New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-11-11
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American Republican formation. 1t LIB natural
tina, they should do 50, yet not the less unwise
10 break our own ranks and fall into theirs. Let
rs consider the evils we suffer from, and the eff
cacy ofthe proposed remedy
Gu. Country's greatest living Statesman has
inst been defeated, ut is almost certain) and the
bsn;anant system of National Policy with which
he is identified has been frustrated by what Is
termed the Foreign Vote. That is, the Man and
the Measures preferred by large HaaJ'nty oil
Americans born have been crushed by the vote
of Two Hundred Thousand Immigrants from
Europe whom we have admitted to an equality
of Political Rights with us. While we Amer
cans bora are nearly all in some degree educated
and informed en- questions OF National Poicy,
these are in good part unable TO read or write, and
many Of them unable to speak our language.
While we very generally consider and discuss the
great Political questions o. the day. these concern
themselves very little, inform themselves less,
with regard to the Tariff, The Annexation Oh
Texas, or whatever may DC the ruling topics OF
the time, but band together as lrishmen, Ger
mans, or whatever they may De, to secure per-
sonal or clannish ends. While Americans born
have generally too much sense to believe even
where they have not honesty enough to discount
tenance. the notion that one-half our countrymen
are aristocrats and swindlers, schemlng TO rob
the Door of their scanty earnings, the Foreign
born are induced really to believe and act upon IT,
with the added establishment that these arls-
tocrats have an especial hatred to Foreigners, and
are eager to Cypress and trample on them. Inc
consequence is that this great and controlling
class of voters do not actually render verdict
on the great issues tried before the People,-do
not even consider, much less understand, those
Issues but vote in body for the SIDE they are
told ia the Democratic, no matter what 1t pro-
poses to do or leave mdone They contribute
nothing to the aggregate OF knowledge and WIS
dom with which our public affairs are directed,
but are SO much lightweight in the scaie-so
much stock in trade of mercenarY demagogues
who say, / control 50 many Irish votes, and will
have place in the Customs : l can manage SO
many Dutch, aud must be made Captain OF the
Watch or | will bolt and SO on. We must put
an end to all this.
We have thus endeavored to state fully the
evil contemplated, as one inclined to Nativlsm
would state it. For the purposes OF the argu-
ment, we will admit that 1t is a true and faithful
statement. Admitting the evil, what is the prop
er and attainable remedy
This is easily seen, says Native, Abandon
your Wing party, unite with ours, and effect a
thorough Reform of the Naturalization laws
Effect, did you say That point demands
consideration. Suppose We unite with your par
ty, what then VIII that give US Congress
prepared to correct the evils deplored!' Will it
| induce James X. Polk, who has just been chosen
| President by the Votes Of Foreigners not nat
urazcd at all, to sign bill cutting off the IN
iou!tcs 10 him and his SO profitable" Suppose a
small portion of the Loco. Focos unite with us on
| this question, how long can they be depended ont
Have VIC not seen them whiting back again in
the vigorous infancy OF the party which they
| themselves started Have we not seen their
| ticket abandoned even by some of those who
| rode into office on Nativsm Have nc not
| seen thousands who protested to adhere to the
party voting for Polk and Dallas, though they
knew their success must inevitably prevent any
reform of the Naturalization Laws for the next
four wears Who that has seen all this Gun trust
them TO stick 10 their own course for single year?
No, Wings you have had bitter evidence
| that you cannot rely on such allies. Many Of
| them arc now claiming special dispensation OF
offices and honors from the dynasty that is to be,
on the ground that their adreitness in getting up
the Native party, having it charged on the Wings,
and at last stepping out and carrying all they
| could for Polk and Dallas, has alone defeated
Mr.. Clay They will probably receive largely
in the distribution of the spells, But shall ,ce
profit nothing by what we have seen and sui-
| feredl
! Wings. let us hold fast to our own party and
our own name 1t is standing reproach with
our opponents that We need or take new name
every few years; and, though this, rightly con.
sdcred, involves nothing of which we should be
ashamcd-implies simply that we pursue that
good, oppose that evil, which is to day most i'm
minent and are named acknowledgement VIC con-
TESS strong attachment to the good old Revo.
lutionary name of WAIG. Our forefalhers bore
and were proud of it; it is short, pithy, and i'm.
plies RESISTANCE TO EXECUTIVE DEsrorIsM-an
evil to which ultra Democracy perpetually tends
1t has come to imply also resistance to that bale
full, blighting Jacobinism which seeks to array
the Poor against the Rich, the Laborer agains,
the Capitalist, and thus embroil Society in one
universal network ofjealousies and bitter hatreds
The Wing party is the party of Liberty secured
by Law, OF Justice attained through Constitu.
tional Order, of National Prosperity secured
through Social Concord and Harmony of Inter.
| ests between all classes and divisions. What.
ever evil is to be corrected, whatever good is to
be secured, may as surely be done through the
Wing party as Though any new party. Can any
one doubt that, if the Wings had succeeded IN
| the late Elections the shameful abuses and I'M