The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-01-09

We have long eontended that the love oi
Democracy for our foreign citizrns was regu'
lated, not BY any peculiar sympathy for them
a1 class, but by the value of their voies.-
THIS fact is being daily verified, and the fol-
Ow ing comment OF the Richmond Wing upon
q article that recently appeared in the En-
quirrr of that city, affords additional testimo'
ny 10 the truth of the remark:
Will. agreeing with the Enquirer in de-
prpcaiing the "c"lOn,zati"n of ire labor" III
the slave States. vet we were strurk VIII
| surprise, upon reading it's leader oi WednrS-
day, ut the disparaging, c"nielnpiu"us and
in-uhing language II thought hi To apply I"
forsigners-to men whom it has heretofore
spoken oi in hone,ed phrase, aud who were
such valuable allies Of the Democracy IN the
| lite aud all previous elections. Speaking oi
| hr propos, d SCHEME to colonize somr Italian
| refugee and oih,.r Foreigners in Virginia, the
Enquirer holds the fpllosing language in re-
gard To them:
"Thr character of these immigrants oppose
| nm independent objection 10 their mtrodnc-
ton in the State. Forihe m"si part they are
political c'iprits driven from Europe fur their
sc, ola ionar, violence, and fresh from the in
ircif,'ns atmosphere o fsom'' criminal colony.
Fdcils instruments indeed Of antiSidrey pro
pdgandiSm! Snme ARE ordinary off 'ndrrs
| against the security of life and property; 9th.
ets ARE soldiers whom despotism dismi>srs
from its srrvirr-the pagnbonds ofthe earth in
the pay Of aboiitionism and precipitated here
u on us 10 destroy the palue Of our property
MI, H.. of ans vTiy,,,tnpen
Pretty hard Judgment this for the Enquirer
To pass upon it's p"litlcal and party allies! =
"Fari 4 Instruments OF anti.slavery prop gan
dism"-"ihr vagab"nds of ill- earth in the
pay OF Abnitinnism" That will do very well
--sonsidrring that il comes from Demo
cratic source. Tell us--have not the Wing
nnd American parties always aud nbstiDFtely
contendrd that the great majnrity OF foreign.
ers who come t. this country come filcd
with pr jndicrs against Southern institutions,
and would readily become 'facile Instruments
al anii.slavery propagandism" Have We not
told you, nv,r and over ag in, that these
offenders aud soldiers and 'vagab"nds' from
the over crowded governments at Europe
""nId Immediately uIon their arrival here,
put themselves 'in the pay of Ah"iitinnisln.
and cOrdi div ard naturally unite with thrm
in the ffort fo destroy the value ct our
property nd the security nf our inslItntloi's!
Verify, we have: but wishing to secure the
support of such characters for the ,ndidates
Of the Democratic party, You have den"nncrd
our nsserlions in respect to them as cllumn-
"ns aud false, and have uniformly maintained
that 1t was almost if not quite, safe to rely
upon them fnrthe defence Of Southern rights
and institutions Ms upon those to thr'mnnor
born We nre graliird, nevertheless, that
the eyes Of the Southern Democracy are be-
ing opened 10 the evil fleet Of foreign immi-
grafton upon the interests and the secnrl'y 81
the Snuih even it it is little late in the day
We trust the Enquirer will keep up the ire It
hns 50 wisely commenced.
While np.n this subject, we desire to refer
our radprs t" paragraph in the late sneech
of Senator Bigler, Northern national Demo-
crat, who is attempting to show the imposs'-
bility Of our rrrriiorits being populated, w
c'pi bv those opposed I" slavery. He says:
'lhe vast eni ration to the Territories from
the North. western States, sustained by a con
stant accession from all parts Of ihe worh, can
moi favor the PRONUNCIATION Of sLarery Why
the Senator from Maine has told us what We
know 10 he true, that the owners Of slaves IN
the United States do not number hal. mil
lion, whist those who have n" slaves count
not less than twenty-five millions How then.
] would venture to ask, are the five hundred
thonsrnd Ia rival the twenty-five millions in
the occup1'ion of til" Territories. t" say Moth
ing of emigranfs from other countries, ,cho
come here almost Invariably 10Th strong prgu-
diceS against negro slavery
We hnv" Quotrd this paragraph from the
speech of Senator I}igler, Northern national
Democrat, simply on account of the admission
il cont ins that foreigners come here almost
invariably with s'roug pr,judices against ne
gro s!nvrrv--a potent and ominous fact
which the Wing and Americ IN parties have in
vain endeavorpd to- impress npnn the minds of
tn" Southern people. A. they have chosen
not To believe US on this point, we trust they
will nj least put some confidence in the
representations Of the Enquirer and of MIR.
Bnrhanan's confidential friend, Hon. Senator
Biglrr.