The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-09
FACTS q. FAYcIEs.

singy or take them combined and apply the test of com
mon sense 10 each and to ALL and the result is the
From the wicked absurdiy which seeks TO liberate the
slave without providing him afterwards the wretched
attempt TO keep free after he has been stripped
Of his political rights they succession of the baldes
and most unmany decisions that have been offered to
the investigation Of intelligent people 1t is because
this that really great mind has condescended to
down to the debasng level of this brood of s but
has left that task class of political impotors and
prizes Who like the dealers in patent medicines glad
to resort to anything for living, matter how ridcu
lous it may be.
We have watched the resstess progress Of odashoned
common against these theories and
right glad to that fair opportunity has
occurred to revive popular respect for rational and reason
able sentiments. good portion OF the influence which
these theories have attained has grown out of the
efforts of bankrupt politicians TO restore themselves in pub
lie favor They supposed that with such expedents they
could successfully compete with the democratic party before
the bar of public opinion but they have been wouly de-
ceved There is another class of partsaus however, who
have been careful go the full length in the absurd
programme of know-nohingsm, conscious doubt that
the adv would only them with shame and
this class has not been able to prevent itself from fall
ing into the most egregous hunders Thus we have
tain statesmen claiming be distinguished who while af
secng to frown upon the religious bgotry Of the
parsans and while objecng to the rampant and rotous
impracticabtes of the "Amercans who would rule Amer
ica have yet catered to what they have called Amer
can sentimenn other words have pra,ed about the
cessity of cultivang that love of country little
than in their opinion have been in the habit of doing
Now, we conceive this class of to be little worse if
,la les tht
more frank and out-spoken followers of the contracted
creed If there is thing by which country is char
acterzed in singular degree it is the ardent universally
of the patriotic sentiment No matter what shape this
sentiment may assume to be found in equal proper
tons every part of the country whether East West
North or South The very fact that the two parties have
always been trying to rival each other in manifesto
tons of devotion to this sentiment is fact that
be denied and the idea of establishing party simply to
extend protect this sentiment is nconcevaby ride
uous All the good done by such leaders is TO encourage
the very doctrines they careful to protest against
There those again. who far az to plant themselves
upon portions of the argument made by the democratic
party against the combined tanacisms of Che day, and
while doing So to attempt to reconcile these arguments
with their peculiar ideas of know nothngsm. An instance
of this kind is presented in late number of the New York
Courier and Enquirer The editor going to show the
vaue of emigration the United States and he docs
with considerable ability and tact indeed his information
useful and well to the point that beg to intro
duce it to readers. We copy rs follows:
slave Is WORTH in a commercial sense, the difference
between the value Of his labor and the cost of support He
contributes annually certain amount to private wealth. and
the oft determines his price, free too has
commercial value that may be determined by the c
teron He by his labor contributes to the public wealth.
and the difference between his production and his consump
ton determines what he is commercially worth to the COM
nunty. We the general principle for the distinction
between productive and unproducve labor and other special
considerations connected with the subject have actual
bearing purpose An ablebodied slave in this
try his capacity worker has value the average
Of ono thousand dollars An able bodied free in the
capacity Capital out of the queson9 is considering
the superiority of his labor both in quantity and in kind OF
least twice that valuehat is to say, two thousand dol
lars. The able bodied German rishman who lands at
Castle Garden with earthly property but what he has
his back just truly accession Of two thousand dollars
wealth of the State Of New York. If he remains here
able bodied African slave landed at Charleston would
be thousand dollars the wealth of South
Carolina he remained there The fact that the prospective
labor in the voluntary, and in the other invoun
tary, makes difference whatever in the commercial value
of the result But put the calculation beyond all ques
ton and all allowances and drawbacks that mgb
be suggested will place the industrial value of the
laborer at fifteen hundred dollars.
:. Now the number of European immigrants who landed
various ports last year about $40 000 At least 00
900 these abcbodied laborer The industrial
of these to the country at 81 each hundred and
fifty millions of dollars The money brought by the whole
body of immigrants averaged at least fifty dollars each
king the aggregate millions. 1t may safely be
said then the commercial worth Of the immigration
this country last year hundred and sctecen mil
lions of doUorsa sum equal to hreeourhs of the value
all exports We know that people not in the
habit of looking at this matter of immigration in this light
but the TRUTH have presented it, is ndputabe
any law of political economy.
The immigration this year falls short Of that Of last year
half and the consequence is virtual loss rather
failure in GAIN by the country of over eighty millions of dol
lars For very considerable part of this reduction the
know nothing party responsbe for it is undenabe that
their vehement agitation against foreigners has operated
greatly to discourage foreign immigration But not only
this impeled large number Of foreigners who had
already settled midst leave their industrial pursuits
gather up money they had earned their
tive land Twenty thousand low estimate of the number
of such persons.
Now is it not high time that the American people who
take such pride in the growth OF their country should give
aspect the matter somber consideration Is worth
while bring such damage upon the material prosperity
Of the country obtain any object which nownohingism
The mischief lies much in the obnoxious
of particular proposed in the bare
that such great antforeign party exists Foreigners
with the character of people and
be able to form any definite idea of what
will be range the action of such party should IL
que power This ndefnitenes especially when taken in
connection with the sweeping oburgaons INDUCED in gen
orally by the leaders of the party works powerfully upon
their apprehensions and subdues their desire to make this
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