The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-04-30

loving extract OF the speech OF Mr. Cnttende
OF Kentucky, at the great ratification meetlns
of the American nominations, held in New \ or
city, is truthful and eloquent. He yindicate
:. the American party from the ISLANDERS gifts en-
f emies in a manly and convincing exposition c
the true position of the party. He said:
r. He had no antipathies against the foreigners
the party had none. Let the oppressed ant
down trodden of all nations come to US. LIE
them share the benifcence and justice of on
laws. Let them share our educational faclIl
ties. Let them share our language and gu
customs; but we tell them in all kindness, boil
for their sake and our own, that they mus
leave us to govern and manage the country, O
in their hands, unacustomed as they are to 1t
delicate machinery, it will be wrongly direct
ed, or its power will be thrown against Itself
and it will be involved in one mass ofsplendlo
ruins. ....
The whole philosophy of our principles lay
in one memorable order given by the father o
his country during the darkness of the revolu-
| ton: sPlace none but Americans on guard to-
night" There were brave men oftorelgn birth
in the army; but they were not sons OF the soil
The magic attraction ofparlotlsm did not bind
them to the land. The thugging at their heart
strings was not for the country IN whose service
they were then engaged, but for the country
beyond the sea. They were not of the manor
born, and could not say, "This is my own my
native land Then, was it not policy, and was
it not philosophical, to place men who were
bound by these magic ties in the most respon-
sible situations? And if it were best then, is 1t
not the policy of the nation still, to place none
but native-born patriots at the helm of state,
the most responsible Of all situations to us at
this time? And should our foreign brothers
object to this policy when it is so constantly fol-
lowed by every other government? Cheers:
And how did our party arise? That 1t is
the work of an overuling Providence is evil
dent. 1t was not the work Of propagandlsm.
1t was from the germ of patriotism in the hearts
of the people. On its first manifestation the
people gathered silently around it, drawn by
their best feelings to enlist in the cause. 1t
spread silently and surely, without noise, with
out effort, being rolled onward by its own
wind it is said, no one knows of our party,
whence it cometh; and some even at this day
are so mentally blind as to say they know not
whittier it goes Laughter. But, to his mind,
it was evident, that ''t goeth towards the white
house, as its home, and towards the capitol, as
its place ofindustry." Great Applause.
We have thrown down the gauntlet-let them
take it up who will-we are ready for the fight.
Our ranks are full, but we have room still for
those who prefer to struggle with us to fight
ing against us, for it has come to that point
And let those who see the truth of our princi
pies at this the eleventh hour, come to our
banners and receive the welcome hand from
hose of US who have borne the heat and bur
len of the day.
TO our naturalised brethren we say, we do
lot love the foreigner less than when we first
attended an invitation to them to find home
rom oppression upon our shores; we dono love
hem less; but we love our country more
And we find, if we do not protect the ark of
'ur liberties from the proffered support of Of
icous hands, we shall all be involved in one
ommon destruction.
When the emigration of our country did not
xceed 10000 per year, we did not feel the eff
act oft. Those who thus came among us were
bsorbed in our customs, and forgot their ma
We country in measure, and strove to become
americans. Now the stream has become an
torrent, and threatens to sub
lerge the whole land. Instead of mixing with
S and becoming a part of us, whole counties
re found in which the English language cannot
e understood.
The foreigners retain their clannsh spirit,
eir customs, traditions, habits; they form
reign colony in our midst us distinct, in fact,
ON us, as they are in habit, though they are t
lder our government. 1t is this we deprecate,
is this we would prevent.
He did NOT rararI tho forain, horn citi,op
til feelings of dstrust and hatred. nor did the ,
rty. He could cordially welcome them, but a
could not accord to them the power to rule V
d ruin the common country. No man felt c
ore charity for the misfortunes of the oppress- i
lands than he. f
In this very hall, not many years ago, he
d spoken at a meeting, in which the citizens
Washington were raising money to send to 0
nine stricken Ireland, and he had introduced
dill into the senate, which was passed, appro- a
ating $4,000 from the national treasury n
the benefit of the starving Irish.
The business of the American party was to
eserve the constitution and the Union intact; -
preserve them from every hand that should l
raised against them, and they had every q
ne to hope from the patriotism of their q
Use. II
He closed by saying, eve strive for our ma &c
e sovereignty and our native born suprem- q
: in the land which benifcent God has ia
en- us. Who is be who can resist the Ameri- "
people, when in just cause they stand be-
e God and man to defend their rights? If g;
party will but act worthy of their noble dl
Use, they will triumph through its purity and n
rlotlsm.' Cheers, long and loud
PIERCE IN THE VocAr1vE-The Washington e.
of the Charleston Mercury, thus y
disposes Of the projects Of Mr. =. u
rec for the nomination at Cincinnati Is "
Next in interest to Kansas is the presiden- ID
election. My surmises to the prospects Of Is h'
Pierce in the Cincinnati convention have ~ =
n more than confirmed by what have heard 81
e my arrival here. 1t is well known that
chief ground upon which South Carolina is al
ed to participate in the convention, is to Sc %
, the nomination Of president Pierce. Yet a s1
1t will the people of the State, they who -
c been led off BY this docoy, say, when they 20
n that their representatives in Washington, "
urge them to the measure, have#no hopes
his nomination? Gratitude to president ga
'ce for his faithfulness to the South, is tor las