Washington telegraph., 1855-08-08

votes among US. and every Demagogue who
aspires to the Presidency, aud all the
satellites that glimmer about him, are vie
ing with each other in base concessions to
German feeling But the picture is sick
ening one and viii turn from it. God
knows it was bitter enough at the time, and
have no wish to dwell upon it anew.
Not satisfied with the honors heaped up
on Kossu,h Congress determined to extend
to him more material aid" Mr. Seward
discovered that he was the Nations guest,
and introduced bill assuming his expense as
a national debt. The account turned cut to
be somewhat extravagant This plain re-
publican martyr to liberty only lived at the
rate of $500 per day. Consuming in the
twenty-four hours Champagne and Burgun-
DIV which cost more than it would to feed g
respectable family in North Alabama, for
twelve month. At that very moment there
were bills upon the Calendar of the House for
the relief of Destitute Widows and Or
phans, whose husbands had died in defence
of the country, which Congress has not had
time to attend to even to this day. Not so
with Kossuth-he drank his wine-eat his
pates de f0is grae and Congress instantly
footed the bill. Do you ask the reason p
answer widows and children had no votes
The Foreigners who were to be conciliated
by adulation of Kossuth had many 9th
ers viii say it was not KosSuth but his cause
that he had been battling for freedom
and they wished to mark their appreciation
of his efforts. As tribute to the spirit of
Liberty it might have been well enough if
We were not so lameutably deficient in pay
ing that to our own citizens When Gen.
jackson had driven the British army from
New Orleans and rescued tie country from
one of the most terrible dangers with which
it was ever threatend. lie was arrested in
the very hour of his triumph and heavily
fined for the rigorous discharge of his duty;
and yet Congress permitted more than a
quarter Of century to roll away without
acknowledging the wrong. or attempting to
repair it. He was Native American
there was no foreign sympathy iu his behalf
mo foreign voters to conciliate. When
Gen. Houston returned TO the United States
with the laurels of San Jacinto fresh upon
bis brow. bringing an empire in his hands
to lay at our feet, no Congressional invita-
tions celebrated his arrival No bills were
Il
tive American and nothing was to be gain
cd by adulations of his chivalry or his pa
tfiotism. When Gen. Scott had concluded
one of the most wonderful campaigns ever
recorded in history he was recalled almost
in disgrace and his army which he had
found unframed militia and converted into
veteran heroes was transferred to one of bis
subordinates. Yet Congress offered no words
of sympathy, applied no balm to the wound
cd feelings of the matehless soldier He
was a Native American and the voice of
condolence was mute. . Had Gen Shields
received similar treatment howl would
have been raised from one end of the conti-
nent TO the other. and half the tongues in
Congress would have grown weary lament
ing his wrongs.
With these facts before me and all
know them TO be facts must be pardoned
for maintaining that there is danger from
foreig gn influence. and the sooner it is bold
iy met the better
1t is gravely urged as an objection to The
order of Know Nothings that Il originated
il the North. and ongbt therefore to be re-
garded with suspicion by the South, and
this reason [ have seen advanced by such
men as Toombs and Stephens Of Georgia,
and Preston, of Kentucky-Gentiemen whom
] know personally, and for whose talents,
attainments and moral worth | have very
great respect. To my mind it is an evil
denee of the weakness of any cause when
men of fair abilities resort to such fimsy
means to support it. l do not know how
the fact is but | shall concede that it did
originate in New York. and then l shall
proceed to show that there is no spot upon
the Continent where the people have suffer-
ed more from foreign immigration, or where
they have more imperious reasons for arraying
themselves against it. By reference 10 the
annual report of the Governors of the Aims
House 6nd there were in the New York
Aims House during the year 1853, 2.19S
inmates-of these only 535 were Natives,
and l 1858 were Foreigners supported at the
expense OF the City And now [ propose
to use on our side the argument of our op-
pouents that there are only 100000 For
cigners to 20000,00 Natives. Accordin =
to that ratio there ought to be about Z Ma
tives to one Foreigner in the Aims House.
! Whereas we find more than 8 Foreigners
TO one Native. No wonder that people
who are taxed to support such body OF
paupers should be the first to set about de-
vising means to get rid of them Let US
| pursue the record-in he Bellevue Hospital,
! in The same City. there were 7O2 Ameri-
cans-4.133 Foreigners now the proper
| tion rises to nearly six to one. There we're
of outdoor poor.-that is persons who had
some place to sleep, but nothing to eat and
nothing to make a fre-957 Native Adults,
and l,044 children-3.l3l Foreign Adults
and 5.229 Foreign children. or children born
OF Foreign Parents. This number were
relieved during the year with money. Oh
those relieved with fuel there were 1,24s