Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1855-10-27
Things Demanding Consideration.

The Hon. F. K. Zollicofer delivered a very able
| and eloquent speech at Nashville, Tenn, some
time since. He indicated in the most triumphant
manner the truth and justice of American priIl-
ciples. We make the following extract from his
speech, which we earnestly commend to the atten-
tive consideration of our readers. The letter of
DR.. Anderson a 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 so emincnty merits.
The reader will observe that in this short extract,
there is more weight of authority than is often
found in the same space:
The monarchies of Europe, says the Duke of
Richmond, will connive at sending us a surplus of
"low,' "excitabe, bad, and dsafected" popula-
ton, who evil bring with them their principles"
and adhere to their ancient notions of "govern-
ments, laws, manners, customs and religion, and
will transmit them to their posterity," &c, &c.
What coincidence between this and Mr.. .Jeffer-
son's opinion. From these absolute monarchics, !"
says Mr. Jefferson" we are to expect the greatest
number of engrants. They will bring with them
the principles of the governments they leave, i'm
bibed in their early YOUTH "These principles
with their language they will transmit to their
Children" SC. Again, the English noble says :
Hence, discord dissenson, anarchy, and civil war
will ensue" Says Mr.. Jefferson. "They infuse
into (the government their spirit, warp and bias
its directions, and render it heterogeneous, nco-
says the DIXIE, "with many of the sovereigns and
princes of Europe" they have come to an am
derstamaing on this subject :" "they will eventually
succeed by. subuersion rather than conquest"
As corroborative of what sort of population this
foreign emigration is composed Of allow me to read
brief extract of letter written by a Tennessee
Democrat when in London in August, 1S42-
thirteen years ago, and when he could have had no
knowledge of the rise of the "Know Nothing"
organization in 1915. DR.. Thomas A. Anderson
of this State, then in London, with a view to sell
Tennessee lands to emigrants bound for the United
States, wrote home as follows:
LONDON, ENGLAND, Aug. 90, 1872
"DR. W. B. NoRToN-Dear Sir: have found
it almost an impossihility to sell lands in Tennessee
to the emigrants from this country. Nine-tenths
of them have the insuperable objection that it is
slavehodng State. Their preudices in this respect
are deep and rooted. They go to America with
the fierce and fanatic feelings of the OConnells
the Bucklngnanls, ana the 1nOmpsOnS, on the
subject of slavery, to swell the ranks of the Abo-
itonists there. have conversed with hundreds of
the emigrants going out from London and Liver
pool 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 gov
emment-of our social and political state-of our
civil and religious liberty. They have heard of
America as land, where every one in the nom
slavehodng States does pretty much as he pleascs;
and where in the slaveholding States, the negroes
work in chains for their white masters and are sub
ected to starvation and canstan stripes, and almost
every cruel treatment. Thus impressed fully nine
tenths of the emigrants go to America, thinking
and feeling they have mission to aid in abolshing
slavery there.
"The most intelligent of the emisrants from this
country will make good citizens, and our natural
ization laws, as to them, are sufficiently guarded
and restrictive, but certainly they ought to be
yised and SO modified as to put all the ignorant
class above described on much longer probation
than is now required, that they may have sufficient
time to become more enlightened, and well ac-
quainted with the principles Of our government be-
fore they are admitted to the eminent privileges of
voting