Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-12-20
eve invite the special attention Of

give invite the special attention OF
our adopted citizens. TO the following facts
from the New York Tribune 1t has been
the policy Of the 50 called 'democratic"
party, both here and elsewhere, to poison
the minds Of foreigners against the wing
paty-inducing them to believe that the
wings were their enemies, and were de-
ter,nined, provided they got possession of
the government. to pass law compelling
every man who happened to be born out Of
the United States. to remain irenfy-one
years before they are allowed to vote!-
| At the late Presidential election. we know
several Germ ans who were induced to be-
lieve that Gen. Taylor was in favor of a
law Of this kind, and that the democratic
Cass was opposed to it and was their par
ticular friend! No one has been more
active in deceiving our adopted citizens,
than has the editor Of the Jeffersonian;
but we do not censure him much, because
his only dependence for bread and butter
we're lies and deceit, in order to keep his
masters dealing out the 'spoils' from the
public crib.
! But there's better time coming-and
VIC hope TO see the recommendation OF the
I Postmaster General, to separate the Post
Office Department from party politics, car
ried out, and such tools, as our present
postmaster has proved himself to be, dis
pensed with.
Again, we invite the attention OF adopt
ed citizens 10 the remarks Of the Tribune.
and we ask them to give the acts of the
incoming administration a fair trial: Judge
it by It's acts-its fruit. We arc sure,
il they find that the leaders of the ''de-
mocracy" have deceived them, they will
hereafter beware of these wolves dressed
in sleeps cloathing, and will at last do
the wing party justice:
TO ADOPTED CITIZENS.
The struggle Of 10 is over, and the
result beyond question. A new order Of
things has been decreed by the People,
and new men selected to introduce it
The Government Of the Nation, as well
as the State, for some years ensuing, has
been conlided to the Wing party through
its chosen candidates; and, unless Death
or Treachery should again blast our rea-
sonable expectations, we may hope that
the Wing line Of policy will be generally
pursued in the legislation and administra-
for it the careful consideration and candid
Judgment Of those who have hitherto dis
trusted the Wing party, but especially of
Adopted Citizens.
Many Of these had hardly landed on
our shores before their minds were poison
ed by misrepresentation and calumny.-
Many of them do not read English; in
fact. many cannot read at all: and these
arc the natural prey OF the demagogue
who lives by plumber and fattens on de.
! traction. Thousands Of Immigrants have
been induced to believe that the success of
the Wings would be a signal for perilous
assaults ON their rights-that impediments
to immigration and denial of Naturali-
zation except on a probation Of twenty
one years, would be among the consc-
qucnccs of National Wing triumph
TO these charges we have hitherto proifer-
ed no rcply--not even when a journal so
respectable as the The SchneUpost vrtu-
ally endorsed them. We did not believe
they would suffice to shake the fidelity of
the greater number Of the German voters
of this City to the Wing cause, and the
result shows that we were not disappointed.
| But now that all is over and the Wing
triumph complete, we ask The SchncfIyDst
to remember its own broad implications
and stand prepared TO retract it OH proof
Of its error. As to the poor tools Of dem
agogues, established and sustained in this
City and elsewhere on purpose to traduce
the Wing party to their Irish or German
readcrs-libels on journalism that live to
lie and lie 10 live--we shall waste no words
on them. But to the great mass Of our
homes: and right-minded Immigrants from
Europe we say. Judge the " hiy party
by what it shall do and not by what its
enemies may say. Watch it to see if it
undertakes to abridge your rights or di-
minish your chances for earning liveli-
hood See if its rule is harder to live I'M
der than that Of its opponents. That it
will be accused Of all manner Of evil de-
signs and attempts is matter Of course;
many win their bread and some hope to
win desirable offices, by coming just such
accusations. But do not Judge too hasti-
~; do not Judge without candidly and
thoroughly hearing both sides. Then
your judgement will have deserved weight.
and your efforts subserve the cause of
/ Truth. Justice and Public Good
| 1t is a grea: and sore misfortune to this
country that her Adopted Citizens have
been generally deceived and made the
mere drudSes Of party. They leave their
native land in quest Of Liberty and Equal
Rights; and they are met as they land on
our shores with assurances that the party
termed Democratic is the embodiment of
/ what they desire-is the party of Liberty
and popular Rights-while its adversaries
are aris,ocrats. purse-proud, overbearing.
despisers of the poor, and especially hos
tile 10 those who come from the Old World
Thus they are nearly roped in to what
styles itself the Democratic party, and be
come its 'hick-and-shn-supporters. They