Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-04-09
Principle. and Policy Of III, America. p,,,v-yns

Principles and Policy Of the American Party-yo. g.
To quality people for Republican govcrpsnent they
must not only have Intelligence and virtue they must
undergo system OF training and instruction in the pin
cples Of liberty, and in the practical workings Of free in
sttutons They must learn the Law and TO
obey It, They acquire seli-rspect and seEeon6.
deuce aud understand that their veil being
iner~oven with the peace and good order OF society,"
They must comprehend that the social organ
iIaon not tSe arbitrary impositons OF tyranncal
power, but the voluntary surrender Of portion of their
natural liberty for the ENJOYMENT OF the resi-
due
Without such training the efforts Of our ancestors 10
establish our present torn OF government would have
proved abortion For than hundred years
were educated in the principles Of free government un
der the fostering OF the mother country Widely Sc
parated from England the colonies were necessarily en-
trusted with the powers OF legislation subject OF course
TO the supervision Of the supreme OF Great
Britain This led the colonies stsudy the principles o
freedom eagraited, during long succession ages
the British constitution, and practice them In the reg
uation of their affairs When the crisis therefore,
rived in their affairs caused by the attempt of the mother
country to violate the rights of the colonies they were
prepared to understand the wrong that be
done them, aud the doctrines liberty in
their own behalf.
The rrotracted struggle the Revelation and tn. dan
gers and sucrings incident it, also tended enghte
the minds OF the people aud TO hit them for the high
sponsbtes OF their position. Discussion the order
OF the day throughout the colonies. The ablest
the country busly engaged in explaining the peo-
pie in oral harrangues and published addresses the
OF the evils with which they threatened The whole
country aroused TO the highest pitch OF excitement
Information greedily sought for by all classes The
works OF Milton, Locke, and HamPden were in every
hand and there never has been day when the mind OF
nation was 50 thoroughly aroused, and we'll
ted, not only in regard the particular questions
ed but also in regard to the abstract OF the rights
aud duties OF the and the people, the
colonists at the close of the revolutionary war.
Thus taught in years school of trial aud adver
siiy when they to form government they brought
10 the council chamber amount OF knowledge OF the
true principles of freedom which, to say no ns.
ton OF the present day could equal But with all the
advantages it after long trial and tribuaton that
they were enabled tn consolidate their liberties by the
adoption OF the admirable system OF government under
which We live.
lsit of surprise then that imerieans-the de.
sccnents OF those who accomplished this great work. and
who have learned not only from history, but from the lips
OF their fathers the dangers ard troubles by which the
country surrounded and the difficulty With which
they were surnounted ; should look with jealousy
on every thing which tends put their priceless
in pers l. il to be wondered that knowing the COM
peAty and deicacy OF the great machine entrusted
their charge, they should be unwilling surren-
dered To Ignorant, incompetent uufaithfu hands
How Is it possible that foreigners can have the same in
terst in, and attachment country and insiitu
tons Americans All their early recoection- are a.
-ncatel Win lar distant land. Their traditions
tics and affections ut they be cooi men) all with the
homes OF their childhood. As Archbishop Hughes re
marked, with equal truth and beauty II would not ex
change the bright memories of INV early boyhood, in
another land aud another sky for those OF any other man
living, matter where he was born
Who does not n the noble sentiments expressed
by Henry Clay, in the Senate, the 9TH OF Feb 1889
The searcher of all hearts said he knows that every
pulsitiC O mind beats high strong in the cause
Of civil liberty wherever safe and practicable de-
sure to every portion OF the human family in enjoy
Mt of Rail- Al
to that ot any other people, and the liberty Of my ora
10 that Of dnv other"
Shall then leopard the liberty of our own country
and our own race by entrusting the custody peo-
pie at foreign countries, and OF alien our own
But let u now turn to the statistics OF pAuperisn
crime intemperance and vagrancy and what revela
tons they viii make in regard the virtue and ntel.
gence and capacity tor seligoyenment OF foreign
population
The report Of the superintendent Of the census shows
THAT IN 1880, there expended in the United States
OF public money for the support OF paupers S2g54 500
inns was OF course independent Of all private charities
The number OF paupefs supported 81 g72 and OF
ihese. SIS, than one-kalr were foreigners
New iork had, in that year. iO,5sO foreign pauperS
and only 1928 natives In that State ONE IL EVERY
SIXTEEN OF her foreign population pauper whilst Of
the native population, but EVERY ONE HUNDRED
AM TwENrr-sEvES was OF that class.
In Pennsylvania, Of the foreign pop-
nlaon was paper, and oNE THREE HUNDRED ASp
foRrr-rwo Of the native population.
Prom other sources, such as the Prison Discipline
JournA American Register, American Almanac &c the
following incts have been ascertained -
Prom 1887 10 1910, there s67l persons relieved
ai maintained ~ Massachusetts, public expense aud
OF this number 6.lU4 foreigners,
The number received into the Baltimore Aims in
1881 was $50, Of which number about 600 were Irish
and ternans In 1854, the whole number received was
2,35S Of whom Sqs were foreigners. Gal baing Cor
mans, and 5g3 Irish.
In Louisville the number Of inmates of the Aims
were l64, Of whom IS we're foreigners
-, III Buffalo y l, the returns OF commitments the