Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-04-05
The American Party Defended.

The American Party Defended.
The following extract from the speech Of
Mr.. Crittenden of Kentucky, at the great
ratification meeting of the American NOM
nations, held in New York city, is truthful
and eloquent. He vindicated the American
party from the ISLANDERS of its enemies in a
manly and convincing exposition of the true
position al the party. He said
He had no antipatnies against the foreign
ers; the party has none. Let the oppressed
and downtrodden Of all nations come to us
lie. them share the benefcence and Justice of
our laws. Let them share our educational
facilities. Let them share our language and
our customs: but we tell them in all kindness
both tor their sake and our own, that thew
must leave us to govern and manage the
country, or in their hands, unaccustomed A.
they are to its delicate machinery, it will be
wrongly directed, and its power will be
thrown against itself, and it will be involved
in one mass of splendid ruins.
The whole philosophy of our principles Law
in one memorable order given by the Father
Of his Country during the darkness of the
Revolutions :-"Place none but Americans on
guard to-nightr There were brave men of
foreign birth in the army but they were not
sons Of the soil. The magic attraction of
patriotism did not bind them to the Iand..-
The tugging at their hearstrings was not OFF
the country in whose service they Were then
engaged, but for their country beyond the sea
They were not to the manor born, and
land P' Then, was it not policy, and was it
not philosophical. to place men who were
bound by those magic ties in the most re-
sponsible situations? And if it were best,
then, is it not the policy Of the nation still, to
place note. but natiye-born patriots at the
helm Of State. the most responsible Of all sit
uations to US at this time? And should our
foreiyn-born brothers object to this policy
when it is 50 CO lstantly followed under every
other government Cheers.
And how did our party arise That it was
the work of an over-ruling Providence il
evident. It was not the work of propaganda
ism. 1t was from the germ of patriotism in
the hearts Of the people. On its first mani
festation, the people gathered silently around
1t, drawn by their best feelings to enlist in the
cause. It spread silently and surely, without
noise, without effort, being rolled onward by
its own weight, when it was once started.-
Like the wind, it is said no one knows of our
party, whence it cometh; and some even at
this day are so mentally blind as to say they
know not whittier it goeth Laughter.l But,
to his mind. it was evidens that 1t goeth to-
wards the White House, As its home, and to-
wards the Capitol as its place of industry!
Great Applause.
We have thrown down the gauntlet-let
them take it up who will-we are ready for
the fight. Our ranks are full, but we have
room still for those who prefer to struggle
with us to fighting against US. for it has come
to that point. And let those who see the
truth Of our principles at this the eleventh
hour, come to our banners and receive tho
welcoming hand from those Of US who have
borne the heart and burden Of the day.
Ip our naturalized brethern we say, we do
not love the foreigners less than when we
first extended an invitation to them to find
home from oppression upon our shores; we
do nea love them less, but we love our country
ark of our Liberties from the profered support
of oficious hands, we shall all be involved in
one common destruction.
When the emigration of our country did not
exceed 10000 per year. we did not feel the
effects of it. Those who thus came among
US were absorbed in our customs, and forgot
their native country in measure, and strove
to become Americans. Now the small stream
has become an overwhelming torrent, and
threatens to submerge the whole land. In
stead of mixing with us and becoming part
of US, whole countries are found in which the
English language cannot be understood
The foreigners retain their elannish spirit:
their custsms, traditions, habits, yea, and
language they form foreign colony in our
midst as distinct in fact from US as they are in
habit though they are under our government
It is this we deprecate. 1t is this we would
prevent.
He did not regard the foreign-born citizen
with feelings of distrust or hatred, nor did the
party. He could cordially welcome them,
but he could not accord to them the power to
rule and ruin the common country. No man
felt more charity for the misfortunes Of op-
pressed lands than he.
In this very hall, not many years ago, he
had spoken at meeting, in which the citi-
zens of Washington Were raising money to
send to famine-stricken Ireland, and he had
introduced bill in the Senate, which was
passed. appropriating S50O,000 from the Ma
tional Treasury for the benefit Of the starving
Irish.
The business of the American party was to
preserve the Constitution and the Union in
tact; to preserve them from every hand that
should he raised against them, and they had
everything to hope from the patriotism of
their course.
He closed by saying 1--WE strive for our
native-sovereignity and our native-born 81.
premacy in the land which a bene6cient God
hasgiven us. Who is he that can resist the
American people. when in just cause they
stand before God and man to defend their
rights ?" If the party will but act worthy OF
their noble cause, they will triumph through
its purity and patriotism. lCheers, long and
loud.
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