The true Democrat., 1856-07-01
Tells Speech at Clarksville.

Tells Speech at Clarksville
 In my last, Mr. Editor, 1 stated that the com pendium of the census gave 37l ,839 as the vote of naturaized citizens. This earless manner of making the statement may be misconstrued; the compendium gives that number as the num- Der of naturalized citizens who are entitled to vote somewhere in the United States Of course the number that actually votes is much less
 l shall pass over the nonsense which this would-be governor tried to force down the throats of his audience must however men, ton thing or two that would come very mer- itorously under that head. Thus by way of lmpressing upon our minds, at one lick, an idea ot his lmmensity as we'll as of his patrotism- he told us the motive that induced him to go through so much labor in canvassng the State, was hegood ot the country, and not out of any con- sideratlon of private gain. For said he, I can make by one speecb ill law case as much as the Governors salary for year amounts to-I One speech at $500 %, According to this measure of value the people will get out ot eemes, during his present canvass, aDjSdom to the amount of 1892, 600 % that is if he makes ! one speech to a county. This is low est mate as the public usually pay more for servi- | ces than individuals do.
 He also told us in forcible manner how cor rupt our Conway-J ohnson rulers had been how for the last 20 years they had been fatteuing upon the ruin of the State. And, said he, with what relentness oppression do they follow upI those who oppose them. See, he exclaimed, with what malice they pursue me wherever l go-I who have abored necessarily and have spent my money for the last Is years to sus- tain them. Why have they pursued me with such bitterness? The Small fry'' here thought that it was strange, rather, that such patriot should stick so long with, and take so much pains to sustain such corrupt set and not give the alarm before, but many of them thought 1t would be more suitable to our lgorance not to '"quire too deep into the script" Some, however, were presumptous enough to believe that Saint Jeemes had not let them into the whole of the secret. Perhaps MT. Editor, you can enighten
 em upon this part of the subject.
 The position l most desire to notice at this time is the oue that this Know Nothing apos tie ayers was the moving cause of his joining the so-called American party, and which he said should induce every southern man to fol- low his example The fact, as he stated, that the foreigners who came to the United States settled almost entirely in the north, thereby ln- creasing the freesoil strength as against the south. This is an error, which, whenever ho- nestly entertained, arises from one point of view; the habit of considering numbers as the criterion of northern strength against the south, without considering the process or policy by which northern strength Is made to effect the south The Banks, the Wilson's and the Camp bells of the north and the ButlerS the Masons and the Benj jaminS of the south, know that this famous southern Know Nothing argument is fallacy. Freesoilism is the great ostensible con trolling principle at the north; next to 1t in inn portance is Know Nottingham In the session before the last of the Massachusetts Legislature every member, including the governor, vas Know Nothing save one. There are large ma jorites of Know Nothings also in the legisla- lures of the other New England States. And in every instance, with scarcely an exception, the Know Nothing strength is the freesol strength These facts ought to make any south ern man uneasy who has espoused Know Noth- ingism upon the strength of this position. If the political privileges now offered to foreigners are favorable to freesolism--why do the lead ing freesoilers seek to abrogate them: l am aware that Seward and Greeley, of NeO Fork, claim to be anti Know Nothing, but every in telligent politician knows that this exception to the general rule can be easily accounted for. It is clear that the Know Nothing freesoilers are satisfied that the success of Know Noth- lnglsm will not weaken the strength of the north as against the south, but the reverse.
 In the first place, they know, if they desired it, it is altogether impracticable to stop emigra
 tion-but they have no such an object in view they do not wish 1t. They have no induce ment in the world to stop the influx of foreign | wanted in the United States as they ever were, that the avenues of enterprise are tenfold greater now than they were 60 years ago. And the more laborers the cheaper the labor. What do they want then of Know Nottingham? To cut off what is called the foreign vote throughout the United States, not because 1t is the vote of
 foreigners but because majority of them cast the democratic uote. But why do they desire to
 weaken the democratic strength? Because
 there are two doctrines in the democratic creed
 that have always been mainly instrumental in
 saving the south from tue northern grasp
 cheap land and plenty of it-and low tariffs.
 These doctrines the northeastern States have
 ever been opposed to- t has alacays consti-
 tuted almost entirely, the grand aim of their
 politics The first gives happy homes to the
 noor. but it drains Yankeedom of it's white U slaves-makes labor high-and consequently