The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1855-10-03

Then lea Il be remembered that each one o
these. mho is admitted 10 the exercise of Ii,
elective franchise, without being thus quail
fed. and who il consequently liable TO be lie,
.stray by the arllhce oi the demagogue OF
xoerced by the threatened anathema OF biz
nriest, annals the vote Of one citixen--may
in fact, expunge yonr vote, or mine. Thei
consider the number aud character Of the
people whoarc annually cast upon our shares
do MT mean TO trouble you with statistics
| dare say the records have been ransacked
by opposing candidates for your faver, and
tia, the results are familiar 10 you. take
trum the papers Of the day those TO which
Observation-Disclosures statements.
Bear IN mind, then, the fact that foreign
immigration, which, up 10 the year eighteen
hundred, did not exceed i've thousand per.
s0ns, has risen, since eighteen hundred and
FIFTY, to half million, and which, looking 10
the state d Europe, viii probably, AMI in i
very short time, mount up to million year.
Now give free scope to your benevolent feel.
ings--eScrcise the most extended Charity ID
estimating the probable number of these who
are worthy unacceptable BY proper proba.
iionary term Of being rendered good citizens
--And what a fearful residaum will remain
what mass of poisonous ingredients to be
infused into the holy polite! The census
Of 1850 shows that the number of foreign
panpers and criminals exceeded that Of the
native paupers aud criminals, although the
native population was seven times greater
tan the foreign. What would be your feelings
ii poverty and crime existed ia this proportion
and TO tbs extent among yoursel""ss II the
qnantum Of pauperisn and vice 1T existed
among you. was the proportion Of popala.
tiun seven times greater IN number than your
own, what security would YOU have for your
free institutions what guarantee FOR yUur in
dividual rights
Consider, also, thar these emi.rants, shun-
ming the South from sheir unwlllingness 70
compete with slave la5Or--aud docking to the
North, from their abolition tendencies, il
search Of kindred spirits, are thus rapidly in
ereasing the majority against you in Congress,
at every superintendent, and will, unless
checked, in no very great length Of time,
place tie Constitution and the institutions el
the South at tie mercy Of ianatclsm.
And hnw are these calamitics TO be avert
ed, it this horde of foreigners. rapidly ineress-
lHr. - ~ UG dUNndnN " fhua HoAtCtF
The plaques OF Egypt were mercles, since
they we're guided BY Divine beneyolence, aud
stayed b His Omnipolencc, when the deiiy-
erance OF HIS chosen people was effected.
But who shall stay this mortal pestIIence, II
you are insensib!e 10 your dangerf II per-
severed in, in what can il eyentuate out in
the ruin Of the Republics Can the noble
system nf Government, established by our IA.
Tiers, be administered BY men like thesei
You are told thst yoar numbers 50 largely
exceed that Of the foreign population. that al
apprehension of danger j. idle. do not
mean 70 give offence 10 any man. but 10 speak
in the sincerity o. my heart, when say that
such an argument seems to me 10 estimate
very humbly tie understandings Of those to
wipm il is addressed. In tlie open. manly de-
fence " yusv rights and iiberues-0f thai giO-
riuus constitution beIueathed TO YOU by your
fathers. # yoar hOmesteods and YOU house.
hold---in tie defence OF these against open
and man'v assault. Won are competent to re.
sist n3i only lie foreigners amnng Us, bn;
verdi N arms. God iorhd that one Amrri.
can bosom should pa plate witi craven fear
in view OF sReh cpnhictl But lhis Is not
the danger which menaces. EserE nan un-
worthy u citizenship, WHO is atlmltted TO It's
privilege. isan enemy 10 snur camp mpr-
al leper, spreading contagiun las and vide.
The moral. 81 the community are corrupted
Its heart Is tainted b, such association /; for,
however stained with crime, the stamp ri
citizens makrs them politically part Of youf-
selves. Tan .Ga bear Inc ANAL gamatioa;
And vhy should you bear IL: Foreigners
aided Us incur revolutionary struggle. Ave,
and they haze received their rewards.
They became incorporated amoug o., o. have
voluntarily gone elsewhere IN quest of new
adventure. But We invited immigration
ave. 81 the close u our revolutionary war,
when, amid us tolls aud priSations. We had
achieved our dependence, we had sparse
and exhausted population, and All extensive
and uncgiitsigd domain. We required az
increase 4! population for the purposes Of in.
ternal improvement and eNternIl delelce,
aud. conforming 60 this policy, our system
81 naturalization vas established. Europe
Nss then calm. a. least free irnm tie menace
n intestine Contraction Patiy spirit amnng
ourselves US comparatively qBiese,nt We
invited foreigners, and We received them. /
They came 20 us IN small numbers, mingled
with or people, and peacefully parsgej tie !
syccations d industry. All ihisis changed
We have a population suhriently hume rous
tgr efery present pIrpD.c. AMI without the
sid Of immigration We are increasing IN nam /
hers a. rapidly sswe could desire. NDiwitb (
standing til, there ]. Ill annual ogtpp1ring
upon as of tie restless aud unqliet spirits bf
Europe, is paupers aud ts criminals. Not
inlngling With us, a. when their numbers were
smaii. they are nov sufficiently numerous 10
herd togeibsf--ioli,e apart from us--tu con.
siitaie distinct foreign societies 10 HE midst
81 the native population. IL tie bitterness
u our party contests, this foreign vote has
best, eagerly, and oiten BIZ Hga GRITTY means,
sought after aud obtained alternately b. both
psriies and acIing a. 4 unii iii, hna.i ~