if
it has endangered the religious as well as the civil liberty of
Protestants; if it has swelled the ranks of Abolition and
fanned the flame of Agitation--the Democratic party, by its own
avowal, is amenable at the bar of public opinion for these
astounding and deplorable results. Reckless of consequences, it
has persevered in a system hazardous to the stability of our
institutions, because that system has annually swelled the
number of its adherents, and increased the chances of its
perpetual ascendency.

"Without adverting to the census tables, or repeating those
familiar facts connected with the statistics of immigration
which have been so extensively published, it is sufficient to
observe that, under this continued patronage of the Democratic
party, the immigration of foreigners has increased from a few
thousands, twenty years ago, to nearly half a million in 1854.

"But the Democratic party cannot justly claim the exclusive
honor of projecting or carrying out the system. More than
twenty years ago, the Duke of Richmond declared, in substance,
that he had conversed with most of the sovereigns and princes
of Europe; that they were jealous of the influence of our
republican institutions upon their own Government; that they
did not expect to conquer us as a nation, but designed the
subversion of our Government by the introduction of the low and
surplus population of Europe among us; that 'discord,
dissension, anarchy, and civil war would ensue, and some
popular individual would assume the government and restore
order, and the sovereigns of Europe, the emigrants, and many of
the natives, would sustain him.' He also said, in speaking of
the United States, that 'the Church of Rome has a design upon
that country, and it will, in time, be the established
religion, and will aid in the destruction of that republic.'

"These statements of the Duke of Richmond are abundantly
corroborated by other declarations, as well as the most
undeniable facts which have occurred since their promulgation.

"I have in my possession, among various others, two small books
published by 'the American and Foreign Christian Union,' 156
Chambers street, New York, the one entitled 'Foreign
Conspiracy,' the other, 'Startling Facts,' both of which, as I