The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-12-05

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Trenton, on Friday evening:
Princeton. November IA, 1885.
GsxrIEsrs am informed by your let.
ter of yesterday. that meeting j. to be held
At Trenton ON Friday, the lot instant, com-
memnratiye of the principles u the Amerl>
can party. You also say "that IL is we'll
known that you have for several years APP
proved those principles, therefore you are
earnestly invited 10 be present and to adj
dress your fellow citizens on that OCCASION .
thank you for the invitation. although pre-
yious engagements will prevent my being
present
am unwilling. however. to permit the &C.
casien To pass without expressing my entire
concurrence in the patriotic principles IT the
American party, which have had for 20 ma.
nv years the approval of my head and beart.
They are
LIST. The Constitution and its compro.
misses.
ID. The preservation Of the Union at all
hazards.
Sd. The naturalization laws should b.
abolished or essentially modified.
4ih. Americans alone shonld rule Amer
lea They only should be appointed 10 the
high and responsible executive Offices under
our government.
TIE men Of the Revolution, nofwifhstsni.
ing they gratefully acknoW lodged the AID de-
rived from France, were July sensible of the
dangers Of iurrign influence. They incur
poraied in both the Federal aud State on.
situations. provision, carefully designed az
barriers against the influence Of any foreign
Ing, rdient il the population. The protracted
war which slec.rIel the French Reya.
luton. powerfully effected tie public mind
IN the United States, aud political parties
were more or less bla..ed ~ iavor &c one
or the other belligrrsnts. IL required the
whole weight 81 the great washingiuu's
character to prevent the young republic frum
being eniangled IN the me shes ~ European
politics. His wisdom enabled hun justly 10
appreciate the desire, which has always char.
arterized republican governments, 10 become
more or less subject, N me way nr another,
/ 70 foreign influence. The events Of hi. age
however, directed his attention 20 the caun-
,eraetiun ~ that influence, exerted 20 dit.
frreni manner lrum that IN which IL nov
Threatens our safety. The foreign influence
which Justly alarmed him. aI.se from the
sympathy Of our people with one nr the 9TH.
ef of the mighty powers who we're contend.
ing, a. both claimed 10 be, for liberty ana
for political performance ~ Europe.
/ Washington did not anticipate that. 10
half a century from his age. Europe, would be
brought within ten DAYS sail IL America. ur
that within that period halfa million 81 l.r
eigners annually would come To exercise the
prrrugatiyes 81 American so,ereigns. Had
such state u things been presented 20 him
his warning ynice would have inspired oul
i statesmen with the wis,lum aud the Gu rag,
10 avert the danger which he would has,
foreseen. Such Was the jealous virtue ant
pa triotism which distinguished the Wash
ington era, that had the emigration 81 tia
perlpd been one.tenih Of Hhai il has naN
become, IL is more Than probable that D,
power would have been granted BY The pen
pie TO the Federal Government TO enact an
laws Of naturalization.
The evil il upon us which Washington
deprecated. The evil is radical, and ih,
correction must BE- equally radical. WEI
awskeH 10 the public mind that sensitive re-
gard lpr the preservation Of the Constitution
and American liberty Which inspired III,
souls Of those patriots xho we're the eoun
sellers aud the supporters u Washington
aud the fathers Of the rsuniry. TIE sgfsl,
ani prosperity Of our Institutions must b
made the cardinal objects " attainment. :
The spoils III office. the love Of power, th'
subsection to the iron tyranny 81 4 few p0
litleal ollgarchs must be held 10 c"ntempi
in comparison with the importance Uf secgr
ing these great ends. The crafty engineers
Of political speculation see NO danger. AM
never will see any. which does not threatei
% arrest their profitable centred Of parties
, The jOctrine that Americans alone shVuit
rule America" designed to restore the gov