Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-04-23
MORNING HERALD.


What miserable expedients the political hacks OF
both parties driven to resort to in their ex-
tremity, from innate ignorance and natural impu-
dence They say and gainsay. and swear and for
swear, and propose and oppose the self same mea-
sures and counteuance and discountenance the self
same men within the rising and waning Of single
noon. And in ne instance is this more strikingiy
exemplifed than in the conduct of the wing party
press towards the adopted citizens who arrive here
periodically and in large numbers from ireland, Ger
many and other places in Europe
Particularly this foolish, vacc ating, and dis
gusting spirit and proceedings manifested by the
Wall street papers before and after the election OF
1854 Before the election those BASE corrupt, time
serving and trucking prints, proceeding under the
impression that the balance of political power in this
city and state was entirely in the hands Of the Irsh
left NO stone unturned to court the favor of these for
eigners; and by winning over totheir ranks Dr. Mac
Neven and a few others, presumed to be influential
leaders amongst them, fsolishly expected TO carry
the election by such means. After the decision
against them ascertained, they turned suddenly
round and bes battered with abuse those self-same
individuals just as violenty gecklessy and unrea-
sonably they had before battered and bedaubed
them with sickly epithets of praise. Then now
they bawled loudly and senselessly about ''foreign
voters g foreign influence" "beggarly Irish,"
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sisted upon increasing the qualifications of citizen
ship ere foreigners could appear at the polls.
Nor this ridiculous and despisabe course con-
fined to one or two party papers; the whole OF the
Wall political hacks barked and brayed to the
same tune; even the religion of the foreign voters
was attacked our city disgraced by the absurd
anomaly of Major Noah, disbeever in the prlnci-
pies of the Christian religion, attacking with all the
ignorance, virulence and senseless malice of hired
partzan, those tenets and principles of the worth Of
which he was utterly incompetent to form OPT
snion. This state Of things continued, with
less lamentabe exhibitions of similar folly and ana-
ticism until the wings gained the city, and Aaron
Clark was elected Mayor. He fell into the
Tor of attempting 20 impose restrictions upon emf
grants almost tantamoun a complete prescription
of foreigners without money; and on this erroneous
notion was based his celebrated message and mea-
relative to the emigrants at Amboy; which it
is more than possible forms the foundation Of the
causes that have led to his recent defeat.
With view to regain his position and obtain pop
ularity amongst the foreign voters he fooshly rush
ed into the opposite extreme, and endeavored flat
ter them with fulsome praise at subsequent period,
but without the least beneficial effect. The wing
partizans and fool sh file leaders instead Of learning
wisdom from the past, also carried this rdicu-
Washington to be presented TO Governor Seward,
As coming from the Irish Of this city In this
instance the project also miserably failed. The Irish
rs matter of not TO be gulled in that RI
dicuous way and this foolish plan Of attempting TO
concliate them and wipe the
abuse, produced nothing but public display of the
ignorance the folly, the rascaity and hypo crisy Of
the political hacks Of the party, and the parayzng
influence Of all their precepts and proceedings
They lost the election, and they again abu-
sing the adopted citizens Of European birth; and
loudly camoring for restrictions upon their right
vote, and their general prescription; not because they
were born the same globe, not because they first
saw the light Of Heaven under the sum- diff
ferent hour Of day from their American fellow men
not because they have all their lives been speaking
the same language and breathing the same blessed
breezes OF the one Almighty Ruler of the Universe
bat because their infant feet first felt the earth in
a different degree Of longitude.
Shame TO the man, and stillborn fall his mea-
sures, that would deprive his fellow man Of any Of
the privileges Of freemen in this blessed land, be-
he not born upon its soil Such sentiments
are hostile the glorious constitution Of the country
which declares all good TO be free and equal.
They only fit to issue from the nsoent despots
Of Asia, the ignorant barbarians of Africa, or the
Europe. The monstrous doctrine that because a
man is born, by accident, in particular place. he
entitled TO particular privileges which not allow
ed 10 his fellow men, Is unfit for the enlightened
freemen Of the United States. The whole scheme Of
oar revolution based upon the great principle Of
universal political liberty laid down in the de-
claraton of Independence; and to from ii is
GO strike az the Of all that is dear to in
invaluable institutions.
A love for unbo unded freedom of opinion and in
dividual independence, and equality, first colonsed
the United States the pilgrims and their descendants
acted this principle, and il grew up to maturity
in the organization Of the country. The prescribed
heretics, the outawed PATRIOTS the hunted regcdes
from all parts Of the earth sought this soil and here
where the winters storm blew 6ercest, and the
scorching suns Of summer amid the wild swamps
and fever plains burnt deadlies, came the bold wan
derer Of many climes, many lands, many habits,
many garbs, and many Tongues, all alike animated
asd sustained by principle, one hope, the hearts
best love, the soal's bright yearsing for universal,
unbcunded, blessed liberty.
The emigrants from every cline have brought
wealth to the country, and all have benefited II,
more or less. In the revolution, foreigners found
strong arms to Tight and ready pens to write for free
dom; they have brosght gold and merchandise, and
intellectual wealth, and the wealth Of honest indus