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22 THE KNOW NOTHING ALMANAC 3
THE LADIES AND THE
AMERICAN CAUSE.
Mr. Pruxtice, the gifted poet and able
editor of the Louisville Journal, subse-
quent to the riots created by the Catholics
of Louisville, was presented with a beautiful
and costly goblet by the ladies of Bards-
town, as a testimonial of their appreciation
of his eminent services in the American
cause, To this well-deserved compliment,
Mr. Prentice responded in the followiug
happy vein:
JouRNAL Orricz, Aug. 7, 1855.
Mr. Samuel Carpenter, Jr,—Dear Sir: I
have received the goblet which the ladies of
Bardstown requested you to present to me,
in their name, as a testimonial of their ap-
preciation of my services in behalf of the
American party, My most earnest thanks
are due to them for the beautiful gift, and
to you, sir, for the very handsome and
highly-flattering letter accompanying it,
To say I thank the ladies of Bardstown
for such a token of their approbation and
regard, is to express my feelings very inad-
equately. This token will have an honored
place among the dearest and most cher-
ished memorials of my life. The very sight of
it, or even the very thought of it, will, in the
darkest moments of misgiving or despond-
ency, cheer my heart and give me fresh
courage and strength for any and every
task to which the voice of duty may sum-
mon me. No matter what labors, or trials,
or perils I may have to encounter—no mat-
ter how flercely the political or moral ele-
ments may be agitated around me—the
memory of this charming compliment will
be to my heart a rainbow upon the storm.
I need scarcely say to you that there are
no ladies in the world from whom'I should
prize such a gift more highly than from
those of Bardstown, The latter are famed
throughout the Union for their beauty, their
accomplishments, their intelligence, and
their patriotism. When high-souled and
intellectual men approve my political
course, lam apt to feel that I am right;
but when the beautiful and the lovely ap-
plaud, lAnow I am right. Even our best
men are often influenced in their views by
ambition or partisan antipathies and parti-
alities; but, upon all questions involving
great principles, woman is almost unerringly
right, for she judges and speaks from the
heart, and her heart is pure, and good, and
holy.
Nothing makes me pronuder of the Ameri-
can cause, or more confident of its success,
than the knowledge that it finds a warm
support among the ladies, The mothers,
and wives, and sisters, and daughters of
our land discern, with unclouded vision, the
great truth that Americans must rule Ame-
rica; and, amid all the noise and strife and
fury of contending parties, their clear, sweet
voices of music, heard above the uproar,
will have more power than the blasts of a
thousand buglers to rally their fijends and
protectors, and nerve them or victory.
loping, my dear sir, that you will tender
to the ladies of Bardstown my heartfelt ac-
knowledgments for this exquisite goblet,
and my assurance that I shall love to kiss
its brim in sweet remembrance of them, I
remain .
Truly your friend,
Qxo. D. PRENTICE.
PLATFORM OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN PARTY.
—1. None but the American-born for office.
2. A probation of at least twenty-one years
on the part of foreigners hereafter coming
to our shores—including those who have not
declared their intentions at the time of the
passage of the law—before they shall exer-
cise the elective franchise; dr a total repeal
of the naturalization laws, if desired by the
American people. 8. A capitation or head-
tax, sufficiently high as to no longer render
it &@ measure of .economy for European
governments to make a Botany Bay of
America, by sending to our shores their
convicts, felons, and paupers. 4. The Bible,
without note or comment, in our public
schools, which shall be kept free from all
sectarian influences, connection
between Church and State, bat perfect reli-
gious freedom to every sect and denomina-
tion. 6. The admission of no local question
or sectional issue on American platforms or
in American conventions—leaving the peo-
ple free to act and express their opinions
on all subjects relevant to the cause, a3
they please, in their individual capacity.
7. Americans to rule America—* first, last.
and all the time”—before and above all
other considerations,
STATISTICS OF POPULATION. — AMERICANS
AND ForEIGNERSs.—From the United States
official census tables of 1850 we gather the
following comparative strength of the elec-
tive power of the two partles, American and
Foreign, in the large cities.
American. Foreign.
235,7¢
New York .........: 277,752 yt
Philadelphia ...... 286,346 121,699
St. Louis, Mo....... 36,529 38,397
Albany, N.Y. ...... 81,162 16-591
Baltimore ......... 180,491 85,492
Boston ......., seve 88,493 46,677
Chicago ......... - 13,693 15,682
Cincinnatl ........ 60,558 5541
| - 14,055 9,925
Louisville ......... 25,079 12,461
Milwaukie. ........ T,181 42,782
Mobile .... 0.00... 9,565 4,086
New Orleans ....., 50,470 48,601
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