Daily American organ., 1856-03-01


place men who were bound by those magic ties In
the most responsible stuationss And II IL were
best then is il not the policy Of the nation still
TO place none but natiyeborn patriots at the helm
of State, the most responsible Of all situations to
us at this timef And should our foreignborn
brothers object TO this policy when it constant
| ly followed under every other government p
| [Cheers.
| And how did our party arise 7 That it was the
work of an ovsrruling Providence Is evident. Ii
was not the work of propagandism. Ii was from
the germ of patriotism In the hearts of the people
On les first manifestation, the people gathered
silently around il, drawn by their best feelings to
enlist in the cause. 1t spread silently and surely,
without noise without effort, being rolled onward
by It's own weight, when 1t was once started. Like
the wind, 1t Is said that one knows of our party,
whence 1t cometh and some even at this day are
80 mentally blind As to say that they know not
whittier il goethl Laughter. But, to his mind,
it was evident that :" 1t goeth toward the White
House as its home, and toward the Capitol as its
place of industryl" Great applause.
We have thrown down the gauntlet--let them
take it up who wil-we are ready for the fight
Our ranks are full but we have room still for those
who prefer to struggle with us to fighting against
us, for it has come to that point. And let those
who see the truth Of our principles at this the
eleventh hour, come to our banners and receive
the welcoming hand from those Of us who have
borne the heat and burden Of the day.
To our naturalized brethren we say, we do not
love the foreigners less than when We first extend
ed an invitation to them to find home from OPP
preston on our shores we do not love them less,
but zoe love our country more. And we find that
if we do not protect the ark Of our liberties from
the proffered support of oficious hands, we shall
all be involved in one common destruction.
When the emigration to our country did not ex-
ceed 10000 per year, we did not feel the effects
oft. Those who thus came among US were alb
sorbed in eur customs, and forgot their native
country in measure, and strove to become Amer
leans. Now the small stream has become an over
whelming torrent, and threatens 10 submerge the
whole land. Instead of mixing among Us and be-
coming part Of us, whsle counties are found in
which the English language cannot be understood.
The foreigners retain their cannish spirit their
customs traditions, habits, yea, and language they
form foreign colony in our midst as distinct In
fact from us as they are in habit, though they are
under our government. 1t is this we deprecate.
II is this we would prevent.
He did not regard the foreign born citizen with
feelings of distrust or hatred, nor did the party.
He could cordially welcome them, but he could not
accord to them the power to rule and ruin the
common country No man felt more charity for
the misfortunes of oppressed lands than he.-
In this very hail. not many years ago, he had spo-
ken at meeting in which the citizens Of Washing
ton were raising money to send to famine stricken
Ireland and he had introduced bill in the Senate,
which was passed. appropriating $500, 900 from the
National Treasury for the benefit of the starving
Irish.
He implored the naturalized citizen to come to
the assistance of the country of his choice If the
American party is successful, you are as richly
rewarded as we in its increased prosperity. Should
it fail, you will be involved in the common ruin.
He would give them his hand, then. Come and
help us We are more in danger from the way in
which our common enemies use the ballot-box than
their use of the cartridge-box.
The business of the American party was to pre-
serve the Constitution and the Union intact; to
preserve them from every hand that should be
raised against them and they had everything to
hope from the patriotism of their course.
He closed by saying "we strive for our native
born sovereignty and our native-born supremacy
in the land which benefcent God has given u.s.
Who is he that resist the American people,
when in just cause they stand before God and
man to defend their rights?" If the party win but
act worthy of their noble cause they will triumph
through its purity and patriotism. [Cheers, long
and loud.
Mr. +. S. Evans was now loudly called for, and
took the stand and made a few eloquent aud ap-
propriate remarks, when the meeting was closed
with "three times three" for the nominees