Gazette and sentinel., 1860-10-06

ed OF harDOrllS III his DOSOln anu III HIS
nature a proclivity towards every de-
scription of ism which here in the South
is repuIsive to the principles of the
people, and therefore calculated to in
iure his prospects of election, it becomes
us this week not only to clear his skirts
of the charge of Know Nothingism, as
we nave of Disunionism, but to prove
we did last week which was the
DiSuniun candidate-which is also the
X. y. candidate.
In his famous speech at Knoxville,
during the last Presidential canvass,
John Bell not only said what we have
already published from the Catholic
Standard as his sentiments against the
| religion Of the Catholics, but he went
on also in defending the prescription of
foreigners by the Know-Nothing party.
In that Knoxville speech, he said--read
and remember it
The fears Of the timid have been ap-
pcaled to by the assailants of the Anne
rican party, and their cooperation III
voked in putting it down, on the alleged
ground that its policy, in regard to TO
rcigners, tends to provoke riot and
bluUdShed. 1t is said that this new par
ty has been stained with blood, in its
very birth, and that from this we may
augura bloody future. Yes !, blood has
been shed, and it MAY f~oreshadow a
bloody future. | will not stop to inquire
who provoked the shedding Of blood III
Louisville and other places, but this |
SAY, that whatever party may have
| given the provOcatioh, it Is BETTER
THAT \ LITTLE BLOOD SHOULD
SPRINKLE THE PAYMENTS AND
SIDEWALKS of our cities now than
that their streets should be drenched in
| blood hereafter, or that the highways
and open fields of our country should
drink up the blood of its citizens slain
in deadly conflict between armed bands
it may be between disciplined legions
native Americans on the one side and
foreigners, supported by native faction
lists, ON the other. And this WILL BE
OUR FUTURE, unless now, and before
it is too late. we ERECT SUFFICIENT
BARRIERS TO ARREST THE TOR
RENT OF ALIENS AND STRAIN
GERS, which threatens in a few years
more to food the whole land
This is the identical language of John
Bell, the candidate who now seeks the
votes of those very foreigners he allu-
| ded 10, to assist in elevating him to the
Presidency. Vain and cgotistic sxpec-
tation I! Where is the alien who could
be so regardless of his manhood and
his honor, as to elevate the man who in
| this free land would refuse to him a ha-
| bitation, as well as the fruits and bles-
sings of liberty. For, for what were
| those Sufficient barriers" which Mr..
Bell would erect to arrest the tor
rent of aliens and strangers pouring
into this country? Nothing less than
an act prohibiting their entrance. Such
bill it seems, or one of similar import,
WAS presented to Congress /: and the re-
marks of Mr.. Breckenridge on that bill,
which follow below, will show in what
light he regarded the American or Know
Nothing party. Mr.. Breckenridge, in
the course of his remarks before the
House of Representatives, said:
Il do not propose to enlarge on this
subject. l regard this bill lin regard
to the emigration of foreigners as
ONE OF THE FRUITS of the PRO
SCRIPTIVE FEELING which is just
now p%ervading this country. know it
is popular, and | know it is sweeping
like a hurricane from One end of the
country to the other; but it Is IN CON
FLICT WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES OF OUR GOVERN
MENT, and | am willing to OPPOSE
MY HAND TO II, and await the time
when there shall be a reaction in the
public sentiment, as | know there will
be-"
Could the principles of two men be
more dramatically opposite, than are
those of John Bell and John c. Breck-
inridge with reference to the Know-No-
thing party? After, therefore, reading
the expressions of their sentiments, a
child could correctly answer the inter-
rogation at the head of this column.
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