly. What are the evils complain-
ed Of, to make Pretext for these innoya-
tons against American policy, as hereto.
fore-pracGsed with SO much success and
with such exceeding triumph
lst. The frB: cause, most pfominent,ig
that the Native and Protestant feeling
have been exasperated by thecourse pnf-
sued by JoM political parties in the last
several Presidential campaigns they
have cajoled and " "Isonneyf fugglea" with
both Catholics and foreigneEs by birth,
! naturalized and unnatufalized ad hanssau.
Foreigners and Catholics were not so
much to blame for that as JOkb partieS.
And take these. election toys ifom them.
does any one suppose that they would
not resort tO.sogne other humbug2 IS not
another hobby now arising 70 put down
both Of these peIs Of party? II not tho
donkey of-Knoy Not ihingism NOW kicking
It's heels at the lap dogs Of the " rich
Irish bsogue" and the sweet German
accent" Eortbo tondlings tnd Pettings Of
political parties ?
81 cd. Both parties hsvo Yi6 the elec-
: ton laws, and laws Of na!af zaiion, II
rushing green .emigrants. just from on
, ship-board, up 70 Che polls TO vote.
This, again, Is tbe fault Of both parties.