The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1855-07-21

paper, printed ip TIE town oi Nafshhi.
The object of this address Is,
l.t To show TIA, Know No,Lassm is
most excellent thing.
. Tia, i is noia wing meh.
o That if it is ahig tf.ck. 1t is so good
hat the democrats ought to lall ia love
with h.
Let Us take brici fcgiew OF THE docu-
meu,, aud see whether Il IT. entitled 10 cred.
d, Here is au extract from h.
q" 1T. he ceusu, Of 1850. d.closod no
less than 22i0 900 foreigners among Us
The last report Of w. MARCY added TO the
i.t 700 900 The arrivals since. swell
the gross number ai this day, 90 over Is
600 600 Of souls
Now 3. this SO Turn 20 page l. Of
the Abstract Of the Census and 1t @iil be
found that ,he totd foreign population 80
the uiied States, in $3.50. amounted to
22l0. $50 Aud that rcpor, says. ." i ts
probable that the number OF foreign befu
inhabitants uf the u,icd States ls slightly
a,,-rg,si IN the census, aud that young
children Of Foreigners, though horn in the
country, arc t. some extent included
page lla) Nov turu to page l23, and il
sill be seen that up 10 January lsJ5, the
foreign emigration allowing fifteen per cent
for deaths. amounted 10 g95, l~5 showing
that tue foreign population at the begin
mug OF tbs year was bat fraction over
dler instead OF fur million Of souls, oa'
u population oil 26o0O00o rSam only
mI-.sd bis calculation million , u is
computed that in ls52, thefe were J,222,
IA voters in the utcd States, aud OF tbs
number 81 so3 were naturalned ioreigu>
e.. Now does any one belie.e there is
ahy serious danger from this foreign vote
90 that. coming MS these foreigners do,
from eyory part of Europe. and speaking
oycrg variety Of language, that they could
be unn,d SO q. to hold tho balance OF
power 1t is simply ridiculous.
Any ono who doubt. our figures can turn
10 the Abstract ct the Census and SEQ for
himself. and all We ak. is, ibat every
voter ull d. 80.
But who Is the author Of this circular
entitled Sam to the People H. does
not giyo bis name, and Tor many Of has
statements we haye nothing but his bare
assumptions. f. he under these circumstan
COS. cmirtd 10 credit He slys that he Is
tho representative OF 500 voters ct Ilaui-
siu county Who constituted him such
Docs be mean to say that
there are 500 Is y voters IN this county
'lh. is another reckless assertion, and is
abou, on a par with his iacts aud fg'
ufes. tn good thing he concealed his
name, for be would have rendered himself
a laughing stock for the next twelve
months
Here is one of bis calculations Speak
ue OF Foreigners, he says
fbey ma coming now at tho rate of
halI million % year. and in iiy years Nr
will have. AZ THIS rate, without natural lu,
crease. near 100000 upon us'
iIal q million a wear for fifty years,
would make twenty-five mdhons, which
added 4, tho 22l00G0 now ia the country,
would amount Of course to 272l0 600
But does mot every one perceive tini this Is
making o colonization That ao' one ~ these
fore l-acs Is 20 d.c ,n he mat r IF nr4rg
Docs NOT every one soe that "a IA based
upnn laa Incorrect statement that 500 coo
Gorerners arrive annually in The conntrV
ruru to page l22 Of the Abstract of the
Census, where the foreign emigration for
each year since l19g is given, and u VIII
be seen. that such largo number Of for
.oi,hefs haze never arrived IN the country
IA ANY one year. and ,ha, estimating the
whole number frem that day, suppos'ng
that none Of them hud died, IS bat liltle
over four millions
Bat " sam" continues
"ln G0, years we shah have, in round
numbers. a huudrcd m'liou., Excluding
ail foreign increase, and in hundred years,
we shall have $50 900 Geo Let 1t IN
crease rs it has tor sixty years, and we
,hgI have 10000 600, or, rs in the ten
years preceding 1890. and the souls viii
number 500 600 900 tSee p 1917 Our
principle mny expand, but our territory
cauuot, but a, the expense OF other ms
tiana."
This IS estimating, wc presume. that
there are to be no deaths in 100 ycHrs,
Turn to page l3l of the Cencus, aud It
viii be- seen that this estimate Of five huns
dred millions is treated as perfectly ridieu
lous. The compiler of the tensn. esti-
mates the population Of the uited states
in 1900 At 10000 900 and in 1850 at l15,.
900 900 we suppose that sam" Thought
that no ono would take the trouble to ex,
anime his figures, aud that If they did, as
be was unknown. no one would be respon,
.lble COZ his incorrect statements aud mis-
calculations.
Bat sam" shows the cloyen foot, in
the following paragraph
at Is understood tlu Mr. Polk was
elected by minority vote. Through the de.
feets of the Electoral College Gen. Tay
Tor came into Office with n majority Of