Washington telegraph., 1856-07-16

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tchalns, bound round with flowers, but inly
wrought of despotism stronger than bars
OF triple steel as grasping and as remorse
less as the Unsuitable lust of the arch fend
his superior, in that, the Celt, barely free
from the shackles which his land inglori.
ousiy wears, assumes in set terms his pre-
eminence, and warns us,as we fear national
death, to give into his hands the preser-
walton of all the rights and immunities
which we ought to hold so dear; his supe-
rior, in that the infdel German, the radical
illumlnist, fresh, perhaps, from the damp
air of tyrant's prison, or the just arrived
fugitive from the myrmidons of despot,
finding upon our shores home and friends,
folds his arms for moment while he sur
veys the theatre of his future efforts.
and In the next hour squares himself for
the self-imposed task of arraigning the
inheritOrs of the soil on which he moves.
to plead at the bar of his insane dream, in
vindication of their right to think for
themselves; of arraigning the regularly
chosen executors of the law for violations
of faith and direlictiOn from duty, and of
lmpleading the people to answer for COM
plicity with the magnates, whom he would
depose, to assume at once the powers which
he Judges them unfit to be intrusted with; ;
his superior, in that this same impertinent
intermeddler would, with one dash of his
pen, blot out the record of the past, and
do forever away with the acknowledgment
OF any fee in species of property to which
perhaps his eye had been unaccustomed; !;
his superior, in that he demands the re-
cognition of the correctness of his views
by the American people, and promises to
give, or threatens to withhold his support,
dependent upon their compliance with, OF
rejection of his terms. And in the name
of high Heaven, whittier is this condition
of affairs tending, and where is it to end
There are two alternatives. Which one
will the American people accept? Shall
the Romanist and the Agrarian-the two
embOdiments of that great evil in foreign
ism so much to be feared-pursue un-
checked the path which they would follow
for their own aggrandizement, and our In
evitable humiliation, or shall the evil be
mitigated, the danger summarily checked?
Here, on the one hand, we have an existing
evil, a porcer in the land at work with the
specific and declared purpose of subverting
our institutions power whose strength
consists in the right which under the
present laws, the individuals comprising
it, possess, of exercising the elective fran
chise. This po,cer is daily becoming more
to be feared, dreaded and guarded against
by reason of constantly increasing acces-
sions to their ranks. 1t needs but little
foresight to perceive that a very short time
will, if the present ratio of increase is kept
up, suffice to give them actually, the con-
trolling power in the government. This
is fact not to be gainsayed. On the other
hand, We have a party which arrays itself
against this power, and seeks to ourtail its
operation by legitimate means, which no
man can assert it is not within tie province
of the American people to make use of.
The American party propose to place it
out of the power of these foreign hordes to
meddle with our institutions, by restricting
the privilege which they have heretofore
enjoyed, and which they seem determined
to abuse. 1t rests with the American peo-
pie to say whether they will endorse this
policy. We believe they will They can
endorse it, and We believe they will endorse
it, by supporting the candidates for the
highest Offices which are within their gift,
who stand pledged to the maintenance
of this doctrine in its fullest sense. This
is the remedy-the only remedy which is
offered. If the evil does exist, the remedy
should be applied. We ask whether it
does not exist We know there can be
but one answer.
The American Party also declare as
ment of such laws as will prevent the
landing "of all paupers and persons con-
victed of crime, npon our shores" That
such an enactment would be fairly within
the limits of the exercise of their reserv-
ed rights, there can be no doubt; indeed,
the right is not questioned. That an abb
solute, imperative necessity exists for taking
such steps as will secure the accomplish
ment of the purpose referred to above, is
evident and palpable to the plainest un-
derstanding. Whatever fine spun theo-
ries may be advanced in opposition to the
change proposed in the Naturalization
laws, there can be found none who dis
pute the propriety Of this measure 1t
will be our task to produce at some con-
venient season statistical information rela-
tive tn the number and condition of ind;