Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-11-08

open and determined purpose of enga-
ging the services and support Of foreign
ers in the cause of any political party, as
to require that such operation should be
made the basis of general remark and rep
rehenslon in our columns. Whatever sus
picions we may have had, that the course
followed, and the doctrines put forth by
the locofoco party, were such as must ulti-
mately drive that party back as last re-
source, TO reliance upon foreign votes,
we have sedulously RETAINED from taking
any measures which might have a tonden.
cy TO hasten such a result, fearing that dis
astrous consequences, here, as they have
elsewhere, might possibly flow from such
position of parties.
This position-howeve much we may
have deprecated, or desired to avoid it
is now likely to be pressed upon US. The
most open, bold, and avowed effort is ma
king, by the Locofoco party, to secure to
themselves, in the pending Presidential
election, the entire support of the foreign
voters throughout our country. They are
appcalih9 to the very strongest preiudices
and the very worst passions, of the hu-
man heart. They are attempting,in their
addresses to our foreign population, to
maintain the false ground, that the Wings
have uniformly opposed the interests of
foreigners taking up their residence in this
counry--and they are summonng to
their aid the religious faith and the pecul-
lar tenels, of large portion of those for
eigners. They are giving their counte-
nance and assent to a most gross and out
rageous attack upon the pure character
of the Wing candidate for the Vice Pres
idency, on the ground Of his religious sem
timents, and a falsely imputed hostility, on
his part, not only TO the Catholic religion,
but to those who are the professors of that
faith.
These great efforts are being made by
the Locoioco party-in the extreme ext
gcncy of approaching defeat,wit degree
of energy and ferocity which has not been
exceeded in any of their former atrocious
acts. Simultaneous movements, to this
effect have been made in various portions
Of the country. The Swiss, the German,
and the Irish settlers. in all those States
where either of these classes of foreigners
abound, have been strongly and implor-
ingly addressed. The Catholic population
has been openly appealed to, and the most
wicked attempts have been made TO instil
into their minds the very worst prejudices
against the men and measures of the Wing
party. Native American Citizens have
been branded land held up before the Irish
Catholics, as Church-Burners." All
these thing have been done by men who
have no sympathy with the Catholics
who have no affection or regard for the
foreigners to whom they make these APP
peals--but who are willing to adopt this
or any other unprincipled and Infamous
measure, to carry their party into power
at the pending election. We know that
there are many-very many, Of our adop-
ted citizens who are too intelligent to be
deceived by these Loco Foco frauds and
.ialsehoods. To those Of them who are
likely 10 give ear to the deception, we
would speak in the voice of warning and
admonition. If the result Of such villain
Gus conduct as the Loco foco leaders are
thus guilty of, should be, to array our ma
tive population in open hostility against
that portion whichis of foreign origin, the
contest may be deeply disastrous one
but no sensible man can doubt the way in
Which it must finally terminate. May that
blessed Providencc-without whose aid
no People, or Party can eventually sue
ceed-in its Wisdom and Mercy, protect
our Land from The evils which must surely
await so great a calamity.
This attempt to ingratiate themselves
with forcigners-and to assure to them
selves the aid of foreign voters in the ap-
preaching Eection-has been made by
the locoioco leaders, in every quarter OF
our country in which it was likely to be
available. The Loco Foco State Com
mittee of Ohio have issued an Address, in
which the aid Of foreigners is expressly
invoked, and the attempt is made to en-
list their worst feelings and strongest pre-
JUDGES against the Wing Natives of the
Union. The Germans of Louisville have
been called upon to ARM themselves for the
approaching Election--but the most hagi-
lious of all these attempts is that of the
Albany argus, the leading locoioco paper
of the State of New York, and the organ
of the Party in that State. On the 18th
ult that paper published an Inccndiary
Appeal to Foreigners, an attested copy OF
which we are now enabled to lay before
our readers. This article was published
only in that portion of the impression OF
their paper, which was to circulate in the
districts in which the foreign voters princi-
pally reside. From other portions Of the
State, it was withheld altogether.
We have received from our friends at
Albany, handful containing this article.
As it was impossible to obtain any consid-
cradle number of copies of the Argus
which contained it, they have caused their
copy TO be fully and legally identified, as
correct copy of the original article in
the Argus. If our Native American Ci,i-