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

A POWERFUL ARGUMEHT.

1 " oav "isuon oI DIVINE PrOVfdence, we nave
been endowed with the faculty of reasoning, and
by this Indispensable gift we are in some things
permitted to hft the curtain of the future and
discern with eertainty what will couia to pass
We know that certain causes produce certain
efcts, and thus we apply the experience Of the
| past 10 events Of the future, and we are taught
| to apply certain causes TO produce certain
effects; the effective wish to produce suggests ths
cause or agency to be Applied, and (mntuallyl
| the cause applied will produce the effect The
green and h0urishing plant is evidence of the
| effect produced by certain causes If we dis
cover that our land needs q certain manure or
chemical compound in order to make it more
productive or congeniai to the crop we de-
sign planting, we proceed at once TO apply 1t in
the proper way and proportion, according 20 its
natural deficiency, always having in view the
productiveness of our soil and the ultimate ben
eft we are TO derive from the course we are pur-
suing
Thus it is with Government Our fathers
fed from tyranny and religious intolerance to
seek an asylum in the wilds of America still,
however, under the nominal protection of the
mother country but when at last they were
forced to resist the unjust expressions of that
unnatural mother, and assert their rights as
men and as freemen, they did so; and when
they laid the foundation of our present Govern
ment, they had the experience Of the past the
governments, by which to be guided; and
doubtless, under the circumstances they framed
code of laws as faultless and as applicable to
the situation of the country at that time as it
was possible to have done. They planted the
germ Of Liberty on American soil, they abjured
all allegiance, civil, political or religious, to
any crowned head on the earth They owed
no homage and acknowledged no supremacy,
save to the great God of Nature, and they
rrnysfi od
Whatever manner their consciences might die
| tate, taking his Revealed Word, (the Holy BIZ
| bie,3 as their guide When they had thus set
tied the Government, they threw vide their
| arms to reaeive those who like themselves had
| suffered the oppression of tyranny Many,
| very many Of the great and good flew to her
protection, and we're as cordially hailed as
brothers and oompatriotH, the numerical strength
Of the country increased apace both by natural
increase and immigration from other countries
Now, let US ask, what was the object, or the
principal object, of our government in extend
ing the right Of citizenship to foreigners at that
time: Was it simply because she felt for the
oppressed Of every cline? Or was it not rather
to gain strength, and thus fortiy herself against
the combined strength Of the whole world
Admit that such was the case, it ID evident that
advantages were expected and actually did
accrue to the government. This, then, was an
essential element to her existence and pros
perity, and like the chemical compound to the
soil, it was applied for aspecife purpose and for
q certain object, but when that end is attained,
when the ingredient has been applied in proper
proportion to effect the end for which it was
designed, would it be right, would it be prudent
to continue it further3 Is there not danger Of
having too much Of good thing We would
like for Dame Fortune to cast few of her yell
low coins into our empty palms, but we would
not be crushed with huge weight even of gold.
We can relish with no little gusto glass of
champagne, but we would dislike 10 be drowned
in hogshead even of the thing we loved best
or, because one may be fond Of hugging, should
lie embrace bear' There should Be reason in
all things, and there should be q limit beyond
which We should not 60. 1tl= f5s-. +.
We, as government, have thus far extended
| the welcoming hand to strangers from all coun-
| tries and every cline, The objects which we
first had in view have now been accomplished
and it is time that we should close the doors, at
least for a time, until we ascertain how we can
manage the foreign ingredient we have com
pounded in our national government. fear,
awfu1iy fear, that we have already applied too
much Of this foreign clement to our political
soil for the growth and perpetuity Of the hber
ties of our country. The most virulent and
effect when administered in the proper proper
tions; go also the most simple and nutrtive
articles of food frequently causes death when
taken in in due quantities.
1t is asserted by those who are opposed to the
American party that there is no danger to be
apprehended from foreign influence. My God !!
are such men bliud, or will they not see How
much corruption, intrigue and dishonest truck
ling has it already caused in the ranks of the
two old parties2 This foreign influence has
been for some years SO great that it has been
bid for, bought and sold for party purposes, and
is there no danger in such an element which
even now holds the balance of power, and is
daily and hourly increasing, Let me call the
attention of those opposed to American prin-
ciples to the following startling facts, and let
every Southern man consider them we'll.
The immigration of foreigners to the United
States prior to the year 1900. was only from
5000 to 5000 a year; IS to 1910, 1000 year;
from 1910 to 1920, 11,0 900 a year; from 1920
to 1880, 1900 a year; from 1880 to 1910,
81 900 year; from 1910 to 1850, 167 1000
year, and since 1850 it has risen to the enor-
nous number of from 800 900 to 500 600 year,
and will probably soon reach a million year.
The great bulk Of the foreign population has
settled in all the Northern States, and now
numbers in the Union from 100000 TO
5000, COO, and at the present rate of increase
is adding FIVE members of Congress annually
to the already overwhelming power of the North
against the South. 1t brings with it strong,
pre-. conceived, anti-slayerY feelings, and fuses
freely with freesoil element, furnishing addi-
tional population for new free State every
year The foreigners alone in the United States
who are old enough to vote, are at least equal
to all the voters in the Southern States, for the
census shows that in 1850 the whole white popu-
lation of the Southern States amounted to six
millions--old and young, male and female
while in the Northern States there were thirteen
millions. Add to this the fact that the foreign
ers already outnumber the American born oiti-
zens in several Of the large cities, and in one or
more of the States of the North, and in many
others where they are yet in the minority, they
| nevertheless hold the balance Of power.
| Men of the Sonth, does this look like there
was no danger? Is the Republic safe Is the
South and its institutions safe Should we not
at once resist and repel this inaidious foe while
vet we have some strength left u.s. Americans,
20 the rescue! On your exertions depend the
liberty and future happiness of our country
It has been the hope and design of the Euro
pean Government to destroy this Republic from
It's very birth, and it is so still If you would
know how they expect to do it, read the following
good authority-language uttered by the Duke
| Of Richmond while Governor of Canada. The
Duke, short time prior to his death, in speak
| ing of the Government OF the United States
said