Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-03-20

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my diScunmcrun with III" faction 'rb,sc N..srs
Edi;'rs are the reasons which influenced me il, the
| step have taken III this nuttrr. cprc n,t wLnt
! tlHy may seem to others To Inc they were snti
! cicnt. and have acted upon them honesty and r,u-
! sron;inu-lv, and am willing tn meet the rouS..
QuriIcrS. haze only tn remark that | v,nLI nn
! have n:rudcd this Card upon the public, bu, for thc
attack made upon me i'll I'll. "EXaminrr:'
WILLIAM u. DOLL.
| KNOW -NOTIIINGISM As LOOKED UPON BY
AN INTELLIGENT ADOPTED CITIZEN.
! In the following, which find i'll the South Caro-
NH5G1, published TT Columbia, We think may be readi-
| ly recognised the pen Dr. Licbrr, whn, it will be
seen, turns the experiences nf history TO profitable
account in his reflections. As usual with hs writings
the article is in phi!osophic spirit cnlivencd with
unccdo,c, and enforced by pertinent fuc.s:
! Mcssrs. Editors The temperate and sound com.
'auncGtlon Of "Sou!hron nn the kuOw-Nothngs in
,pur paper al yc-tcr!ay, instances number oi tmIe-
rcnn citizens. born i'll foreign countries, that have
Loyalty and faithfully stood by their adopted country
un the battlefield, and served the government of
their choice with their head an heart and blood, even
10 death.
This suggests another remark. Let us look around
as matters stand now and let us survey the history OF
o'r !hm'l; scan the mines Oi those VII" nave been
prominent in the many walks OF lie, and the varied
spheres "i action and activity, and You will find IN
every one "i them inr and even large number "i
men VII" were Or are American citizens by choice
Among the Most eminent mos. wj!cv-uscful Amc
rican dIvIE's thCIC have always been, aud this
day, many born on the other rii" of the Atlantic
The Will be found To be the case if YOU rX:iIu-
Inc The list oi rcut HdvOcaics ana OF American states
men th"ug huu the land The same is true of teach
crs, authors piulOsi piers of piysicins "i editors
ani artists, iI!"rc!ans, artisans amd arIcrs OF
ciors and architects, oi manufacturers and inven-
tors.
There many persons whom seem to have
cu-tomed themselves 10 connect with the idea of tho
usefulness of imn grants cuni digging lrishmcn and
farm laborug "DuICh," aS ii all the GOOD we derive
from immigration Is Irish bone M! German muscle.
\ momcml'- reflection will show them their error
We do not Only "r mainly speak u. i"se citizens by
chOc" who IN their spheres, what the "lurcignc
A-or an. Girarci, were in the mercantile pursuit..
As speak "f all spheres, we speak OF all de-
rrrs uf "t s!il and intellect. Every reader
test what suy i'll this imncdiatc circle around
him. Let him "caIl the rol!,' let him mark the
citizens by choice and imwardly digest the result
IlavinL mentioned Actor and Glrard, whose INDUS
try and mtclle enabled them 10 acquire prInccly
fortunes. AID who. with corresponding berailty rem
dprcd millions Ia the community III which they be-
came 80 rich. cannot refrain from telling little
ancclolc winch striIiingiy shows with what navctc
uat,sm j. sometimes working. Gicard, II is we'll
known lei! many millions for the purpose "i establish
iug nm orphan house. He native Frcnchnali,
but lett MI his fortune 10 America. When the time
approached for the appointment ot the cliIci officer
o; t!a; college for orphans, number OF trustees were
DESTROYS "f cccng apcrs"n who for many long years
had been 4 citzcM Of the United States, and To whom
actually the drafting q" plan for the whole orgah-
zuon Of the institution had been committed.
He WAS not however, appointed, because as twas
minated to him, nariv!Sm wGs then too strong III
PHILADELPHIA Naiiv!>n: Was not too strong I" re-
,iyc ten millions ui dollars az the hands ut :"rc!E
err The susccpiihiiity al Naiivi,m docs not
lie in that REGION bu; II was ot peculiar dcilchcy
when the question wAS 10 pay" moderate salary n"
q" the proceeds Of the i untic capital to npersom VINO
| il WAS declared was considered otherwise me 'c'y
ucl-un the trustees would have selected hna II no'
been for Il certain degree "i ioNs'""e "'"'""e '
piacc Of his birth. -,
We saw then that SO far rs skill, industry, nelli
e,eucc productive ubor, ccvatng talent and success
of every kind are concerned citizens By choice nre
found among the foremost. How Is with that truth
fu LOYALTY which is the choicest jewel i'll the citizen
! ship oil freeman W"suhscriJc wlIa: was once said
in another place that throughout al the history oi
| this hemisphere and the other ol unc!cnt tunes rs
| well a. modern, YOU will find among the most dero-
| ted and patriotic citizens names "t foreign origin.
There is no more solemn record than TINT ni
III" mcr:in. of the Nctcran!crs, when they rssolv-
ed in the darkest hours "f the trial 20 which filp
the Second of Spain submitted them, that should II
10 the last they would one and ull leave their
country and save liberty by carrying the Neither
lands TO another hcmi phcrc. They loved their land,
yet they cried PHt,16 cara, cr'0" Hbcrins. Little,
indeed do the of ease, who now so lightly and
yc; 50 bitterly dccry 'ihc foreigners know the
pangs "f f,rvcnt heart that Eas to repeat !'at,7a
carG ca,7or Hjrr'S, ANA when must nc; IN it, but
when man is forced Ia net on II, he cIings To the
country OF lis choice, even as man cleavcs t" his
chosen wife faster than In his Kin.
Has any mind shed greater lIstrc on illustrlous
Athens than Aristotle! Aristotle was foreigner, and
came Alticu when seventeen years old. Has there
been any Spaniari more Spanish than Columbus =
Columbus was Il GcnOesc. Has there been renCl.
man more French than Napoleon, and Culver anu
Constant Napoleon an ltillan Cuv!cr' by
birth aud education, German; Constant n swiss
Who carried the Neihcrandcrs through the dlrest war
Of independence record, and who founded tiie
rreat r.public of the Netherlands! William, OF Or
auge, n German.
Has England ever had n more English king thnn
William the Third The Ncthuylandcr llns "crlnhny
ever had a more German lender than Eugene oi Sa-
vov, Who was Caiha;inc. OF RusNih, tnht in"de ncr
the great power She German wninhh' iihs
Oxford ever hud greater professor man Erasmus
OF Rotterdam The very country inwhlch the hn"",
Nothing now rcvilcs tkc foreigner WINS wa, discovered
BY Cabot Il Gcnocsc, III the service o England.
The proto-,nartvr o the American revolution was
MONTGOMERY an lri.hman; 80 was barry called the
father Of the American navy ana lIuI Jones. tmc
bold and early captain, was Il Scot: were lc halp,
Lafayette, Hamilton, Ga.la;!E nor Nlcrc"'s. .i"ih
the list nf siuners and STE how many were iore'Sh-
rr.' The hue and cry against Foreigners belongs
Ia pagan antiquity. when one word served ioT loreSh-
or and enemy: bat not To- Christianity, one OF whose
earliest writers gloi"Esly sald: "S'n ',''Is "oIS
mvnduS. The very word Christianity rebukcs Know
Th, term free trade la, a far wider meaning thnn
merely economical one II applies TO nj! merit truth,
intellect; Let every stand and fall by his own in-
JivjIuaIitv and take the best Of everything where
Won find il best $" did yoar .orcia'hcr>; So your
Gnsnrl demands il. When Sir Harry Sav!lie found
ed in 1919 his Savillian proiessorshp at Oxford, he
prescribed that the best that could be gotten, no
matter whence, should always be taken, that he
wns II man of good fame and honest reputc,'r 2"a-
rgygrr rniiOrS Or5IS chrs'j0Hr G rnjEscnnQwc Ofdi-
MS sire profSSiDHiS. And iiis ought to be the rule
in al! sphcrrs but most especially in our own land
CITIZEN.
QUESTIONS FOR THE W-NOTHINGS.