Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-25
Natlonal Democrat.
| COMMUNICATED
IOUMMUNICAIED.
European Emigration aud its Effects
upen our Owni Affairs.

european Emigration and its Effects
upon our own Affairs.
EpIroR DEMOCRAT Those men who shall
now occupy our attention may, to a certain
axtent. at least, be little more dangerous in
regard to our peace with other nations and
principally with Europe. They did not leave
their native country without some feeling Of
revenge, and this feeling, we may well ad-
INIT will guide and influence them for many
years if not forever, in all they will under
take ia this country. They are mostly of the
conviction that a man who has received a
through education, who is gifted with good
intellect and who possesses high classical at
sainments, must also be an accomplished leg
tslator or statesman. They mostly believe
that reading history is sufficient to dscrim.
mate between good and bad they do not
know that history only describes things gone
by for many years, and that we are less apt
toiudge causes and effects in reading history
that we are in seeing ourselves laws and meas
ures applied to men and societies generally.
Our own experience as colaborers united to
sound judgment will help us digest our
knowledge of history as we'll as all our thor
Ough education and classical attanments-
The whole is necessary to become a good
legislator or statesman.
But they have mostly 70 experience what
ever, for they have, on leaving their native
country, never earned a cent by their own
exertions During their stay at universities,
they were supported by the means of their
parents, and had no opportunity to learn the
less poetical side of life generally they, like
all young students were mostly generous
hearted young men, became members of Sc
cret societies-swore to revenge suffering hu-
manity-but they were discovered and had
to find refuge in our country. They are
mostly not fit for business, and very few of
them will attempt career of this kind. We
will see many of them strive for public offices,
and very often they will begin with writing
for public papers or taking very active part
at election times. Political agitation they
are mostly in search for, and to the most ex-
treme radicals they often belong l need not
say that l am here speaking of generalities
and that amongst them there are many very
honorable exceptions to be found Many of
them are endowed with great talent, and as
demagogical stump-speakers, or as public
writers, we have to fear them in regard to
our European population. They well know
that, when they speak about FIVE minutes of
the rights of the people and the duty of the
government to them, they should also speak
TO them during at least enty minutes about
their duties to that government and to soce-
ty In general, but this they carefully avoid,
for reasons well known to them and others
They know well the weak side of humanity :;
they know that we like doctors who find our
disease the less dangerous, preachers who
make the shortest sermons, and politicians
who tell us that we are all sovereigns, that
I'VE can stand with covered heads in presence
of all Kings and Emperors, who only men
tiOn duties others are owing to ourselves,
carefully avoiding those we have to perform
to Others. This they know are often the pol
iticians our European population are likely
to take as their standard bearers, and they
do not care much about the most pernicious
consequences
will not express myself an opinion about
politics. admit that we have in all parties
very honorable men, who are sincerely labor
ing for the best good Of their country. But,
for the sake of argument, | am compelled to
adopt some principles, and therefore make
choice Of those of some of our most promi-
nent statesmen, who said and say "that, if
we like to keep peace in our own country,
ave must keep far from European affairs; as
Song as this can be reconciled with the honor
81 our own country" If we admit this
principle as a good one, [ think and say that
it is necessary to watch those who intend to
make us advance quicker than we ourselves
think is convenient and reasonable. We may
have fire brands enough in our own country,
and need none frOm outside. 1t is, even for
an Intelligent American of the best moral
principle, not an easy task to discriminate as to
who Of our own fellow citizens may be the best
and most fit for cur different pubic offices.
How still more difficult must such choice
be for men who scarcely know cur language,
who know nothing of our feelings, our vir-
tues and faults, and very few Of our public
affairs-for many Of them are often only a
few years amongst us For such persons, |
say, speeches and writings like those have
already mentioned, are most pernicious and
should be avoided, for tAeir votes at the bal.
dOtbox are counted alike the most intelligent
ones
Those Intelligent men who here are the
subject of our reflection, may mostly be very
sincere and we'll meaning, i'm their different
pursuits, but they cannot entirely conceal
their feelings of revenge against what they
call their European enemies, and they will
avail themselves Of all opportunities to per
suade their own countrymen to follow and
make common cause with them, in order to
gain more influence themselves upon our
government and public affairs, and if we are
not conscious of this surrounding danger it
may soon be too late B.
TO be continued.
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Tada Journal, of Friday:
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