The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1856-03-12
rArnrcATroE MEETING m WASHINGTON

fions IL tie American Convention tor Presl.
Xent and Vice President. Eloquent and
na,r;otic speechs we're delivered by the Hoo.
Andrew stewart, of Pennsylvania. the gen
sleman who nominated Mr.. Fillmore IN the
PHILADELPHIA Convention, Hon. Lewis ID.
Campbell. of Ohio, Hon. ]. VI. Haughton, o.
North Carolina, Hon. John J Crlitendsn, ana
others. We give below a synopsis oil Mr.
Crittendon's remarks. as we hnd them repur-
ted III the American Organ: :,
Hon. j. ]. critlenden was then introduced
and received with great enthusiasm.
He commenced by saving that It was use
less to attempt to proselyte now; all present
had made up their minds on the principles
thew should advocate. The lists were now
made. the Contest is opened. aud u Is Tor
.that side to win the fight that bears itself
mast calamity. What kind Of party nave
Won Is it not the one which insists as vs.
main ground Of action that Americans shall
rule Americas What parties oppose you:
who can stand before the American people
with any hope of success. and contest tue
great principle that binds US togethers On
this principle we stand. We may fall; !
think we shall triumph. lCheers.
He had no antipathies against the ioreign..
ers; the party has none. Let the oppressed
and down-trodden of all nations come to US.
Let them share the bene6cence and justice oil
our laws. Let them share out educational
facilities. Let them share our language and
our customs; but we tell them in all kindness,
bath for their sake and our own, that they
must leave US to manage and govern the
country, or in their hands, unaccustomed as
they are To its delicate machinery, 1t will be
wrongly directed, and its power viii be
thrown against itself, and all will be involved
in one mass Of splendid ruins.
The whole philosophy Of our principles lay
in one memorable order given BY the Father
OF his Country during the darkness Of the
Revolution: "Place none but Americans on
guard to- nigh ~ There were brave men Of
foreign birth in the army; but they were not
sons of the soil. The magic attraction oil
patriotism did not bind them 10 the land. The
tncg,ng at their heartsirings was not Tor the
cauI,ry m whose service they were then en-
gagged, but for their country beyond the sea.
They we're not 10 the mannr born, and could
not say, "This is nv own my native land.
Then was il not policy, and was it not philo>
sophical, to place men who were bound by
those magic lies in the most responsible sit
uationss Aud il il were best then. is II not
the policy Of the nation still, to place none
but native born patriots at the helm OF State,
the most responsible Of all situations TO Us al
iris times And should our fnreign-born broth,
ers object to this policy when it is 50 constant
" followed under every other Government:
fCbrers,
And how did our party arisef That It wa:
The work Of an overriding Providence is eyl.
dent. 1t was the work of propagandism. u
vas from the germ Of patriotism in the heart,
nf the people. On its irst manifestation, III,
people gathered silently around it, drawn b,
thstsseI lssligsss9 enlist i9 !hs saqss s..t
without effort, being rolled onward by i owl
weight, when il was once started. Like th'
wind il is said that no one knows Of our part,
whence il cameth; and some even at this da,
are SO mentally blind as TO say that the,
know not whiher il goeth Laughter. But
70 his mind, il was evident that 8. it goetl
toward the With House as its home, am
toward the Capitol as its place Of industry !!
Great applause
We have thrown down the gauntlet-le
them take il up who wilI--we are ready 70
The fight. Our ranks are foil, but we have room
still Tor those Who prefer to struggle witt
us to fighting against Us, for !, has come I,
that punt. And let those who see the frutl
OF our principles at this the eleventh hour,
come 10 our banners and receive the welcnm
ing hand from thase Of us who have borne tn,
heat and burden o. the day.
To our naiuraIizrd brethren we say. We d.
not love the Foreigners less than whrn W
e. II IA fh.ara Ia MI 4
homo from oppression on our shores; we dt
not love them les. bat ice lore our country
more. And we find that q we do not protec
the ark Of our liberties from the protrred
support of oficious hands. We shall all b,
involved in one common destruction.
When the emigration to our country DID
not exceed 10000 per year, we did not fee
the effects Of IL. Those WIN thus came Among
US we're absorbed in our customs, and forge
their native country 10 measure. and stray,
20 become Americans. Now the small stream
has become an overwhelming torrent and
threatens TO submerge the whole land. In
stead of mixing among n aud becoming part
of Us, whole counties are found 10 which %,
English language Cannot be understood. Th,
foreigners retain their cianRish spirit; iheii
customs. traditions, habits. yea, and language
they iOrm foreign colony IN our midst y
distinct in fact from d A. they are 10 habit
though they are under oar government. |
is this ne depreeate. Il is this we would pre-
vent.
ne did not regard tie foreign-baru citi
zen with feelings of disirust or hatred. MOI
did the party. lie could cordially welcnm'
them, bet Ne could not accord TO them III,
power 10 rule aud ruin the commUn country
No uisn felt mare charity Cor the mislortunei
Of oppressed lands than he. 10 this very hall
not aany yearsago. Ne had spoken al meet
ing ia when the citizens Of Washington wcr