New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-10-18

the pubic measures which are proposed ioE your
support, and judge between them, Ike good
American Citizens. Look fairly, FOR instance, at
the Tarif, e leading Wing measure, which,
may say here, has done more for the protection OF
the Laoorer In this Country, enc foc occurring en-
p!o7raeat 10 all who are dependent on the work
OF the1s hands for support, than any other measure
that has been devised. Lock also at the Internal
Improvements of the Country, which have been
sustained by the Wings, but have been opposed,
obstructed. ond finally suspended altogether by
the Loco-F oco party, when then continuance
would have benefited the State and afforded en-
pioyment TO many thousands OF destitute labo--
ers. Look at these and determine, ss al other
citizens viii determine, whether your interests,
and the interests Of the whole Country, will be
best served by casting pour votes for henry
CLAY, VINO is the ardent, frank and s:raight-ior-
ward supporte. of these bene6cent measures, or
for JAMES K. Polk, who has been their lifelong
opponent. Look, for instance, again, at the lead
ing question upon each side. The Wings present
to us Tariff, with Its attendant train of bless
ipgs. The Loco oco leaders offer 10 as Texas,
with its Lone Star and ten million Debt, en
inevitable Mexican War; and the plumber, in
prospect, of the Catholic Churches Of the Mexican
Republic, with the extension of Slavery to the
shores Of the Pacific. Fellow Citizens look and
examine without the bias of birth, and choose
between these issues!
In all the foregoing remarks, there is no argu.
ment that has been urged to Adopted Citizens
against dragging the question of their peculiar
interests, or allowing them to be dragged into
this contest, that does not address itself with
hundred.fold force to Catholics. What would
be folly In thatrespect in Adopted Citizens, would
be worse than suicidal madness in Catholics !;
and feeling the truth Of this have observed with
pain some few unworthy assaults made upon Mr..
FreInghuysen's character on religious grounds.
The most disgraceful Of these, perhaps, was con-
tanned in late number of the Boston Pilot. 1t
was discreditable to the writer, and could not fail
if persevered in to be injurious TO the true nte-
rests of the supporters of his journal. Two
other attacks on the same candidate have also
seen; one charging that he opposed Chief JUS
tice fancy IS nomination because he was a Cath
olic-and the other, that during the riots in
Philadelphia he made foolish and infammatory
Speech in New York about dying for the b.
be-" The first charge he has publicly declared
to be false, and the second is also untrue, the
Speech referred to having been made ct differ
ent time, and under circumstances which rem
dered it comparatively harmless. But 1t is cheer.
ing to know that tho Catholics. as a body, esti-
mate properly their own position and their own
true interests in this crisis. OF this the Cetho-
lie Wings ofthe Maryland Counties and in other
places have given indubitable evidence in the
recent elections, and by their firm and consistent
and DISTINGUISHED patriotism, have done their re-
ligion true service that merits the gratitude OF
their brethren.
Fellow Citizens. may ! not call upon you to
emulate their independence. Friends An Irish
man myself by birth, and Catholic in Faith
and ready and proud at all fitting times To evow
myself as snch, have ventured to address you
as have dona hero, when / saw h5w you were
Piled with solicitations of almost every charac-
ter to enter into the political field in this exciting
time as clsss-as Catholicism as Adopted
Citizens-and when / knew how perious and
fatal TO your well being such position would DC
| for you.
| do not desire that you should be all Wings,
any more than l would desire that you should be
all Democrats. But do ask you TO rei ct with
dlsdain all effsrts of partzan politicians to ex.
cite your preudces or TO alarm ycu for the safety
of your rights and interests as Catholics, or as
CirzeDs OF foreign birth. do ask you 20 trust
those rights, if they shall be menaced, to the
keeping of the WHOLE AMERICAN PEOPLE and
not to the worse than questionable protection
OF any mere PARTY. l do ask you to Judge
for yourselves of the measures proposed by the
two great parties of the day for your support, and
then TO vote with an eye directed solely to the
public good, and as you may think the welfare
! of the Republic shall demand. Friends. pur.
sue this course and believe one whose hopes and
interests in this free land of our adoption are
| identical with your own, that while you do SC
| neither the article of the demagogue, nor the
hatred of the bgot caa deprive you of the rights
| and privileges which are the boosted possession
of every man who can Justly claim the proud
name of An AMERICAN CTTIzEN.