Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-10-02
wAsHINaToN NEWS AND GOSSIP.


the Navy, Yard was we'll attended, some f.
teen hundred or two thousand persons being
present, four or five hundred of whom came
down in procession with transparencies and
music from other wards of the city, accompa.
MED by swivel, which ever and anon evoke
the babies" in the neighborhood. The spot
chosen was in front of the Anacostia engine
house. where a eOmmOdious and substantial
stand was duly erected and decorated witt
the usual crowd-drawing insignia of politi-
cal meeting at night in the open air. The Of
fcers of the meeting were as follows:
President-GeOrge r. Wilson.
Vice PreSidents-James NJ. DorseIl LIST do
John Wilson, I'd do. Jos. W. Davis, Sd do.
Middleton Birckhead, 4th do. John McCau-
ley, 9th do. William Hutchinson 9th do.
Richard III. Stewart, 9TH do.
Secretaries-Capt. James s. Piper and Jno
Thompson.
Among the other prominent Know Nothings
on the stand, We saw there Mr.. John Wilson, ex-
Commissioner of the General Land Office,
Capt. f. Asbury Tucker, Mr.. John P. Hilton,
and Mr.. James A. Gordon, ex-member of the
Washington Council from the Sixth Ward.
Coleman Yellott, Esq, of Baltimore, was
the first speaker. He reviewed the old issues
between parties in the United States, and con-
tended that formerly the country and constitu.
tion were safe, which ever party triumphed-
but not so now. The danger he attributed to
the foreign element in our population, which
was striving to take from the hands of Ameri-
cans the power to rule America He contended
that in struggling to perpetuate the rule of
America in American hands, the Know No
things were acting strictly in accordance with
the example Of their fathers Of 10 lie pre.
feIred being ruled by the British King and Par
lament, to the rule of the rough-scruff of Eu-
rope nOwcOming to this country in such swarms
twenty-five years ago, a Native American
party was not necessary, but famine in Ireland
and Continental revolutions had precipitated
such hordes Of ignorant and vicious foreigners
ON us-at the rate of 100000 per annum, and
two-ffths of them being grown males-as to
alarm all patriots for our cOuntry's future
These two-fiths were ready all to become
voters in four years, many Of them actually
voting in as many weeks. Mr.. Y. next re-
viewed the history of the naturalization laws
OF Maryland and the United States, showing
that it had once been found necessary to ex-
tend the term before naturalization to four
teen years, which was in accordance with the
principle Of the Know Nothings, who now con-
tend for twenty one years, under the change
that has had occurred in the character of the
emigration 10 our shores
He cOntended that most of the emigrants
now coming are of dangerous and bad class.
which was not the case in times past. They
were the OutpOurings Of the jails, aims houses,
and penitentiarics of the Old World, who
come now to help to govern US. Two ffths Of
the whole, as per custOm-house returns, arc
grown males, ard ara ready to become voters
an annual increase Of the foreign vote equal
TO the whole vote of Maryland and Virginia
IN tire late presidential election. The Know
NOthings are determined to check this evil.
Foreigners do not understand this government,
and aim to change-tO subvert-it So, in de-
Tending it, they (tho X. Ms are patriotic.
He described the evil Of the Chinese emi-
grafton to California. This Administration
had gone to work to increase the foreign emf
gration-tO increase thus the foreign vote, on
which it relied.
Pierce was originally pledged to prevent the
slavery agitation, but turned round to hatch
up the Nebraska scheme; and had filled the
Offices at home and abroad with foreigners,
and thus advertised for more foreigners to
come over to govern America. The only ques-
ton SOule settled was, whether n me Soule's
neck dress was in the tip of the fashion, or
next to it.
Hunters land bill was another advertise
ment for foreign emigration He commented
with severity on the principle of giving
the public lands to actual settlers, which,
he said, was the second plank in the Pierce
platform. Sam shook his grizzly locks, and
the Pierce men dropped the (Hunter's) bill.
lie deprecated the annexation of Cuba, as be-
ing designed to bring in a million of Catholic
foreigners, which measure Sam had also knock
cd on the head. So, also, did he defeat the
acquisition Of the Sandwich Islands Sam de-
served thanks for warding of these evils.
Maryland was for Sam, without doubt, by
from 5000 to 10 coo majority Four in every
five counties Of the State will vote for him.
Baltimore will give from 2. 900 to 5000 major
ity He was for defending the common school
system OF this country, that our people may
remain the frecst and most enlightened people
IN the world. This system was threatened bv
the foreigners, and the Pierce party arr for
opening still wider the dirty sluices of emigra.
ton lie urged his hearers to persevere in
The good work, and said that though the names
Of Wing and Democrat were glorious, that of
American" was more glorious than either.
(Cheers.)
Mr. Henry Winter Davis then took the stand
and discussed the circumstances under which
Fierce came into power with a tremendous
majority, which became a minority in two
years. This change in popular sentiment was