The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-04-22
THE ALBANY REGENCY, THE TARIFF, AND
ADOPTED CITIZENS.


A meeting was held few days ago at Albany
for the ostensible purpose Of denouncing the Ma
tive American party, but in reality to anathema-
TIE the Wings, at which the Regency figured
largely. Mr.. Barker, Attorney General of the
State, made speech on the occasion, in the
the Wing Tariff, against which Mr.. Van Buren,
has declared himself to be, both in principle and
detail
"To show ho,s he attacked it," says the AL
bany Evening Journal, "we will cite a single
remark, giving it, as nearly we remember in
precisely his own words The Wing editors
call upon you, addressing himself to the adopted
citizens) to stand by the Tariff, and help to protect
American Industry against foreign pauper labor.
Now who, my friends, make up this foreign
pauper labor" which these Wing editors reyiIe.
Why, your brothers and sisters ,o1ons you haze
left behind you And you are called upon to up
hold system which would starve or impoversh
them''!
We do not wonder Mr.. Barker was made At
torney General of the great Empire State. A
man of such broad and comprehensive views as a
statesman of such astonishing power as logi-
clan of such eloquence! should be nothing less
than Attorney General. Now let us see Mr..
Barker's reasoning. 1.-THE Wings are for pro-
tecting American industry against foreign pauper
labor; you, Messrs. Foreigners, came to this
country in order to enjoy that protection which
prevents the poor man from being ground to the
earth-n order to obtain a rate of wages which
will enable you to live and improve your pecu-
mary condition by laying by portion Of your
wages therefore, you ought to oppose the Wings,
and join us!' Again: "the Wings are for pro-
tecting American industry against foreign paupsr-
late the Tariff as to benefit foreign countries in
stead of our own now, as you have left brothers
and sisters behind you, Messrs. Foreigners, whom
the system of the Wings will "starvc and i'm.
poversh," and, as you love them better than
yourselves, and had much rather starve. and be
impoverished yourselves than they should be, you
therefore, will join us and 60 against the Wings,
we being the friends of all foreigners, SO long as
they remain in foreign countries, and preferring
to legisate for their benefit rather than the bene
fit of our opn citizens! Mr. Barker manifests
deep sympathy and extraordinary solicitude for
emigrated to this country, and who have left their
kindred behind them: far greater, it strikes us,
than he does for the brothers and sisters" who
have left their country and come here; far greater
than he does even for his own American " bro
theirs and sisters" We have always supposed it
the duty of Legislators and statesmen to look to
their own country, and endeavor to promote, as
far as in their power, her good and the prosperity
of her citizens. But Mr.. Barker has broader and
more far-reaching views. He is for protecting
the brothers and sisters" whom the emigrants
to this country have left behind them, and not
those who have come here We must not, ac-
cording to him, adopt "a system which would
starVe and impoverish" the citizens of foreign
countries No. Sooner should we starve and
impoverlsh' our own What generosity, What
magnanimity! What universal beuevolence
What profound statesman, philantbropis,. and |
rage But we fear Mr.. b. is Ja,k,no nm ,ho
wrong tree,' even if foreign game be his object,
rs it seems TO be. However zoe have no obiec.