American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1844-11-25
tFor the American Republican,
"OUR COUNTRYn

Il i am Roman citizen, was expressive of dig
NIFTY and freedom. God grant, that the threat
ened time, when the affirmation, 81 am an
American citizen" shall subject the party to
obIoqGy and reproach, may never come. The
dreaded time will come, and speedily, too, if
our country is destined, by the madness of par
W, to be made so cheap as to be made erery
body's country. When Rome was in her glory,
1t required great sum of money to purchase
the freedom and immunitleS of Roman cit-
zen In England, an act of Parliament is ne
cessary, to enable a foreigner to exercise the
rights OF British subject, and vote for a men,
! Der OF Parliament In our country-what, in
the name of heaven, does this pronoun signi-
~ now! OW country. Does the country we
lnhabit belong to us2 Do we, legitimate Anne
ricans, possess and enjoy our country without
let, hindrance or molestation, in our rights, as
children of patriot sires, in the exercise of our
privileges freemen? No!
Messrs. Editors, was born a freeman. Nv
fathers performed their duty in the revolution
airy struggle, and in the wars previous to the
American revolution, with savage foe. For
about the space of forty years, have been tax-
ed to sustain the government of my country,
and have never tlinchcd in war or in peace,
when duty has called, to do and perform all the
duties OF an American citizen Let the ques-
tons come home to every Americans cuisines
and bosom" Are pauPers and felons, from the
pauper-houses and prisons OF Euiope, in reaLiiy,
my legitimate cOmpeers' Is my right of suf-
tragc, my vote, to be filched from me, by igno-
ramuscs paupcrs and felons, whom the mad
ness OF party, or the wickedness of political
demagogucs, smuggle into the ranks of Amer
lean citizens; If so, the country that we call
'oW country" is not, in reality, my country
No, slrs, the sound remains, and tnkles in my
ear like brass; but the reality, the inheritance
that my fathers fought and blcd to obtain for
themselves and children, is gone forever
Messrs. Editors, | call heaven 10 witness
that write, and speak, and act, not as the
hack Of party, but as an American citizen,
who has no party but his country; no political
tavortcs, save such candidates for office, as an
enlightened conscience, and an impartial and
patriotic Judgment shall decide, are capable and
honest believe that our country is in immi- |
nent danger from foreign influence ! have
seen the face, and remember the warning voice
of our Father GEORGE WAsnINGroN; and | |
behold the foreign influence, the insidious foe |
that will destroy our free institutions, at work;
and will sound the tocsin, and cry aloud and |
bescech all true Americans, to awake from
their slumbers, before it shall be too late to save
them.
Let facts speak, and they will tell the story
of our shame, and admonish US Of our danger. |
During the late Presidential election men offor-
cign birth, but smu ggled into the ranks of
American citizens, in the city of New York, |
paraded the streets of that city with foreign
banner, on which was emblazoned their motto, |
"AMERICANs SHAN'T RULE Us"
That banner, Nessrs. Editor, told the truth. |
The lawmakers in our country are those that |
by their votes, make or elect our Presidents |
and Legislators The foreign voters in the !
city of New York can make, for veal or for
wO, the President of these United States for
four years. Foreigners marshalled themselves |
in hostile array, as foreigners, in the streets of
New York, and voted as ioreigne.s; ~ -.H5Ss6Giy.
against Americans! But even this is not ali. |
Several years ago, when the foreign vote in
our country was small compared with its pre-
sent magnitude, The following threat was made
by foreigners in N. York: We, said they, can
poll 10000 foreign votes in the United States,
enough to settle the question in any contested /
election The majority of the popular vote
in the late Presidential election, is SO small, as
to give terrible emphasis, fellow-citzens, to the
dictum OF our neC masters!
Americans, whether the truth be ,,oTatoble
or not, the fact, the stubborn e.. stares YOU
Inll IN the face; and ask yo;,, how do you re-
Ish it! Whether for weal or for wo, foreign
rs yea lmPudently protesting foreigners, can
eject your Presld>nt, and settle, by their vote
ina ihhu nee, the policy that is to govern
'weehty millions of people. pray you, fellow
citizens, carry this alarming, this humilatiug
truth home to your bosoms your firesides; look
It in the face, and ask yourselves-are we
Americans? Are we frcemen; Do we, in re-
atty, possess, enjoy and exercise the rights and
liberties that our fathers fought for, and sacri-
feed their lives to obtain?
Messrs. Editors we have, among our fellow
citizens, men of European or foreign birth, that
are bone of our bone and flesh Of our flesh.-
Men that are American citizens in body, soul
and spirit Men that have grown with our
growth, strengthened with our strength; yea,
men that have no country but "our country"
no home but the home of WAsHINGToN.-
They are legitmatized as sons of the soil, and
have no foreign predictions Not so are the
pseudo patriots vomited on our shores from the
almshouses and prisons of Europe.
The crowned heads of Europe are waging a |
warfare against our free institutions, that not
only costs them nothing, but is TO them 4
source of profit. Fleets and arrAies are ex-
pensve, and their success uncertain. Crime
and Ignorance are fatal weapons; and the pau
pers and telons of Europe are the weapons
now resorted to by foreign powers, to destroy
us. We can oppose fleets and armies, but ig-
norance and crime will ruin our country.
Felow-citizens, the danger is pressing; de-
lay will be ruinous; up and be doing, before
the evil shall overpower you and exertion be
frultess. Instead of whining petitions, let
manly and resolute remonstrance admonsh
your public servants that it is necessary an i'm
mediate stop be put to the flood of inmigra-
ton to our shores, from the pauper-houses and
prisons of Europe That our laws for the