The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-12

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lives ne. more In the sioro ;, ~ - a..
n dose in the native inst =, 49,. A,.r;..r 49,.
nj the present day.
Inc N@s y Sptious to this great reform. Al
Dsn scAnv Ego that the old and familiar parties
are any longer cogurabls by the original tests
oso .etye OPINION IN the fading away Of these it Is
ssO Ally apparent that they have lapsed into condition
hch has lost much Of the confidence of the peo
PIE They lie open to the reproach Of substituting for
honest differences Of Judgment upon questions Of public
concern, others Of trivial import Of mischevous
e.traysgance Many exciting subjects which, in the
earlier sages Of progress egtmately divided public
spinon have manifsstly lost their significance in the
estimate Of the present day and the country has seen
regret these sunk out Of view new and
ss worthy topics OF ssension have been thrust into
their pIace-topcs TO be noted, chiefly by the low pas
zions TO which they appeal, and by the base motives
they propose to continued strife. They seem to have
grown ont OF better motive than desire to Keep up
division profit of those who may thrive by it. in
career which looks to- object Of houorable ambition
and scarcely affects to refer 30 the public good. Party
action thus in great degree lost all dignity above
that struggle for the power of dispensing
renase has done what it could to nculcste IN the
nd Of the people opinion that government is but
ssmpicated system Of rewards for oncs seekers, in
whom the faculty faithful service is the last and the
Mast Of the qualifications they expected to present
To this latter strife the accidents and the necessities
of the day have brought and dangerous auxaries
The poverty isrule which has overborne large
bers Of subjects Of European nonarchies and the
attractions which have been offered by the United States
to many desire better their fortunes have for
years past turned immense current Of enigra
ton towards Shore Notraueh less than half million
strangers computed TO make the yearly of this
to population Whilst the greater portion of
may be described respectable and industrious in
ivduas seeking domesteeton amongst people; and
may be turned 10 useful account the labor required
upon bic improvements and in the settlement Of
mat this TO our population has not been un
attended by evils of serious import The emgrant, ig
noran Of institutions and laws, often ignorant OF
language, necessarily in all unmbued with the
traditional and native sentiment which gives life
and permanence to our Institutions sentiment
without which no American citizenship can be
ysHcy-has been permitted, after the probation Of
few years. to brouR into the circle OF national fel
lewshp with all the powers for good evil which
belong TO the natives Of the soil With what facility
This high privilege is obtained with what fraud its
qus,tion 10 Otter attended with what incapacty and
want Of Of its purposes is used 1t Is
these and points to the facts hsy disclose as the
common reproach and opprobrium Of our elections.
Whist emigration but an uncomfortable event,
and lost from view in its dispropor-
ton TO our native population and to the large
pass iof our unoccupied field Of industry, there
challenge the attention OF the national legislature. 1t
has now grown into . vast and commanding power
phrase be called the dstinct estate republic.
It's swelling tide is visible in every community.
II ie banded into combinations less apart
from long known and familiar masses of native
citizens, by ties of foreign kindred by unforgotten
and ever. cherished nationates, and by sympathies
alien to the spirit which alone sustains peculiar
temperate, and complicated system of freedom Worse
,han this, it has caught the notice and stimulated
the craft OF selfish political sspirans and demagogues
Who have too easily found 1t plant resource for
party USE csjoed aattered and setucsd it
Ao the ranks of the partisan Strife and thus impaired
to IL consequence aud influence most powerful to
AID aperverse ambition but utterly powerless to accom-
Psh any honest end for which the highest prerogatyes
Of citizenship originally designed.
Already has the country been startled by extreme
Of our If not Of its letter for we cannot
hut suppose the literal prohibition omitted only be-
cause the case was not deemed possblewe ind that in
Of States the alien, stranger equally to
tongues our laws and homes has been clothed
with The power OF deciding, far his vote may de-
eide the election OF national representative and Of
the nationa executive
Following in the train of this policy, we have seen
with the light of suffrage there, with certain ancpa
on that this example will be followed when the Terri
tories shall into the higher condition of States. In
the spirit of fatal fattery of the emigrant,
grcss has proclaimed the public lands to be the her
provoked the appetite or emigration to fresh en-.
beavers by The lure OF brides Of that magnificent
native population of the States for purposes Of sduca
ton and public Improvement This IL the chosen policy
Of our government at time when nearly halt million
Of each year pouring the food Of isno
rance vice and crime, and IN its best ingredients of dis
tine. and ungenia nationates into the heart OF
country.
Ii to be wondered at that the sense of the coun.
Try should revolt against such policy that the
deep homebre ana earnest lover of our historical
freedom, OF glorious advance, of aresiie
notions OF the ends and aims and hopes OF Anglo
Saxon liberty, sopecuar, rational, distinctive of
racetbat our pride SO fondy cherished by the asso-
citation Of colonial struggles and the which
they inausuate and which we are left to cousummae
hp nd diaapp tat nv hepil
oouragement of an evil that brings its daily evidence o.
disorder to doors'
Nor is this all that enters into the topic of our COM
plant. very considerable portion of this yearly emf
grafton perhaps the majority OF 1t, is evidently and,
s'gotedly attached to q church which is regarded
with Jealousy and suspicion by the greater number
merits cf the peculiar constitution and policy of that
shurch in the popular estimation OF those who do not
tion Of the allegiance of its chdrenupon which poin,
doubtless much miscopception exists, and much injus
ce may be donewe have doubt of the fact that It
exhibits in its brotherhood, more Submissive ODE
denoe to its guides greater dependence upon autho-
rty for its direction and conduct closer inter-
and object than any other fraternity in our land.
Trained as il has been in strong and severe antago
nisn TO ell other creeds than It's own-long aud
vsrously conyersant in prosecutions Of which IL has
been equally the agent and the victim, and conscious
that it looked upon with distrust in all communi-
ties which reject its tenes IL is but in the order Of hui
action that its votaries should parake somewhat
of the character OF separate embodiment the great
OF the nation, and should POSSESS, greater
ess degree the disposition and the faculties OF
Associaon-not secret in it's ordinary pursuits, but
cret in such purposes II may find extraordinary
tive TO promote, where the design may be most eff
fectuaDy comprised by concealed concert OF counsel
and action. To the emigrant population which
And Ghelter under It's wing, the remark is more es-
pecially applicable Not the most intelligent a
oAss and at the same time, deeply imbued with the
eyinions Of foreign countries where the dominion OF
the church authority Is absolute this concourse
OF fo-e kners Is the less capable and the less willing
resist tie Influence Of clique aud profession when these
are exerted upon some plausible motive TO extend the
power OF the church, 70 promote ts poli,y to
sure for its friends some desirable potisal advantage
or municipal control.
whilst the liberal inded and intelligent
Catholics Of the country may refuse TO be brought
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