Washington telegraph., 1856-07-23
The Discussion on the 18th.


leman, however, was too unwell to take
my part in the proceedings of the day. +
DR.. CHARLES B. Mitchell assumed the J
stand in defence of the Democracy; and
while we are willing to admit that he made
4 gallant fight; we must record the fact,
that like many another who has set his
lance in resS as the champion of the
wrong, he came off frssN tbs, egeoanter
second .sesta aSsesshat eriea sasser to the
Doctors effort in the course of thisA Aarti-
Gle.
Friday, the 18th of July, was a proud
day for the Americans of Hampstead
county, and one long to be remembered
by them with unfeigned pleasure. Col.
Fowler was warmly greeted by his friends;
and entering at once upon the task before
him, he took up the subject of Foreign
ism-the blighting, blasting curse, against
the evil and malign influences of which |
the American Party is arrayed. He han
died this portion of his. subject with Wig
orous, mastery skill He read from the
recorded opinions of the great and -T's-
-, .-I-.~.v unc Tatners of the Repub-
/ lie; he showed how jealously they had
watched, how carefully they had guarded
against, this insidious foe to our domestic
peace and quiet. His arguments onssl%s>
point, strengthened as they were by the
citation of incontrovertible facts, told with
powerful effect upon those present. Care
fully considering the American party with
reference to this peculiar feature of its or
ganization, he showed that there was moth
ing in the party to prevent any American
citizen from declaring his attachment to
its principles, unless it was a paramount
attachment to foreignism. Referring then
to the issues which divided the old Whig
and Democratic parties, he proved that
they were obsolete-that they did not ex-
ist; he showed the manner in which and
the terms upon which they had been set
tied. Reviewing, then, the history of the
country for the past few years, he led his
hearers step by step through the changes
which had marked the lapse of the time,
and brought them up to the moment when
the organization of the American party
became n measure of imperative necessity,
forced upon the American people by cir
cumstances over which they had no con-
troll, but which were about to control
them, until they assumed the power which
is their indefeasible right, and said to
these dangerous elements-You shall 20
no further. The American party was thus
organized On the one hand we have this
party, on the other the sO-called democratic.
The people are called on to choose between
them. He then referred to the policy
which has marked the present Admins
tration- He took up the -'l.z- = z1-IlI551 =
:, foreign arpoiatr..2 cs tns American senti-
nfent, American institutions, and Ameri-
can nationality at the courts Of Europe.
every American present must have felt
Inundated when he looked upon the un-
seemly picture. He then discussed the
subject of foreign immigration: he por-
trayed, in vivid colors, the alarming and
dangerous tendency of this "bane of the
Republic But as it is our purpose du-
ring the canvass to advert particularly to
this branch of the subject, and our space
demands us to be brief, we pass on. He
referred TO the incapacity of foreigners for
self-government-citing France, Hungary
and the South American Republics, and
asked whether these men were proper per
sons to mould the. institutions and shape
the destinies of the territories and new
States of this nation Col. Fowler. while
on this branch of his subject, introduced
very interesting reminiscence of his
youth. Col. f. was lieutenant of a
company of Kentucky volunteers at the
time of the reception of Gen Lafayette at
Nashville, during his second visit to the |
United States. He said it was from the
lips of Gen. Lafayette that he received |
his first lesson in Native Amerieanism.-l
Gen. l.. was passing down the line review
ing the troops, and he, Col. F., happening
to be standing near the regimental fag.
Gen. l.. paused, and addressing him, said
"My son, that proud flag (pointing to the
stars and stripes must be defended by
American arms-it must be defended by
natives of the country" Col. Fowler pro-
lid tnc discuss fully and completely the
SUBJECT OF iorelgnism IN all Its bearings, Il
relying upon facts and figures for the sup
port of his arguments. He then took up
the arrogant pretensions of the Romish
institution, and went into scathing ex-
pose OF its corruption, its anti-Republican {
tendency, and the evil effects of the un-
checked growth of its power in our land.
Col Fowler then took up the slavery
question; and we wish indeed that our /
space would allow us to advert even brief c