Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-04-27
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Henry .Sda"k,i fnd.-No. }.
The consequences which necessarily s.v
ed from this th-Flournoy-know- thin.
heresy, Us it WAS termed hy the Examine
were not slow in manifesting thcmSolva,
Gov. Smith ceased 10 cooperate with Il.
Democratic party arm in arm with T0.,
:. FlOurnoy. he stumbled into the BRAN.
bles and quagmircs of Abolition and Fci.
raj heresy, and, finally, babe adicu To- S,s..
Rights politics, which constituted the yn-r
life and soul of the Democratic party II.
sovereignty Of the States, and III" Gni.r
the States. This hercsy now formed the v.,
ant wool OF his new career. And t,!lpv-,
in the track of Nil who have wandered IN il,
the Democratic fold. his course became de,
Gus and uncertain, and although, a, be- m,,.,
along his new pathway, he may have she's
along it the brilliant flashes Of the conner.
light, vet il was as wondruus and ec,eu,ri.
Once involved, there was no retreat, Ono.
fallen, the decree was inexOrahle. Move m,
And like another angel, whose sin vas a Nj.
gle thought of ambition, Through Straigb,
rough. dense, or rare, with head, hand,
wings, or feet, pursued MS way
lie no longer meets with his Democrat
friends in their meetings and address,
them, but, BY invitation, addresor, hi, Lew
allies. in words that breathe, and thought,
that burn On the very eve which prrred.
ed the grand battle which was to seal the
dcstinies of the two parties, for veal or ruin.
he did not appear in the council Of the De
mocracy, which met on that eve, but gave
words of comfort and encouragement to the
advocates of the Smith F!ournoy.K now.
Nothing" heresy. His Know Nothing friend,
approaching his aid and its value, ISSUED the
Observation-Disclosures but Americans on guard
tonight His name was duly put on roll,
and the result, hlr election Ia Congress.
The first movement uf Gov. Smith, after
his election in 80, WAS HE refusal To cooper.
ate with the Democratic party in It's caucus
III regard 70 the election Of a Speaker. The
party adopted Il resolution, in view Of the
new aspect Of things, the rise Of Know Moth.
ingism and Black Republicanisn. expressive
OF tho determination Of the party not to
unite or affiliate with any other party. Gov.
Smith, 'solitaty md ~aiORS." raised the flag
of defiance, and refused To cooperate with
the Democratic party in their cducMS. He
regarded the determination Of the party a,
one OF war on the Know Nothings. They
were his friends and allies he would not,
therefore, combine against them. His reiu.
sal To act with the Democratic party was
consistent.
After his reelection in 81, II measure of
grave interest and Importance comes W.
Minnesota. the last of the North estern
States, formed in part out of that magnif.
cent domain, which Virginia, with a generous
muniicence unsurpassed, brought AS n bridal
dowry TO the altar of the Union, presented 4
constitution and asked a. be admitted mt that
Union. Her constitution was Republican.
She had elected under that constitution two
Democratic Senators, and two Democratic
Representatives. One of the Senators vas
Gen. Shields. the brave and gallant freshman.
who distinguished himself in the army Of
Mexico, whose blood stained the rocky passr,
of Cerro irOrdo, and who bravely bore the
stars and stripes" to tho palace OF the
Mpntezumas. Yer, Gov. Smith voted again;
the admission Of Minnesota as a State. The
Senators aud Representatives from Mime
sofa were Democrats, loyal To the cUnsttu.
ton and to the rights Of the South, and yet
Gov. Smith opposed her admission into th"
Union Of States. The intense hostility which
animated Gov. Smith against foreign immi-
grafton. arose from the contemplation of the
fact, that the emigrants generally settled IN
the MISUNDERSTANDING States, thereby aug
menting Northern representation, and giving
to the non-slaycholding interests the repre-
sentative power. This argument was offered
up in defence of Southern Democracy and
Southern Institutions, and to appeaSe tins
bloody Moloch which iiUv. Smith mad con
ceiyed, in the shape of Southern interests,
he would have offered up the poor exil%t
foreigner as a holocaust Of peace. South
ern interests demanding such a sacrifice
seems TO have been a myth which haunted
only the lmagiuations of Gov. Smith and
poor Flournoy. For it was an established
iact, that the nuturalizcd citizens AZ the
North were conservative, Union-loving men;
that they held No sympathy with the Aboll-
t~ionists, but, IN the contrary. opposed their
movements, with staunch fidelity to the con
stitutional and legal rights Of the South.
Was not the fact notorious, that, when a lr-
giniau sought the restoration OF his slave IN
Boston, it was hi Irish regiment Of vol
unteer soldiers who stood braycly by the
rights of the Virginia citizen. by the law
and the constitution. and that in this con
test, in behalf of a Virginia citizen, a brave
Irishman poured out his blood.
Yet, with these facts staring them full IN
the face, Gov. Smith, and the young Asca-
MUS" Thomas .Stanhope FHournoy, tread
ing after him, haad paSsiLus pluS. loudly
proclaimed their desire u arrest tins imml-
grafton, because Of its baneful influences TO
the Southern interests. The emigrant-, NJ
we have seen, are the natural friends and
allies Of the South. and every Southern man
should foster, rather than check, q healthtul
augmentation of foreign immigration.
Run Il parallel between the views Of Go7.
Smith and his follower, flpurnoy, and IN"
Know Nothing Abolition Legislature Of Mas.
sachusett-. who di-bauded the Irish reg
mcnt, and denied the privileges Of citizenship
to all foreigners, for the part they had taken
in the rescue Of Anthony Burns. The for
is, therefore. to be placed between
an upper and neither milestone, and ground
between th0m-Norihcra .fboiitioHtSm ant
SHiih- FIDiThCy-k H0W-. NOhDtyiSm.
Gov. Smith wa, not satisfied with casting
his vote against the admission Of Minnesota,
he delivered an earnest and labDrei
argument against it. The ground ola which
he rested his argument, was the logical result
of his Know Nothing proclivitIes. The con-
of Minnesota contained a provision
allowed the right Of suffrage within
State to resident persons Of foreign
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