The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1845-02-07

The Naturalization law Of
Moses.
Extract from Prof Wines on the civil Gov
eminent Of the HebreWs.l

Extract from Prof. Wines on the civil Gov
eminent of the Hebrews.l
81 proceed to. an exposition of the provis-
ion of the Hebrew Constitution, in reference
TO the admission of foreigners to the right of
And, if mistake not, we shall |
find it chasacterized by the same wise and
patriotic forecast which marks all the other
enac'ments of this admirable code''
81 sympathise, most sincerely, with an ell.
oquenl rebuke, administered BY distinguish
ed DiVine* bat few weeks ago, 10 one of
the pulpits Of this city, Of that mercenary
patriotism which would epel from our shores
The iriendless and the oppressed of other
Iclimes. Il Soy emphatically, Let them come!
Let every ship that enters our haTbors pour
them by hundreds upon our SOIL The first
civilized men who settled as permanent resi-
ldents on this continent. snnpht. in The then
Rowling wilderness, among the saVages and
wild beasts, refuge from tyranny and OPP
preston, home where they could breathe
the air Of freedOnE where they could think
without a master, and above all. where they
could worship God without asking titled
and purse proud hierarchy when, Or where,
Oh how. God forbid that civilized and chris
ltIanized America.-America blessed with
Institutions, and embellished with the tro.
phIes of science and religion-should be
more hard-hearted than America peOpled
with the wolf, the panther, the buffalo and
the painted Indian! God forbid that nv ma.
tive country, whose boast is to be free aud
HAPPY herself, should ever cease to afford to
he sons and daughters of sorrow, fleeing
from the wrongs and miseTies of Europ ian
ldesPotism, hearty welcome and happy
lhome?
but are we, therefore, to permit these
foreign refugees to oVerlnrn our liberties
land TO render the government under which
We live so happily, as little worth as any o.
the woFn-out and tottering dynastes Of Eu
lrope2 Have they any of that knowledge o
our system, or any of that attachment to on
institutions, which would make them a
once safe repositories of political power?-
: Are they qualified, either By their education
habits, or sympathies, TO exercise the mos
precious OF lTt enan's franchises. and marcI
to The ballot box almost within the FIRST TWEEN
;ty>fouF hours after their arrival upon on
! shores2
: ''ln my opinion, our American law maker
mighs pro6tably go to school 10 Moses o
this, as well as on several other questions {
.flpnblic policy; and, il they should not carr
The principles Of his naturalization laws /
the full extent that he did, it would at lea.
+ be instructive to them TO contemplate III
:, procedure ofatrue patriot and an able staie
man,-and one, too, under the guidance
a divine wisdom.
1f Admission TO citizenship was denomin
,e ted by Moses, scattering into the Congreg
,e ton Of Jehovah He ordained that tn
e should never take place in the FIRST OF Sc
70 ond generation. Some nations, as the An
IS oTites and Moahites, for particular reason
4. were not % Be admitted 10 the tenth gene
.. ation; that is, never, But the Edonite
"a Egyptians. end probably foreigners of 9th
ID nations could become Israeltish citizens
IL the third generation. That is TO saw, Il
m grand children Of those who immigrated in
e Judoa from foreign climes, could be adm
8: ted 10 the privileges Of natives Of the so
ke Why this Jealousy of foreign influence. II
70 reason IS plain. Noses was an inielIige
Re and devoted lover of his counry's Iiberii,
ce and be was not willing thai They SHOULD
Tightly subjected 10 The peril Of deslruciiC