Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-06-12
AFTERNOON SESSION.

At B o'clock the Council reassembled
President Bartlett in the chair.
The Committee not having returned,
Senator Crittenden was called to the stand
and proceeded to address the meeting in
his accustomed masterly and eloquent man
ner. We subjoin brief synopsis of his
remarks: q
John j Crittenden said: 1 have the
honor of being only IN adopted member
and felt surprised atbeing among the spea-
kers, You have heard so much said. so
eloquently and so well that l might have
been omitted, have listened with sati,
faction to the entle zen who have prec,-
ded me. | wish | could boast of them all
as Kentuekians; but they are my fellow
citizens fthe Unit.d States. I am Ken
tuckian by birth, and Low her with all the
possible depth ofmy affections, But am
more fond Of another title, and that is of
being citizen ofthe United States. None
higher can be claimed by man. 1t is
protection to him wherever he may travel,
and his rights in that capacity the proud
est monarch of urope hesitates to violate
or offend 1t is for this reason that | feel
the most anxious solicitude for the perpe.
tuity of the Union. 1t is only in that re-
spect that we are known aud recognized
by the whole world l value this Union
because it gives me great and mighty
country. 1t is not too large, for know
that my feelings and-hoPes and aspirations
can comprehend the whole scope
Will we mar the great destiny ofour land
by any sectional jealousies of this great
volume of intellect in one hundred Milo
of freemGn. Think of the immense power
in the hands and hearts and heads oft at
number of enlightened and patriotic men.
The Roman Empire never pr 'sented such
a pectacle. We cannot set limits to their
achievements. You may measure the pow
er of the mightiest ste m engine, but it is
nothing to compure to the mental force
which is leading US on in the progress of
current. This is the mission of the mer-
lean part Ito nurture thisgreat legacy of
which we are the only inheritors. There
dangers whichit only can OBJ
Viate. Among these is that Of foreign in
auence, so rapidly increasing and so alar- /
ming in allrespects. In the earlier history
Of the Republic we granted foreigners Ger
tain privileges. Theywcre butfow in num-
ber, and rapidly became absorbed and
Americanized into our native population.
But now they come by thousands and hun
1reds of thousands, and there is a pros
pect of their coming in denser multitudes
[ am willing that they. should Use our
,ou TRY as refuge or an asylum, but we
without pusillanimously acting,
yield them the privilege of governing the !
Can he not defer that ambition,
while he can enjoy our rights of property
ind liberty?
This is the enemy in the Trojan horse
N our midst, more dangerous and alarming
han if living without our borders and ma
king external attacks From such enc
mics we can the more readily defend our
selves, Aud why are we not all of the
same mind? Whyarc some willing to give
up this inheritance to allow the foreigner
to share their rights and annul their votes.
| think it is an insult to our manhood for
these aliens to demand of us equal rights,
and cannot allow my honor, my native,
nborn rights to 30 partaken of by them.--l
For the glorious immunities and privileges
Of our American citizenship our fathers
fought and bled, and SO help me God | am
willing to fight and bleed for their mainte-
nance against the foreign hordes who are
on our liberties.