The American patriot., 1855-07-07

az Judge Perkins, in his speech here few
days since, state done significant fact, which
all those so much opposed to our party would
do well to consider. He said that almost all
of the common sailors in our navy were for
eigners, while the officers were chiefly of ma
tive production. The reason of which was,
Continued the speaker) that Native Americans
were so enterprising and energetic-they were
so restless and ambitious of distinction that
they were not content to remain mere drudges
in the service, but struggled up to stations Of
command; while the plodding foreigner, pos
sessed Of no incentive to action but his pay,
sought no distinction, and deserved nothing
more than to be commanded.
Thus it was that nearly all the officers in
our naval service were natives, while the al
most entire corps of common sailors was made
up of foreigners. What forcible commenta-
ry on the superiority of American character !?
The Judge also stated that this state of
things was found to be evil on account of there
being too many foreigners in the naval service.
Additional inducements had been held out by
the Government to prevail upon natives to en-
list and a law had been passed by Congress
requiring that one-third of the common sailors
in the service of the United States should be
citizens of native origin. The same state of
things exists in the army, and a like remedy
has been applied to cure the evil.
MAJ. HERRoN.-This gentleman in his speech
here last Tuesday week, made statement
which we think incorrect, and which we de-
signed noticing in our last issue, but it escaped
our memory until the paper had gone to press
He said that the abolitionists had the majority
in the Philadelphia convention-that they
were violently opposed to the doctrine incorpo.
rated in the platform on the slavery question,
and that when the vote was taken on this Dor
ton Of the platform they withdrew in body,
fifty odd in number, from the convention.
This statement is evidently incorrect. It bears
its refutation on its own face.
It is clearly evident that the aboltionists
had not the majority in the convention, for if
they had, they certainly would not have with
drawn as they did. They would have remained
in their seats, and voted down those views to
which they were so much opposed On the
contrary, it looks reasonable that they know
ing themselves to be in the minority and that
opposition was useless, they withdrew from
the convention as the best means of covering
their inglorous defeat
The circumstance of the withdrawal of the
abolition delegates, many of whom returned
afterwards to their seats after the passage of
the slavery clauses, "is confirmation strong as
proof from holy writ" of the decided and un-
swervins stand taken by the national members
on this subject. "The Native American" is
the only truly national party in our country
all honor to those noble northern statesmen
who have shown most clearly that they have
have thrown aside all sectional jealousies and
have built their positions on the mpregnable
rock of the constitution.
This misstatement of the Majors was evil
IDENTIFY not made deliberately, but was one of
those errors which frequently result from the
hurry and excitement of speaking.
The Democratic Convention which lately as.
sembled at Baton Rouge, must have been the
most perfect body, from the presiding officer
downwards, which ever assembled together.
Otherwise how could such perfection result
from their deliberations"
Read the following, from the Courier:
"It would have been difficult for the Con-
vention to form a better ticket than the one
which it has presented to the people of Lou
isiana. 1t is perfect in all its parts 1t is with
out blemish or a defect. Perfect in ailots
parts-it is necessarily perfect as a whole"
The Courier's ideas of perfection" and
some of those whom it designates as so "per-
feet" may differ very much. For instance,
one has exhorted us to lay aside every sin that
besets, and 60 on to perfection" 1t is pre-
sumable the same "exhortation" was not with
held from his "brethren' in the private
"class," which, it is understood, was formed
after the nomination.
Again. That "perfection" of which the
Courier speaks, may be the consequence Of
that long preserratory process for which our
friend "Luke" so readily and willingly affords
the wherewithal," but not without money
nor without price,"
Or, this perfectibility" may have grown
out of union with some social circle" or
other. Is there one at Baton Rouge? If not,
they may have made pilgrimage to jackson,
where some one of them might have been re-
garded as having left the "hundred and gone
astray," and over whose return there was no
doubt great rejoicing" Or the Courier may