Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-06-20


rule 4nsrica" win sweep from the miserable Jug
gIers who, under the guide Of Democracy would
sell the country to the Pope Of Rome, provided
they have the privilege OF monopolizing his favors
Let our motto then, be, I" Our Federal Unio's--
il must and shall Be preserved" AmertcaAs
shaH rule Ameriea."
An Embellishments Opinion of the American
Party.
We publish below communication from an
Englishman, resident of Montgomery county,
MARYLAND, on the principles of the American party.
The author had originally opposed this party, as
he admits, and now states the reasons which in
duced the change, as follows
At first supposed that some of the objects Of
the Know-Nothings we're at variance with the Con-
sttution of the country; but after reading atten-
lively both the Constitution and the principles In
the 1naericd, Organ, especially the 10th, was
convinced they were not; and thus the greatest
objection had to Known othingsm was at once
removed, for no man in his senses will deny that
the legislature OF any country has right to pass
any law that is constitutional. Now, the Consti-
tuition does not say what privileges and rights
foreigner shall have; it merely says what they shall
not have and has left it entirely at the discretion
of the legislator to fix the time of probation, &c.
But this fact is 80 plain and SO selaevident, its
opponents nave gwen up tlc picd tnuI ~ 10 uASoh-
stitutional to repeal or modify the naturalization
laws, and now ask would it be good policy to do
sos
In answer to this question: would refer them
to the 100000 foreigners that annually come to
this country, speaking different languages, brought
up under institutions distinct from each other, and
distinct from the institutions of America, profess
ing different religions, educated with different no
tons, manners, customs, and usages of society,
n Ia NOT inn
that there should exist among them such harmo-
ny Of feeling and such unity of sentiment as ID
needful to make them good lawmakers, or even as
good private citizens as native Americans whose
love Of their country and knowledge of their insti-
buttons have grown with their growth, and is, in
deed, part OF their very nature? As a foreigner,
boldly assert that it is. There is in every man,
| care not how much of oppression he may have
endured in his native land-how much he may
have been downtrodden-how much misery and
want he may have suffered-there is that love OF
country, there is that instructive fondness and at
tachment for the place where he first saw the light,
that he cannotsunder any circumstances get rid
of. immigration, or perhaps other circumstances,
may prevent its further growth, but it cannot and
does not destroy it they may love the land OF
their adoption, but they cannot look with an eye
single to its interests at least not native;
and therefore say that that liberty for which their
which Americans and well-disposed foreigners SO
highly value, are safest in the hands Of Americans,
and in their hands would rather they should re-
main. Imagine the reins of government in the
hands of such men as Soule, Kossuth, John Mitch
ell Francis Meagher, and where should we, Amer
leans and foreigners, altogether, go? / don't
know, but /, for one, should be for shutting my
eyes, that might not see "my own destruction"
Now, if I understand the subject Alright, Ameri-
70 Gva fha lau how
make for foreigners They only claim the right to
make them. That right is undisputably theirs,
and let them enjoy it. Well-dsposed foreigners
will not fail to see the danger of letting foreigners
occupy offices, &C., and / am sure will cheerfully
bow their heads in submission. Some of them may
claim that they have forgotten all about their ma
tive land that they have no love remaining for
the place Of their birth; that memory never car
RIGS them back to that stage whereon they enacted
the scenes of their early childhood that they
never in imagination wander in its fowery wales,
and by its ripping streams; that they never, in
imagination inhale the perfume of its wild flowers
and accompany its wild birds in their songs of
praise to the God of nature. To such l would say,
you are by nature so base, and your sensibilities
so blunted, that you are not fit to be citizens
Of any country.
Again, 1t is said the Know Nothings do the for
eigners an injustice. Now, claim that in coming to
America, was prompted by motives as good as
foreigners generally, and came expressly for my
own benefit Others do the same, and If they are
benefited by coming, let them stay and be con-
tented or, II not, return to the place from whence
they came. 1t Is an absurdity to suppose they
come here to benefit Americans, for they have no
notion ofit. II viii do very well to talk TO school
boys about dsinterestedness Of motive, &c, but
facts are stubborn things and the fact is, that
though good foreigners do benefit America by Inn
proving the land and increasing its commerce. that
is not their motive in coming here, and they are
benefited themselves in greater degree.
Let foreigners look at the number Of criminals
and paupers, &c., in this country, of foreign BIRTH
and AK themselves what they would do If the case
SAs reversed. For my part, If had remained in
England, and Americans or any other Foreigners
had come there, filing the jails, the lunatc asy-
lums, and almshouses, and sought to assume the
control Of government into the bargain, should
do as the Americans have done, and would have
shouted as loudly as they do "Englishmen shall
rule EnglandT How can anything else be expect
ed? Nor can the helpless condition Of foreigners
be pleaded in their behalf 1t might do in court
ofjustice, but not at the bar Of the nation. For
eigners should not come unless they are prepared
TO earn an honest livelihood. America has enough
30 do to take care Of her own criminals and her own
insane, and to ameliorate the condition of her own
poor, and helpless, and infrm. When she has done
this-when there is no crime, no poverty, and no
insanity within her own borders, she may turn her
attention toward the suffering Of other nations, but
not before.
Il has been limited that because am foreigner
and at the same time an advocate Of Amcricanism,
that am ungrateful, selfish, &C. But why, can
not understand Five years ago. or nearly so,
left my native land, mot then 10 years Of age, and
sought home in strange land and among stran-
gers. Long, long before that the cypress and the
yew tree had bowed their heads in silence over the
graves Of my ancestors There was not one there
with whom could claim any relationship not even
the most distant. In America l found homo /;
live beneath American institutions; unprotected
by American laws; the food eat is the product
OF American soil; the air that breathe is the pure
and free air Of America that liberty which was won
by those who fought and bled in freedoms cause
1 admire it, and desire that IL may be perpetuated
| believe the descendants Of those who won it are
it's best guardians, and why then should l not adj
vocate the cause Of AmericanismY ! want no Of
fee, am able and willing TO earn my living by my
own labor and all ask Is, that IL by industry and
perseverance 1 accumulate property in your midst
you will afford me the protection of your laws, that
may enjoy IL In peace.