Washington telegraph., 1856-06-11
Foreign immigration.

ton, and we will hereafter and In all time
to come. know where to find them. But,
for the lives of US, we can't appreciate
their doctrine, and by the souls of US we
don't subscribe to it. Yes, neighbors, we
are altogether at loss to know how you caa
give utterance to the thought, that 1.-THE
foreign born" minion of despot has
more intelligent perception of the blessings
of our free institutions-a more exalted
reverence for the nature of our privileges
"a more devoted attachment to the constl-
tuition and the laws-than has the man,
who, boru in the cradle of liberty, nurtured
in her arms, taught from her lips. and
guarded by her care, learns from the records
of the past, the mighty teachers who have
walked with solemn steps,
Down the corridors OF time"
to contrast his condition with the condition
of others, and to revere, with flial affection.
the palladium of our rights-the eonstitu-
tion-the sheet anchor of our safety-the
union of these confederate States. Why,
neighbors, if one of these "better citizens
were to tell you these things, you'd put
Some of your hexOr muscles into operation
s'rmmagently." You would, we are sure
of it, But then the anti Knosc Moth
tngS," to use your favorlte phrase, are
keen for the foreign vote-and ''the end
justItes the means, say your Jesuit allies,
aud there Is no chance for help from that
quarter, unless you soft sawder'' them a
little; and We suppose 1t is all right aud
account fur the tactical fluid in certain
klrd OF nut of tropical growth, ON the
above hypothesis. But badinage aside
hUw do you proceed to prove, or rather how
are you going to prove. this intelligent
devo tion TO constitutional rights, on the part
OF the foreigner? You gave US theory
in your paper of yesterday. which we think
you ought to preserve, with the view OF
entering 1t for the prize. if ever one should
be offered, for the most extravagant essay
upon universal philanthropy You tickle
the ears of your readers with something
like the following:
I'VE do enter our most solemn protest
against a doctrine that is founded upon the
bigotej and uncharrable belief that foreign
ers are not TO be looked upon as children Of
God. and as brothers of the family of man
but as something worse than human. deserv-
ing the lash of persecution, and the fetters
OF prescription And partly why We enter
this our earnest protest is: all the fore
fathers OF the present native-born citizens
with the exception of the red men, were
foreigners, and it was our forefathers who
fought and gained our independence, and as
human nature has not changed since theil
day of mighty revolution foreigners are a,
good now and as little to be feared by oul
Government as they were then"
We were under the impression until you
neighbors, in your newly assumed capaci
ties of historiogaphers set US right in the
premises, that there were few of the noble
army which achieved our independence, who
were
Native and to the manor born:r
but we are all of US liable to mistakes
They were glorious fellows-the foreigners
of those days-that is, the majority of them
you know,-the Hessians, and such like
But tell us. do you prove that the foreigner,
of the present day, as they are found swarm
ing into our seaports, overSpreading our
prairies. peopling our towns, and circulating
about generally. "are as good, and as little
to be feared by our government as they
were then''-that is. during the Revolution
by pointing to the fact, that thoroughly
organized. fully armed. regularly drilled
and equipped league of German Radicals
a combination Of Red Republicans ramifed
throughout the whole Union, in every State
and in every local geographical division
where they number sqnad--a combination
growing daily more and more insolent, by
reasons of accessions to their ranks, anG
concessions from the leaders of other parties
have demanded publicly, and with afro
cious arrogance openly declared their pur-
pose TO effect, the abrogation of the Presi
dency. the abolition of the Senate. the
rubverson of our laws and institutions. and
the resolving back of all the noble element,
of national power and pride and glory
which we possess, into worse than chaotic
confusion ? Do you prove your postulate
by this facto-your postulate, which assumes
that our independence was won by foreign.
eIs, and that foreigners are as good now a
they were then? They may be, in the
Ie<sian sense of the word good Do you
prove your postulate by referring to the
declaration made in the Boston Pilot, the
recognized organ Of very large and infu-
ential class of men who had better learn a
little prudence-;o the effect, that the exist
ence of the American people ''as a nation,
depends upon the Irish population of this
country ?" Do you prove your postulate
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