Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-06-27

my ADDRESS to you dated March re as reply =,
publication consisted chiefly Of EXTRA .oS6 This
lures on nv eonrse o. NINE and of criticisms aO% Wi
| Ieere was nothing in il, however ,bo,
require any reply from me, because nal mo. seemed II
Jectons to my political conduct had osS OF bis OH
and again, been brought forward VIII nerly, again
ana as much untairness, and had been - more force
cluslVeiy refuted AS far he assa;ls olten con-
tency' his letter appears to be made nc my consis
paragraphs and sentences torn fron, OF Scraps n
and thus made to favor views onnos;. n0H Context
! opinions. AS you were familiar with ~ my zeal
whole, and had repeatedly given indy course as
lavor' nave at no time apprehended in9rI In my
puolicaton' have been informed, ho5ua rom this
so"e VI 'he know -nohngs, and other onno'eh That
mlne' are attempting to msrepresen NV rpOnents Of
not having said anything in replv. and iTeasons for
avail myself of little leisure to notice therefore
points embraced in it as have reference uEh OF The
cal contest now going on in the country ne polti.
eesire 10 keep up controversy with NV nave no
lof made no reference to him in anv WV .Oleasue,
lne olner hand' shall complain if he tbr Iu' on
opinions and former course more mportant nks my
lor Puohc discussion than any other not subjects
lore the country. shall only notice Sou "ow be-
more prominent points made by him. Will VI the
II UNDECIDED, might tend to misIead the M possibly
10 sustain the peculiar doctrines of ,h .TIFmed.
nothing or American party, he makes SNOW Know.
from speech OF mine, delivered JannarU quotation
follows ""'Y o. lS45, as
" And II the foreign Catholics. mr. fo,o;
orally, continue banded together, with gnefs gen.
trolling the elections of the country. tboro :Ton-
aroused ntagon.st'c feelings in the hearts, ~ T be
Aner,cams which will sceep aaay the partG to W.T. rt us
they have attached themselves D P"''y I" Which
The sentence following if, in tbo
in these words: same speech, is
" But, sir, wish it distinctly Understood t,.,,
Tor no natve-Amercan party care not , ,ias am
man may have been borne under the lev yono We! a
girts the pole, or in the orrid cline where tho mn
nlhg sun Is nrst seen, or at the place of his co U
doWn' II he comes 10 this land and after the 0 ~"
dence prescribed by law, and in the manner prov;SSa
@ Oh oah 10 support the constitution, and adons
with 1t an American heart, American FEELINGS dop
mlnlng then, TO uphold the rights and nferes,S :,
this country against all Others that man will 4,
by the hand and welcome as an American LAKE SaAe
should be by his fellows" ''iAVN
II this sentence had been copied by nv co,I.o..
wltn It's Fellow Immediately preceding, it would bsve
teen clear to every one, that, even at that ta
was utterly opposed to the formation of anv ernh
party as he belongs to. On the contrary recsrI"I
such party as more mischievous than the ohna.s
which was condemning. Those who havn rooS
the Whole speech, know 10 what had reference y
Nearly twelve months previous, there had occurpd
very serious disturbance in Philadephi, in conse.
quence OF collision between some of the fore;ono
and Catholics and native citizens during which eonao
were killed on both sides, and Catholic churches
burnt by the mob. In The midst of that eyc;tamont
native American party was formed, and Mr., Cla
was adopted as It's candidate. This circumstanc:s
taken In connexlon with the violent war waood
against the foreigners and Catholics, very natursUv
drove most of them into opposition 10 Mr. Claw =
Under the excitement of that very h, ated canvass
those torei gneIs and Catholics were guilty nf the ey
cesses which condemned and did, therefore sav
that if they 'continue banded together with view
of controlling the elections of the county, thew
would create a successful opposition 10 the party
with which they were associated. But, in point Of
fact, this was not the case. On the contrary it is
we'll known that in the next presidential election
that OF 1913, the foreigners and Catholics were divi
ded like The native citizens, between Gen TavIor
and Gen. Cass, and, therefore, there was not III.
slightest excuse for hostility to them on the part Of
native Americans. As the condition upon which nv
prediction was made did not occur, OF course the
prophesy could not be realized, and hence the gen.
tleman's hopes Of success for his American party,
which seem to be mainly built on this prediction Of
mine, arc destined to fall TO the ground. When,
therefore, discontinue overtakes his American party
hope be will, reflection, not allow his faith in
me prophet to be shaken.
Mr.. Reade in the next place refers TO my statement
that the abolition movement in this country has re-
celved lis main strength from the support given by
the British government and portion of lis aristocra
cy, and adopts the statement as true. He then n
ssts, that because the policy of that foreign govern
ment is hostile to ought to be opposed TO those
foreigners who emmgrate to this country. 1t is sin
gular that my colleague should be ignorant of the
well known fact, that in Great Britain as well as
most OF the European countries, the body of the peO
pie are opposed to their own government and hostile
10 It's policy. For that reason the government keep
up large standing force, to compel the people u
submission. On occasion, when people Of Lon
don were about to hold meeting to complain OF tn
oppression under which they suffered, the governmn
employed many as one hundred and fifty thousan(
men, to repfess any outbreak that mil ht occur
thus happens that most of those who emmigrate AMI
come 10 this country, are inspired with feelings
hostility 10 their own governments, and manifest h
most decided opposition to all movements that ar
favored by the governments they have abandoned
Most of the Immigrants from the British dominion
are lrishmen, and it is we'll known that thew hav
both IN war and in peace shown themselves tru
Americans, and especially hostile to Great Britain
1t is rare thing to find an Irlshman who is an abo
litionist. The Irish and other foreign citizens wer
the persons who supported the authorities at Boston
and prevented the abotonists from rescuing tn
runaway negro Burns. 1t was because these peopl
upheld the constitution and laws against the nalV
abotlonlsts that my colleagues know-no party
when 1T came into power in Massachusetts, disbande
the military companies composed of foreigners, AM
refused to allow them the privilege of supporting thC
government OF their adopted county. The tact L
undeniable that since the ant-slavery movement ha
become so formidable the great body of foreigners
the Moth have acted with the friends of the cons
tuition and of the South against the native abionisIs
Is ii moi, therefore, strange that Mr. Reade, clizef
of southern State should advise his constituents tf
join the naiue aboltionists in making upon 'h'
foreigners, because these foreigners friends oton
own section ? Might he not, in direct terms as wei
ask you-turn abolonist yourselves as to advise yo'
to cooperate with enemies The only adv az
tage that has resulted from the know-noIb ing q
native American organization is, that its moyenen
has tended to make the foreign voters still more de
cided in their support of the corr etution and lh