Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-11-27

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eB- We copy from the New York Herald
(whose editor is a. foreigner its views OF the
arguments presented by the Hon. ii. A. Wise
against the Know Nothings. We present this
rather caustic article, to show our readers,
amongst other things, that the American party
is the true conservative party Of the country,
and that 1t is doing good work in overthrowing
the plans of Seward and his allies.
The Herald alludes to the boast Of Mr.. Wise,
made some years ago, that he represented q
district in which "thers toas not solitary
Mr.. Wise's remark had relation to the then
fact, that no political newspaper was published
in his district. Mr.. Wise gave reasons at the
time sohy he rejoiccd at that fact. A casual
reader might infer that the Herald considers
Accomack, the residence of Mr.. Wise, a be-
nighted county. No greater error could be
committed than by such an opinion. There is
no part Of Virginia where information Of all
sorts is more generally diffused, or where the
people are more intelligent and well informed.
We know what we assert, for we resided in
that county many years.
True Accomack and Northampton are cut
off from the rest Of Virginia by the Chesa-
peake bay. But their numerous vessels are
constantly plying between the Atlantic cities,
and the various marts on the tributaries Of the
Chesapeake, and there is no portion of the
Old Dominion which contains more intelligence
and refinement, more independence, political
and pecuniary, or which presents a higher
state of moral, intellectual, and physical i'm
provement, than the far famed and delightful
region, called the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Foreign Infiuecne.
Whenever there occurs startling manifesto
ton Of popular sentiment in mighty n ,tion,
apparently spontaneous in origin and simulta-
neous in development, it is only natural that it
should excite the establishment of the superb
cial observer, or that it should be regarded
with distrust by those whose objects could
be best subserved in the absence of innova-
ton. Nor is it wonderful that the indica-
tons we have witnessed of deep and deter
mined purpose on the part Of the people, to
cast off the party letters which have hitherto
bound them--at time when no great orators
are laundering from their rostrums, no stirring
songs resounding in the air, and no excited
presses teeming with vilifcation-shou be
termed by the uninitiated the mystery Of the
age.
slowed some portion of his time in the study
Of the history of nations to the statesman who
is at all deserving of the name, there will ap-
pear to be no great mystery in it. The sud-
den, universal, and irresistible outburst Of
American sentiment is merely the effect Of a
cause which has existed in every section Of the
Union. 1t is counterpart of the Revolution,
inspired by similar feelings, and accompanied
by the same enthusiasm, subdued but resolved;
circumspect in its preliminary arrangements,
but victorious in action. 1t is second strug-
gle for independence of foreign domination,
and win, under God, result in our final enfran-
chisement.
Not only were our liberties endangered by
the exodus Of the Irish, and the permeating in
fluences of poitico-religious despot, who
would annihilate every species Of republican
ism throughout the world; but in finance COM
mcrcc manufactures, literature, fashions, and
even in amusemcnts, we were fast becoming,
if not wholly dependent people, at least
disreputable subsidiary Of European grandeur
and influence.
Our money market throbs with the pulsa-
tons engendered in London; our private libra
ries are filed with the prurient details Of for
cign manners and customs, and our public ones
are mostly supervised by Scotch librarians,
who, Of course, exclude all the native authors
they can; our critics and criticisms, a. well as
professors and lecturers, arc largely British;
vast number of our editors, reporters, and
even some Of the smart fussy, impudent and
egotistical letter writers from Washington, who
can hardly speak our language, are foreigners.
The managers Of our theatres are mostly for
eigners--the plays represented altogether for
eign--and the stars wholly from distant hem
isphcre.
These are some Of the evils which have
aroused the people The attention of the coun-
try Is at last attracted to the subject Of the dan
ger and degradation Of foreign influence, be-
cause It has at length forced itself into notice
by its gigantic magnitude and dcleterious OPP
erations. This is to be the absorbing subject
Of investigation. It win not escape with a
partial scrutiny. Every nerve viii be laid bare,
and the remedy applied. The demands of
patriotic people, imprompted by any political
leaders, must be satisfied And those who at
tempt to resist the ball thus put in motion, will
be crushed to atoms. II win roll on from one
end Of the Union to the other And we can
only say to those politicians who have any
hopes cast in the future-those who still aspire
to be the leaders OF thousands and of tens Of
thousands hasten, hasten, hasten to throw
yourselves among and to identify yourselves
with the surging, upheaying, overwhelming
masses of your countrymcnl You may say
we do not knop what we assert We say we
may not assert all we do know. **+*