The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-03-05


rgE AMERICAN CANDIDATE FOR VICE PREsI-
DENT on FOREIGN IMMIGRATION.
Whilst the American candidate for the presIdeDy is So
ourning 10 foreign lands dancing ATTENDANCE upon foreign
courts and showing his aversion thing like foreign.
ism the American candidate r the vice presidency is un
der the necessity Of andng meetings held 10 raty their
nominations a. proclaim the doctrines and positions
ou which the canvass is be conducted The New York
papers Of Saturday March contain the proceedings Of
one Of these ratification meetings held in that city Fri.
day evening Amongst other speakers the meeting
Major Doneson the know-nothing pnmiuee for the vice
presidency In response TO cali he represented hay
ing come forward and drawn from his pocket speech
ready for the OCCASION which he proceeded TO the
audience
We give this cireumstapt account Of the proceedings
Lecsuse ustfe the inference that the speech pat forth
with elaboration and upon full consultation the inau-
cura address the know-nohngs the Of 1856
We shall have OCCASION dissect this document in many
of its parsi and when shall have expos,d its
peryerson of fact Misrepresentation OF opinion an fal
sfcation of historical and political TRUTH il cannot then
BE- said that the candidate Of the kuownothags for the
vice presidency authorized 10 speak for his party
that be has been correctly reported In what he
said.
We begin to-day with that portion of Major Donelsons
speech which athe objects OF the American
parry" lie states them as follows;
'o harmony the various sections of our Union
brighten the links which bind together sovereign
Staeso purify the ballot boxto of the dangers TO
which exposed by the immigrants shores
foreign andsand repudate all the higher-law
abroad and home which have contributed obscure
landmarks Of old revolutionary foreatherhese gen.
tenen, are the objects of the American party
We pass over, for the present with single remark the
three first "obects" enumerated by Major Donelsen The
reader will be disposed to smile the simplicity of the
who could expect to impose saeA transparent dema
gogism contained in these three propositions upon
the country genuine know-nothingism Has American
ism contributed "to restore harmony the various
tons Of our Union" by combining with fansticism, and
sending Congress hundred abolitioniss2 Did
"brghen the links which bind us together as sovereign
States" by declining its late Philadelphia convention TO
proclaim its adherence the compromises Of the constu
ton in regard the institution of slavery? Did it pu
y the baot-box by the to mob violence and all
its fatal consequences in various elections within the last
Year, If the past practice Of Amercansn in promoting
these obects" of the party any indication of It's future
the country will wisely conclude that have had
qnite enough OF this species of American reform
The American candidate for Vice President next pro-
oeeds the real objects of
20 foreign immigration and Roman Catholics The first
Of these objects he states TO be ITO off the dangers to
which exposed by the immigrants 10 our shores
from foreign lands" This is Major Donelsons language
on the 10th OF February, 1850 He as fact that
the immigration of foreigners is dangerous If we can
show by proof which know -nobingsm cannot controver
that there is such danger this plank Of the platform
must drop out certainly did the twelfth plank the
bidding Of abouonsm, in the late convention
To determine this question Of fact put upon the stand
Major Andrew Jackson Doneson himself; and il he does
not demolish the American candidate for the Wire pfes
dency and knock the bottom Of the American plat
form, we are no judge of the force Of testimony.
II may not be recoecied but baye Major Donesons
word for the fact that in the emigration 10 this coun
try from abroad had greatly diminished Mr. Fillmores
organ, the Republic alluded this fact as one Of the bad
consequences Of the democratic tariff Of ls46 Mr. Fillmore
lad not then joined the neither had Major
Doneson In 1881 the inning grafton was greatly increased
and Mr. Fimorcs organ struck with il that he de-
schbed IL in glowing terms Of the phenomena Of
history" Major Donelson could not consent to let Mr.
Fillmore steal democratic thunder in this way, and he
down upon the Republic and knownothugism after
the following smashing style;
"IasesATIos.--The Republic OF Wednesday contains a
long article immigration the United States IL por
trays In vivid coors the rapid and unparalleled in
the namber Of those who seeking shores The Irish
emigration great that the journal classes Il
the phenomena Of history We (Andrew jackson Done
SOM glad 20 tbs emigration from t4s Old World
brings ., tie physical force rssdto M forest and 10
o"d our improvements. Welfare yet, aid w kuee oy ma.y
se@9 years, scope and range enough for . sdasry aud e.
'Prss Bat intention discuss this branch
Of The subject at the present tine T.s native party i now
PROSTATE, and will be time enough to commence the d.u.
sion when another attempt msde rus rEpEaALIs1s TO
sEvfvr rns TsrSoiFLEs AnES LAVE"
when MAJOR Donelson wrote the foregoing on the 3lst
Of Nay 1851, be democrat aud he reflected the opn
ions Of the democratic party this subject His mind bad
not then become disarected from ehsgu and dsappon
ment lie wrote the honest sentiments OF his head and
heart lie wrote ruthfuly when be denounced the oppo
stion to foreign Immigration the osboot or federalism
and a. identical in principle with the alien laws
But in the process Of time his mind became diseased
his plans were baed bis hopes di,appontsd be became
grumbing, dissatisfied disappointed ccc-sc,ker, and
sought refuge for his chsgrn in the know nothing organ
iation. lie leased 10 be democrat and for the gratis
cation Of his feelings consented become champiop AZ
the federalism and Of the principle Of the alien laws
which he bad 50 recently and 60 poinedy denounced.
Major Doneson bad right with or without reason 70
withdraw from The democratic party and to identify him
self with organization whose leading doctrine s de-
rived from tho federalism which enacted the alien laws
he hed ,foL, a. ...oc;n,, ~, a.