The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-16
From the ~. Louis Pilot
EMIGRATION AND KNOW yoTHISGIsM.

o AGITATION OF the dark lantern doctrines OF tie know
ngs in he United States has had the effect Of dimn-
isbng emigration this country The commissioner Of
emigration at New York reports that the number Of em
grants who arrived thar port during the first five months
ofls55 Is 354 and that In The corresponding period 81
1884 the number l08s9s.
Men suffering under political disabilities in their
lands now perceive that removal TO this republic cannot
beueet them They disfranehsed at home aud they
cannot gain any political advantages by emigration TO the
United States Those who not how or by whom they
are ruled who have always had masters, and only want
money viii st continue TO come. The reckless adyen-
urer the ignorant and unprnciped the awess and the
vicious win seek shores to prey upon us but the high
minded and the intelligent the thrifty and industrious
merchant and mechanic the moneyed and provdent viii
m resort 10 land where they will be legislated into serfs
and yassals and branded interiors; where they shall
have no voice in making the laws that govern them and
noaoency in appointing those who execute the laws that
alt framed
We need not tell readers OF the immense amount Of
capital that annually found its way to this country through
means OF emigration; of the myriads OF Germans who
ought opr western wild with their families and their sub
,,nce and how they have peopled forests and
re nlanted their vineyards upon our hills, made
deserts blossom as the rose and filled our narts and our
workshops by their labor and industry and 1t needs no
ontine 10 show the observant and sagacous that
roads and our canals streets and our sewers our public
edhces and private uanslohs are ihaepteu ~ ore8h
labor and la no small degree foreign capital for their
construction With the agitation and especially with the
suecess Of the proscrvc doctrines of know-nohingsm,
ali this must necessarily Foreigners possessed OF
proper pride and prompted by something more than a
meapre desire Gil their pockets and their belliesmen
scated by high and noble motives and conscious of their
own mental and moral fitness for position above the
s,ave and The drudge--w avoid land where they are
made TO feel the only in its expressions and
IA participate in every thing but ITS benefits
Abroad the rise of know-nothings in the United States
has been noted and approved by the enemies OF republican
institutions II has been hailed the forerunner Of a
change Of in this country and has been justly
g,rded as the first step towards the establishment of
system in which native arstocracy will form an import
ant and controlling feature and in which the oppressed Of
foreign lands take place in wise better than has
been allotted TO them at home Amidst the commissions
and reyos Of Europe that will hereafter occur the dis
anhised and oppressed may not look to country for
refuge or condoemen No noble and patriotic spirit may
o,pec, sympathy from us The relentless iyrant may inn
bose new yokes upon his down-trodden subjects with the
satsction that there is asylum from oppression
left them and that the refuge from desposm has been
destroyed.
New homes will be opened % foreign emgrants. The
South American States will furnish the industrious Ger
man and Irish with asylums from their oppressor and
CLINE where they may both enjoy and reap the fruits of
their labor while the enlightened and liberal know-noth
ing Of the United States will be permitted the privilege of
grading his roads, digging out his own sewers paw
ing his streets and making his own canals without
the aid of the foreigner.