New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-24
MORNING. SEPTEMBER "a. 1855.


three millions of foreigners, avery large proo,
;. .lon are voters. 1t is the unvarying law of e
: grafton that much the greater number of eve
pody of emigranfs are males. This was the cs
even IN California when theemigratiofI was On
irom one portion Of cur own territory to afoth,
an Oh us can call to mind cases in which Z
nead OF the family alone is a foreigner, VIII
ene Whe and children are natives. These 20
tsne,f tne number of natives on the census boob
70 uhiie the Yoter-the efficient and eontroI,i,
= poSer-;as set down as one foreigner
y NOW let us look at the other side. OF Il
II swenty millions Of Americans, about one he
the remainder at least two. thirds are childrei
y y anu poys too young 10. vote That disposes
heaf seven millions more and briggs the nun
ueI y. voters down much nearer to an eafalit
than is at all agreeable or than eur opponent
afe willing to admit. These facts have mot bee
ahknown 70, or unmarked BY politicians Ther
|. 70 not an aspiring demasogne in all the land VII
! nas not time and again made himself eonspicn
Gus as the advocate Of foreigners. William
seward, with his cold, calculating, heartles
seihshness, is the leader in this race of adula
sloh 70 Whatever is'of foreign extra elton = an,
lIapy oetter men who ought not to be named /,
! ,ne same breath are fastening in his footsteps
Even the veteran soldier whose life had beer
n passed among bulfets-whose strong nerves hae
never peen shaken in the deadliest conflict
Nhen ne was candidate, quailed before the
ana the foreign accent became as music e
MS ear Two public acts in the recent history
OF Shs country exhibit still more stronger the
f'aangers OF foreign influence and admonIsh Ms
70 ;eheck h,While we have yet the pesser.
IN the autumn of lS49, Father MATTHEW, an
rish priest, who had acquired great celebrity
M..a IT, temperance lecturer, paid visit to the
united States. He came to Washington, and a
resolution was at once introduced 70 allow him
the privilege-of thu. feor of the Senate. This
| was opposed BY Mr.. Calhoun, on the ground that
IL was lowering the dignity of the Senate, and
cheapenlng Its honors; by myself and others,
upon the further ground that he had, while in
Ireland, indaiged in denunciatiens of slavery,
and taken part with the Abolitionists against
the South, which considered an unwarrantable
lntermeddling with matters that in no way con.
cerned him. Notwithstanding these objections,
the resolution passed by decided majority and
| Father Matthew took his seat upon the foor Of
tne Senate. Not long afterwards, Gen Pillow,
VINO bore upon his person the marks of henora-
Die wounds recently received in the service of
the Republic, visited Washington, and found. to
mrs modification no doubt, that the place which
mad been occupied by apriest, was inaccessi ble
70 him, native born American, and late a Ma
Jor uenerai In the wars of his country. Nor
!
served IN the Mexican war, not q member pt
congress or an existing State Legislature, was,
10 IKE manner, excluded, With, perhaps, the
single exception of Gen. Scott who had received
a special vote OF thanks during the war of 1912
whlch OF itself entitled him to admission. 1t
VIII not do to tell me that respect for the cause
o. temperance produced this astonishing result.
The Congress of the United States are net re-
markable as disciples of temperance, and that
" dly thnrn 49,
OF the Senate who did not drink wine at dinner,
or brandy before it.
The Irish vote was the controlling cause
the desire to conciliate that large body-of nat
aranzed citizens who looked up to- Father Mat
thew as superior being. 1t was this that gave |
TO the foreigner an Importance above and be. |
yond that Of the soldiery whose blood had been |
poured out like water on the plains of Mexico |
II was this which induced the Senate to ferget
what II had been-to throw aside the Sc we're dig,
naty which had 30 elevated them in the minds
0f men, and to exchange ths character Of Ro. \
man sages for; that Of servile syeophants There
was q time when that high body was composed |
of sterner stuff There was time when such |
a proposition would have been treated with the
scorn it deserved. But that was before the
Irish Exodus Now if we venture to question:
foreign merit it must be done with Is bstedi
breath; we venture to deny any foreign
with political humiliation, and yet / am told
we are, in no danger from foreign influence
hen the Senate-of the United States has bent
before the storm, where are we to look for that
public virtue which is sturdy enough to re-
sist it,
The other ease to which I allude was still
more outrageous. L. Kossuth had been actively
engaged in exciting q revolution in Hungary,
out when the hour of trial came he shrunk from
The danger he evoked, and flying across the
'rontier,. took refuge beneath the crcscentof
he Turk An immense amount Of sympathy +
vas at once manufactured for him. and our
Governments, not to be behind the public e1
dispatched a vessel Of war to bring l.
lin to our shores Of course. this was done
inder the specious name Of sympathy forstrug-
cling freedom. But if there had been no Ger
nan votes in the United States am very much1
Inclined to the opinion that sympathy would
lave expended itself in some less costly manner
But not satisfied with bringing him here, both
branches OF Congress passed q resolution in.
'iting him to Washington. He came In all the
,omp which surrounds the monarehs of the Old
Norld-armed guards paraded before his door
o keep off the vulgar populace And we who |
would not have tolerated such conduct for one
our in tie Presidentof the Republic, not only
ubmitted to it on the part Of this foreign men
licant, but actually invited him within the bar
4 the senate. lie entered With all his guards
bout him. The clank of foreign sabres awaked
he echoes in the vestibule of the Senate, and an
ager crowd Of Republicans looked on with !
admiration at the pageant. rS'..
If the dead are permitted to witness events
lpon earth, what must have been the feelings +
+ the stern fathers Of the Republic when they l
aw the velvet uniforms of foreign body guard ,
within the sacred precincts of tile Senatel Let {
10 suppose them gathered about the immortal .
Washington, as they were wont to gather in the !
lays that tried mems souls. gazing in sorrow lae
nd silence upon the disgracsful spectacle.
here is Warren, Greene, Sumpter, Marion, !
zee, Shelby, Williams, Wayne, and hundred |
thers of the mighty dead. They remember !
hat it was German cannon which thinned their
anks at Mud Fort and Red Bank. They re. i
member that German shouts rang over the field !
t Brandywine They remember that German
'ayonets were dimmed with patriotic blood at
fonmouth . They rember Chad's ford aud {
,hew's house, and many another field where ,
hey hired mercenaries that England's gold bad
rought across the atlantic TO fasten manacles +,
pon people who had never injured them, and
emembering this, they turn to each other with
he mournful inquiry, "ars these our sons are
he traditions of the revolution already forgot
en- !" All shades of departed patriots, there
an engine of power in our land of which you
a your day did net dream. There are afaw .
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