New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-10
4 nowpnrur. AReuMnNr.

The careful consideration OF the public, TX is
,bly written temporarily written--strongly |
Hritten. Its arguments are we'll put; its Illus
rations hit the mark every time; and its de-
motions are more impregnable against the
,nslaughts of legitimate criticism, than the
walls Of Sebastopol have proved to be against
.he assaults of the Allies. We regard it as one
if the best papers Of the kind wehave met with
during the canvass.
The writer takes up his question from the be-
ginning, and handles it admirably. He refers
to the great laws Of nature; shows how certain
causes produce certain effects, and then applies
first principles to the science of government;
he shows how our forefathers fled from the ty-
ranny and intolerance Of England, and sought
a refuge on the Western continent; how the tree
of civil and religious liberty was planted how
they proclaimed and enforced the most complete
and perfect system of religious liberation known
to the history Of the earth how they invited
the immigration Of the good, the yirtuous and
the industrious from Europe, and ,ohy they did
it and then proceeds 10 prove, incontestibly,
that what was valuable and polite at one epoch
might become useless, il not dangerous, at an
other To use the strong illustration Of the
author: "We would like for Dame Fortune to
cast few of her yellow coins into our empty
palms, but zee U0uid not be crushed Nth a
huge ceight epen Of gotd!" That's the doc
trine-- that's the point at which the American
party is aiming that's the object which led to
its organization. The Americans wish to pre-
vent their country from being denationalized.
They seek to preserve the genius of American
ism intact and in vigorous growth. They repel
the idea that the land for which WASHINGTON
fought, and ADAMS, JEFFERSON, FRANKLIN, and
their illustrious compatriGts of the revolution,
wrote, should become semi European, as it has
been rapidly becoming the past six or seven
years, and which it will necessarily become, at
no distant day, unless the patriotic remedial
measures the Americans have devised be carried
into practical operation. Hence, they are
striving to protect themselves from being politi-
cally crushed under the ehuge weight Of
foreign immigration, which, no matter how val
liable under other circumstances, threatens with
ruin the fairest fabric that ever blessed thesons
Of men with its benignant sway Have they
not the right, clear and indefeasible, to endea-
vor to accomplish such laudabie purposes If
they have not, the cardinal principle enuneiated
In the Declaration Of Independence is mockery
and q falsehood, and men have no rights, either
to strike for the enfranchisement of themselves.
the independence of the soil Of their birth, than
the yeriest serf that ever willingly bore the
badge Of slavery. The right Of self-protection
being denied, that denial involves every other
political or national right The main argument
Of the anti-Americans embodies all these dan.
gerous and slavish points. 1t is more compre.
hensiye in its degrading influences than any W.
I have ever known.
| The people of the United States, through theil
Government, have the right to guard agains
invasion. Have not the same people, through
the same Government, exactly the same right Il
guard against any and every other danger
they may think impending Unquestionably
| they have, or else they have no rights at all
The propositions cannot be logically separated
that is, one cannot be maintained and the othe,
defeated, They must stand or fall together
And, if the people of the United States tn
sons Of those who achieved the liberties of thi
country conclude that the armies of pauper
and criminals which are annually thrown upol
our shores from the diseased stomach of old Eu
rope are more dangerous than any invading
hostile armies world in arms could equip an
send forward, have not that people, throug
their Government, the absolute right, the ex
elusive prerogatiye-is it not their duty
enforce such moral quarantine, in the shape
immigration, or stringent naturalization laws
as will protect their native land from threatsne
danger?
But, we find we have depressed somewhl
from the synoptic reference we intended to max
of the article mentioned The writer allude
| to the evils of foreign influence; to the DANCE
to the South from an over population of th
North by class of people, whose instincts
habits and training. naturally lead them to OF
pose the institution of slavery; to the corruI
ton Of elections that has flowed therefrom
which has been felt and understood in Louis
lana for years; and to many other startlin
facts which should rivet the attention of ever
true son of the South Let them be pondere
over
Il We have only room to refer, and briefly 8
that, to another point in the article We allud
to the remarks of the Duke of Richmond, one
the British Governor General Of Canada. Thee
remarks were published many years ago, W
remember the sensation their pu blicity create
throughout the country at the time. 1t We
deep and intense; and led to much CONNER
from the press generally. We presume no or
/ will dispute the substantial authenticity of til
report, 1t has never been disputed, and Il
have no doubt of its entire correctness. This
the Duke of Richmond should entertain sue
opinions is entirely probable They are thos
that every English nobleman then entertained
and probably now entertains. 1t was perfectl
natural that he should regard our repubhca
institutions as an unmitigated nuisance. A
noblemen, princes and monarchs, have ever
esteemed them They have put in peril ever
throne in Europe, save that of Russia, and lie
to outbreaks and connections innumerabl
And, that the q sovereigns Of Europe" shout
combine to put down the common enemy, whos
example was dangerous to all of them, is Il
likeliest thing imaginable Being unable
crush US by force; knowing that, unless.
| establishment paved the way
| 10 villain bonds and despot sway
our example would forever be4a beacon ligh