Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-11-14


If hes x. Polk he elected to the
Presil cy-an event, however, we
hardIy elieve within the range of possi-
'biIiiy- Biz success w,ll be secured by di-
rect, ped,aie, palpable influence oflhe
Goreigd pte. Hc would be elected with
a mai y against him of AT least one
hundr thousand naiire A.nericans This
may 4 IN siartllng assertion, but il Is
capa OF nn easy monsiraiIon.
WtQ no, beyond probability, when
we al he that ninety nine hundreths OI
the fu, Rncrs who have landed on oui
sh"reSXlte last twenty years, pioieS,
"Den yallc" principles. They conn
here, RSily, from countries Of arbitrary
gover Sfnls, and naturally inclined, o,
their 4afrival here, 10 that patty IN on'
count Whose professions ndmlt Of the
large lboI,y. These vis,'ers Of our
are, rally, too gnoranl Ia comprc.
hend difference between the largest
icenlid snes ~ of manners and conduct,
and greatest political cquahy.
Whe, bey find the one, they hope tn
encq i the other Besides, the cool
assn bn by our oppon"u's Of the drs.
,gnaM ,",h" Democratic pnry,' mis-
leads snch raw aud Understanding pop.
ulacr, Who mistake names l"r things
Ninety. nne hundred,hs, then, OF these
imported politicians, range themselves
with the so.calrd "Drmocrn,ic" party.
IL all these men had acquired the rig hts
of cilZens, and an interest ~ the soil
whose pol'!lca! dosiinies they undertake.
to control we should have less complaints
TO make. IL they all had resided here II
time sufficiently long to comprehend the
nature of our political insiIlu'inEs, and
the questions M issue between the two
grca, parties, from ten 10 twenty years,
much to regret. But Ia undertake 10
convert nuncdgcd, unlnstiutird, unrea-
soniDg inning rants, who neither speak
our language nor understand our govern
ncni into politicians Of equal influence
with those born on The soil to give Ia
the refuge from foreign shores, seeking
ours 10 escape The consequences oi crime
~ his own, the nWst iUcsiImablc ol all
the privileges Of ireemen--ihe rght of
selecting The agents oi their government. &.
on his arrirai upon or territory: 10 make
uo distinction between the vlriuous, pa
iiolr, intelligent cI,lzcn, vrrsrd IN the
history and The philosophy oi his govern
mrni, and the bcsoiled, houseiess p,uprr
who visits our shores rather than siaivc
IN rllrness at hone, or with the hope Of
plying dishones, arts here, beyond the
chance Of detection is an atroclous g.
normi'y, and cannot long be endured :,
with safety To our political institutions, or
To sound morality.
Tins system of counting the ignorant
population voidcd on our shores, dcba-
Scs Iae party iha, prac,Srs il, aud is, al
ready, one oi the most disgusting ira-
lures Of The 'Drmocratic' policy. The
panty that conlcscends to such measures,
becomes lnirctcd with the iniamv IL Gd-
dresses l'sell to; and hence We view no,
so much wuh wonder gs abhorrcncr, the
lormaHlnsnd conduct of' Empire Clubs,
composed, exclusively, of the drcgs Of
Iorei2n population, with an admXture o.
The lees Of ours --associaiions which
the prurirnt taste for l.wless excitement
~ cities, forms into combinations DANCE
rous, alike, 10 political and moral health
We charge 1t upon the Drmo::ailc
party, that Il seeks TO secure It's triumph
thus r0m!nc election, by iorGign infuence !;
both by the ltegai, outrageous uaturaii-
za'ron of the latest immigrants To our
shores, and by appeals 10 the ccarscs.
passions Of those who have ho"n her.
long enough 30 understand our lnn. unge.
II IS true, bUt without prehcndrug uu,
politics. II Is easy TO subs,anlIale the
charge.
II was an admission Of IA Democratic
press in Cincinnati, IsI Oh the eve o! The
late election 10 Ohrn- an admission ~
which ii gIoried that twelve hundred
IOrdgHtrS had been secured Tor the pa,iy,
and as many more wouid be prepared III
time to operate conciuslvely upon the
election Is it within the philosophy oi
belief, that these iwcn,v-iuur hundred
mrU bad entitled themselves, legally, Ia
the righi Of suffrage aud ~ 50 shor, u
TIN" j. II upi rather 10 be supposed
that they were late arrivals ~ the city,
~ search ol daily rnpIo, mcn,, or IN pgr-
sui, o. an easy, though illicit, i,yclIhood :
Then ell r0ied me Democratic Hckdi w rs
not, then, the city ui Cincinnati, and the
Cong district of which II compn.
SOS the lager portion, carried Cor The
Democratic patty by tho fircL oy,H.
0I 'mmcdi0te ,pRNeDcc oj q foreign roic !
by m"n, who knew lIirIr ol our ns,i,n-
tons: and cared less for our public pros
p"rny And was not the great state ol
Ohln ilSclr-so deeply interested IN the
"nd domestic policy ns il ,s-almosl the
prey 81! careless. ignorant, or worse, OF
"prinoiJ led (oro,gncrs2
In Ncw-Yurk, we are Informed on
good authority, the same means are in
operation 10 secure n "Drmocrailc" ma
IorIiy. While the albany Argus" !.
addressing inhammnt"ry appeals 10 the
foreign Catholics, who have been ~ The
country Ih" requisite time To- have obtain
ed the qualification, noi he right, 10 vote,
aud the presses IN The city are silr,ing
INTO activity their foreign rrgimcn,s whu
haze sct.cd before, He aci,re managers
of he pary arc daiiy smuggling hroueh
he ComiS, IN srery possible woy, hc fresh
oy'iroi, he miuiord foreigner, who moIes
hmsci understood o"iy b, signs lhrc,
Thousand certain waters they hope lt
Secure IN this way. The same game i,
prarlIscd rvery where
l. not our assertion, then, strictly true
IhnI Tho Drmnrfniir nntIY VII snrrnrd