Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-25
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= In the natumn Of 1856, Governor GAADSER, 10 an
address before the House o. Representatives Of
Massachusetts. recommended certain constitutional
smeudments imposing disabilities on The foreign
population Of the State, alleging, in justification
the hostility Of this class to free Institutions He
especially rePros he'd the foreigners with having
decided the late election against FKEHCNT by their
casting vote, and declared with bitterness that
" this horde OF foreign. born voters have stricken
down a robe cause :" that "lhe foreign vote,
with hardly an exception, always has been, and
in The nature OF tlingl ever vii and must be, at
trscted to that PARTY hieh always practically cr-
operates with slavery ct tie Seuth;" that "aliens
are omitted to spPreciate or rightly nss tie great
trust il the exercise Of which hey are unwisely
permitted to participate and more 10 the same
effect.
And yet the Know Noting papers Of this and
other southern States, assume ard argue from it,
without giving particle Of proof, that the great
badly Of ths foreign emgranu to this country are
aboiiuoEists and should, therefore, be prescribed
By the south. Such e system Of reasoning is not
even on 3 par with respectable nonsense. It is
twaddle-the worst Of twaddlo-aS meaningless
as the disoordsnt cacklrg Of 9 guinea fowl.
But 1uppo;e ore half Of the foreign born popu-
latioa Of the free Sites were kboliIionisls, what
would il prove2 Are not enc half Of their native
population the same way = ard is it any worse in
= foreigner 10 oppose slavery than native! Hard
u ca bad, we think. We sseert, what is generally
understood and no resp zctsble Know Nothing dare
deny that, taking theis relative proportion, there
were more American born citizens in the free
States who voted for FREMONT in tbs rscest elea-
lion, tlsn Of the foreign bosn.
The Know Nothing papers Of the South are ar
gUiDg that most OF our foreign population are Op
posed to slavery therefore the people Of the South
should join the Know Nothipg5 in putting down
foreigners. Are our opponents sincere7 Did they
not join the Black Republicans at the Forth for the
same puTp5se1 Wss there ever body that warred
more inczEssntly on foreigners than the Black Re.
publican Know Nothing Legislature Of Massschu-
rstls2 And did rot the Know Nothing papers 0.
Nashville apElIadi tee election Of thst body I
Did they not opplqaa the eeclioa Of this very
man GARDEER2
The fact Of lie matter b, Know Noshirg.sm is
hypooritica Its opposition to foreigners is on &C.
count Of their Democratic procivitos. II the for
eigners would Only vote with the Know Nothirgs
against the Democrats, their lbJtOn tendencies
would be 4 mat or Of small consequence Most oil
foreigners happen to be Democrats, and therefore
they have always been very bad people in the eyes
tae opposition. 1t was no; because Of their sboli-
Gonism thst hey we're driven with clubs brass
kuuckles and blnnderbus,es from the polls 10 our
sou.her1 cities 1t was rot for their aboidOuism
lhst they we're mot bed and murdered, their
Louzes sacked and burned in L5uityille, Baltimore
and Now Oc,aas Ne. Il was because they were
DemoerGb aud dsEired TO vote the Democratic
ticket Nothing else, and he world knows it
This very party vtoss hsnds are now reeking
with the blood Of he foreigner, would, to-m0rrov -,
salute him with k 50 if be would only vose with
It, and against tho Democracy. There Is no telling
WHIST such party would rot do. Bat thanks to
the virtue and intelligence Of the people, it is not
likely 10 future to have the power 70 do anything,
except ts excite che contempt and scorn Of MAJ
kind in general