New-York daily tribune., 1844-01-11
Native poreim1s-Born.

ton, canvassng the Clty Wlth OuSy 'i"oi' az
talking confidently Of carrying our Clty at the
next Spring Election. We have seen an estimate
from ;ts head quarters which took ten Wards 70
itself in the Spring Election, and diVldeo ''''
other secea with tolerabc importantly between
the Whig and Loco-Foco parties ihey si' ~
no dancer Of diving Of modesty, manieS'iy'
II has pleased the oracles of this new party 70
pour out liberal share OF 'hels "l"tN '''i0 NV
st;nted measure of their scnrrlhty on the heaas o
The Tribune and It's Edltor-Tlth how rnuch
cause, our readers viii Judge. We certainly co
not belong to its ranks, approve Of It's avowedo OBJ
iects nor greatly respect the majority of It's lead
ers. Men who can look with aversion and hatred
on the noble struggle now making by the People
of Ireland for the peaceful, constitutional restora
ton Of their domestic indcpcndcncc-vho could
in mass meeting vote ton OF hemp TO y oCon-
nell'-are American Republicans OF very dli-
ferent sort from ours. We DO not understand now
class of men can be devoted to oinscf1can liber-
ty, vet deadly hostile TO liberty elsewhere or grave
lv argue that a People ought moi to be free be-
cause of their Religious opinions and institutions
The love Of Liberty which finds an l;npassa5le
AASNt
pathy in The Tribune.
And vet we have SAID little to provoke the
abuse of this new party-indeed, we have rarey
snoken Of II at ALL We know well that 1t has
not arisen without cause. For years, VIC have
seen with apprehension the silent gathering o.
this force-wc would have removed It's causes
had we possessed the power. The gross and
general evasion and violation Of our NatualiZa-
ton Laws-the banding and resolving OF mum
bers in public meetings to support this or that
political measure or party, not as Americans, but
as Irish or Germans tho collection around
our Polls Of great crowds whose speech and APP
pearance bespoke them new comcrs among Us,
to take possession and give the law to the voters,
often hourislling sticks or cudgels, winch are
most offensive on such occasions to the sight OF
an intelligent freeman, reminding hm OF the lg-
norant and brutal despotisms OF the Old World
these, and many more SUCH have been directly
calculated to produce the state of things Wc now
have To see Americans driven from the Poiis
as we have seen them, by ignorant and ha!t.sav-
age Foreigners, Gor no man who would Go this
to his opponents has begun to be an American,
or to know what Republic IS, must lnilamo
every manly breast with Indignation and fill
every discerning mind with torcshadows OF the
retribution which Time is sure to bring We
have spoken freely OF these things as they oc
CURED and VIC could not but feel That they who
pushed these poor ignorant (and vicious, If you
please) immigrants forward into such deeds as
these were the deadly enemies of their welfare
and of American Freedom.
Then with regard to the filling of Office, there
is some ground for the feeling which has sum-
moned into being the American Ruplican' party.
It is not wse it is not well, for new corners
any where to cvlncc a grcedmess OF office They
can sec quite as well standing q little back, and
will fare better in the long run But here 1t has
not been uncommon for years back 10 become
candidates for office before Naturalization. The
Tammany party, wanting all the considerable Of
fees for natives, yet Obliged to satisfy the old
world immigrants who do!amost all It's hard work
and cast half It's votes, has been accustomed to
dispense the petty Offices in large measure TO It's
not extra-modcst allies. Thus, late Citizen
states that of the Tammqny Ward Committee ln
the Sixth Ward, thirty 5in number, but one Is
Americanborn, and a ,natiye lately stated IN
our hearing that every City Officer in the Fourth
Ward, from Alderman down, is of Foreign birth,
with single exception. OF course, this tends
powerfully to reaction, such as has given rise to
the new party.
So with regard to Fraudulcnt Voting. Every
body knows that voters are ground out by the
regiment at the approach of each Election who
do not possess the qualifications required by the
law. Many vote tie strength of borrowed
papers or of their own natural brass, who have
never even pretended 10 be naturalzed An
Englshman OF our acquaintance states that he
knows two men who have been In this Country,
one twenty, the other eight months: the former
has voted here twice, the latter once. We have
heard of many instances like these Proably not
less than one thousand foul votes arc polled here
at each exciting Election by unnaturalized For
eigners.
And now, having frankly admitted the exist
ence of the evils which have given rise to the
American movement, we ask the reader to con.
sider and decide caadid,y whether this new party
is likely to cure them. Suppose the law required
twenty-one instead Of taio years residence in the
country prior TO NatutSazation, would that pre-
vent voting on dead ntln's papers or without any
papers at all VIII tf3S existence of such party
render the ignorant Immigrants from Europe
less clanish, less prejudicod, less ignorant than
now2 Will 1t not rather tend III an opposite d.
rection And will these men be less exasPer-
ated, less rio.ous at the Polls, when the avowcd
object of one party there is to exclude their