Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-01-21
sosh. and Justice Story several articles
Nc. G;,ndl a. ,vro,a for m Americana. q

FsttS.Slll any OIt SMetS-" :. !!
passage in my Ethics that think iors
eiguef is no, entitled to position OF a place
zJhough he be the Gltest individual iot.it,, s.t,
I he must presume that | do nor think thai
eyeLSman opgbt to stand on his OWN legs,
without cruiches, prop or putt. haveia
right 10 speak plainly on these matters
Z for two-lhirds Of the one hundred profess
ors of the University in Berlin, my naive
place are foreigners. 1T is acknuwl'
.edeed 10 be The hes, for the place, those
who have rhe power are morally bound TO
arpoinrhim. They oush TO gel The SCI
enlific work they sland in need Of, dono
!. by T.; .on tue same principle that the
British lord goes TO SloIz The German
tailor in. L ondon, 10 gel a pairaof breech-
cs, aecuuse Stoz makes Them better than
any native tailor. People waste a great
many words of most noble import IN their
proper places. when talking OF foreigners.
Cheap patriotism that! Envy 10 foreign
ers belongs TO the times when "peregr'nuS
was. equivalent 20 hostis;" not 10 our
ChrlstiaG period, aud age of broad cas'
knowledge. / think they never had
better professor in Cambridge than Eras'
mus, ,te foreigner. We 6nd in the his
lory Of all modern nations foreigners
among The most prominent henelaclars OF
leaders OH the path of glory, aud among
the slaunchest and most loyal cltIzens.--
: Having len their nalivo soil, they cling
ille faster TO their choice, as the husband
-cleayes the faster To his chosen cnmpan'on
thanto his kin. tlas any native Span
iard doue for Spain what Columbus The
Genoese did! Who led Tho English to
! our North America but Cabot, the Fene-
,an! What British monarch was so
English klog as William the Dulchl.-
What nalive Ne.herlander vas as welded
10 his coupi,y asWilliam OF Orange, the
German, who hrsIlounded The republic,
ard then cenen ed itfi.mer with his mar
tyr blood WnaL. Swede has been more
Swedish rtran BeraadoJe the Frenchinan!
What Frenchman rRore French than Ma
poleun-lhe llaiian9 9TSlNhal German so
German as5tne great. Eugene, the Savoy
prince and nalive of France! What
ye.Russiap Emperor as national and
sreafs as galnarine fhe Second, Ger
mag s. oman What native Prussian
seRseiii srlcre; faithfully the srea, king Of
Prussia lhanskeitbthe Scot? Is Cuyier
n0tsaaseat French name, though he was
by birth aid education German! So
4was Benjamin Constant Swiss. No
Eogi.shman ever labored more faithfully
stor his country than Sir Samuel Romly,
sin1 whose ..kreneb veins there did NOT
fo9 drop OF. English blood" Irwas
The por,gsese Magellan Mho discovered
the Pacific, aud tne slraistwhich hear his
na,ne, yetMhefei1e sailed he did mol un
yf0rlshis naive Cross and Globe, but pe
CASTLES and Lions of Spain. ~ as the
,sfoGG WINCH flowed from lhesyeins suf any
home born patrio, more American than
" sss al which glshed from Monlgomery's
y ash bfa anf. OF DeKalb's German healll
) J ~ 4 Lar ay etc no Ameucan7 Has
Il aaiiaila lot redeemed his citizen pledge?
ggGf Homyi,eB less; service than any
Isl ii itsiiial or, general BON. Within the
lsia is of stifi.s counirs 2 " bo wss Stei-.
oif5iNe,ss York !! q, .e
Our fields are TILED BY many foreign
ers. Among our most Ingenious ar,izans
are many foreigners. AT our bar aud in
our councils are many who saw the first
light beyond the seas. Among our great.
est merchants are foreigners. In short.
foreigners helped 10 found the republic;
Foreigners have doue great and sisual SER
vice 10 her, and numerous foreigners are
every where in those classes which form
the Seat Of vitality Of any great people.
What then does all this talk about foreign,
ers amonnl 10!
You say, Mr.. Y replied 10 your ar
gumenls in favor Of T.. that after all,
there is difference between naive and
an adopted citizen. So there is. We
enigrants are from choice of action, what
the natives are BY chance Of birth.
IF MIR. Y-'s were laying low on the
sick bed, and the best physician happened
10 be foreigner, he would surely not kill
his wife by nalivism, and why should The
intellect Of the young be considered less
important than The suffering body Of au
adult; for. argue all The time upon the
assumption thai t. is the Gllest person,
as y has admitted.
Having said so much on the subject
far more Than inlended--l cannot help
adding one more remark. 1t is often as,
serted by the "nalives" that emigrants
cannot understand our government, and
consequently the citizenship ought 10 be
withheld from them. That a proper pc
Rod oughtto elapse before they are allow,
ed ~ take the oath Of allegiance. l most
willingly admit. But | 20 farther. A
dop, for all proper election laws-laws
which demand the publication Of lists Of
legal voters, subject TO correction. previ
Gus 10 the election day, and they will do
more against illegal voting than all The
cIamor Of nalivism. The government Of
the United States is 40 more mystery
than ,ha, of any other government, and
a certain number Of years is quite sufi-
cieni to impart 10 sensible man knowl
edge CT ii, aud awaken in generous
boart afTaciinns fnr H. II ia rerlainIv q