Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-08-03
NUMBER 222.
AMERICAN ORGAN.
From the New York Express. +,
Immigration and Americanism

The reduced immigration of 1855, compared
with 1854, Is attributed by some of the Fusion
Journals, with which truth Is secondary matter,
to the organization of the American party The
statement Ia not founded on fact, and those who
make the assertion, If intelligent men, know that
the charge is fabrication. There are many causes
why immigration to the United States has dimir.
ished, and they are those which explain the re.
duced number Of arrivals at the ports Of the Brit
ish North American Provinces, for to the Cana.
das, be II remembered, the diminution ia quite as
marked as to the United States and this fact alone
goes to prove the unfounded character of the
charges made. The same causes which have re-
duced the number Of foreign personal arrivals TO
the United States have reduced the number, in
corresponding ratio, by the st. Lawrence to Que
bec The causes are
lst The war in Europe, which has created
greater demand for men, for service in the ranks,
or to take the places Of those who have left the
workshops and the farms to enlist for the war.
I'd. The increased price Of European mechanical
and farm labor, which has diminished the reasons
for leaving home for the United States
Sd. The over-abundant supply Of labor, foreign
and domestic, in tho United States, the effect OF
which has been not only TO reduce the demand il,
the United States but to reduce the value of labor
In the country. There has been almost suspen-.
sion OF building among us during the year past, and
corresponding reduction of all kinds OF busn ess
Thousands have been driven from the seaboard to
the interior, and necessity which is the master of
mems actions, has compelled many to seek new
places Of labor and new kinds Of employment
The alternative has been any kind Of labor and
starvation
4th. The settlements in Australia, since the dis
covery Of gold there, with the attractions in other
parts of the world, have led those seeking new
homes 10 cast their eyes to points where there was
less competition than in the United States.
While these are known to he the true reasons
for the reduction In the number of immigrants to
the United States, and while the charge that the
American party is responsible for this reduction il
unfounded in fact we all should rejoice ifit were
true that any political organization could exert 50
salutary an influence upon the labor of the coun-
try Our poor houses, hospitals, asylums, ETC.,
have been crowded, and mainly with poor foreign
ers Supposing the number of immigrants TO have
been increased one hundred thousand additional
conhnements, imprisonments, poverty, and taxes
would have been the inevitable consequences. The
country would have suffered greatly, and the add.
tional immigrants were infinitely worse off than a.
present. There has, in point Of fact been greater
demand for service in Europe, during the year
past, than in the United States.
The American organization ought to commend
itself to the good sense Of all intelligent and hu.
name men-native or foreigners-ifi its effect is as
TO salutary extent II certainly is to show the true
state Of labor among US. Americans have no pre-
judces against foreigners, but they object TO see
foreign criminals and paupers arriving by thousands
and tens of thousands in their midst, to the great
curse Of the country at large, and to the great
wrong OF those who, being honest and indus
trious, have the first claims upon its means, what
ever they may be.
II is the policy of the anti-American party to
deceive the foreign.born population in the United
States, and the people abroad. 1t is the policy of
the American party, on the other hand, to deceive
nobody, and TO Hatter nobody, In or out of the
country. They desire to secure, by honest means,
the best interests Of the whole people, and to that
end they are formed, pledged, and desire success
The sympathies of the wise and patriotic, no mat
ter where born ought to be enlisted upon the side
OF such party; and If we understand It's aims and
ends, they win be.