The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-11-13
MANUFACTURE
OF VOTERS.

The papers are filled with accounts from
our commercial cities of the rapid manufac-
ture of voters from foreign materials. In the
city of New York hundreds have been created
in day. and the oath of allegiance assumed
by men who could not understand word of
the language in which it is administered.
While no native born citizen is entitled TO
share in the government Of the country until
he has resided here 81 years, and colored
men of every age however intelligent and
even possessed of property are excluded en-
tirely, the blood bought privileges of an
American citizen are bestowed upon subjects
of European despotism almost as soon as
they land upon our shores. The people Of
this Union without distinction of party have
ever been willing to extend their warmest
sympathies to the oppressed Of all nations,
and as soon as they have been able fully to
comprehend the character Of our institutions,
and have become sufficiently informed to ex-
ercise intelligently the right of suffrage to ex-
tend it to them. But the Locofoco party by
distilIing into their minds prejudices against
the Wings, and claiming to be the simon pure
democracy, have been but too successful in
Turing them to their ranks. And now when
thew have found that without resorting to
some extraordinary expedient they must be
defeated in the Presidential canvass, they are
appealing to the prejudices which they have
themselves basely engendered in the bos-
oms of large portion OF our foreign popula-
ton to keep themselves from sinking. They
are now summoning them loudly to their aid
on the ground that the Wings have recently
coalesoed with the Native Americans in Phil
adelphia and New York.
But a few days since the Albany Argus
the Northern Locofoco organ issued most
inAammatory address to foreigners; it brands
Native Americans as ''incendiaries and
Church burners" 1t implores the whole
foreign population of the Union, whether
Irish, Swiss, or German, to array themselves
against the Wing party which ii charges with
countenancing the efforts ofNative American
citizens to throw off the CALLING yoke offor-
eigners which it is notorious nour cities by the
aid Of the leaders of the Locofoco party
threaten to subvert our institutions and
snatch the Offices and the reins of govern
ment from the hands ofthe native sons of the
soil. This is followed up by the Loco jour
mails by appeals to the anti-re,igious prejudices
ofthe people against Presbyterianism. They
give countenance to the outrageous attacks
of the Roman Catholic journals upon the re-
ligious character of tbs Wing Candidate for
Vice President on the ground of his active eff
orts as christian of the Presbyterian faith.
1.-THE Native Americans under whatever
banners they may be enrolled can look
calmly on and view such Infamous efforts to
summon forth the whole foreign array to
take possession of the ballot boxes we mnch
mistake their spirit and intelligence. The
effect of this base attempt thus to turn the
scales in New York at this moment is appar-
ent. For every foreigner whom the Locos
thus introduce into Tammany Hall, Native
American leaves it. The unholy alliance
will be defeated, and end in the overthrow Of
tho projectors. But it 10 awful to contem-
plate the hundreds, yea, the thousands Of for