American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-09-22
AMERICAN REPUBLICAN.
From the /. DWELL True EcfJrmerI
TO AMERICAN MECHANICS


10 AMERICAN MhOhANio9
We learn from New orN paper, u'at tle
Native Shoemakers of that city, Ivy c"tnpeti'
tlon Of German Shocmakcrs, who live III gar
rels and cellars and upon food such as the ma
1--WE American mechanics could not subs'st up
on, were enabled to underworld and undeISeH
Them, had either driven the latter out OF en-
u,1ymcnt or reduced them 20 the greatest dlS-
res The New York Express, a paper winch
$ opposed TO the Native American party, IN mo-
icing this fact, admits It's truth, and adds
y see no remedy for the .3mc7Cm, lrh'ft ia'
foreigner UnderbtdS han, but to lcaIH So''6 amer
Ir0dc on turn Farmer"
Such is the tauntlng consolation Nhch the
Native American Mechanics meet WIN from
hat portion of the press devoted To (ne inter-
cSts Of the two political parties winch nave ~
v!ded the county, says an AoIe writer III '''
louisville Morning COw"T. Ana 50 say We
We are a Native American 50 lar as the pro-
.ecting the interests Ut our own halINc,Oorn o.,
:Izens. We have no idea lhal thelT rights SlaIl
be tramped upon by foreign loe-No Nod
ior5.d! But the time has come Wheh the ma
uVe-born citIzepS OF inns county NUS "''s' "''N
assert then rights y IoTelgh Ioc Is III ou' vet
midst, and unless some mighty move Is made
immediately we shall be what they are tn Eng
land, Il Nation of Paupcrs! Shall VIC submit
10 1t? Let Nativc-bom Americans answer this
question.
The party press acknowledge that foreign
Immigration is reducing the American mecha-
nc and laborGr TO the level OF the EurOpean
serts, which are shipped from Europe and lahd-
cd or our coast as so much live stock, anc then
cry ut,-"re see no rcmcdy'
We ask the mechanics and laborlng men OF
America If THEY CAN SEE No RENE
DI: HAVE THEY MOI THE row Elk
To PROTECT THEMSELN rs: lave they
not the WILL to protect themselves ana thelr
offspring from poverty, starvation or exile! we
ask every mechanic and laborng man III the
nited States, if he is ready to yield his fire.
side comforts and happiness, his responsibility
and independence, his political nights and liber-
ties, to see his wife and children reduced to
want and beggary, or driven out IRON the soil
OF their nativity the hearth stone OF their child
mood, TO make room for those who are not OF
lheir "kith or KIM" and who have no sympa-
lhles for or with them, merely beca Use the ioun-
ders Of the two political parties, now existing
N the country, choose for the purpose OF con-
clisting tins destructive influence, TO say that
.'!ierc is no Yeraldg.n
THERE IS REMEDY As sure as there IS
God IN Heaven, there is a remedy; and that
,ican TO protect himself lie now has his lib
erty, lis independence, his vote, and his strong
light arm, and he can by banding himself with
As fellow citizens, compel the government to
take such a course as will redress his grlevan-
eos and afford him protection. No REMEDY
FORSOOrH. What craven-hearted wretch
gives utterancc to such sentiment! Who
3ares to tell the Tree born Americans, that
hey and their children must be reduced to
Ooggary or to exile? Who darcS to tell the de-
scendals of the followers OF WASHINGTON,
who extorted liberty and independence IRON
the most powerful foe on earth, at the mouth
OF the cannon aud at the point oI the ooyohcul,
that there is enc remedV' against rc-ConquCst
and social degradation! Have wenot our arms
with no chains upon them: Are we afraid OF
This foreign pauper foe, which seeks to drive US
rom our homes aud our tireSdcs! Have we
our courage and our strength! fire ne The
S,dreS Of fec party teadefS, who, TO promote
.hcir own selfish designs, would sacrifice coun-
Try ard people, that we should tamely assent