Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-06-02

the other Southern States--goyernea by tn
christian sentiment, threw open their arr
vide to receive and protect the persecut,
frotestants Do these men, who desire thus
Ptoscn6e all who we're not born upon the sol
Aucw tnat the liberty which they enioy. ar
"nich they know not how to appreciate was
great extent, obtained by the bloo5 an
treasure OF foreigners. The most of the amo
ican army was during the days of the reyo
ton, hlIed, rank and file, with foreigner, Th
| sons Oh Erin at that early day-nay, the Frenc
and Irish Catholics, saturated the soil of III
continent with their best blood to achieve tbos
Liberties we now, with so little gratitude. enjo,
The noble Lafayette, with large army I
Frenchmen who were Catholics, fought sid
by side with the great w Washington at Brand
wine and at Yorktown, in the struggle for Ia
dependence. Shall their patriotic and disin
terested efforts have no place in the memory !
those who are now enjoying that which the,
achleved. Have they no memory of the fac
that the brave Dekalb German. poured ON
ms patriotic blood for the acquisition Of Amer
Ican Independence. Shalt the deeds the ssc
rifices of the noble Kosciusco. the Pole ces :,
to be remembered by any American. NJ
american, with truly patriotic heart ca,
recur to the records upon which are inecribea
the deeds of those self-sacrifcing friends ot
liberty, from foreign lands, without droppinp
a tear upon their sanctfed graves. L wouie
advise these men who desire to depriye IN,
sons OF Erin of their rights under the consti
tuition to examine the history of the debates Of
!ne Bntlsn Parliament in regard to the Amer
ican revolution: would advise them to read
1t before they attempt their revolution in on;
system of government by which to prescribe
lrIshmen- They will find that frishmen
stood up on that occasion nobly for the defence
OF the American cause. Read the speeches OF
Edmund Burke, one of the greatest orators and
statesmen the world ever produced Read also
tue speeches Of Col. Barre, in the House Of
Commons
1t is very pertinent fact to state in this
connection, that one of the principle causes
which led to the revolution and the Declara-
tion of Independence, was the practice towards
the colonies by the King of Great Britain, of
the doctrines that the Know Nothings are aim
Ing to engraft upon our system of government.
That evidence is to be found in the Declara-
ton of Independence, which, in recIting the
causes tor separation from the mother coun-
try, says:
He the King has endeavored to prevent
the population Of these States, for that pur.
pose obstructing the laws for the naturafi-a
ton OF foreigners; refusing to pass others to
eRcg"rdgo thetr emigration ksitker.''
What think you, Mr.. Towers, and tho.e who
have sworn to vote sealed tickets for your ad-
vancement to the honorable position of Mayor
OF this city, of this little piece of history1 Your
supporters before deciding how to vote, had
better read the history of heir country, inform
their minds, and then they will be more com
petent to judge of the rights Of those they de =
sign to sacrifice, by the enactment into law of
their declaration ofprinciples.
1t would not be improper here to state to
ha infn naA z
the signers OF the Declaration of Independence e
in which the above language appears, there
were many foreigners; those known to be such
were Francis Hopkinson, of New Jersey. an
Englishman; and Robert Norris, of Pennsyl-
vania, an Engli shman; James Wilson, of
Pennsylvania an Irishman. Two Of the mem
bers Of the Federal Convention from Penn syl-
vania, } ames Wilson and Thomas Eitzsimmons,
were Irshmen. Doubtless many others were
foreigners by birth.
The great Jefferson, in his first inaugural
address stated that one ofthe essential ,,rt,-
cIptes of oar GOeernnaeast'' was "equaL and
ezact justtce, religious aaG political, to all
men Of srh0teUer state or gsrSUasi0R.T What
think you, Mr.. Towers, and your supporters
of the declaration of the immortal Jefferson
These Know Nothings, it seems, believe in
the doctrine that Catholics are not credible
witnesses. L suppose, if even the venerable
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who was Cath
olic, and risked all he possessed whilst living
by signing the Declaration of American Inde-
penderce, were again upon the earth, these
sage and enlightened men, who move in dark
n less, would hold him TO be an incompetent
witness. / remember we'll the benign counte-
nance of that good and great man. Many
time, in my earliest boyhood hours did !
promenade the beautiful garden owned by
him, on the banks of portion of the Severn,
the old gentleman having me by the hand
Many time have knelt at the same altar
with him in his own residence, the only place
then in that ancient city where the Catholics
could worship. My mind naturally recurS 10
this early incident of my life, from the fact
that recently I have read an account in an An
napoli5 paper that some of this Know Nothing
party mutilated and destroyed the most of the
beautiful shade trees and shrubbery, proba-
bly, planted by the hands of the venerable
Carroll during his last days, and the beauties
of which contributed so much to his then hap
piness. The only reason alleged for this act
of barbarianism was that the Catholics have a
literary and religious institution there. Ii
this order gain public favor, mutilaticn of prop
erty and chu,ch burning will be the conse-
quence.
Shall the Know Nothing succeed i'm this
contest! Will the citizens of Washington
the good and responsible citizens-permit the
memory of the man whose name the city bears.
to be insulted and desecrated by the instaua-
lion into power to administer the municipal
affairs, set of men who repudiate the prin-
ciples he incuIcated whilst upon earth.
How important il is for The interests Of the
city to have a man at the head of the munici-
pal affairs who can command an influence with
the Congress of the United States. Is ii to be
supposed that the intelligent representatives
sent here by the agriculIurists and iaboring
men of the rural districts, who are too honesI
and pure to favor the principles of the Know
Nothings will give sanction to those principles
by recognizing their representative in this
city i'll any form whatever. / predict tha
should John T. Towers unfortunately be elect
ed. it will strike blow at the permanent in
terests Of the city, which it viii not recover
from during the time that the Know Nothing
may have the control. 49, go 4.- -.a..
1t is the Interest of every property holder
Of every laboring man in this community
who is bound by any ties of home, TO CONT
forward manfully without regard to religion.
sentiment or partizan principle and preven
the election of the Know Nothing ticket
Can it be expected that the national legis
lature will be influenced by the representa-
tions of any man elected by the secret ballos
of party, or of men who have taken an oa;l
to prescribe alarge portion Of the popuia atior
of the United States because of their religious
belief, or because they were not natives of th'
soil. Could it be expected that the represen
tatives of the people who have sworn to sup
port constitution in which it is declared Tn:
.. no religious test shall erer BE- required rs
qualification to any office Of pubitc tTTtS
| undert the United States, ~ will yield credenc
| to the representatives of a man, who but re
Gently, when taking Office, solemnly obiigate,
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