Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-01-17

which there is call for a secret meeting, or eau
Gus, in one Of the rooms Of this Capitol Will they
admit me or any ono not of that party 20 its DELHI
erationsf No sir, IL is secret and their delbera-
tons never win be known. Is II said the princi.
Piles OF the Native American party are secrets
deny it. They have gone all over the country on
all the wings Of all the winds; and permit me TO
say further sir If those principles are known, how
happens il that honorable gentlemen get up here
TO attack them Are they willing to put them
selves in the ridiculous position of fighting sha-
dowsf All this outcry against the secrecy OF the
organization, is made for effect TO alarm the peo
pie or II they do speak sincerely (and am willing
TO allow that they do,) they are themselves the
victims Of most unnecessary panic. Believe me-
no dreadful plot is medtated treason is intend
ed, no Vaccinations formed, unless, indeed, II be
treason to dethrone old foges of both parties, and
place the government in. the hands of men who
will carry out their principles and restore the gov
eminent to its original purity and vigor.
But again, cir, 1t is charged against the Amer-
can party, that what they propose to do is but
reviving the alien and sediton laws, and that Mr..
Jefferson was elected President of the United
States upon the bitter opposition which these laws
met with through this country, and that he showed
his hostility to any attempt made to prosecute for
eigners by proposing, in his first message to Con-
gress to repeal them, and to limit the time within
which they could exercise the right Of citizenship
to five years instead Of nine. Sir, we all know
that Mr.. Jefferson, anterior to that time, had
declared in the strongest language, his bitter hos
tility to the influx of foreigners into this country.
In his notes on Virginia, he says:
They 1.-THE foregners,) viii bring with them the
principles Of the governments they have imbibed in
early youth; or, if able to throw them off II will be
in exchange for unboundcd RIGHTEOUSNESS passing,
as Is usual, from one extreme to another. mould
temperate liberty Their principles, with their Ian
guage they will transmit to their children. In pro-
portion to their number they will share with in the
legislation. They will infuse into t their spirit warp
and bias its direction and render 1t heterogeneous,
incoherent distracted mass 1 may appeal to eI-
perence during the present contest for yerifcaton
Of those conjectures but If they not certain in
event. are they not possible, are they not proba.
BILE? Is 1t not safer to wait with patience for the al
taininent Of population desired or expected May
not our government be more homogeneous, more
peaceable, more durable ?"
On another occasion, he penned this memorable
paragraph:
al hope we may find some means in future Of
shielding ourselves from foreign infufnce-potical
commercial, or in whatever form it may be attempted
wish there were an ocean Of fire between this and
the Old World"
Does any man imagine that in SO short time
Mr.. Jefferson could have changed his views upon
so important subject9 No, sir. Mr.. Jefferson
had been elected by combination of nearly every
foreigner in the country with the Democratic party
and out of gratitude to them he lessened the term
of their probation.
appeal to my friend, Mr.. BENTON, the last of
patres conscripti," land who knows, / do verify
believe, more Of the history of the government
than all other men now living) If have not stated
the case correctly. And since | am speaking of
the opinions Of distinguished men, permit me, sir, to
refer to the opinion Of General Washington and
ask those who now abuse the American party for
its hostility to foreigners to listen:
George Washington in letter addressed to Gov
ernor Morris, dated White Plains July "a 177s said
g. Baron Steuben now find, is also wanting to
quit his inspectorship for command in the line
This will be productive of much discomfort In a
word, though think the Baron an excellent officer
do most devoutly wish we had not single foreign
among us, except the Marquis de Lafayette, who
acts upon very different principles from those which
govern the rest
IL 1894 and addressed to the elder Adams the Pater
Patria said
"'My opinion with respect to immigration is, ex-
cept OF useful mechanics, and some particular descrp
tons of men and professions, there is no need of en-
enlargement
Again, letter from the same hand, dated from
his residence January 30, 1890, in reply to letter
applying for Office has this passage:
90 It does. not accord with the policy Of this gov
eminent TO bestow offices, civil or military, upon for
egners, TO the exclusion Of our citizens
And Mr.. Madison, animated with the same spirit,
thus said
"Foreign influence isa Grecian horse to the re-
public-we cannot be too careful to exclude its en-
trance"
Mr.. Webster, too, the great defender OF the
constitution, behoding with the sagacity Of states
man, and almost with the vision of aSeer, the
great evils that were about to fall upon the coun
try, declared in that clear and concise style for
which he was remarkable:
"That there is imperative necessity for reform
ing the naturalization laws Of the United States"
And, sir, last, but not least, in many of the
characteristics ofa great man. Il pray you gentlemen
Dsmocracts give ear read you the opinion Of
General Andrew jackson:
ut is time that we should become a little more
Americanized, and instead of feeding the paupen
and laborers of England feed our own; or else,
in short time by our present policy, we should DO
paupers ourselves"
Are these not sufficient win you have the hardi-
hood 70 set your opinions against the opinions Of
men like thesef You may, II you choose, but IL
the authorities weighed inclineto believe they
viii be found to be on the side Of Native American
ism But II is said in further charge against the Am
erican party, that II wages war against the Roman
Catholics. Sir, Il understand It It wages no war
against any religion 1t does against the union Of
Church and State, against the mingng Of religion
with politics. IL does war against the principle
that man may exercise all the rights of an Ameri
can citizen; and, at tho same time, owe allegiance
to foreign prince or potentate. But, It wars
against no man for his religious opinions. That
ismy understanding off the principles Of the Ameri
can party upon this subject II you know more
about II than do, II Is my misfortune, not my fault
But II Is said again that this question partakes Of
the nature Of the organization Of labor. ! fear
that gentlemen are carried away by elastic imagi.
nations or that they are utteing subtleties which
my poor brain cannot comprehend.
How organization Of laborr IL II means any
thing, Il means ths--that Americans do not wish
foreign labor to come in competition with theirs.
Well, upon my soul, ! can see no great harm In
this; IL is at least reasonable wish, and for my
self, do not hesitate to svow, If such should be
one Of the objects sought TO be attained by the
American party, should not be less devoted TO
II on that account.
But the gentleman from Mississippi tells us, that
the North having imported foreigners for the pur
pose Of constructing their railroads and canals
now willing to prevent further immigration, since
they have constructed them.
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