New-York daily tribune., 1844-10-08
An Address.
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country for the next PNs!d7rtlal tesni, Uui 'h 10
marked degree tie course Of that country
throug h the future, nsturaized CIT zsn, & sui
ferer and exile iiom oppression ike yourselves,
and like yourselves a sworn Zoe to its detested
Influences, here 0, elsewhere, would address you
a few rcn:a,ks Touching matters N which {
c!eer understanding is 10 rs of The last lmp1E-
tsuce.
What is 10 be gu: part in the coming crisis
I.is no. for The purpose Of singing you on, as
class, and appealing to your pnjudlces, thai
th. inquify is Put forward; bus for tie ve'g pd'-
pose OF couner.ctng. IS far as possih!:, tie DC
signs oil IntrgueIs whose dongs IN ms respect
have been iraughL wili MISUNDERSTANDING direct
ly to tue creation Of that third party or iact'c.
whose brio; story yawr5 ise chasss IA Inc path
of univeFsa Freedona.
The Whie and Democratic parties comprise
with:a their respective borders nearly the eHtuc
political force OF the country. Of these, We
have generally attached ourselves eH ibc tanners
OF The Democratic. Bat which IS the Demo.
cratic party ? Fellow -couatrymen here has
beer uur error: we have been following names
while wc were negecting things.
We have been taught TO believe the Wings
were, generally hostile TO foreigners. The
presses and orators of that party opposed 70 lhe
Wings have lstored, ard IN eoi.,e extent sue
cessfu!iv, to create these impressions in our
minds. Far otherwise is the fact II at any
time these misrepresentation seemed TO be borne
out by the action OF the Wing party, such acton
,caS the unavoidable necessity eatailcd or u by
oursctces.
NumbcIless Instances nigh. be adduccd in
ll,-, oft tbic ,-utb oil rbio
in it's lasting interest and effeots may be consid-
cred test Of the professions of either party,
which may therefore save the trouble of farther
refercace-the School question; who were the
advocates of an unshacklci ers:cn. OF educa-
ton for your children j, this State Wings
Who were itn bitter and untring enemies The
party inpudenty usurping The title Of hcr:o-
cratic. A few of the leadcrs &C tits last party
did, undeniably RE feasibility Of farther
obStructioW a,c5 hopsless-seem to cooperate
with the friends of equal rights. Shall 80 shes
low trick be sufficient TO erase for, or .ecul-
lection the names of the ,neh Nliosc manly and
disinerested suppcu ol .he measure in its dark
est hor7. drew down upog them, then and since
tho furious pcltng of intolerance Never =
These men ,cere Fhigs Yes j; is asserted
fcarlcssy ofrefutalicn, ,Hat the most enlightened
the most generous, the steadiest, and the most
efcicat friends Of the foreigner have bccn c.cr
found in the ranks Of the Wbig l'a.:3.
The lying nachn.t!tus Of Loco Focolsin en-.
deavOr T., asSlmiiate the Wing cause with that
CT Native Amcricansm, and refer to the last
Charter Election in the City of New York as q
confederation of the esse:t.on. The atrocily Of
such charge ic 50 apparent, that it would not
be .:oticcd, were 1t not that with many well.
meaning but unfofiecting people, the brass with
which it is overlaid is in some measure nm cvi.
dence of its p!ausibiity. Huw stands the fact 4,
OF the 10000 Democratic votes polled on that
occasion, about 10000 were those of naturalized
cilizens. To what extent the balance might be
said To belong to native Democrats, may be cal
culated by those who acquainted with the
materials that compose the "Nallve American
party
1t is not to be wondered at, the desperate pcsi.
ton of Loco. focOism considered that 1t should be
more than usually unscrupulous III the employment
of its customary weapons. Accordingly, sour
Iiiity and viruperaton have been hcsped On ihc
Wing Candidate until the Loco Foco aEmory has
become, If such q thing were possible, nearly ex.
haus,cd. But the f.!seho)d ul the rcv ler will
yet come back upon himself. The roltennoss of
Loco. Focoism will be exposed. The meanness
that would pull down every thing above ii to
level with ilsel, viii be held up 10 public indig.
nation. Mems minds will DC purged Of the va.
pors by Which it has been sought TO cloud them,
and it will be seen and acknowledged that free
dom never had more sIeadfast advocate. his
country more ardent patriot, or the foreigner q
more true-heerted and clear minded friend than
HgNgY CLAY.
Wha, is there III the public career IF this dis.
tnguished man cut Of which LEGO Fccoism can
| manufacture capital Is It to be found in his
speeches for the struggling liberty Of Greece, OF
Poland, or South America? Instead OF listen
ing to the haraDgues OF needy and reckless pot
house bIawiers, hear his own words. Tic fol-
lowing IS al extract OF speech delivered by
Mr.. Clay in the q. S Senate, Feb 3, 1892:
The hones', patient, and industrious Ger
man, readily untes with our people, establishes
himself IN some Of cur fatands, fills his capa.
CT US barn, and enjoys in tranquility the abundant
fruits which diligence ga,h,rs around him, al
ways ready to fly to the standard OF bis adopted
country or lis laws, when called by the duties OF
patriotism. The gay, the versahle, the phiIo-
sophie Frenchman, accommodating himself to
all the vcissiludes Of life, incorporates hmseli
without difficulty into our society But of all
foreigners, none ANA gamate themselves so
| quicRly with our people Us the Irishman In
some of those visions which have passed from
my Imagination, have supposed that Ireland
was originally pant and parcel of this continent,
and thai by some extraordinary convusion OF ma
lure, it Was torn from America, and drifting
across the ocean, it was placed in the untcrtu-
nate vicinity of Great Britain. The same OPEN
heartedness; the same gen, rous hospitality the
same careless and uncalcu.ating Indifference
about human life, characterize the inhabitants of
both count els. Kentucky has been sometimes
Gale the Ireland OF America. have TO doubt
that ii the current Of emigration were reversed,
and set from the shores OF America to Europe
instead OF being from Europe to America, every
American emigrant to Ireland would there find,
us every Irish emigrant here finds, hearty vel
come and happy home."
Fellow. .counuymeu this is the man whom
you are told to look upon as your enemy. Judge
ioy yourselves.
The object OF this address is 70, 10 influence
you in any way otherwise taan by the exercise OF
you own Judgment. But 10 do this, you must
come out ilom the uuhoy alliance OF the Dema-
gogucs whose lp friendship is The sole proof you
harc Of its sincerity; whose intrigues for their
OVID aggraudzemont by means OF Jour votes
:ava raised up against you the hydra-headed ser
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