Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1841-06-03

tell. a single merchant ar mercantile
house, IN New York, we are informed,
now keeps 90 less than eighteen ships,
wholly aud constantly employed in thls
business of importing and supplying ns
" i;h fellow citizens and lrecmen. What
the whole mass accommodating, ms II hns
bsen, for nearly hall u century since the
establishment OF oar Independence, n"w
amounts to, il is beyond the powers oi
Gale ulation 10 ascertain.
We shall not be understood as mean
ing TO include all who come here IN
general description OF the common mass
Of emigranis. We know that there are
many highly respectable foreigners who
have adopted this for their country and
who would be an ornament, and valuable
az QUESTION 10 any country. There are
also among them, many sober, indusiri-
ous, skilful people employed in the humb-
Ter, and TO us, quite rs useful walks OF
lie. Our remarks are applicable To the
vast muliudcs Of different description
great majority OF whom were IN their
own country III as degraded condition,
as u,en can be brought by abjoct serv-
it"d", pnveny, ipnnrnnCe. aud vice
What Consciousness oi the dignity aud
rights of man what conceptions Of the
priaciples of free republican institutions,
can such as these have
The late Mr.. j, nerson, in his 4" Notes
on Virginia !" speaking Of the impolicy
Of encouraging cmIgraDts to this coun-
try who, he says, como mostly from
despotic monnrchics, makes The follow
ing remarks 1'hcy will bring with
them The principles OF the governments
they leave, inhibrd IN their earliest
youth or If able To throw them of, il
will be IN exchange for nnbound-d licen
tiousness, passing as usual, from one en-
treme To anoiher. II would be IA miricle
we're they I" stop precisely al the Poin, ol
temperate liberty. These principles,
with their language, they will transmit
TO their children. In proportion to their
numbers, they will share With 'us The leg
islation. They will infuse il into their
spnif, warp and bias its directions, and
render it u heterogeneous, and nchorent,
distracted mass" Yet, to such AS these,
all honors, offices and emolurnents are
freely opcu. The late law of the United
States, requiring Foreigners to be pro-
pounded CERTAIN time before being nat
~ aizcd, was intended to correct the
evils experienced under former acts
but afnrds merely temporary and very
partial relief anywhere and in Some
States, foreigners are admitted upon Il
few mouths residence, whether citizens
OF the United States or not.
The evils. we have thus entailed upon
our posieriiy, and are experiencing our
selves, were inevitable. The hosts Of
new created ircemen were soon too nu-
m-rous not to feel their strength, 'and
make il TO be felt. Not contenied with
exercisiugihe light Of suffrage indivldu-
ally and quietly, they orgauzed, or ra-
ih-r were orgauized by their aspiring
leaders, into affiliated political societies,
beuring their proper national names.-
These societies established in most, If
not alIahe principal cities, kept up by a
correspondence with each other held
their political meetings; passed resolves,
appropriating and denouncing men and
measures nominating and debating who
should be governors, senators and repre-
scntatives-S,aic and Federal aud even
selecting their man for the presidency
and vice-pre:idency olihe United States.
Nor are their resolves mere idle boasts
or threats. They have been considered
90 powerful that propitatory addresses
and appeals are made TO them solicit
ing their counlenance and patronage, in
behalf of candidates for the hiehe Of
fees ~ the gift OF the people, not except.
ing the presidency itself. The coulro!
which these societies and people thus cx-
ercise over some Of the largest States,
and particularly over the great cities, is
almost unlimited.
But those who favor universal suffrage,
make no account Of such considerations.
They would not allow public safety and
welfare To have any weight in competi-
tion with what they denominalc, republi-
can principle. We do not forget that
they profess not to be in favor of univer-
sal suffrage : bu, the doctrines they ad-
yocate result in the same thing, and moth
ing better. Ii is assumed, as u great
p inciple, (of some kind or oiher,) that
all who contribute towards the support Of
government, BY paying tax, or training
IN the militia, or according 10 some,
working on highway, have right to
q voice in the choice OF their rulers. -
Thus, II D set Of assessors rate q man for .
n shilling tax, or a militia captain puts
bs name on the roll and gives him hol- /
iday, training and treat or il a survey
or calls upon him, Ga stout foreigner per-
haps,) for balf a days work Cor play) on
q road-which the man would not be |
likely TO decline, when rs the price of it,
he is To possess himself of a valuable
privilege always commanding price in
he market. In either of these cases the
man is to be transformed, at once, into "a
freeman. And men thus qualified, are
In be hailed os part Of the severe ~
people and marched up to the frccmen's
meeting there to balance the vntes oi
ns many of the most substantial native
irerh"lders aud fpcmen: and that too,
IN questions which nay vilally affect the
very saleiy and welfare Of the State
What wi,iched conceptions must that
man have oi the Importance of The right
al Suffrage, who can thus estimate IL III