Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-06

nosine two important paragraphs IN Mr. Flour
nov,s letter, in our publication Of 1t few days
aro, we now republish it, with proper cor
rectionsi
MIR. FIournoy's Acceptance.
HALIFAX CoURT HoUsE,
March %, 1855.
ursrLEMES--I have just received your letter OF
The I4th. informing me of my nomination py the
Convention at Winchester, for the once oi uoser-
nor of this State and requesting my acceptance.
twas known to all who communicated with me
upon the subject, that for reasons entirely peisvha'
10 myself had NO desire TO occupy sueh posiuon;
AS far as il is above any merit which possess anu
rs worthy as It is Of the ambition ofany man, was
unwilling to have my attention withdrawn irom inc
Quiet pursuits of private life, and earnestly hopcu
that the Convention would have selected some one
more suitable in every respect than mysen 70 repre-
sant the American party. But my entire conf-
dence in, and earnest desire Dr the success OF inc
principles 6f that party upon when, IN my huillois
Judgment, depend the protection o. lhe ngnes u
the States, and the preservation OF 'he ohiol' M
duce me to accept the nolllnation.
In doing 80. il is proper that | shall express my
oninions nnon the subjects which most interest the
people of the State.
am in favor of a general system oil popular
am IN favor o. completng the leading lines OF
internal improvement, now under prosecutor,
win AZ much dispatch as the financial condition
of the State wrjustify, keeping IN we" the prescr-
walton of heyiaith and credit.
endorr fully the basis of principles OF the
4 American party, believing them TO be the most
| consprypve presented TO the consideration OF the
conntr, since the establishment OF our indepen-
dence IN
ne rapid increase Of foreign immigration Is well
caIulated to excite alarm, and the power OF the
: h,,tb Gfota
lerted to check it. 1t seems almost impossible 70
doubt that the influx of between four and ive hun
| dred thousand foreigners into our country annu
ally will ultimately be subversive OF our repubh-
aninstitutions. Washington, Jefferson, Madison
and jackson, gave early warning TO the country
ofthe danger to be apprehended from foreign m
fuence The naturalization laws should either De
| repealed or SO modified and such restrictonS I'M
posed as to avert the evil
1t may be said that there are comparatively put
| few Foreigners and Roman Catholics in Virginia
She is not acting for herself alone. She IS lead
ing member of this great ssterhood oil states, ana
her action will be felt for veal or wo, BY them all
Her destiny is identified with theirs, and she can
1 not look with Indifference to the TACT, that the
great valley of the Mississippi, watered by twenty
| thousand miles of navigable rivers, and the Inn
mense and fertile Territories stretching beyond 10
the Pacific, capable Of sustaining apopulatlon OF
one hundred millions, are rapidly filling up with
this class Of people.
The South is especially and deeply interested in
| this question; this immense and annual addition
| to our population, settle in the non-saveholulng
| States, and the extensive Territories OF the West
| and North West; out of which free States Will in
i consequence be more speedily formed, increasing
with fearful rapdity the balance Of power against
4 us. III {s .asE
Intimately connected with this question of for
eign immigration, is the growth of the Roman
| Catholic Church in our country. Despotic, pro-
scriptive and ntolerant, its ascendency, as all hs-
tory teaches has ever been destructive OF freedom
/ of opinion; and while would uncompromisingiy
oppose any interference with the rights of its mem
bers as citizens by any legislative enactment, yet
by full and independent exercise OF the right OF
suffrage and the appointing power, they should De
excluded from the Offices of the Government In all
its departments.
will advert to one other principle of the Amer
lean party--the 'non-intervention OF the Federal
and State governments with the municipal affairs
of each other" The strict observance OF this
principle viii make the union of the States perpe-
tual
shall not have it in my power to meet the peo-
pie of the State and discuss these questions with
them face 10 face. II is now about sixty days to
the election, and IL were to devote every day to
the canvass, / should not be able to visit much
more than one-third Of the counties. An add
tiona and with me an important reason, is, that !
shall be fully occupied in preparation for, and at
tendance upon the courts in which practice, UNI
I'll the election shall have passed.
IT, with these opinions and this position, the
people of Virginia shall elect me to the dis
tinguished Office of Governor of the Common
wealth, viii discharge its duties with fidelity and
what ability possess | win endeayor to advance
the prosperity, guard the honor, and protect the
interests and institutions of Virginia, by all the
power vested in me, and | shall do all that can
consistent with her interest and honor for the pre-
servation OF the Union.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
THOMAS s. FLouRSor