Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-03-24
The Case Briefly Stated in Very Plain
Language.

Language
The country has been within few years past
and otherwise seriously damaged.
by the immigration into it, of hordes of Chi
nese Pagans, German Infidels, Socialists, Red
foreign criminals, beggars and
paupers. This point needs no demonstration
it is matter Of general knowledge among the
people Of the United States. To remedy this
great and growing evil, has been, and now is,
the desire of every rejecting and well-meaning
citizen Of the country, who has given any at
tention to this important subject This desire
has finally produced concentrated action. Of
ficeholders and Office expectants have united
in opposition to the effort now being made to
arrest the the influx Of foreign criminals, beg
gars, and paupers.
The first effort made by officeholders and
expectants, to defeat the movement Of the peo-
pie, against this influx Of the classes named,
was to embody and unite, as far as possible, all
foreigners, good and bad, and to take the lead
Of such organized corps. Gould they succeed
in this effort then even the well-meaning men
from foreign lands, would be found contending
for the unlimited admission into the United
States, of the criminals and paupers Of the Old
World, against the known wishes of majority
Of our native population, and against the inter
ests Of naturalized citizens for the sole adran-
tage Of politicians, who oppose what they knoao
is right, merely to gain or to retain place and
power.
The next effort Of the officeholders and ex-
pectants, to thwart the object of excluding
paupers and criminals from the country, was
made by pandering to the foreign priesthood,
who profess to believe, that oil governments
should be subordinate to the Pope
Through this instrumentality they hoped to
bring to their aid, as allies and coadjutors, all
american, as well as foreign-born Catholics.
Thus was party created, composed of the
elements named, and which we appropriately
style the foreign party, alias the Forney,
Pierce, and Seward party. The chief creators
and upholders of this foreign party" who
oppose the aims of the = American party"
(Which aims are now directed especially to the
exclusion of paupers and criminals from our
shores,) are the members of the present inn
beetle and waning administration--the hang
ers-on-their orators and journalists-the Ca
tholic clergy-and the New York free-soilers.
The leading presses of this foreign party, =
arc the Washington Union, Pennsylvania,
Boston Post, and Richmond Enquirer, on one
hand, and the New York Tribune, Albany
Evening Journal, New York Evening Post
Saint Louis Democrat, and the National Era
on the other.
Several things must here strike the minds
ofall intelligent men, with great force and first
that the administration branch Of this coalition,
is PROSTATE and powerlcss second, that the
New York .trse-soil, alias Van Buren, and Sew.
ard branches Of the coalition, are exceedingly
feeble, all these factions being in hopeless mi
norities in the United States. The Seward fac
ton has more Of vitality than the two others.
But third, II is transparent that none of the
leaders Of these three factions care q farthing,
whether foreign criminals and paupers are ex-
Guided or not; they only seek potes, and would
as soon obtain them from the native, as from
the foreign population They would change
sides tomorrow, and advocate the exclusion
of foreign paupers and criminals, If they could
see any prospect OF advantageto themselves by
the change.
These leaders mean to use the priesthood
the Catholics, the socialists, and all other for
eigners--dnd not be used By them They seek
power, place, jobs, contracts, money, and not
the realization Of ideas, or Of speculative doc
trines. These leaders care nothing for the ad.
vancement of the objects which their allies and
TOOLS the priests, Catholics, and foreigners,
have at heart Were this conglomeration oil
elements to succeed, somebody would be cheat.
cd Who would it bef Would it be the For.
neys, Pierces, Stewards, and Van BurensH o.
would 1t be the priests and foreignersf There
would be 6lop up between them in less than
month. Yet moo that they are fighting the
American party" the Forneys, Groeleys,
Groenes, Weeds, Ritchics, Bryants, Stewards,
Pierces, and Baileys, all Work loringly to-
getheri
Greeley, Weed, Bryant Seward, and Bailey
shout daily" Beware Of the Know othings,
for liberty is in dangerl" And, on the other
side, Forncy, Pierce, and Richie, shout daily,
Beware Of the Known othings, for SLAVERY
is in dangerp One side sings 5ass, and the
othr sings treble Each sings the tune sonor-
ously, and both act as ha-moniously, as night
and day. They practically illustrate the poot
who wrote, "all discord is harmony, not under
stood'-by outsidersi When tho American
party" shall have selected its standard bearer,
for the contest Of 1S56-this omnium gather
um," conglomerated foreign party, win pre-
sent its candidate, who viii be sustained by the
various elements, hitherto dscordant ofwhich
we have spoken
Side by side-cheek by jowl-will be found
Seward and Wise--Greeley and Richie
Weed and Forney-infldel Germans and Cath
Ole Irish-Ncw York free-soilers, and Virginia
powcr-followers-aU viii stand on the same
platform, and knoel at tho same shrine
Such are the elements which oppose the
movement Of the American party;" that
party which seeks to build high wall, and