The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-12-20


aoalM initials. 10 New York Hesnld y
snaay nakes the following statsnsnt:
..sSs.s Z. ~ lesvs y infugm oar readers "a -
q is ~ ..-E bays elrsady ben ezISef
- Vixlinias whieh r.eier 1orsIIv csrsss.
zSss .s.s n g seward ior he d 8 senofe - -
.4eElres and also the dafnnt a W. ~
eSis = caofnet candidate for Govsrnor q Viz
The Herald, which assumes 10 know !. rr..s !
esa about the party. adds 10 the above some
aphs about the condition Of IL. inter
M g eanizstion. It says It's internal difi-
sels'es n BrookIyn have passed away-that
e ranks are rapidly filing up throushout the
oounfry q but more particularly in Virgil
81. Ihe expurgaiion which i ssys has IA
80 place in New York since the last elec-
t'opA "merely had references to some Of the
sseret agents of Seward" !" According to the
nerald, the ranks Of the party are having
aocessions from all parties. and ii promises,
g saya to purify the American atmosphere,
and % pet It nought the efforts Of the aboli-
den disunionists Of The North, the secession
disunion1sts Of the South, and the fare;cu In
husnees that may have been couitsd thers
Or elsewhere This is cutting out heavy
labor for the Know Nothings. s
COMMODORE STOCKTON AND THE Know
NoTHIKGs.-The N. Y. Herald publishes a
letter from Commodore Stockton Of New
Jersey, in reply to letter Of Mr.. A. M. Re-
binett Of Wilmington, Delaware, propound-
ing certain inquiries, which the Commodore
answers in the following extract
But as approved of the principles OF the Ameri
can party when in it's infancy, am unwilling thai
1t should be believed now, when II exists in the vigor
of manhood, that have become dereiict to those
principles or that can refuse on any proper occa
sion to avow myself to be an American democrat
or shrink from the fraternal recognition OF those
who espouse my principles, no matter under whal
designation they may have formerly acted. No sir
the history OF our country since frst approved
your principles, has only strengthened and con-
frmed the opinions which entertained at the pc
riod to which you refer.
To your first interrogatory, therefore, answer
and say / am In favor of confning all executive
and administrative functions of office to American
born.
In relation to your second interrogatary, answer
that am in favor Of s an extension OF the period
OF residence previous to anon to at iea:t
twenty years. or total repeal of the naturali.
cation laws, az In the wisdom OF the people may
seem it,"
Demagogues should no longer be permitted to
manufacture hordes Of freshly imported aliens into
voters to nullify the voice of Americans in the bal
lot box. The corrupt rivalship of parties for the
purchase of foreign born voters must cease II
never will cease however, until the swarms of en-
igrants who monthly land on our shores shall
to be offered In the political market to the highest
bidder. s8
Commodore Stockton adds, that he does
not approve the disfranchisement Of the for
eign born who already possess the right of
voting. To the third interrogatory he an
swers:
." Being Christian people, 1t seems to me that
to preserve our posterity in the faith of their
fathers, we can do no less than to secure to our
children always perfect freedom of access to the
Holy Scriptures, without "nofe or comment
While frankly expressing this opinion, must
say, also, that agree with you that any connection
between sectaranism and politics, or between
church and State, whether Protestent or Papist,
would be dangerous to liberty. and hostile to the
spirit and genius of the American constitution.
: Interference to an allusion in Mr.. Robinett's S
letter to Commodore Stockton's presentation
of petitions whilst in the q. S. Senate) in
favor of the exclusion of foreign paupers and
convicts, Commodore Stockton says that, had
he deemed the period propitious, he would
have proposed capitation import tax upon
such emigrants, which would have effectual-
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