The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1855-03-10

nlIc soif VIC I'LL KNOW InAb MI. JcueFnOn, aIlLe-
rior to that time had declared in the strongest
language his bitter hostility to the Influx Of :
foreigners into this country. In his notes on
Virginia, he says:
"They [the forcignersl will bring with them the
principles Of the Governments they have imhbed In
early youth or if able to throw them off, II will be
in exchange for an unbounded licentiousness, pass
ing, az is usual, from one extreme to another. 1r
WOULD BE A MIRACLE WE'RE THEY TO STOP PRECISE
LY AT THE POINT OF TEMPERATE LIRERTY. Their
principles, with their language they will transmit to
their children. III proportion to their number, they
will share with In the legislation They viii infse
into it their spirit warp and bias ts direction, md
render it heterogeneous, incoherent, distracted
mass. Imay appeal to experience. during the pres
ent contest, for vcrlfoation of those conjectures
but II they are not certain IN event. are they not pos
sibeare they not probablef Is 1t not suffer to wait
with patience for the attainment Of population de-
sired or expected? May not our Government be moro
homogeneous, more peaceahle more durable3"
On another OCCASION he penncd this memo
rable paragraph
81 hope we may find some means In future Of
shielding ourselves from foreign influence political,
commercial Or in whatever form i may be attempt
cd. wish there were an ocean Of fire between this
and the Old World.h
Does any man imagine that in so short
time Mr.. Jefferson could have changed his
views on so important q subject2 No, sir.
Mr.. Jefferson had been elected by a combina-
ton Of nearly every foreigner in the country
with the Democratic party, and out Of CRATE
TuDE to them he lesscned the term Of their pro-
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appeal to my friend, Mr.. Benton, the last
of "patres conscripti," (and who knows, ! do
verify believe, more Of the history Of the Gov
ernment than all other men now living,) If
have not stated the case correctly. And, since
am speaking Of the opinions OF distinguished
men, permit me, sir, to refer to the opinion OF
General Washington ask those who
now abuse the American party for its hostility
to foreigners to listen.
George Washington, in a letter addressed to
Governor Morris, dated White Plains, July "a
IT'S, said: 5.,s 6s
Baron steuten, now tlnd, IA also wanting to
quit his inspectorship for a command in the line.
This will be productive Of much discomfort. IN q
word, though think the Baron nh excellent officer
do most devoutly wish we had not single foreigner
among us, except the Marquis de Lafayette who acts
upon very different principles from those which gov
ern tho rest.h es 4Ssg6 NJ S
In another letter. dated Philadelphia, Nov.
II, 1894, and addressed to the elder Adams,
the Pater Patre said: @
"" My opinion with respect TO immigration IL, ex-
cept of useful mechanics, and come particular DC.
scrptons Of men and professions there is no need OF
encouragement"
Again, letter from the same hand, dated
from his residence, January 20, 1890, in reply
to letter applying for Office, has this passage:
az. a aa.,,s ,,,,., .,o ,,,;,, ns ~. co,.rn.
ment to bestow ofires, civil or military upon for
cigners, to the exclusion Of our citizens
And Mr.. Madison. animated with the same
spirit, thus said:
Foreion infuence ia n t,recian horse to the Re-
public We can not be too careful to exclude its en-
trance" 8.
| Mr.. Webster, too. the great defender Of the
| Constitution, beholding with the sagacity Of
statesman, and Almost with the vision Of a
seer, the great evils that were about to fallupon
the country, declared, in that clear and concise
style for which he was remarkable, that
there is an imperative necessity fer reforming the
naturalization laws Of the United States"
And, sir, last, but not least, in many Of tho
characteristics Of great man, Il pray, you,
gentlemen Democrats, give earl read you tho
opinion Of General Andrew jackson !:
at is time that we should become a little moro
Americanized and, instead of feeding the panpers
ana ianores OF England, iced our own OF eise' IN
mors u u' p'ssoA' po'0' ~
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arno .ara;nst tla mor;ean nartv that II wa.
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nnderstanJ Il II Wares NJ wor aoainst anv re-
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asl stoto ar,t ,%a n,;na,;nr Of rel;r;on with
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1a man NAV eSercse ] all fhe r;olts Of mn Ameri-