American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-09-08

address the people Of Maryland on the subject
sity Of consulting members of the committee
WIN reside at a distance, the Address has been
delayed longer than was anticipated. 1t will,
however, be presented to the public in a few
days.
MEETING To-HIGur. 1t viii be seen by the
notice in another column, that The Native Ame-
rican party al the FIRST, second aud third wards,
viii hold meeting This ersaing, at Logan Hall,
corner oi Bond and Bank streets, where all The
friends of the cause are invited to attend. It's
hoped that there will be general attendance
as eloquent addresses may be expected.
FACTS FOR The PEoPLE. Unless the peo-
pie of the United States be willing to have
their elections controlled by fraud and corrup-
ton, they will insst upon such alteration in
the Naturalization Laws as shall protect their
rights. 1t would Imply doubt of their patr-
otlsm were we to suppose that they can remain
indifferent to the subject, after having been
made acquainted, in an official and undcniable
form, with the various and fragrant imposltloLs
which have been practsed under existing laws.
The elective franchise is the very foundation
Of the liberties which We enjoy, and of our po
litcal superiority over other nations--and it is
here that attacks upon our free institutions are
to be most dreaded, and most sedulously guard
Cd against--for if our elections can be deter
b., 4
those who know nothing OF, or feel no interest
III our form of government, are permitted to
hold the balance Of power in their hands, and
to decide who shall be our rulers, our boosted
land of freedom will soon be placed under for
eign control, and become ruhservicnt to foreign
interests. Against this evil Washington, lcl-
ierson, and other saGcs of the revolution en-
phaticaiiy warned us; but, in our party con-
tiIcts we have unfortunately neglected Their adj
monitions, until we feel the effects of this for
eign influence acting throughout the length
and breadth of our Iand--parazing the enc.-
gIes of American citizens, and sapping the
foundations Of their prosperity. Little did the
heroes who successfully fought the battles OF
the revolution, and who established for lis our
free system of government imagine that their
blood and their tolls were TO result in nothing
more than in placing their country in the de-
graded position Of the receptacle fer foreign
criminals aud paupers. Had they suspected
such 4 result-had they entertained the con-
yction that their descendants would prove so
destitute Of spirit and so unpatnotic, as to adj
NIT foreign canycts and paupers as their fellow
citizens and equals-their hearts aud their
hands would have been unnerved; and we
should have probably yet remained colonies Of
Great Britain. We must make a bold stand
against the insidous policy Of foreign govern
ments, or we shall lose By article what was
won by bravery.
We annex a few more facts for the consider.
alton of the people, extracted from the plo-
coodings OF the Commissioners in Philadcl-
phia;
Henry Lamparter jr., being duly sworn, de-
posoth as follows:
10 the first lnterrogatory proPounded by tho /
commissioners, VIZ:
"Wnat is your age, residence, and occupa.
tom"
He, answering, says:
NV aye is 2 and upwards, my residence in !
Philadelphia, my occupation dyer. | was
born IN Wurtemberg, and came to this coun-
try when was five years old. My father, with
whom l reside, keeps public house IN Phlla-
delphla, and have opportunities of becoming
acquainted with many emigrants who come to
this country.
To the second interrogatory, being the fifth
annexed to the commission, VIZ:
ado you know and will you state any in.
stances of the introduction Of foreign cunvicts
into the United States? If yea, declare and
specify those instances, anu, as far as your
knowledge may extend, the times of their in
PRODUCTION, and the number introduced"
He, answering, says:
j know the instances of two persons--one
named Christopher Brown, and the other Hen
ry Knapp; they were represented by their tel-
(,,w-passengers (and believe thcln) to have
beei, foreign conVlcts, shipped here by order of
their Governments Their passage was said
10 have been pad by their Governments, and
their passports furnished, Christopher Brown
arrived here about six or seven mun,hs auo
fran Wurtemnerg. Henry Knapp came here
90 ya,,l years ago; four or five years; he was
from Bavaria. | recently acted DIS interpreter
for man named PapenOerg now unuer arrest
for murder in this county. learned, from
woman who accompanied hin, that they had
both been sent TO this country from house of
correction in BRUNSWICK.
To the other Undergraduates appended to
the commission the Whites answers: he knows
nothing. HENRY LAMfA"tE"' III.
George w. Barton, ESQ, counsellor at law,
be;ny dtIly sworn, depOsrtn as follows:
| was president Judge Of the court OF gene
raj sessions Tor the cty aud county vt Ph'IadeI-
Dhia, during and afer the year $40. Some
ine in the fail Of that year, received Intof-
na,Ion tn It a large numb + OF frauds, IN refer
,nce TO matters Of uatufaI'z 'tton, had been
,.,c,,s,d or were supposed To- h we been pracil-