Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1841-02-19


"a, there will perhaps be one In score
will be foreigner; and he, iorsco'll' -
6fect the whole mass With inc poison u
.gu influence!
few wears he will become the owner u
soil he cultivates, yet he cannot De sa'e'y
ed with welding an arm IN LIS ue,
e. He will become equally interested
his fellow pioneers in the laws and rulers
he country, yet he cannot be entrusted WIN
nice in making them. He will bear ms
ronortion OF the burdens OF the State, yet II IS
anuerous to permit him to exercise an inhu-
nee in the election Of those who place 'he'n
IN his shoulders. His property, his wife ana
hildren, his means of happiness, ana al ms
nioyments in life, are centered IN the spo' NC
las rescued from barren exuberance o. "oous
Ind vines, yet he is SO much under The dominion
III foreipn influence, that his feelings ATTACH
hents. interests and duties, all poln! TO as
ant land
The pioneer Of wilderness, in fact. comes
X, to the aboriginals of the soil. He is CO.
Ia and coexstent with the origin an growth
Il the community of which he is member,
Ind has better right to consider himself a ma
Hive of the spot he cultlvates, than tie man
bwho comes after him, who. though citizen
Iby the mere accident of birth. comes from a
distance of thousand miles. We want no
better title to nativity, than striking the first
\ axe ln,o the forest, and ploughing the first FUR
row in the field; and he who dates back toI
such period, may justly claim the right of
citizenship on the soil he was the first to ren-I
Ider tributary to the wants fman.
Il The first white settlers Of the United StatesI
I were all aliens; and the earliest records aad
edllions of every country point to period
III khen their ancestors came from somewhere
Ifabroad. They acquired their right OF citizen
ship, not by being born in the country, but by
collva!lng its soil, and retrieving ii from bar
,enDess. This is the most ancieu; Of all titles,
The emgrant to a new, uncullivated region in|
the United States, has still higher cam.-]
Nnder the presumption law he first cu,livates.
knd then purchases it afterwards Yet, if lhe|
federalis,s have their will, the poor foregnerE
8lNho comes from thousands Of miles distant, /
Aemped by our far-famed land of promise,
3IEhch holds out to him a prospect of a happy
home and comfortable independence, at the
price OF few years OF hardship and privaion,
+ to be turned from our doors, lest he should
toniamnaie The wilderness with foreign inlu-
Hnce Nay, the Federaists 90 still farther
lthty would debar the natives of our country
| Prom The privilege OF purchasing the land they
raVe redeemed, for the purpose OF reserving IT
70 Inc Use CT foreign bankers and brokers. The
NiccHplure speaks of strainng at a gaat, and
! swallowing camel; and the federal party
nave made it a part Of protane history.
The forests of the far West are not the re-
Gpl0lS ina,
s'df q Hth II asaafa representatives erected il
af cues IN which TO celebrate the oroies Of
e0e'al uenanchery, and plaza their schemes Of
''u IL IS III our great coinuiercia! cities. in
e splendid residences of our merchants, in
,e marble palaces of banking institutions, inl
y nus, oi incorporated companies which haveI
pu y, on British capital, and among-AeiS
.o's aIo representatives in Congress, that we
!, 'w 70 10 LOOK tor that foreign influence which,
sn' Il 1t can, fashion the policy of the COM
J 10 suit the interest Of FOREIGN canitaljs,s
en avn large portion Of our people into their
,nmas' ana lay the independence of our gov.
R;,' 'V"'' Douno maud and foot at the shrine Of
-, ~ s0d and British influence. The ten
o,b;as s'e 'os cabin IN the far West borrows
e;,hass ~, rom English money Lenders. He is
mn I' 'l0lf dependant nor their slave: and.
is,s s. nc may happen to have been born in
. ,s'' land' comes among US to share our for
IN .Is: embark with US in the same bottom
s e ia, ~, to our posterity-to live and
nd ' ~ , os-'o lay his bones In our ear,h~
pb,s " ,a isaVe his posterity to partake in our
On lou aau our happiness. tits no, Inc :. f..
e s,'1 !, ct such people that Federaiy, |
vv,,s IT. At Is their domestic influence ,hsi,
m.s, which, true to the interest. we ,n '"I
tsalS s Say Iay the Inspiration of liberty, niae
raey S :" them offer up on the altar Of ne n,',e
REL ,r ~, ue Philadelphia Saturday Chronicle.
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