Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-11-15
sErom the ". York Commercial .lduertiser.

American Republican party was to RESTRAIN
that foreign influence which had alread,
so strongly manifested itself at the polls
and which was of SO much importance Il
the party which has almost uniforml,
been dominant in this city, that nearly ev
cry office in their gift was bestowed upoI
those of foreign birth, to the exclusion o
those to the manor born.
low, then, can any American Repubh'
can vote to sustain that party who at this
very time are manufacturing, through
their naturalization mills, daily, some two
hundred new voters, with the purpose
openly avowed of defeating, through their
aid, the will of the great majority Of our
~own citizens!
Nor is their calling in OF foreign inAu-
'ence confned-to this city alone. In other
sections of the State; and in the cities of
other States; it is the same. Every one
who has participated in the American Re-
publican movement is too well aware of
the state ofthe case in Philadelphia to need
any retreshment of the memory from us. -
Upon the eve of the late election in Ohio,
the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Democratic
organ of that city, came out with the fol-
lowing startling announcement;
"NATURALfzAToN.--The whole number
naturaIized will not fall much; if any,
short of hOeire huHdred-a fact that will
tell with fatal effect upon the last hope OF
coonery to-day"
Here it was distinctly and openly avow-
ed by the leading Democratic paper in Ohio
that taoei0e Hundred Foreigners had been
naturaIized with special reference to the
election then pending, and that the fact
vas expected to tell with "JGtaL c6ect'
upon the Wing party. The effect with
which it did tell may be judged by the fact
that Hamilton, the county in which Gin
cnnati is situated, increased its majority
Of 1243 in l842 to 1877 in 1914. But even
that increase, heavy as it was, was not
sufficient to defeat the wishes ofthe Wings
OF the State, who were triumphant. Di-
rectly after that result was established,
and it was known that a Wing Governor
was elected, q circular was issued by the
Democratic leaders in the county Cnu6ur-
aging their friends to renewed exerlions
at the Presidential contest, and promising
sill further to increase the majority of
Hamilton county by five hundred votes.
That increase, it is needless to say, could
only be secured by their old resort to the
manufacture OfiIlegal voters.
We cannot close this branch of our sub
ject without quoting the infamous appeal
to foreigners, the grand haiIing sign Of
distress, made by the Albany Argus--on
article which we blush to think should be
put forth in any paper edited by an Amer
lean, to serve the purpose Of bis party, by
calling to It's cid the influence of foreign
voters, and of those whose religious views
differ from those of majority of our cti-
zcns. The following is from the Daily
Argus ofOctOber 2:
"Democrats, be up then and doing
Sveed the intelligence of the coalition Of
the Whig party and the motives through
town and country, village and hamlet,
from Maine to Louisiana. Go among tie
hundred thousand Germans, and the .Gjly
,housaAd sons Of Ireland in Ohio. An,
nounce to them the result in Philadelphia.
Place the simple facts before them, and
they will go on Ell nlasse for the Denocra-
tic candidates.
"Dcmocrats ofMaryland, 70 among your
Catholic population who compose he ma
iorty in your State. Tell them the facts,
and they can never unite with Il party
which has cOuntenanced the mob which
desecrated their aIt0r5 and their churches
in Pf ladel phia.
"DemoCrats Of Indiana, go among the
Swiss and Germans and the Irish Of your
State. Speed the news Of the coalition,
and Indiana will 30 against Henry Clay.
"Democras of the Empire State, the
great duty rests upon you. We have at
least seventy housaHd voters within our
limits, who Iavc become adopted citizens,
as faithful to our country as any within
It's borders. Among them speed the re-
suit in Philadelphia, and they can never
ally themselves with 3 party 80 proscrlp-
tive and iIIiLeral."
But, independently of their views on
party politics and religion, the influence Of
foreigners is brought to boar in other re-
epects. The Wing party deem it essential
that AMERICAN industry should be protect
ed, and that the policy of the country
should be 80 shaped as to ensure the well
being OF our own loboring community IA
ther than the interest OF foreign countries.
To effect his purpose, hey advocate a
5g,rntactivn tariff and we lphpyp thnt three