The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-08-22

privilege OF an American citizen. What
has produced so extraordinary aud rapid
change of social and political senti-
menti
III L was IN conversation, at this point
would be told that my remarks do not
apply to the Southern division of the
Order, because of the split at Philadcl.
phia, which was solely on account of
slavery, and when the Order ceased to I've
u national organization. And this would
be a mistake. The Order is still ma
tional organization, us the next election of
a President will develope; when the
know-Nothing South and the Know
Nothing North will vote TOR the same
man-par.icu!arly il the election is thrown
into the lower House Of Congress, where
the temptations Of office would be more
difficult to resist. The Order is still ua.
tionai organization, for its members both
North and South concur upon all points
of their creed as originally framed, and
differ only upon the incidental question OF
slavery. Their hatred of foreigner and
Catholic, is equally intense, and my re.
marks do apply, for the President, the
immigrant AMI the Catholic have much,
very much, to do with slavery-a oues.
tion which, because of its being Of aI
Others the most vital to us, (inseparably
interviewer as it is with the political, com.
mercial, and social prosperity aud happi
ness Of the people Of the South,) aud of
being the touch-stone which is applied to
every political issue by the reople of the
North, is, after all, the sum and substance
OF American politics. The Know. Moth
ing Older is either national, or il is impo-
tent. II proposes to extend the proba-
tionary term Of naturalization. (by which
its members mean to withhold the right
to vote, for their complaint is only Of po
litical eyils,) u twen,y-one years, aud to
lisqualify both Catholics and men of for.
eiyn birth, forever for Office. No one pre-
tends thai this can be.jeaally done but in
two ways-by the action of Congress, or
10y the people Of the separate States.
Should the Order have tile requisite ma
jority to effect their purposes in either
way, then surely II is as national (I use
this word for converience,) as any party
can become.
I hold that neither plan can be execut.
ed. Not by the States, each acting in
its sovereign character: for il all ths
States, save one, were to adopt the princi.
pies Of the party, that State would he
constrained. by the most cogent Of rea-
sons, to refuse to adopt them. These
reasons are 20 he found in the value Of
population, and in the political power Of
numbers. The younger Of the Western
States would take up the sword before
they would submit to have their growth
and political power checked by a restraint
upon Immigration. They want the for
eigner TO fell their forests and to swell the
nusnber Of their representatives. II eve
ry State in the Union were to prohibit
Immigration but Wisconsin. tue effect
would be to make her, in a very short
time, the Empire State. Wisconsin, with
the population Of New York, woul, have
the same political power, and the two, by
combining with Pennsylvania, or Ohio,
could and would rule The Government.
You surely have not forgotten the Albany
regency. II is true that the Constitution
Of the United States reads that the
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