New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-09-25
NUMBER s1ae.

loapauio ~ proper probationary term Of hein,
,......., sooa citlzens, and what fearful resid
aau, wii Iemain- what msss of poison osrs in
gredients to be infu-ed into the bolv nit;es p,
census ef 1880 shows that the number IN foreirn
/ Panpers and criminals exceeded that Of ,ba e
i've paupers and criminals, although the J, mr.
poPufstion was sepeR times greater than hi
fIoreiga. What would be your feelings If nav
erty ana crime existed in this proportion a.d
W .nis extent among yourselves If the auan.
tam OF pauper1sm and vice existed among Won
was tae proportion of a population seven times
greater In number than your own, what secu-
rlty would you have for your free institutions
what guarantee for your individual rights !,
! Consider. also, that these emigrants, sbuu.
ming the South, from their nnwillineness To
compete with slave labor, and fockinr to the
North, from their abolition tendencies. in searah
Of kindred spirits. are thus rapidly increasin.
the majority against you in Congress, al, every
oppor tunity, and will, unless checked, in no
very great length Of time, place the Consfitu
ton and the institutions Of the South at the
mercy Of fanaticism. - =--.f :
And how are these ealamities to be ayerted
this horde Of Foreigners, rapidly INCREASING.
| is to be annually added to your society Tbsl
plaques of Egypt were mercies, since tbey were
gnfded by Divine benevolence, and stared by
bis omuipetence, when the deliveranee of His
chosen people was effected. But who shall stay
this moral pestileuce, if you are insensibie 10
your danger' II perseyered in. in what can it
eventuate but the ruin Of the Republics Can
.ne noble system Of Government, established
oy onr fathers, be administered by men like
these! -
fou are told that your numbers SO largely
exceed that Of the foreign population, that all
apprehension OF danger is idle. do not mean
70 give offence to any man, but To speak In the
sincerity OF my heart, when / say that such an
argument a. seems to me to estimate 1ery humbly
Sfhvf ~ Al =
dressed. In the open, manly defence of your
rights and iiberties-o of that glorious constitu
tion bequeathed to .you~by your. fathers-of
your homesteads and your households in the
asiehce OF these against open and manly
assault, you are competent to resist not only
the foreigners among us, but world in arms
God forbid that one American bosom should pal
pltate with craven fear in view of such a oon- i.
hlct. But this is not the danger which menaces
Every man unBorthy of citizenship, Who il adj 4
mitted to It's privileges, is an enemy in your
camp-a moral feper, spreading contagion far
ana WIDE The morals Of the commuDity nre
corrupted-its heart is tainted by such associss,
ton Tor however stained with crime, the atatnu /
OF cltlzens makes them politically part Of your.
serves: Can you bear the anna gslaation q
And why should you bear It !, Foreigners I
aided US In our revolutionary struggle AYE.
and they have received their rewards They
became incorporated among US, or have voun- |
tarlfy gone elsewhere in quest of new adyens |
ture. But We invited immigration. Aye, III
the close of our revolutionary war, when, amid i
its toils and prlvatlens We had achieved aff I
independence, we had a sparse and exhausted /
popu latlon, and an extensive and uncultiyated
domain. We required aaincrease of population
for the purposes of internal improvement and
external defence, and, conforming to this policy
our system of naturalization was established
europe was then calm, at least free from the
menace OF intestine commotion. Party spirit
among ourselves was comparatively qniescent
We invited foreigners, and we received them
they came to us in small numbers, mingled
with our people, and peacefully pursued theJ
ayocat'dns OF industry. HI Ibis Is changed
we have population sufficiently numerous for |
every present purpose, and without the aid of |
immigration We are increasing in numbers as |
rapidly as we could desire. Notwithstanding |
this, there is an annual outpouribg upon us. oi /
the restless and upqniet spirits OF Europe, its.
paupers and Its criminals Not mingling with
us, as when their numbers were small, they are
now sufhclently numerous to herd together--toI
live apart from us = to constitute distinct for
eign societies in the midst of the native popula II
ton. IN the bitterness of our party contests Il
this foreign sote has been eagerly, and often BY
means, sought after and obtained al i
ternateiy by both parties and acting as a unit.
the boast OF Kossuth has been realzed--it holds 1
the balance, and may decide our elections.
This is a state of things not to be borne by
American freemen., This foreign inoursion must
pc regulated, or checked, and the Amerieep
party has its origin In the conviction of the ne
,essity. The very generalexistence of this CON
Viction has secured to them u support beyUnd |
The limits of their, concur with |
hem IN the belief that the laws regulating inn
and the naturalization of foreigners Fl
ought to be subjected to thorough and search,
ng revision. that the term Of probation should |
oe largely extended, that to protect US from !
'he intrusion of paupers and criminals, provi- .
sion ought to be made for the ascertainment by :
,ur consuls abroad Of the character and condi- /,
ZION OF persons proposing to emigrate to the
United States, and that every safeguard which
,he wisdom of Congress can devise, should be ,
'hrown around the ameniatory statute, to pre-
rent and punish its evasion. - sx 80
2 As D further means of attaining their OBJ i
ect, the Individuals composing the American T
'arty have bound themselves by mutual pledges, /
zach to the other, to unite their Sexsrtions for
ts accomplishment. i suppose such. pledge, +
either expressed, or implied, is the tie which
connects the members of every party. As to
heir organization their ritua1--their particu-
ar modes ofproceediDg, and of recognition, and I
the ,seeresy which has hitherto been observed in
their proceedings, all which have given occasion
for 50 much eloquent, and ingenious deolama-
ton and denunciation-l am not required to
express an opinion, for these it is understood
have been abandoned by their National Council,
and all that is now required for admission into
their Order is the approval Of their principles
One of these, that which announces their de-
termination not to vote for, or appoint ken n
lists to office, has been the suhject Of much rep-
and has heen assailed as a violation
Of the liberty of conscience, which is secured /
by the Constitution. The. provisions of that I
instrument, which are supposed to be violated.
are contained in the concluding clause of the
third section of the 9Th article, and in the first
clause of the first article Of the amendments
The first, after providing for administering an
oath to different public functionaries, contains
the following provision:
But no religious test shall be required as q |
qualification for any office Or public trust under
the United States,'' gt.s. .z= [
The second declares: - 5s
ssThat Congress shall make nolaw respecting |
an ablishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof { !.
BY what process of reasoning these provisions
Of the Constitution can be made to conhiot with
the right Of the citizen to the unlimited exercise
of his own free and uncontrolfed will in the en-
joyment of his elective franchise am utterly at
a loss to discover, and have sought it in vain
in such arguments of the chi actors as bava had