New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-18
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Things Demanding Considerations

The Hon. f. K. Zollicofer delivered a very
able and eloquent speech at Nashville, Tenn,
some time since. He vindicated in the most tri-
umphant manner the truth and justice of Amer
lean principles. We make the following extract
from his speech, which We earnestly commend
to the attentive consideration of our readers
The letter of DR.. Anderson, distinguished
Democrat, written as it was thirteen years ago,
under the impulse Of personal observation of
the sentiments and character Of the people that
migrate to this country, cannot fail to have that
weight with the sound thinking men of the
country that it 50 eminently merits. The reader
will observe that in this short extract, there is
more weight Of authority than is often found in
the same space: .u.. a#, srg
The monarchies Of Europe. says the Duke Of
Richmond, will connive at sending us surplus
\ of low," 6. excitable, bad, and disatfected -
population, who "will bring with them their
principles" and adhere to their ancient notions
Of Sc governments, laws, manners, customs and
religion, and will transmit them to their poster
ity," &c., &c. What coincidence between
this and Mr.. Jefferson's opinion. From these
s'absolate monarchies," says Mr.. Jefferson, tive
are to expect the greatest number of emigrsnts
They will bring with them the principles Of the
governments they leave, imbibed in their early
youth, ssThese principles with their language
they will transmit to their Children &c.
Again, the English noble says: "Hence, dis
cord, dissension, anarchy, and civil war will en-
sue.' Says Mr. Jefferson, "They infuse into
(the government) their spirit. warp and bias its
directions, and render it Heterogeneous, inco-
herent, distracted mass 81 have conyersed," }"
says the Duke, "with many Of the sovereigns
and princes of Europe;'' "they have come to an
tf,3eysyandiue O on this subject "a ssthey will
eventually suceeed by subversion rather than
conquest =
AS eorrohoratiye of what sort Of population
this foreign emigration is composed of, allow mo
to read a brief extract of a letter written by q
Tennessee Democrat when in London in August,
lS42-thirteen years ago, and when he could
have had NO knowledge of the rise OF the
Know Nothing organization IN l6o4zo. Df'
Thomas a. Anderson of this State, then IN Lon
don, with view to sell Tennessee lands to emil
grants bound for the United States, wrote home
as follows: - ~
LONDON, ENGLAND, Aug %, 1S42.
CDR W. B. NoRToN--Dear Sir: i have found
it almost an impossbility to sell lands in Ten
nessee. To the emigrants from this country.
Nine. tenths of them have the insuperable objso-
ton that it is o sla7eholding State. Their pre-
judioes in this respect are deep and rooted
They 20 to America with the fierce and fanatic
feelings Of the 0'Gonnells, the Buckinghams,
and the Thompsons, on the subject Of slavery,
to swell the ranks of the Abolitionists there.
have conversed with hundreds Of the emigrants
going out from London and Liverpool to the
United States, and find them for the most part
an ignorant people-in fact, having no correct
ideas or knowledge of our system Of government
of our social and political state-of oursciyil
and religious liberty They have heard Of
America as Q land, where every one IN the non