Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-01-31

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| A Fit Of Desperation.
Of all the appeals we have ever known
made, to prejudice or passion, during the
present or any former political canvass, that
which we now extract from the Richmond
| Wa) Enquirer of last Saturday, is to our minds
the most Objectionable and indefensible. We
copy as follows:
"With whatever interest the canvass may be
regarded by others, to the foreign-born citizen i
is struggle for freedom and for the dearest rights
of manhood He is contending not against the
gross oppression Of brute force, but against the y
ranny which lays its heavy grasp upon the con-
science and robs the man of his birthrght OF free
| DOM This canvass will determine whether the
foregn-born citizen is to enjoy the inalienable
rights of freemen, or be degraded to a condition
Of Helotism, without liberty Of worship, social
equality, or a voice in the government. Men have
| fought and died, and been canonzed as heroes
and martyrs, in resisting an oppression which is,
to the sweeping prescription OF Known othingism,
as the touch of feather is to the crushing weight
| of the neither milestone. Did the Irishman come
| hither to find worse than British despotism 7
| Did the German escape from the consumption OF
Kings, to endure slavery in the land of the free
Forbid it, Heaven?
"The foul attempt to prescribe our fellow-citi-
ices Of foreign birth, touches the sympathies and
kndles the indignation of all freemen. 1t is not in
human nature, unless it be debased below the level
ofbrutes to witness 30 grievous an outrage upon
the dignity and rights of man without concern.
The impulse of every brave man prompts him to
make generous effort to protect the victim"
But few days since, one of our contempt
raries in this city, copied from New York
paper, speech delivered in that city, by a for
eign demagogue, melting his countrymen to
rapine and plumber. We forbore to publish
the speech, or the account Of it, for this rea-
son, among others, that we then supposed it
emanated from one, who was without influence,
and we saw moreover, that every press by
which it was noticed condemned the effort, in
language of indignant denunciation. We have
subsequently seen the Mayor. of New York
(and he a Dsmocrat,) calling upon the Presi-
dent of the United States for protection, to be
afforded, by arms, to property and life in the
commercial metropolis Of this great nation
Protection against whoms Against the. foreign
population cast upon our shores and congrega-
ted in New York
What do we noio seer and from what source 7
We see in the editorial columns Of the Rich
mond Enquirer, the leading press Of the adj
ministration, in Virginia, the most dangerous
and exciting appeals to the foreign population,
telling them that "nlen hare fought and died
and been canoaized as martyrs, in resisting
an oppre.ion which 10 10 the sweeping pro
scription Of Knop- Nothingism, as the touch Of
feather ia to the crushing 'oeight of the
neither milestone ~ What means such Ian.
guagep Is it not an invitation to arms, ia
bloodshed, to repengef What means the En-
quirer, when it asks, "Did the Irishman come
hitler to. find porse than British despotism !
Did the German escape. from the CONSUMPTION
Of Kings, to endure slarery in the land Of The
.freer We repeat what mean these interrog-
atoriesi
Is the Enquirer mads Has desperation be.
reft him Of reasont And are there no lunstic
asylums in the Old Dominion
Who seeks to deprive foreign-born citizen
Of single rightH Who seeks to Cypress a for.
eign-born citizene Who seeks to deprive for
eign-born citizen Of liberty Of worship, social
equality, or a voice in the government Who
seeks to prescribe foreign-born citizenf Who
seeks to commit an outrage upon the dignity OF
rights of foreign-born citizensp To all these
inquiries, grounded upon the assertions Of the
Enquirer, we answer distinctly and emphati.
cally, nobody. Nobody has done any Of these
hings---no6ody has attempted to do any o.
these things Not one Of these accusations
against the American party has any foundation
in fact ys
Yet the Enquirer would excite the foreign
population TO deeds Of blood Well, If such
collision must come, IL II be the pleasure Of
the administration presses, and II 10 be in thei,
po,oer, in their folly and madness, to produce
this state Of things; if the foreign population,
wiH rule the United States or perishSn The
attempt be it so Far better is Il that the
question be decided now, than postponed till
millions Of desperadoes shall be shipped over
and landed upon our shores, to swell the ranks
of demagoguism
Let not the Enquirer imagine for moment
that its appeals to foreigners win alarm the
American party, or change their resolves Such
efforts will but nerpe us for the performance Of
our duty.
But we cannot believe thatone single foreign
born citizen win heed the voice of the Enqui-
rer, which thus incitcs them to the bloody
strifel Not one. They know full well, that
the purposes Of the American party are not to
interfere with the pssted rights Of foreign-born
citizens. The seventh and eighth planks in
our platform, daily presented to the world, read
a. follows;
Seventh. We shall vigorously maintain the
vested rights Of all persons, Of native or forsign