The Weekly register., 1844-11-30


than their own, no sympathy for what
is American. The stripes Upon our
flag are emb!ems Of the scourges Amer
lea has received from the banded aliens
in our midst, who proclaim aloud "a
mericdnS Shdnt rule u.s."
We have been among those VINO
have laborcd TO unite discordant Gle
ments, by doing away with all distlnc-
tons of right between American born
and naturalized citizens. We have
welcomed the oppressed foreigner TO
our shores, and rejoiced that ours was
land where every man of every form
of religion could worship God accord
inc 10 his own conscience, and where
every political creed could think, and
speak and vote as they pleased These
thank Heaven are the distinctive marks
which give dignity TO our institutions
We would not abrldgc them nor deprive
any man of their benefits. We welc-
ONE skill honesty and integrity to our
shores, whether it comes in the garb Of
poverty or clothed in the snlendor of
wealth. But we pray Heaven TO keep
from cur midst both the ruiianism Of
the prison houses of Europe, and those
discordant spirits, who, having disturb
ed the world abroad by their violence
and their nostrums, now come TO AMER
lea as that land of promise which is 10
give them bread without work; g. pow
er without merit.
To accomplish this Americans musl
protect themselves. Foreigners must
be schooled in our Institutions before
they become schoolmasters. Atpresent
Americans have fewer privileges than
foreigners. We are compelled &c use
bullets, if need, bo, in defence Of our |
country, before we can Use the bnllot,
as partakers Of its welfare. We ale
soldiers before we are freemen, while |
an alien is made a freeman before he |
is a soldier. His birth was foreign
his childhood and manhood was also
foreign. His parentage and all the ties
of social and domestic life remain for
eign. In middle life or old aye he has
left his home with old prejudices or
with radical and sometimes revolutiona-
ry opinions. His friends arc in the
land he has left and draw him to il with !
those strong cords of attachm ent that
are never broken while there is breath |
and heart left to give it strength Are |
these the men TO rule America? God |
forbid.
Nor is this ALL The criminal at
home who as the penalty Of his crimes
was sentenced to our shores, s. who is
at heart no less criminal here, than at
home, has become citizen. He is
here the presiding divinity ofhis party,
and his vote would balance that OF
Washington, were he alive. The faith
er Of his country has no more power
than its most degenerate offspring who
is alien tous IN interest and feeling as
in birth and association. OR land has
been the receptacle Of the Prison-houses
and poor houses Of Europe. Foreign
ers are vomited upon our shores and
swarm our land like the lice and locus Is
of Egypt. And shall such men rule A
merica, or be courted and cringe6 to by
Americans for their votes? God forbid
Such men must be kept back, curbed,
controlled. The time Of residence be-
fore naturalization must be longer than
it is and the privileges of American
citizenship dearer than they are.
The honest alien coming TO onr
shores will not complain Of this nor will
the intelligen; and upright foreigners
already among US. All others must be
resisted boldly, bntin a spirit Of strict
Justice. americans must rule america,
or there is no stability to our Govern
ment, and no permanent value in the In
dependence achieved by our fathers
There must be fewer privileges TO for
eigners, and more to Americans. In a
word there must be an American party
to rule America. Its principles must be
liberal, as its spirit must be entirely ma
tlonal, 1t must protect its own labor,
commerce, agriculture manufactures,