The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-21
Tns Know Nothing RECONSIDERATION In the
Park
A OomEorzD HKPoRr, MADE w JUDGE HosKINs. or
ALABAMA, OF TEE REMAaxs He susaIrrED on
xHE 18TH INSTANT, TO sHH GREAT MASS MEETING
wuInH AassNBI Nm IN TEE PARE.

Park
A OoEnEorzp AKroRr MADE w JUDGE HosKrEs OF |
ALABAMA, OF TEE REMAaxs HE SUBMITTED on |
WE 18TH INSTANT, TO sHs 0RzAT MASS MEETING
WHICH ASSEMBLED IN TIE PARK.
He regretted he said, thst his voice 100 fess 70
ss heard by majority Of this vast multitude bat
Yustsd The few remarks he intended % make you'd b
sss,d K q his o. vas s
- enforce rule which recognized by all the e.hs-
satons OF the sarth With the exception Q! Tie United
Aahitants. Some Of sbe most sgacous, vel - Pa
uotc citizens OF this country, said losg since TIA. zee
Ne popular elections, that they, holding tSsy e!d
the balance OF power oits, deermlAed discriminating
ne enc for presdsat THE lated satss.ssaiast ss
se To correct this evil Of the cees's for the
the seesnpIishmsnt Of which the American patty
fsseignsrs Of any gh: they have ACQUIRED under the
vs Of the country they exist but it wac their
sssizsp, whether ssch foreigner may DO Roman
GAtAohc, or Protestant, jaw, or GentAie,
impair the constitutional rights OF any citizen o. 70
reign birth. The constitution makes sucn citizens IS eli
sSls 10 sfce as 1t sss the citizens born upon our eva
po but IL does ~ the election to office Of any
Of either descrpAen Of citizens Appointment 70
once depends upon the will Of tas majority Of tho ele:
tAs American party win In this respect generally
governed both the wing aad Democratic parties Demo'
ats have not been the habit Of voting for wings, no
have wings been In the habit Of voting for democrats
Tue this principle has bsen expressed In any
the members a each have voted a.
nm they under obligation TO support the .sn!
.. sas PARTIES district. Shes the
the dominant party We have seldom heard OF the
sssen By them Of Tss IN - s so shs .
bis Judgment were Justification Of the principle which
ths Asrcan party had adopted He was opposed TO The
repeal the naturalization laws The power to enact
sxch lSws belonged exclusively to Congress, and II
vas vested by the constitution in Congres tn.s
- every part OF the whole country II Congress should
repeal these laws and enact NO ether on The same sab
subject the States would then pass
ssvsraIy for themselves and these mghs establish half
ssh laws would continue in forss TIL Congress
fle Of the power had abandoned by the eaa
ssntsuaton Of the ia M With material
nsdiAcation-a requirement made byS change in tae
hwsthat foreigner must rssids in me United states
naturalization. When naturahzed he would oe enatiea
% vete privilege Of whcn he could no. Afterwards be
deprived, and to hold Office other citizens II
jory Of the electors whose right IL to confer the Of
nse ie sought would for him. He rad
Ae feeling Of opposition TO foreign influence and tue els
walton Of naturased citizens to Office which psryad
cd the whole land from one extreme 10 the other had
s policy and s1sssiss Of the the 1Tss.n s
Several citizens of foreign birth had been appointed
anr conrtrv asro.a Tns
= said AID believed, has given preferences to
I the employment Of them to do the work Of the pub
Ne, and the exclusion Of native citizens, who
VIKING ready to do It as we'll and cheap. Against
Ms policy the American party has protested and 1t
nent shall have been vested in other men, who vii,
ssesst also against and abandon this antiAmsri,sn
Sslphis, platforms which had been adopted BY such
embsrs Of the American party Senator wilson, in
iHsr purpose to aid In Carrying into ssc. all the pro
Visions Of the consuton which created the Union
,s..ety consistent with their pledge q dsy to the
ssssttutoD, the expression OF their when
:y as to DO to 5s a
~ IN the District Of Co'umbs, prohibit II in all Ter
Iories and keep out Of the Union State which
hereafter apply for admission with Constitution re
ssgnizing the institution of slavery Such platforms
and declarations publicly made in the National Coans
HIM to the conclusion that al American citizens DID no.
employ the same words in the same sense.
AaA msntioned-.T am devoted to the Union and
the oonstitution"-are no. ussd by them in the
h vhi,h they would be employed By himself. raey
sswords which all can use Call upon them 70 aud
sIeey principles Of the constitution, wnien al held
while all understood the constitution SIS the trainers OF
HAelfy to the consttu ton and the Unioa he may de-
clare also bis intention to destroy the prneplss Of
constitution and the Union could not have been formsd
and he confidently believed, they could lo1s
he necessity for the spsccaton Of The psnc.s con
mined in the platform Of the true American patty
.vss x
edsty TO the constitution fesl nothing but to
vhs secsded from the late NaisnAi Councn at Pnaaei
DhA, because that body would not adopt his un:onst
tuona and most ultra opinions would not hesitate TO
express his Ad.y the constituon but when pressed
. disclose what he would be willing 70 do 10 maintain
- he would declare he did In that Council ha. 10
fs purpose Of himself and OF those with he sc.ei
they acquire the poser to do So 70 abolish
N al the Territories, reject airy st.:e vh,ci
may apply for admission into the Union with cons.s-
aps IN: "a. iI
recognized by the institution, although II proai-
DIS Congress from abolshiDg what all knew was tas
wsl~2 aAo hAfn fhA vAa a danfa
effect that slaves intended to be included in the
class Of persons who may be reclaimed in state after
B denial founded upon the ground that tas words
used were "persons," and not slaves" Persons"
eaSss white per and other rsemsn bound to s,r
vice for tsrm Of years. as web as slaves bound 20 SER
vios while they live in this werid The word "slave"
trm Of years. AL the constitution specfes as the ros-
tssals for the basis Of waite persons
Indians not taxed-the Senatorial nurifer aad dis
saisnt of Massachusetts, either denied, meant
BOT Included in the three fths Of other persons de-
tended asc the COOL premsditated act Of notification
Witch Massachusetts had Just perpetrasea TIE
eject Of the Fugitive Slave law was notification,
ana they attempted to maintain the truth OF
s.s.ssaat Of op0 state and therefore, this be true
svery foreigner he be inhabitan as wells native
born and nataralzed citizen, and tae state herasf
TIE Supreme Court Of the United States shall hsvs de-
edsd il to be constitutional II in the Judgment OF the
stisuionai This is claim Of power in the STATE in
nny Of her abitants which the constitution has not
ssasrred upon the President of the United States A
ssrdng to the constitutions the President Of tne United
States may veto any bill Congress had passed, whi:h
h may think was not authorized BY the consti.
nution; yet, II two thirds vote can be after
wards had In Congress in favor OF the vetoed bill,
n becomes as much the Law OF the land as II
tbe veto had not been applied and President wou
- bound by solemn Obligation to have executed
and obeyed If he himself had recommended III pas
saes approved It, This tremen ors power withheld
By The constitution from the President the M4ssacha
sstts delegates, the most Of thsm, claimed for
fher State. There is power In the President
act Of Congress. The only clam to such power
has been asserted by the Massachusetts, nulhfers
They, and others who thought they did, seeded
froIn thu National Canncr and eneaker said ha