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b~eiore,l an adopted citizen OF Rome,
o~verthrew the Roman Empire, sacked
Rome, and slew the Senate-hence we
should fear these iredcherOus Germans,
the descendants Of those same GGulS,
when every school boy knows that an
cient Gaul is now inhabited By the
French. That we were in danger of
being outnumbered by the foreign vote,
when every man, Of any information,
knows that the proportion which the
votes Of adopted citizens bear TO those
Of American birth, is not greater than
three TO 2 hundred. That Germany
had yet sixty millions Of people to
spare, who would . flood our whole
country, elbow US off Of our wide spread
prairies, and in ten years compel us TO
fight for our homes and our liberties,-
when the whole population of Germany
does not exceed sixty millions, and our
territory between this and the Rocky
Mountains, alone, could sustain great
er population than she could spare.
But the Dutch were not the only peo-
pie who suffered from his vituperative
tongue. 2Iessrs. Barnard, Prat,e, and
Luther Kennel received their full share
of cold blooded abuse. Traitor, truck
ling, dishonest politician, and other de-
gr>ding epithets were showered, in rich
profusion, on their heads. Mr.. Pratte
had sold himself TO the Dutch, and was
now fulfilling his contract by placing
Dutch men in all the best m unicipal Of
fees in the city. But It was really as
tonishiug 10 hear the hard hearted old
fe!.yw Iaud himself t-r tie unmercif4l
blows which he deal. Mr.. Kennel in his
Indignation meetings. iii lie even brO't
.~.teqrs'' from his eyes. But notwith-
standing his "p~enitence," his "tcGrs''
and his "pleiges," Kennel Is a doomed
man--he can never rise again-i0r Lar
heat has passed sentence upon him.
Between this man Lorheqi, Mr.. Ken
net. Mr.. Pratte and the Dutch, we have
nothing further to say. We shall leave
them to fgth; their own hattle>:-But
we shall not pass, unuoticed, his gross
SANDERS and foul lbels upon the char
acters Of the patriots and heroes Of the
revolution. BY garbled extracts and
base fabrications, this Lawhecd cndeav-
cred to persuade the good people Of Lin
coin that Washington, Jefferson anC
Madison were nativis's in feeling, anC
entirely opposed to foreigners migrating
TO this country. If the ghosts Of these
/; great and good men could but rise from
the grave, what a frownirg rcbuk'
l would they give Othis deiamer ofthei'
characters.
Jefferson was the author of the i'm
, mortal Declaration of Independence
/ In that, when summing up our cause.
, of complaint against the British king
2 he says:
ole has endeavored 10 prevent The
population of these States; for that pur
pose obstructing the laws for the na,u
ralization Of foreigners; refusing to pas
Others TO encourage their migration hlih
or. and raising the conditions OF new
appropriations of lands
> Il was the odium that attached itseI
{ 10 the alien and sedition laws which
B.. more than any thing else, contribute
TO defeat Adams, elevate Jefferson, all
:. TO give the first great triumph TO liberia
principles. Jefferson's whole histor
t is replete with the most u%nbounded lib
crafty towards the oppressed OF a
governments, Of all creeds and religion:
( Universal liberation was the great gov
erning principle in his policy.
In the convention of 1877 Mr.. Mad
d son said:
ole wished to maintain the charac
ter of %LIpEnALIrY which had been pre-
=, Gessed in all the constitutions and publ
is cations of America. lie wished to IN
n vite foreigners of merit and rep"blica
principles among ms. America was II
! debted TO emigration for her setllemeI
and prosperity. That part Of Amerlc
b. which had encouraged them most Ia
:, advanced most rapidly in population
Is agriculture ard the arts. There was
l. possible danger, he admitted, that me
re with foreign predictions might ob'a'
appointments, but ii was by no mear
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