Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-04-24

Du ranks. We are intent ph '"h'' -
God, WE WILL TRIUMPH.
,uMIGRATION-roS OF THE DEMO
CRATIC PARTY.
II should be distinctly understood that the Issues oo
.usen Know Nothingism and the Democratic purify
- not whether any accidental evil may H'So unoe'
,r svst.m of naturaliZ cation, but whether The ude oi
enumeration shall be arrested 10y harsh measures oi
LEGISLATIVE policy and persons oi foreign blrh 10 eA
.ndsd from any participation in the privileges ana
distinctions Of the State 1t is not np"s''ie '' '''
present liberal system of naturalization may be a'sed'
as by tho importation OF raupers ana con'"''' o"'
The Democratic party is perfectly compe'e". ~ wa
roo, ,b rs il hs. corrected so many other abuses oi
administration. The evil, II 1t exst NJ III" n'S o'
meded by simple act ot l'slsihl'"h' anu u''' ''
demand radical and total revolution III tue sP"''
and policy of the Government. Ii Goes NOT CONS"
,u,e sufficiently broad and permanent basis '''' u"
independent party organization Bosldes'the po''o'
cratic party will not suffer itself to be driven INTO 'ho
defence of abuse nor into resistance 10 necessary
and wholesome REFORM
The Democratic party, however, does take issue on
these principles; that immigration shou' ho oe pro-
bbted by legislative enactment, and thai reSlue'S VI
foreign birth should not be inexorabiy prosecuted
from the rights and honors Of citizenship.
Not TO arrest immigration by absolute proiibit'"''
Inn IN sufer foreigners come hither and thcn 10
suv them the privileges of citizenship, Is go ooi'h
and fatal n policy that it is difficult to understand
how any man OF ordinary intelligence can assent 10
y A repeal OF the laws Of naturalization VIII not
.snsibly dnainish the flow of Immigration By 80
harsh and iliheral policy, may repel some OF the
prouder, brighter and aspiring spirits WIG
,,;aht sa.k freedom and distinction in this country
hut IA the vast mass Of immigrants come here Only
in cues, of peace and bread, they would not DC arr
ven away by exclusion from office or the polls Inc
ride would continue to flow with undmli'ished ihPe
tnosity: but the character of the Immigration "oui1
be sadly deterioratcd. And the effect OF the Know
Nothing policy would be such, that in lew years t'
community would be divided into two distinct and an
tsgonistc classes of privileged patrcians and dis
francbised plebeiaus. The native would be haught.
and overbearing, from a sense of personal conse
quence and the distinction Of caste. The foreign
born population, detached and dissociated from tn
community; exasperated by consciousness OF W III
and degradation; bound by no interest I" the h
driven into compact array by tho blows o.. OIL
sion, and animated by exclusive SYM. c,
hopes would be indeed an 0hen people , IA
country; and instead Of being, as tly' ""' '"''
element of wealth in pace and Of str WI" n,
would become a souice Of disty' therefore, '"' Of
fusion and inconceivaLe calalp" no. strengthen a,
forei.u population be pcs hr passions and eS- Ii
them for evil, while wein9oe policy is either to
..ner,ts ,bem 70 revolt. cute it by some sweep q,
,a;,;asts ,bs svl or ~ Rather than pursue the A.
mo and snfT;c;srt 6thingsn, it would be bet :,
insane ,oI;cv Of Eent to expel our foreign-born .,
ter by arbi!:fsip ~ %o"'' y A''0 i''''' 'A' III
fellow. Sion al
im,.; ''on' fatic party denies that the foreign
'at the Est Without regard to the acciden-
'"''" IMMIGRATION naturalization, we con- :,
foreign born fcllow-ciiizens have con-
.-:, talculahly to the power and glory Of the
that they have impaired prodgious i'm =,
the development Of It's resources and TO lis >,
49, IS in wealth and refinement. On the other
-. they have done nothing TO retard the growth or =
.Ishonor the name ofAmcrica. Why, then, tho pro-
,silion to prescribe aud degrade them! Is it from
,e apprehension which Mr.. Floumoy affects, that
,ev will ultimately subvert the liberties Of the coun
"! To this suggestion the Democratic party re- O
ponds sufficient INTO he day as tie er" Mr'roj. ,
hen our foreign born fellow citizens manifest " dis
.son to overthrow the government and destroy q
10 country il will be time enough TO fetter them with
liabilities and to treat them As traitors Meanwhile, 7
g maintain that any tendency to excessive immSra- l.
on will be corrected by the irresistible laws of u
,re or rather by the kind care of Providence. So :.
ing as the tide of immigration flows hithcr il shows
nat the country is in want OF lahor-and when that
not the case, the current will turn without an nrtf
al; p,trun in al 4 hp lp,y
supply amt denaul which is in the political
N.Y. what the principle Of grnvitati"n is in the ply
zeal universe will correct the evils Of immigration
indeed, may already perceive that the tide of I'M
,irration il ebbing and beginning To- a"w in the
rary direction. In the .Na''oaM IndI:r"cer, of Sa-
nriay We find the following significant ini"rma"n
The very great decrease OF immigration To the Uni
ed States is an important fact Ii appears from u-
ical reports that at tho chief places of drhnkaion
or emigrants the number arrived during the first
quarter o! 1855 is less than hall the average OF several
wears. Should the check which tins gGan-
10 movement uf population has experienced continue
operate for series of years which there is reason
expect, the morbid activity OF our growth ana eS-
,ansou will cease. The causes which have stayed =
his human tide are obvious Ireland has been emp
led upon our shores. That prolific mother has no
more children for the lands Of the stranger The war
II the East has occasioneda demand for the materials
IF which armies are made, which more than absOrbs
Ill VI western Nnu Central Europe. III
increased the wages If labor by reducing the num-
Der of abOrers, and added 10 tile consumers of ubors
products.
The scarcity and high price Of provisions in the i
lnited States is another If the decline oc i'm,
migration. Provisions can hardly be more ,flirn, '
to obtain in any part Of Europe than the present
time i'll this country. We have almost reached "a, | p
mine prices. Twelve dollars barrel for flour, two
dollars busbel for potatoes, and one dollar and
twenty cents bushe for Indian corn, fifty cents u l
pound for good butter, dollar pair for small t
ems and thirty dollars ton ioray rates for
the uecessaries of life which the poor pay, and
which rapidly the substance OF those blessed
with moderate Incomes.
Though trust that the coming season will make
amends by it's productiveness for the blight and ster
caused by the drought of the last yet it can hardly
be hoped that single prosperous season will remove
the distress resulting from the failure of the provision
crops in 1854. The poor will continue to suffer- and
upon the poor among European emigrants, class
nearly the whole, the affection will fall
without mitigation The consequences Of our short
crops and Of the Eastern war will therefore continue
US check upon immigration for ut least two years
FROM ALBEMARLE COUNTY.
letter addressed TO the Editors of the Enquirer,
rays: 1.-THE nomination Of Holiday kindles enthusi-