Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-08-23
FOR THE
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BRECKINRIDGE AND LANE,
Observation-Disclosures zen,.

The BELL party of this and other Southern States
are now assiduous in their endeavors to persuade
our naturaized citizens either to vote directly for
Mr.. BELL or give him their aid by throwing their
votes away on Mr.. DOUGLAs. The BELL men know
that there is not the remotest possible chance for
Mr.. DoUGLAs TO carry a single Southern State. They
likewise know that the more Democrats they can
persuade to vote for Mr.. DOUGLAS the nearer Mr..
BEL. viii come Of carrying a State. Before our
foreign population are thus beguiled by the Know
Nothing leaders, we are determined that they shall
be fully posted as to the doctrines of Mr.. BELL and
Mr.. EVERETT upon questions Of great moment to
evssy native of foreign land resident in America.
We have already published copious extracts from
the speech made by Mr. BELL at Knoxville, in Sep
tember 1855, not very long after the Know Nothing
butcheres in Baltimore, Louisville and New Orleans
In that speech Mr.. BELL used the following language
We ask our foreign citizens to read 1t:
"After full consideration have come to the concu-
sion that the best mode IN which l can serve my
country at the present time is stand by the Amer
Jean party. | am not a member of the order. but /
feel that an at heart true 10 the great and leading
principles Of The party as could be loere formally
iHi'iated into one o. It's coIulcas.
II The dmerieGl, party shall succeed IN cut
ting of the perennial supply Of fresh recruits TO the
Democratic standard deired from The dnHaol ittr of
the half million Of foreigners or more the Democratic
leaders may still find that they 1cA hare to fight their I-
tiTe BATHS Jrith diminished chances Of success. But
whatever alliances the Democrats may form with
foreigners and Roman Catholics-howevcr the lead
may fret and rage-with whatever obstinacy of
purpose they may seek to crush resist the Amer
lean party, they will fail TO defeat the great end and
fundamental policy Of that party"
-"The fears of the tmld have been appealed to, by
the assailants the American party, and theircoOp
eraticn invoked. in putting it down. the alleged
ground that its policy, regar1 TO foreigners tends
TO provoke riot and bloodshed. II is said that this
new party has been stained with blood in its very
birth, and that from this, we may augur a bloody
future Yes blood has been shed, and it may fore
ShddsaU bloody tJd1re- / will not stop to inquire
who provoked the shedding of blood in Louisville
and other places but this will say, that lchdteUer
party MAY hare giUea the prOCOcdtiO is better that
little blood should sprinkle the pdUeneRtS and side
Iods Of Our cities than that their streets should be
drenched IN blood hereqfte7 that the highways and
open fields Of country should drink ayD the blood of
as citizens slain IN deadly conflict bereell armed bands
ii nay be bei0een disciplined legouS- AHperi-
cans on The one side aud foreigners supported bu ndfiUe
fact oStS The other. And this will be our future,
unless now and before it is too late we erect su-
cient barriers 10 arrest the torrent of aliens and
strangers, which threatens in few years more, TO
food the land
We now invite attention to the position of Mr. Ev-
ERETT. 1t is well known that during the past there
has been an occasional controversy between our
government and the governments of Europe to the
right of the foreign subject to leave the old country
come to the United States and become citizen
thereof and then return. 1t was claimed by several
of the European governments that if any OF their
subjects came to this country without having per-
formed their full term of military service and with
out having obtained from the proper authorities in
the old world "a certificate of emigration they
would be subject to military service upon their re-
turn to the land Of their BIRTH though they bad
become citizens of the United States. In 1858 Mr..
EVERETT. now A candidate for the Vice Presidency
on the BELL. ticket, was Secretary Of State
Two native subjects Of Prussia came TO th.s
country and became naturalized citizens, Dir.
JOSEPH KRAcKE and Mr.. 3. MEYER. Mr.. kRAoKEs pa
rents moved from Prussia to Holland, when Mr. h.
was only fourteen years old From thence they
emigrated to the United States. Mr.. h went to
CINCINNATI purchased real estate, and became natu-
rallied. After residence of several years IN I'm
cinnati he Travelled to Europe by direction of his
physician, on account Of impaired health. He had
a passport from the Government Of the United
States Mr. KRAcKE, in his petition to the American
Minister, says:
"On my arrival at Reclle, was at once arrested
by the police of the place. and for the fulfilling Of
nv military obligations as a Prussan subject, which
no longer consider myself brought here for
military service and must moreover serve three
years on military duty. Under these unfor-
tuuate circumstances turn myself with the utmost
confidence to your Excellency, with the honorable
petition that you viii intercede with the Prusslan
royal government that !, a citizen Of the United
States of North America. and as such not under al
eglance subject of this country, shall be let tree
from military service
Mr.. 3. MEYER was a Eatire Of Paderborn, Prus-
sia. At the age of Is, he emigrated to America
without permit Of emigration He became n1tu-
raized citizen and after absence of seven years
returned to Germany, furnished with a passport as
an American citizen Before entering Prussia. a
judgment was rendered cordemning him TO nav a
fhe of fifty thalers Mr. MEYER applied IN The
American Minister, at Berlin to procure fo, hin,
Of the fine, and permission 70 ,isi+
bis widowed mother, who still lived at Pa5arbor.
The Prussian government refused to release tho e.,
or permit him to make temporary stay in Prpssio
The PrussIsn Government said:
9TH government cannot authorize Meyer to make
4 temporary soiourn at Paderborn to regulate his
family affairs it must insist, on the contrary thar
his vo1nr man if he place his foot Prussan soil
be incorporated into the army.
In his quality of Prussian subject he is subject to
military service in Prussia not having presented
himself in due time to range himself under the ban
hers, he was duly condemned TO a fine conformably
with tine regulations of law. Even if Meyer pay
he fine which has been imposed on him. he still
continues under obligation 20 do duty IN the army
IS every other subject Of the King able TO bear arms
nd until this obligation is satisfied, he cannot law