Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-08-27

BIRTH to be Secretary Of the Yreahury. One OF TBS
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BIRTH The first APP 6ntmsht made 81 MI Jefferson
was Of Albesk Gaiaan to b SECRETARY ofths Treas
ury Every administration FROM that day to this has
appointed foreigners and nobody has ever found out.
until Know Nothingism sprung up, that Americans
were not ruling America. II, when We were only
five millions strong, General Washington and Mr..
jefferson did fear to appoint them to the highest
places We need not fear to give them few small Of
fees, now that we are twenty five millions strong:
2. The denial to all foreigners OF the right to be
naturazed as heretofore, in five years or, what IS
practical denial, the extension Of the probation
period from five to twenty-one years:
They do not propose to exclude foreigners from
the country, but to admit them, (the old platform
promised them protection and friendly welcome
and Mr.. Fillmore in of his recent speeches, mas
repeated its languageD and when they get here TO
place them on level, socially and politically, with
free negroes. If foreigners are pouring INTO the
country as rapidly as the Know Nothngs represent
we would, under the operation OF this rule, nave
among us, in few years, several millions OF white
men, of the same color with ourselves, possessing
equal intelligence, equal pride, and equal sensb'ty
with ourselves and yet degraded by the laws to the
level of the free negro. Who would tolerate prop
ositon to admit among us such number OF lree
negroes? Not one. Yet it is proposed to make OF
all that number Of foreigners the most bitter and
negro is not enemy, because, conscious OF the
inferiority of his race. he aspres not to equality.
But the unnaturalized foreigner would be most
formidable and vndictive enemy, because smartng
under the sting of degradation and insult: civil
war, riots boodshed in every shape, revolution anu
social disorder would necessarily follow from such
policy If they are not to be made citizens OF, and
anal gamatcd with US keep them out Of the country
Arm your forts, and man your ships, and drive them
from our coasts as you would an army of invaders.
8. The repeal Of all laws making grants OF lands
to foreigners.
foreigners. That was act passed eth OF Septem-
Der, 1850, "to make donations to settlers on the
public lands in Oregon" 1t seas signedby Mr.. En-
more, President, and acith0ut his approval couI
not huee become a lan. 1t is as follows:
"SEc. 4. That there shall be, and hereby is grant
ed to every white settler, occupant of the public
lands--Americam haLf:6reed Indians included
above the age Of eighteen years. being citizen OF
the United States, or haeing made declaration, &c
cordng to lac, This intention to become ctti=e",
arho shall make such a declaration on or before
the lst day Of December, 1851, residing in said
Territory, who shall become resident thereof ON
or before the LIST day Of December, 1850, and who
shall have resided upon, and cultivated the same,
for four successive years, and shall otherwise con-
form to the provisions of this act, the quantity Of
one halfseotion; three hundred and twenty acres
Of land, if single man; and if a married man, or
shall become married within one year from Dccem-
Der l, 1850, section, or six hundred and forty
acres-half to himself and half to his wife. -Stat
utes at Large, vol. Q, p. 497.
That law ought to be repealed. 1t ought never
to have been passed. l condemn Mr. Fillmore for
approving it. But what is to be thought OF party
that attributes to others crime the act ofits own
candidate?
l. The thirteenth article of the platform is gen.
cral indictment against the administration of General
Pierce, containing many counts.
The first count is for removing Know Nothngs
from Office. Every Know Nothing is, or was, re-
quired, on initiation, to take an oath, as follows
That you will not vote, nor give your influence, for
any for any Office in the gift of the people, un-
less he be an American-born citizen, in favor OF
Americans ruling America )" that is unless he is a
Know Nothing, NOR if he be Roman Catholic )"
and that you will support in all political matters,
for all political offices, members of this order in pre-
ference to Others" Having sworn to prescribe
everybody differing from h M in opinion what right
has the Know Nothing to complain if those differing
fiom him prescribe him?
Again he swears: " That you will, in all political
matters, far this Order is concerned, comply
with the will of the majority, though j; may conflict
with your personal preferences; that is, that he
will submit himself implicitly to the will of 1.-THE
Order" and vote it directs him. If the Know
Nothing is right in prescribing the Roman Catholic,
on pretence that he owes obedience to the Pope in
religious Matters the Democrats arc certainly right
to prescribe the Know Nothing who has yielded up
his freedom Of Judgment and owes obedience to 1.-The
council in political matters.
Again he swears "That if it may be done legally,
you WILL when elected Or appointed to any official
station, comforting on you the power to do SO, re.
move all foreigners, aliens, or Roman Catholics
Qhough they may be native-born) from office or
place."
Now, sir have never been great admirer of the
extent and by to half the extent that the Know
Nothings carry 1.-THE practice Of turning every
body differing from us out of office; but do hold
that man who has taken this oath ought to be
continued in office one moment and allowed to turn
out to starve, perhaps better men than himself,
merely because they profess an unpopular religious
faith, whilst perhaps he himself has 10 religion at
all.
The second count is on "a trucking subserviency
to the stronger and nsolcnt and cowardly bravo
do towards the weaker powers" The language in
which this count is couched must have been bor-
rowed from Major Donelson's editorials against Mr..
Fillmore, when the latter was making (no doubt
honcsD efforts to suppress ibustering against the
island of Cuba. Trucking subserviency to Span
ish dcspotsm was the sort Of phrases in which he
daily INDUCED. l may safely leave the brilliant con.
duct of relations with England the unanimous
commentator bestowed on it by Senator's presses,
and private individuals of all parties, and the sue.
cessfu and highly honorable settlement of our differ
ences with that stronger Power, to refute the frs,
charge. And challenge the production of one in.
stance Of "insolent and cowardly bravado towards
the weaker Powers" 1t is not true. Never have
our foreign relations been on better footing than
they at this moment.
The third count is ON the "rcckess and unwist
policy of the Administration" as shown in the re
peal of the Missouri compromise" For the sake o
comparison, here present the preamble to the BLACK
Republican platform. of June IT, 1886.
''Mr. Wilmot then submitted the following report
The Plattorm-This convention of delegates
assembled in pursuance of call addressed to tn,
people of the United States without regard to pas