Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-09-13
WHOLE NO. QUu.

A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. every man
thinks he knows something Of the re-,
quirements necessary 10 make up a good
newspaper; very few are IN possession Of
the whole Of the secret. Il we were call.
ed upon to give directions for the eompo.
silon Of newspaper. with the utmost
industry. we never should be able 10 lay
down the rules with half the precision e
WINGED in the following, from the Nation
al lnlelligencer:
A newspaper should be made up,eit
strikes Us, either punch fashion. of sour
and sweet. strong and weak. or like salad, +,
in which sugar and satt, oil and vinegar
compound themselves in such engahing
opposition. that while all are tasted, none
predominant.
The art, after all, is more difficult
one than either that regardless swiler and
devourer whom we are bound respec,ful>
ly TO en,i,le the reading public or that
other equally nondescript body that one
styles in the press, 'our co.emporaries.'
seem to think. Amasterly glass Of punch
is, as all confess. something which few
know how to mingle; a salad perfectly
successful is felt to be chef d. euyre
of artistic skill; and a newspaper. made
up in like manner, of every thing contra
rous, where the insipid should be met by
the savory. the .rifing by the solid. the
fiery by the oleaginous, the sharp by the
mild, and where even every spoonful Of
sense should be qualified with due rel
ish of absurdity, is, Of course. thing
much harder 10 brew than The punch, and
much harder to compound than the salad,
NATIvElsM.-This is no new issue.
Hateful as it is, and branded as it should
be 10 every principle Of republican free>
dom. to utter ignominy and infamy, il has
ever been the favorile theme of the feder-
al wing party. Jealousy and haired
of foreigners have ever shewn themselves
in all their measures in relation TO them.
The cloven foot has been seen from the
days of John Adams 10 the present.
Why deny citizen of the United
States. who was born in foreign land,
a RICH. TO vote? What crime has he com.
ml.led! VIVA, offence against the cause
of human freedom. that he should be de-
prlved of the high and proud privilege Of
freeman? Is it an objectionable crime
against human liberty to have been born
in a foreign land! Does it disqualify
man, as free citizen, because he was
born and reared under some foreign gov
eminent? Does il exclude him from the
distinguished right of freeman, because
he hated tyranny, and loved freedom. and
therefore fled from the wrongs and inius.
tice Of his first government, and fixed his
abode for life in this land of the free!
What constitutes the right to vote! Is
! i, any given amour. of property Is it
| any given amount of learning? Is it any
given number of years residence in Re-
public No! l! belongs to the rnan.-
II is right of his nature. l. is RICH. Of
| freeman, whenever he becomes free.
Whenever he makes his home IN good
faith in free government. his right and
| privilege to vote is not limited beyond
that of a free-born citizen in removing
from one Slate to another. Tha: which
is the right Of citizen born within The
, limits of The United States. should be the
,igh, Of an alien. The right is his. Il
cannot justly be denied him after having
taken The oath of allegiance. A denial is
unjust. oppressive. aud is at war with
the first and most sacred principles Of hn>
man freedom. God anG nature have Civ
en- i. to him, and i, is as sacred as that OF
life or personal liberty.
This position is as impregnable and as
| immutable as truth itself.
The Native American party, which con
s,i.u.es ,hree-four,hs of the wing party.
| now seek to exclude foreigners from Of
fee and from the right 10 vote.
The burdens of the government they
shall endure. but shall be denied its high
es, and most valuable privileges. They
shall go to war. they shall pay taxes. they
shall submit. to laws oppressive and UNI
jus, as they may affect their property.
their reputation, their domestic rights.
their dearest interests yet their right to
vote, to choose Lawmakers, to redress
their wrongs, 10 advance their own and The
/ interests Of their country. to protect them
selves from wrong and plumber. is put
be yond their reach II! We shall pursue
this subject, as full Of interest, al our
Ileasnre.-Miwauk ee Courier.
A New Article OF ExPoRT.-One
| hundred bales Of North River Hay have
been purchased at New York for ship.
mens 10 Great Bri.ain. This. says the
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