Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-01-23
Forcigu sm M isra,ion-g. Effect "pon IN"
south.

The effect Of foreign immigration upon the Pc
cuiar institutions of the South is subject for the
gravest consideration of the people OF The South
erp States To the vast number of foreigners
yearly and monthly and weekly and daily swarm
ING into our maritime ports to sock homes in our
midst may be Justly attributed the constantly in
creasne strength of the freesoil section, which is
now preparing practically to- exclude slavery
from every foot of federal territory outside OF
the District of Columbia, to hem in the States in
which negro slavery exists by n Gordon OF new
States from which slaves will be forever excluded
and oeaselessly to keep up the agitation of tho
slavery question by political parties 10 the i'm
mnent danger of a dissolution Of tho Union and
the destruction of our Republican institutions.
This vast immigration of foreigners to the number
of nearly half million year is 10 be dreaded, be-
cause, was said by Thomas Jefferson in his Notes
Virginia in Isl, they bring with them the prin-
ciplcs OF the government which they leave imbibed
in early youth, or else throw them OF in exchange
for an unbounded RIGHTEOUSNESS" Sharing with ns
the legislation of the country, they, Mr. Jefferson
said "infuso into il their spirit, warp and bias its di
rcetions, and render II Heterogeneous, ncoherent,
and distracted mnss4n Mr.. Jefferson and his contem-
porares considered only the reasons why this mmi-
grafton inexpedien for the whole country at a
time when the number of foreign immigrants
only some 4,O0D year. AT present when the amount
of foreign immigration Is more than hundred times
ms great as it WAS when Mr. Jefferson wrote his
Notes on Virginia" it il for the general rea-
a hundred times more objectionable than it
then and moreover, there are particular reasons
why il should he strenaonsy discouraged by NIL TIE
people of the Southern States. While we are will
ling to extend TO the foreigners who may hereafter
come among us safe refuge from mpnarchieal ty-
ranny the right To acquire and to hold property and
10 protect them ia Their lives their persons, their
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clearly demonstrate that the South should seriously,
promptly and unanimously insist that they shall not
he permitted to SHIRE IN our legislation at least until
they shall have become fully and certainly qualified
appreciate the spirit of our republican institutions
and to understand the delicate machinery of our
Government
Nine hundred and ninety mine out Of every thous-
and of these foreigners come among Us lmbued with
irremo'able preudlees against the Institution OF ne
gro slavery. Nine-tonths of this foreign immigration
goes TO swell the population of the North and
tributes to the strength of the party there composed
of the hcrcest most anacal, most reckless and most
relentless Abolitonists For several years pnst the
number ofiorc gners coming into the country has in
creased in almost geometrical progression The num-
Der of them arriving now in single year IS sufficient
10 furnish population for ten States equal TO Florida
and while this immigration continues at this rate, IN
der the operation of the sqnnler sovereignty principle
ten frccsoil Stntcs, entitled to twcaty Senator in
the United States Senate and ten members of the low
er House OF Congress, may apply for admission into
the Urion every year so long territory Ifnaua
of which new States may hc erected. Already the
foreigners in a number OF the States, hold thu bal-
nnec of power between political parties aud actually
control the elections, nnd, IN Little while through
the systematic efforts which have been begun by mn
organized association Of Northern Abolition ianalcy
10 induce forcgn immigrants to settle Immediately in
the unoccupied Federal Territories, our very worst
calculations may be realized and the immediate rep
rcsentntives Of foreigners in the Senate aud Congress
pf he ItpJ tutp ,,t,I, h,J ia, lnI
ance OF power there but actually outnumber the
representatives of the native born citizens in both
branches Of our National Legislature. Then farewell
10 our republican institutions farewell To the rights
OF the South, TO the Constitution and the unionl
The miserable red republican radicnsm announced
n the PLATFORM of the Free German Republicans vii
be speedily substituted for present $, stem ofgof-
ernment. The prayers of the people of the Southern
states to be let alone in the possession of their prop
ery and in the exercise of thelr rights recognized by
the Constitution will be seorntully rejected Anar-
ehy and distraction will take the place of government
and order. y mcrciless prescription Of natiye-born
eitizens will bc instituted. Our great, glorious, and
prosperous Union WILDE rent in Fragments aud amid
the shouts OF victory from popcs and potentates in
the Old World, temple of liberty will he shiyer-
ed, aud the freedom which now enjoy will become
thing of the past N sehool-boy' IS tale the wonder
of an hour, 20 future generations Lou,seHf Jour-
nal