The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-06-20
From the Ohio Statesman.
PROGRESSIVE FEDERALIsM-COONER AND
NATIVElSM IDENTICAL.

NATIVElsM IDENTICAL.
On Tuesday last Mr.. Archer, leading whig in the
United States Senate, m1de speech upon the
occasion of presenting memorial from the church burn
ting coons Of Philadelphia for an alteration Of the nau
ralization laws, to require aresdence of twenty
years before person who has the misfortune to he
born in Ireland, Germany or any other portion Of
The wurll uot included within the limits Of the United
States can be allowed to exercise theieecve franchise
IN that speech Mr. Archer sld down the principles OF
whiggery-of which he his the brightest Ornament-in
the following, which wo cut from the Congressional
report of the Baltimore Argus;
"He iMr Archer had OBJ erved that, in two or three
instances recently, the gentlemen who presented Slm
lar memorials from the same quaaer accompanied them
with the expression Of their sentiments the sub
ect Although it was quite an Unusual Thing for him,
the occasion Of presenting memorial 10 indulge in
any observations, he should now SO far depart from this
course, 10 remark, in opposition to the dissent ex-
pressed by those gentlemen that he entirely concured
with the memorisSts in the prayer Of the memorsl
This subject which, he was sorry 10 say, had not
vet sufficiently attracted the attention Of the people
of the United States. There was he thought, gtOw-
ing combination ofclrcumsiances which furnished am
pie ground for the conclusion that the great Of
educated foreigners wholly ignorant of the nature and
uy, could not within the short period of five years. fix
ed BY the present law become fit to exercise with
due Of their value and responsibility The rights
| and privileges Of native bnrn citizens. The premature
exercise Of such rights had grown to evil Of great
magnitude of which there had unhappily, but too re-
Gently been painful demonstration. Ifno other rer-
son in the national councils should tahe up the subject
he would himself in The proper tims-tohsn that party
1.-THE whg party] should come into potocr which would
give effect to views of sound pulley some
measure such the memoriass justly concluded had
no'O become necessary"
We have now the pledge Of one of the leading light,
Of whggsry that as as that party get the power
they "would Introduce snme measure such as the mem
orIalists justly concluded had nOo become necessary
The '.ust conclusions of the memoriasts are lha
apprenticeship of twenty years before they bt
allowed the rights that allowed TO negroes in
Rhode Island
The law passed by the alien and sedihon lao Admin
istraton Of old John Adams, and which has covered
that Administration with infamy eternal as ,ha
which the character Of Henry Clay only reqlir
ed FOURTEEN YEARS RESIDENCE in the Uni
ted States to enable foreigner to vote. Since that day
federalism has PRoGRE5SED-Churchb burning Uhig
gerry has imprOrsd upon the ultra federalism Of 0h
! John Adams-ttey hare added- ONE THIRD TIC
THE APPRENTICESHIP OF FOREIGNERS TIC
MAKE THEM EQUAL TO NATIVE COONS. OlC
JOHN Adams federalism admitted the foreigner to
participation of the privileges of American ci,izcr
after residence of fourteen years. but modern federal
ism would now require TWENTY ONE YEARS
RESIDENCE before citizen Of the land of Monlgom
d. l.. NJ Ii I ho,,. i'll,
; 10 vote.
Coonery, in Ohio, has tried hald to deny the afinl.
: between natveism and Whggery. After this dsclara
ton of principles for the public eye, by Mr. Archer viii
they still repudale their church burning principles.