Washington telegraph., 1856-05-21

systematic Efforts which have been begun by
an organized association of Northern Abo-
Etion fanatics to induce foreign immigrants
to settle Immediately in the unoccupied Fed
eral Territories. our very worst calculations
may be realized and the immediate repre-
sentatives of foreigners In the Senate and
Congress of the United States may not on
" hold the balance of power there, but ac-
tually outnumber the representatives of the
native horn citizens in both branches of our
National Legislature. Then farewell to our
republican institutions farewell to the
rights of the South, to the Constitution and
the Union. The miserable red republican
radicalism announced in the platforms Of
the Free German Republicans will be speed
lily substituted for cur present system of
government"
Here we have incontrovertible facts and
logic, the force of which all must acknowl-
edge. To prevent the consummatiou refer
red to-the result so much to be dreaded,
the result to avoid which, all men should be
willing to sacrifice so much. the American
party announce boldly their determination
to press these matters upon the considera-
tion of the people, until their strength shall
enable them to legislate in the premises
And can any man loving the Union, OF hold
ing the rig hts of the South dear to him and
OF Importance to all, refuse to cooperate
with the party which aims at such result
How can such be the case. we may all ask
In sheer wonder Is tie mere attach.
ment to an empty name paramount to these
considerations. vital and beyond all Others
important; is it sufficient to lead men tc
lend deaf ear only, when they are warned
by facts which appeal to every mans CON.
Ticti0ns, of the truth. Such blind idolatry
IS strange" it's wondrous strange" A
distinguished gentleman who has left the
American party, for reasons, doubtless sat.
isfactory to himself, was right when be said
.'your American principles will triumph in
the end" We believe it. We believe
that ere a lustrum of years have gone over
our heads. we will. if we live so long, see
the radical change, from the granting of facil-
tiles to Ignorant and debased hordes of ad-
venturers to subvert our institutions and de-
fraud us of our rights, at which the Ameri-
can party aim. And as we have before re-
marked, we can but wonder that this change
should be even for a time delayed. And
the Journal speaks solemn truth when it
says: eff the true men of the South will
consider this subject with calm deliberation
casting aside all partisan prejudices and in
fuenced only by facts and by the light Of
reason, they must be convinced that their
place is in the ranks of the American par
ty, and that upon its success alone depend
the safety of Southern rights, the perpetui-
ty of the Union itself, and the preservation
of our republican institutions
The eighth section of the platform is, in
its very terms, endorsed as they are BY the
American party, of itself sufficiently ex-
plicit to command attention and the reeogui-
tion of the validity of the principles refer
red to-
IAN enforcement of the principle that
no State or Territory ought to admit others
than citizens of the United States to the
right of suffrage, or of holding political Of
fce.'
The political fortune of every true mem
Der of the American party, is pledged to the
maintenance of this doctrine in its fullest
scope,-and let what may be the results
which may follow our adherence to it, VIC
will stand by it to the last.