The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-02-03
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For The Cecil Hhig.
Measures for Political Safety.

Measures for Political Safety.
..,,so,rtc ocou;esccnce in the decisions of tie
mniority-the VITAL principles of Republics from
which j. no appeal bat to rorcE-thc vital prnci-
pie and immediate pncnt OF ncsr"'iSn'
Thomas JEFFERSON.
The democrat" of the week before last
contains in the political dispositions Of Il
contributor, the alarms that sem to asitate
the heart Of faithful follower of that party.
| The bowling wind of a tempest that Shall
shake our Union to the centre, appears HOY
ering in the horizon IF his Imagination, and
the sequence ola confusion which shall ami
hilae our prosperity and dcnatonaii2a our
unity is the only alternative to cventuatc, I'M
less indeed an inauguration" with the
..untcrrilicd Democracy" should subdue the
growing power Of the Know Nothing party,
and afford a haven of political safety to the
nation. This latter combination seems par
ticularly doomed to apprehension and obloquy
by this "Dcmocrat"-bcing named in con-
ncction with party and clique Of the North
that would convey to the prciudices of South
ern Democrats the idea of mscpelabiity
Not pretending to deny that as these new
principles are cmincntly conservative, they
should naturally be more in accordance with
the views of the Whigs experience contests
the point, that they alone form the cohorts
of the Know Nothing party; and this "Dcn'o-
croi'S" initiative remark, that az the elections
are over Eve are i'll position to judge some
what of future prospects, would prore very
different state of affairs 20 hnrc existed, and
the probability Of still more decided change,
in opposition to his views. Offering the late
Gubcrna.oral election in New York. State as
one example of the fallacy of the unity Of the
Wings and Know Noihings, the result is APP
parent that independently its strength is yet
to be demonstrated successfully as by discus
sion their principles become more widely
known, and the necessity of some check to
greater evils than the existence of an Amer
lean party, formed Of Americans, and with
the best interests of their country at heart,
becomes evident to all who examine the qUcS-
ton diSpassionatcly. 1t is well for the party
the power, to complain of any inroads BY
another influence, that may restrict or super
cedc its exercise. Wemay best judge of the
probable Strc,,gth this party will finally at
tain, by consideration of the magnitude Of
the evils it proposes to correct. Denying
specifically at The outset, the ASSERT on that
the persecution of any religious sect is at
tempted, and condcmning snch course as
unIightcous, as well as morally lmpo. sblc in
this cnlightcnrd age, as by reason" alone,
these 'elrors of opinion" (if errors they be-
can be safely and entirely overcome. This
SANDER Of religious; persecution being the
first principle of the Know Nothing party,
has been zcalouSly endcavorcl to be foisted
on the public mind as true; an insidious
form ofappcaling to religious prrjudices, as a
stroke fpo!icy, calculated to throw Ddium
on a rising power, IS the Car of Russia by a
similar movement would hrightcn the cnthu-
siasln of his subjects, to attain his own am
bilious end.
Promising that the ''frcs' and "fagots"
introduced in this democrat S" remarks,
with such graceful profusion, are to be ia ken
rather, as mere fgurative forms of speech.
suhjoncd with the view Of giving force to
language, than illustrative ofany probability
Of the events ever occurring in this 10Th cen
fury, | will JON issue with certain statements,
(paSSing over fears and fancies,) and attempt
| Il. 81 r.
this Democrats" remarks seem cent cred in
one concluding observation. lie says ''look
at the alien through the mrdurl o { his acts
and deeds, " and it is by these measures we
arc about to weigh the foreign mass, and from
The observations of men of all parties-Dcm-
ocrats as well as Whigs-avowcd adhcrents
to Know Nothing principles, while desiring
no disfinchisemcnt OF naturalizcd citizens or
interference with the right of worshiping God
according to the dictates of conscience claim
from thScxigcncies of the period and the as
sumption OF power by foreigners, the right of
enforcing CERTAIN limitations, which, as they
will be prescribed by the cor pop'i, will, in
accol dance with the spirit of our institutions
go into effect as the demands of the majority.
10 begin at first principles Let us con-
slider the necessity of some restrictions to the
almost immediate naturalization of the for
eigncrs who arrive yearly by thousands to
our shores, without knowledge of our insti-
tutioHs and constructing their new state of
Liberty into an unboundcd license Of doing
as they please. The majority who come are
either Irish or Germans; the former almost
universally arrive in a sta tc Of utter dcstitu-
ton, consumating in our own day what the
democrat" deprecqtes as a source of future
evil by making "our own country become the
lazar house for the victim of bigoted SUPER
stition." The German cmigrants may be
divided in two classes-the hard. working
who generally bring funds sufficient to settle
| in the West where thcy form colonies as es-