New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-24
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,n ssse M to be eonciliated by adnlasien of K6asa
M ana many others will ssy II wac NOT Kossn
ig =. teuI nus cause that hes had besn battling +
'I ,ss leeaom and they wished to mark their aepr
lly eiation Of his Efforts "fp'
I. as tribute 10 the spirit Of liberty it mipl
;io no nave ueen well enough if we had rot been
IN onr "m.y n aen0iens IN paying that tribute
70 eur own zetsazens When Gen Jsckaan <.
49, driven the British army ffern New }rtesn. a :
Dg rescued the country from one Of the mos, =;
oie dangerswith which it was ever Fl roo I'd
Is he was arrested IN the very hour fhia \
" ana heavily fined for the rigorous jischa ssse
= ms guy ana geLCongress PermittetfHore tha,
!, IasFser O. century TO roll eray sitheat ~.
:. onieagng 'he wrong. Or attempting to repair
i- IL. he was native Amerfcan-,hers; was a,
y 1ofeign sympathy in Els behaif-no foreio,
Is voters to esnciliate. Wben General Hou4sSo,
returned to the United States with the lanrei
g Oh san Jacinto fresh upon his brow, bripoin,
an empire in his hands to lay at our feet. n,
: congressional invitations celebrated his arrival
Il NO biHs were passed to pay his expenses. n,
was native American, and nothing. was to ~
/, ,, gained BY laudatious Of bis chivalry sr hjs mai
rletism When Gen. Scott had concluded one
! o. me most wonderful campaigns ever recorded
NJ nis.orys ne was recalled, aimest In tlisarace
, | ana ma army, which he had found unframed
miiua and converted into veteran heroes. was
transferred to one of his subordina.es. Yet
congress offered no word of sympatbv. anhl;od
no balm to the wounded feelings of tbe ps,of,
less soldier. He was q native American. and
\ the voice OF coincidence was mute, Had f;ans
ohhias received similar -treatment n howl
Wouia nave been raised frou, ONE end of the CON
tinent to the, other, and half the tongues Is
Gopgress would have grown weary ianentinr
With these facts before me, and all know them
70 be facts, l must De pardoned for mainf aiming
mat there IS danger from for eign influence. and
| the sooner 1t is boldly met the better.
4 ~ u grasely urged as an objection to the Or
4 eer 81 hhow-N Nothings, that IT originated in the
Nofth. and ought therefore to be regarded with
saspioign ~ sne south, and this reason have
seen advanced BY such men as Toombs and
stephens, OF Georgia, and Preston, Of Kentuoky
l-gentiemen whom know personally. and for
| whose Talents, attainments, and moral worth I
] nave very great respect. To my mind. it is an
evidence OF the weakness of any cause Ehea men
Oh ialr aoiiities resort to such fimsy means ID
fSapport It, do not know how the fact is but
4 shall concede that ii did originate in New
York. and then shall proceed 10 show fhat
there is no spot upon the -contineht where the
people have suffered more from foreign en-.
lgration, or where they have more INNS. i
rlous reasohs for arraying themselves against
u. by reference to the annual report of the
| governor OF rha, Aims house, find there were
10 ,al we we" ORR Aims house, during the year
1893, 2r99 inmates-of these only s:535 were na.
tives, and 1858 foreigners, supported q. tbe az
pense- OF the city. And now propose 10 use on |
our side the argument Of our oppopents that
there are only 3,Q00, 600 foreigners 70 20 00i
natives. According to that ra io there ought to
oe about natives to one foreigner in the aims
mouse; whereas, we find more than three for |
e1gners to one native. No wonder that people |
who are taxed to SUPPORT such body of paupers |
s0OulQ be tlH tlrst nh
to get rid Of them.
Let us pursue the record In Bellevue Hos |
pital, in the same city, there we're 702sAmeri-
cans - 4,l34 foreigners; now the proportion
rises 70 nearly six to one. There were out.of
doer poor-that is, persons who had seme place
20 sleep nut nothing TO eat and nothing to make
3 fire-s57 native adults and 1914 chjsdren-t
a,l3l forega adiutts and 22e fUteiErf children.
or Child born sfsereign parents. Yhis nuufs
Ger was relleyed during The year -yithianoney
W those relieved with fuel, there were 24S |
adult Americans and 1881 chiIiren-s 10 ass 1
adult foreigners and II S5y children But The
record IS not yet 'eomplete. Let us turn to the
seatstlcs OF crime la the city prisons there
we're. during the year, 9, ,lO2 Americans 229
foreigners.
pass on to an abode even more gloomy than
shat Of the prison cell, and call your attention
to those whom God in his Weldon has seen ft to
deprive of the light of reason In the Eunatic |
Asylum there were admitted from the year ,
is4f to 1898, 779 Amsfieaps-2 1881 foreigners
For the year 1858 there were 81 Americans |
S9S foreigners. These tables might Be made
more complete by adding organ grinders, stroll.
ing mendlcants and professional begaars; but |
Of these have no reliable data, and therefore
pass them with the single remark that / have
never Seen q native American who belonged 10
either class. These figures are far more con-
elusive than any language, could be to uroye the
fha 40 aof. |
Let every American. impress them deeply upon
his memory: 22,36ee foreigh paupers and inva-
lids, 23sd lunatss,t 29 go erfhaittits taxing
the indnstry<and hlighiing the prosperity of a
single city. In that list Of crimes is embraced
murder, rape, arson. robbery, perjury, and
everything which is datnnipg to the character
Of the.individuaf, and every ythipg which is dan
gerous to society,". - 3E"s
In our section We see but little of the,eyils Of
comparatively few come among us,
and those of the best classes Of their country.
men. 1t is not as a State we suffer most, but :
as an integral partof the Republic The crime,
vice., disease, destitution and beRgary which
iows IN with every tide OF emigration afilicts US
but little; it is through their political action
n their capacity of voters that the curse ex.
ends itself to-ns. When thousands upon thou
lands are carried to the polls and made to vote
n favor OF any man, or any party, for shil-
ing, oorruptipg. the ballot.hox, and rendering
liberty insecure, then we snfer--tlent the law
II self preservation gives US right, and makes
I o duty 10 interpose. ts' ~ -
: With such dangers ttickening around us, the.
order Of Gem Washington shodld be- tc
lpon every mans lips - Place none. .butAmeri- '
sans on guard tonight" In time Of peace t
yonr puplic officers are your sentinels Put Q
none on guard whose bosoms do not swell with i
sxultng pride at the mention of Bunker Hill, of i
Monmouth, Of Saratoga, OF of yorktown. Put ]
none on guard. whose national traditions are
not confined to our own commonwealth Put
lone on guard who can dwell by the hour upon 6
5he eloquence Of Daniel OCo9nell, bnt have 9
never heard the name Of Patrick Henry Put
aone on guard who turn With cold indifference !
rom the story of Niagsrs, or New Orleans, to !
BOAST Of Marengo. Leipsc or Waterloo They :
10 mot love your land asyou do they will not !
watch over it with the same absorbing interest
Oppression, not choice, has brought him here,
and though he may feel a certain amount of
gratitude for the shelter he has found, he still
looks back to the green fields of his chiidheod-
he remembers every stone upon the highways
ne reads the history of his native land ,and par-
;akes in che pride OF its great events = in his
,eaft of hearts he feels that there is his home.
md there his holiest affections are garnered up
DEAR upenSSit w. L.