Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-04-30
rHE UNITED AMERICAN PARTY.
10 the Editors N. Q. States.

The editors OF the States, 10 that !
liberal spirit that animates American
journalists, although Withholding the ,
expression Of their opinions upon the
question, gave place in their valua-
Bile issue Of the Sth inst, to the Dec
laration Of the Nev American party"
for the benefit Of whom 1t concerned,
of those who like it, as well as those
who do not
The first shot that answers this
declaration comes from the Louisiana
CApIroLIAN, edited at Baton Rouge,
by Messrs. Jastremski 4 LeSueur,
under date of the 18th inst. Without
the liberality and fairness to repro
duce the declaration, and permit its
subscribers and readers to criticise
the true spirit and national tone OF
the article, the CAPIToL1AN INDUCES
in totally irreverent TRADE, heading
their article "Another Know Nothing
Movement" and calling the inaugu-
rators of the party "hungry boys who,
instead Of waiting till the offices seek
them, are coming forward to seek the
Offices
Well. is it not high time that ma
tive-born Americans should give at
tention to the management Of their
own affairs, especially when foreign
ers take SO active a part in securing
Office under the liberality Of laws
made by our ancestors, aud then tell
the natives to wait till the offices seek
them?
The CAp1ToL1AN then digresses to
inform us of what every one knows
relative to the growth Of this Won
derful country, and expatiates upon
telegraphs, railroads, steamships etc.,
and states that "Our great Cosn,o-
politon nation is welding itself into
the greatest power that the earth has
ever borne on it's BOSOM"
Yes! to American genius the world
is indebted for steam and the tele-
graph but, our government, must
, not be Cosmopolitan, it must be a
National unalloyed American govern
: ment, and that is what we intend to
impress upon our people, ere it is too
late to correct the evil consequences,
The National CAPIToLIAN ina re-
line way says:
/! america illustrates the noble the
: ory that the human race is one com
: mon brotherhood: here the French.
:. man. the German, the Scandinavian
e the Briton, even the dusky African
J live side by side in peace, buryin!
IN our fertile soil the deadly teud
which the dark centuries had trans
mitted from generation to generation
among the peoples Of the old cont
II nent."
e Now we are glad to hear that a
these feuds in which we have neve
had, and never wish to have any in
" terest, are being buried in, and al
&c fertilizing our already prolific sol
e. and as greater security and guaran
az tee to all, against their taking roc
l e and blossoming among us throug
ID Importation and elevatedon to polit
he cal powers, and for the future prote'
Oh ton and benefit of the children
so, those industrious immigrants wi
It's come amongst us to produce and N
Il to consume, or set themselves up ov'
c a us as rulers, we propose before v
tol Get through to convince the immigra
70, that for the sake of the future of the
Oh children, as well as our own who a
he dearer than all else, that our COVER
zee ment must only be handled BY tho
lot who know no other native Ian
tor, whose education and political trai
,ea ing is similar, and whose moth
,nr tongue shall be one and the san
vas The kindly indulgence OF the Cal
ur. roLrAN, in its refined language, Nv
mi are in favor Of giving the boys
pie chance, so that the Know-Nethings
ay- 1881 may inscribe their names up
ure the tablets of history as pull-backs
the the first water. Red Warriors, W
u " are YOU and where are you ?"
elf. Tothis imperious demand we wo'
ted reply that we are not foreigners W
ILL have been elevated to high legis
ave tive and executive offices, "
he'd have personal incentives in oppos
II OF the transmission of public affairs
the keeping of those to whom II
say naturally belong.
that pr+ we .ra of American birth
; ms1l education. and recognize the fact t
'rr ere long the native American will
idse called upon to "pull back" the g
e all government wagons from the d
your and seething mire Of corruption,
Of q which the influences and voting p
OF er of foreigners have enabled
low, demagc cues of both native and
s ead eign birth to swamp them.
.d hn" Calling native Americans WI
i 70 names is not the kind of argu1
on that is likely to intimidate them.
ruth NATIVE Born AMERICA
your IT'S true that we ridiculed the
That That tempt which certain parties IN
n L., To fha