Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-02-09
WASHINGTON. d. g.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Q, 1855.
vESPAsIAN ELLIS, rd;.ors
SAMUEL.C. BUSEY, h'
should the south Fear Immigration

The Richmond Enquirer declares that the
South has no fears from the evils ofimmigration;
and the same paper is daily sounding the tocsin
Of alarm, because of the dangers to the South
from the "aggressions Of the North" The
Enquirer thinks the South should have no fears
from the importation of these paupers and idi-
OTIS but that it should unite as one man
against the North. II is willing to aid and as
sist the serfs Of European despots to iInmigrate
TO this country, but it is exceedingly fearful of
portion of the inhabitants of our common
country. II warns the South of the dangers
from the North, and sings a lullaby over the
evils from'foreign crime, pauperism, and idiocy.
1t calls on the South to unite against the North
and invites foreigners to our shores at the same
the evils arising from immigration.
IT. then, the South has no other fears than
those which arise from the "aggressions of
the North, !" why invite the paupers and con-
victs of Europe to emigrate to our shores, thus
adding to the burdens of the North, increasing
her strength and her "hatred to the South |?
for 1t is well-established fact that foreigners
have no sympathy with the peculiar institu-
ton of the South Why, by inviting immigra-
ton, increase these dangers from the North 7
Why throw upon the North these grievous
evilsp Is it to excite sectional revengep Is it
to bring foreign labor into competition with
American labor? Is it to reduce the laborer
| of the North to the same level and condition
with foreign laborers? The Enquirer says the
| North suffers all the evils from immigration.
Then why not aid her in Kidding herself and
the country of these evils Is It the policy Of
the South to burden the North with evils p
Can the South gain power and influence by
such policyp Is it just that any portion of
the country should be taxed with the support
of foreign paupers, idiots and insane persons ?
But in what does the fears of the South
from the North consist? In her rapid adj
power is increased annually by immigration
from Europe, then is it not incumbent upon
the South to join with the North, and by legis-
lation arrest, check, or destroy the source of
this political power? If the political power
of the North is dangerous to the South, is it
not the true policy of the South to endeavor to
curtail this power? The South has fears of
the North, but no fears from immigration 1t
apprehends dangers from our own country
men, but none from foreigners Are not the
people of the North and South the same racer
Are there no ties which endear them to each
otherr Are there no interests common to all 2
There must be. Yet, Southern Sag NIGHT
orators and presses tell US the South has more
to fear from the North than from people who
have no sympathy with our institutions, no
interest in our welfare, and who are hostile to
a republican government.
1t is against the power of the North which
the South has always arrayed herself, and that
power is derived from her people. Yet the
Enquirer is in favor of charging the source of
that power, because, forsooth, the North must
at the same time endure all the evils We had
| supposed the South was actuated by purer
motives than mere revenge against the North,
and that even though the North was her supe-
rior in physical strength, she would aid her to
rid herself of these grievous evils of which
she now complains.
But the basis of the Enquirer's argument
does not hold good. The North does not alone
suffer from the evils of foreignism. The follow
ing table exhibits the influence Of the foreign
vote in the last Presidential election, both in
the North and the South.
State. Foreign Foreign Pierce's Electoral
L unfa fpr