Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-05-16
"AMER1CAN PR1NcLEs.,, >,

The mongrel advocates of the Secret
Order talk loudly Of " American Princi-
Piles" while nothing is more clearly An
u-American than their intolsrant pro-
scription of our adopted citizens, because
Of their birth or religious persuasion.
The American government provides for
the naturalization of those foreigners who
are pleased to make this the country of
their adoption. The American territory,
at recent date in the history of nations.
was settled by foreigners who take the
place of native Indians. By foreigners
and their immediate descendants, as is
we'll said by the Hartford Times, {" our
revolutionary struggle was sustained, and
the Republic formed" 1t was intended
to be liberal, toleraLing all religious views,
and the oppressed of all nations were in
vited to come here and settle. The Pole,
the Hungarian, the Swiss and the Ger
man, the English, Irish, Scotch, French,
Italian, the Prussian and Austrian have
all found home here, where they could
express and enjoy their own opinions
They have absoLved themselves from all
obligations to any foreign Potcntate or
Prince whatsoever. and Sworn allegiance to
the Government Of the United States.
From these immigrants and adopted citi-
zeus our manufacturers learn many things
of great value to them, and in some de-
partmcnts Of manufacturing, Germans or
French are employed to do that W which
some Of our citizens Lave rot yet learned
to do. Crosses Of these people make IL
more energetic race, and one great fea-
ture Of the American people is the cross
of bloods. From foreigners we have
learned much, and will learn more. They
have settled upon our prairies and peo-
pied our unOccupled territory. They
have brought gold ccin to pay for lands,
and this coin is in general circulation.
Another class of them have done that
which the native born would not do :;
they have camped ont in the wilderness,
in trail huts, to dig canals and make rail
way embankmenls they dig sewers and
drain swamps; they people waste places.
make a market for produce, a demand for
manufacturers, and they increase trade.
These people, Loving liberty, rather
than despotism, have come among us in
good faith, and as yet we have found no
traitors among our adopted ci liens TO
them, and make them feel that they are
not only men, but free men, under the
full protection of our flag. In this we
avoid that which would surely destroy
our contederacy, u foreign population-ex-
c2"Sively Ioreign-in our midst, with dis
tlnct interests, as 4 social body, and feel
ing tn they have no common interests
or broad protection in oar government
But Know Nothin sism would overturn
these principles which have worked SO
well for the maintenance of our confeder-
acy, and the prosperity Of our country
They would make distinct classes among
| the people-institute exclusivcness and
selfish tests-tamper with religious views
and modes of worship of sects-proscribe
certain religious denominations-and in
short, strike al the root of " American
ism" i" and soon destroy the beautiful re-
suits of our wisely framed and iudicious-
ly governed ccnfederacy. 4 free man
cannot be Il Haow Nothin9. and tile repre-
sentative 0ftrue AmericQn principles at tile
same time. The two IDEAS are as opposite
as white and black Ea9uirer.