The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-12-08


Va peopls q Europe, aaa Who held thsss voess fsr
ths pelhiesl patv thai win bid NJ highest fuR
them And tAAt hin elsuent, foreign In ii origin,
HSorsnt and irresponsible m NJ character. and 80
cret IN ~ operations, has long bses oourted by 20
hieal parties and has moro than once decided the
pelscy and IL career of Ae oOan1ry e large. This
ccnvi ton comes, moreover, Just u time when tne
cid political parties have Lost their hold upoa
ths cenfdence Of the peopIe-whsn The Issues
that have divided tAen have been decd
q or have died eut-when their machinery
Of intrigue, their shutting evasions, the lodges,
ne shleaoe,y and the deception Of their lsss'srs
general readiness N the pub &c mind for any new
organization that shall promise TO sasn their vi es
and combine tho elements that have hitherto given
them strength. The Kro@ Nothing movement
comes just In time TO satisfy these vague ba. power
full cravings Of the public mind. 1t Aods support
IN the profoundest convictions OF the public heart
In the patriotism and public spirit ~ well ~ In the
ysssiors and prtjudioes, Of the American people.
Many vicious elements undoubtedly minge in this
heterogeneous party. There 10 the love Of mystery
and sf secret organization; there are the now po-
litical hopes from new combination; there il the
hatred Of the lowest American operatives and
tradespecp pie for foreigners, who are thsir rivals;
and, above all, the old inerAdicablo Saxon bigotry
which periodically likes crusade agA nst the Pope.
But All these are subordinate to the influences we
have already poted, a. in our Judgment st the bot
tom Of the movement, and viii in due time give
place TO them.
The movement win do good-not unmxed with
evil, it may be, but still Of service to
that they are hesceforth to cease brbing
and coartiDg the ignorant foreigners in our
midst, and will awaken command which shall
reach the ears everywhere OF priestly bgots, no
to intrude their religious interference iato the
political affairs Of America. 1t is warning thun-
dered in the ears Of corrupt adminisra 'ion that
they never again represent republican govern
ment by foreign arstocIss; and it is peoples au.
swer to the insulting message Of religious prince,
when he aerds . man stained with the blood Of the
martyrs OF liberty as his chosen emissary to this
republic.
and the guides ofths and potent organic ation or
ary hope that it would be needed, we should caution
them against the Danger Of being pushed into ex-
trmes fatal to tner cause, because hostile 10 the
the welfare Of our repnbic-the stability o. our
Union-the perpetuity and the enlargement of our
freedom. Let them be careful, then, how they
light the fires Of seotariau haired, the jeaiousies
prosperity we may have in the future win depend
on she fusion and union Of Cur population. To 81
psrate races; to infame creed against creed; to
ssperate that passion, which, when once inhamsd,
Is the most terrible of human passions gious
bgOtryis TO nation made up like ours, of SO
many foreign elements, tie most fearful and dan
gerous Of all things. There is no doubt OF the
Issue, IL Celt and Saxon, Romanisr aud Pro-
testant, do struggle on our soil. The Irish
the foreign Cathohc-will become the de-
gradsd, the depressed, the mental race. The
Saxon must gam the victory. Bot what victory
Will 1t be! Look Vt the Celtic race Of Brisain-the
Irish Catholic pessantry. Who wound have such q
class perpetusted here Look at Hungary. VINO would
have slavish cunning, crushed race, like the Sclavo
man, upon this free soil? No State stand long.
built On such foundations. Oncs form by political
or religious persecution, an oppressed, degraded
race here and our security is at an end The Union,
to last, must be fusion of the peoples who live
under the shelter Of its laws and the shadow of its
flag. To permanently disfranchise any race OF men
among US is utterly at war with dem ocrasic Drinci
pies. TIE only basis Of our general suffrage has
always been the principle that giving . privilege
fits men for using it. That time should b. required
before the foreigner is allowed to vote, seems .
common sense principle; bot against anything like
disfranchisemeht or prescription from office, every
true republican must earnestly appeal. Indeed, in
this day Of the world, we are sure no party wonld
dare ny hold such principle long on American soil.
The tide OF the sge-the dictate Of re ason-seGs
against them.
Let us adops such precautions az may seem nsces-
saIy against the temporary evils which the over
whelming influx Of foreign ignorance and superati-
ton and crime may threaten. Let our nstUraliza-
ton laws be amended ii they need it-let ret or
CARNATIONS, controlled by central head, for pur.
poses other than the public good, be met and Offset
by other societies using the same instruments,
such q course shall seem best adapted TO the ener.
gencybut les us bear in mind that free schools,
our free press, our open churches, our atmosphere
OF civil and religious liberty and the natural pro
gress OF human society, give us the best Of NIL
sur ar0es for the preservation of Institutions
alike iron religious bigotry and from the ignoane
al crime which are poured out so avishly upon
shores. Let protect them from inv lsion, and we
need have ho tears for the final result.