Washington telegraph., 1856-07-30

gress of the Little Rock Railroad, so far
as State aid is concerned. But to the
Doctors trap Discussing the foreign
question on some prior occasion, MIR. Car
rigan was led to remark that he was op
posed to the doctrine of "equal rights
and equal privileges" as referring to the
granting of such rights and privileges to
the alien and foreigner just arrived In
this country-as he deemed them unfit to
be invested with such rights and privile-
ges- DIR. Griffin asked Mr.. Carrigan
whether he had not said that he was op-
posed to the doctrine of equal rights and
privileges Mr. Carrigan, without ex-
planning the full import of his objection.
replied, Yes And then for a while it
seemed to do the hearts of the antics pre-
sent, good exceeding great good-to hear
the Doctor loom on this topic He tried
to make our young farmer out an ex-
elusive, an upholder of social distinctions
between the sons of the soil-as being
opposed to allowing the poor man. the
privilege of voting, and everything else in
proportion, and for moment or two Car
rigan stock fell, But the Doctor took his
seat and Carrigan took the stand He
seized right hold of the bugbear the Doe
tor had manufactured, and tore the fimsy
counterfeit into ten thousand pieces. He
asked the working men who heard him
what they knew of him and his mode of
life Did they not know him as work
ing man-as a farmer-as one of them
Would he favor a measure which would
take away from himself the prerogative
of freeman? Why, said he, it is rid
iculous l will tell you, be said, to whom
L am opposed to granting rights equal to
those which We enjoy: 1t is to the for
eign-born serf who comes to this free land
and asks for privileges of which he knows
nothing, which he cannot understand, and
which he is not fitted to exercise properly.
1t is to such men, and to the free negro.
and the Asiatic, that L would apply this
rule of preventing the granting of equal
rights and privileges But it is doing me
gross injustice to impute to me desire
to draw distinction between my own
countrymen, for to them [ look for sup
port, and of them | ask Office and | re-
pei the imputation as unfounded and false.
In this way did Carrigan talk to the
crowd, and the shouts which went up for
him showed how completely he had yindi-
Gated himself in the opinion of the honest
yeomanry, who were not to be hoodwinked
by far-fetched constructions of reply to
cunningly-propounded question. Mr.
Carrigan lost nothing, We can assure his
friends, by Dr. GrifHn's artful attempt to
entrap him.
Mr. Carrigan is arraigned for asserting
that foreigners should be compelled to
produce their naturalization papers before
being allowed to vote This will be in
sisted upon by Americans, Democrats, old
line Wings, and all men not foreigners OF
In the interest of foreign in less than
four years. 1t Will become an imperative
necessity Mr. Carrigan is justified in
his views of that subject by all relative
matter.
Mr. Carrigan is also carped at by bi.
opponents for being in favor of doing
away, to some extent, with the multiplici-
ty of private acts, which so greatly en-.
cumber the progress of legislation, and
by occupying much time, greatly increase
the cost of the session. The voters of thi:
county will not fail to endorse Mr. Carri
gan's views, which he so ably sets forth
upon this subject
Mr. Carrigan discussed the questions o.
the banks, free schools, &C., in an able
and complete manner, and left the stand
having gained complete victory over the
positions assumed by his competitors
and their efforts to crush him out. w,
feel confident that the voters of Hemp
stead county will not fail to endorse hin
at the polls on Monday next, as well wor
thy to represent them at the next session
of our State Legislature