Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1854-11-13
POLICY or REPEATING THE NATU-
REALIZATION LAWS In VIEW OF ASH
ATTIC EMIGRATION. N&tl 2s

POLICY or REPEATING THE NATU-
! REALIZATION LAWS In VIEW OF ASH
ATTIC EMIGRATION.
The accessions TO the foreign element in our
population is no longer confined to emigrants
| from European nations. The rapid settlement
1 of the golden region of California, and the
scarcely less productive territory OF Oregon,
has brought the United States into the mme-
mediate neighborhood Of the Chinese Empire.
| The march Of civilization which thousands OF
| wears ago commenced upon the plains of Asia
westward, has at length brought II nearly back
! TO the cradle Of its infancy; and its light, a
thousand fold increased in brinancy, is now
/ reflected back across the Pacific, from the
shores of our new world. IL has penetrated
! the Celestial Empire, for ages sealed against
| all nations, and her tceming thousands are
leaving the "fowery kingdom" to enjoy the
blessings Of our civil and religious liberty.
| The exodus from Ireland and the flight from
Germany are but faint examples OF what the
emigration from China is destined TO effect ~
| the United States. Nor is this multitude OF
citizens in prospective destined to be confined
10 tbe western shores Of the continent We
are opening new lines of travel; shortening
the time of transit from the Atlantic to the
Pacific States; increasing the intercourse be-
tween two distant sections; and yet we have
but commenced the mighty work Of facilitating
INSTRUMENTATION. Ten years may not elapse
before the iron steed shall be heard dashing
through the deserts, overlapping rivers, ana
striding across the mountains now separating
populous regions of frecmen. Progress can
no longer be measured by the scale OF past adj
yancement Former eras are crowded into
years. ..,
There may be those master spirits upon the
political arena who will witness, like the ocusts
of Egypt, coming up over the whole land, not
simply scattered in bands, until they number
ten thousand, as they do in California, but
coming by families, a perpetual stream OF lic
into our cities Of tho Gulf ascending our mighty
rivers, entering upon every species OF industrl-
al employment, and with customs, manners,
religion, habits of thought and language, as
distinct from us as they are in race or ciyillza-
ton. An empire over-populated with its
10000 900 of inhabitants is now ready to
pour its hordes Of emgrants upon our shores,
to furnish us with an inexhaustible supply OF
future voters, legislators offce-holdcrs, and iu-
lcrs. Are VIC prepared to admit them as citi-
zens? Born and educated in the school OF the
most crushing Asiatic despotisn, not recognis-
ing the God Of our fathers, nor the principles
of our religion ignoract of the elements of hui
man rights, to us household words incapable
for an indefinite term Of years Of comprehend
ing the machinery of our political system, and
untitled by race, education, syinpathics, and
traditions for becoming participators in the
elective franchise, they will have the power,
under the present naturalization laws, of con-
trolling, Gre the expiration of many decades,
the complexion Of our legislation, and the char
acter Of our institutions
There will be demagogucs who viii desire to
use them and the strength OF numbers will give
them ambition to aspire to citizenship and en-
crgy to use il to their advantage. The con-
temptation of this new feature of emigration
must convince every reader that we have reach
ed the point where action is necessary. The
position of our country is changed. Its rela-
tons with the nations Of the earth have been
essentially altered. Our own circumstances arc
no longer those which induced our forelathcrs
to meet the emigrant more than half way in a
fraternal embrace. Then, selfpreservation, or
occupation Of the vast uncutiyatod domain of
our infant people, diminished by war, demand
ed men, Now, the tide that sets in from abroad
threatens to wash away our ancient landmarks,
to subyert our institutions, to install as masters
over the native born those aliens to our heri-
tage to destroy our nationality, and substitute
thousand conflicting factions warning with
each other, and paving the way for the iron
rule of the victor in the long and bitter strug-
gle Sclfpreservation now calls for the repeal
Of the laws which once added to the clements
Of our prosperity. Not only the Vaccinations
Of the enemies Of freedom, but the radicals who
would subvcrt all goyernment-not alone the
presence of the enemies Of society, driven out
Of the land Of their nativity, to escape the PEN
atty of their crimes but the ignorant, who may
DO used as the tools Of ambition, of mad fanati-
cism, of incorporate bigotry-call upon native
born and naturalizcd citizens who love the coun-
try of birth and adoption, TO stop the birth of
thousands Of citizens in a day, who bring weak
ness instead Of strength, dissensions instead Of
union, danger instead Of safety. To enlarge
our power Of regeneration upon the world; to
fortify our nation with an imprcgnable bulwark
ofnationality 10 create identity of interest and
feeling amongst those in whose bands repose
the destiny Of the future TO transmit the heri-
tage of civil andreligious freedom to generations
yet unborn; to prevent the destruction of the
last experiment Of selfgoycrnmcnt, now the
hope and boacon-light Of the world-we must,
while we receive with open arms, and protect
with willing hearts, and embrace with cordiah-
ty, as fellow-men, tho oppressed Of all nations,
cease TO admit them to the best and hottest
privilege of the native born-the exercise Of the
franchise which decides the character Of our
rulers our laws, and our domestic policy