New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-07-10

sIE poiltical ascendenCy of the Know NothInps Etv
| than in the year 1854: - H'' 11''
| In 1854 landed Aeo ~,
In 1856 landed. .2sG47s
22s,eg8
has sustained hereby will not be aniss to state thai
the population of Delaware and Florida toeether is vel
IaF o e2m hs 1s EN- number o. persons the Know Nothing
pamphlet published at the Washington Union offca
and adopted by the anti.American party
The policy OF the antAmercan OF foreign party is
| defended on the ground that immigration would
gradually diminish were its policy changed It ia adj
| mitted that the population of both Delaware anf
Florida, both slave States is not equal to the nube
OF immigrants who intended to have immigrated te
this country during the year 1856, but who were pre-
vented from doing for fear that the American party
might acquire sufficient power to change the natural
ization laws, and consequently these immigrant.
would neither be allowed to hold office nor vote until
they mad resided here twentyone years. Then it is
the office and the privilege of voting which brings
these foreigners here and not the desire to improve
their moral, social and political condition and he
cause the privilege of holding office and the elective
franchise may be denied them, they refuse to come,
thereby depriving US of sufficient number of for
Florida. 'Ae et'o
These facts are urged as reason why the natural-
zation laws should not be amended This pamphlet is
written by foreigner and it is presumed that he ia
familiar with the motives which animate the bosoms
OF Immigrants; and he declares that the apprehen-
son OF change in our naturalization laws caused
Z29998 foreigners to remain in Europe and not to
come to this country, during the year 1855, II is
then, clear that foreigners come to this country for
political purposes; for why should they if thev come
TO ENJOY the blessings Of our institutions, be deferred
from a0hg SO by an apprehension that the naturali-
zation laws might be altered?
If they come to enjoy liberty to acurre nro1,ertv
and to improve their social and physical condition
why should they care if the naturalization laws were
amended: But these are not the purposes for which
they come. The come to acquire political power
and privileges; hence, when tile ascendencv Of the
American party seemed certain 229 993 declined to
come yet during the same year 230,476 did come,
more than sufficient to settle two States equal either
TO Delaware or Florida. During this year GS55) a
sufficient number of immigrants came to add three
representatives to any State in the Union in which
they might settle. -,
Ii they had have settled in Florida or Delaware.
they could have controlled either State absolutely
elect Governor, members of Congress- and Ieoisla-
ture; which Legislature and Governor might author
lze the assembling of a Convention to change the
Consttuton OF the State and into this new consti-
tution thus formed, any provision might be inserted
however obnoxious or repugnant to the great prnci-
pies OF Repubicanisln Thus might Delaware and
FLORIDA be suhugated according to the anti American
poliey IN single year But, to more fully appreci:
ate the danger to political institutions and to the
pohtlcal ascendency OF the native population from
immigration we quote from a work entitled aImmi-.
grafton Its Evils and Consequences ! by S. C. Busev
" The last Congress passed an act for the orpanza
tlon OF the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska, in
which 1t granted the electire franchise TO every imn
grant, who might settle in either of said Territories
this principle thus established by the National Gov
ernment, is hereafter to become the organic law If
future States, the subjects and series of Eronean
despotS viii soon exercise absolute control over the
The foreign immigration of 1854 was sufficient to have
seted nearly three States equal in white population
TO Arkansas two equal to Iowa three enral tn ayoc
tour to California three to Rhode Island six to Della
ware or ten to Florida SO that under the nrincinlp
OF the hansasNebraska law, while immigration con-
tiines TO come at the rate of 1854, there may be
within one year ten new States applying for admis-
sion into the Union, entitled to their twenty Senators
and yet this would be but the senatorial representation
Of 46p,4 foreigners, These ten States would be
e1ust " "nite population tJ ttie 5,Hte or rcr1da,
each one of which would be entitled to representa-
tive in the House Of Representatives,
Inc political power already acquired by the foreign
population is fearful. Within the next ten wears tie
Senate of the United States may be controlled by the
lole'gn vote; Each State being entitled to two, it
Will require but slight effort in the smaller and new
States for the foreign population to acquire such
power over the State Legislatures as to control the
election OF Senators. In that body there are now
three foreigners Benjamin, Yuee and Mallory, but it
does not necessarily follow that foreigners must be
by foreigner Such slrewd politicians
will avoid exposing their designs and ultimate objects
so glaringly to the enemy.
If they were to elect only foreigners, when they OBJ
tained power, the alarm would soon become so great
as to threaten their success but by eecting natives
who are willing to carry out all their measures and
who will obey all their behests they acquire the
power without exposing that power to the enemy It
IS te pocy OF the foreign party not for the present
to MI high and responsible offices with foreigners bu
6uih, but with natives who have espoused their cause
and who are pledged to carry into operation the doc
trnes and principles of the immigrant population.
NATIVE.